Addiction Types
Addiction Types:
Here you can learn about the many different types of addiction, their effects, and possible treatments, from smoking and alcohol, to pain killers, eating addiction, gambling and more.Types of Drug Addiction
Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by a loss of control. Addicts continue their use despite adverse health, social or legal consequences. Here are general categories of drugs and their effects:
Alcohol produces short-term effects that include behavioral changes, impairment of judgment and coordination, greater likelihood of aggressive acts, respiratory depression, irreversible physical and mental abnormalities in newborns (fetal alcohol syndrome) and death. Long-term effects of alcohol abuse include damage to the liver, heart and brain; ulcers; gastritis; malnutrition; and cancer. Alcohol combined with barbiturates and other depressants can be deadly.Illicit drugs addiction
Illicit drug addicts face a problem those battling other addictions don’t: No matter how they obtain, possess, share and use it, their drug of choice is illegal.
Prescription drug addiction
Oklahoma has a problem with prescription drug use.
Methadone Deaths
In recent years, methadone has contributed to more Oklahoma deaths than any other drug.
Decline in crime linked to anti-meth law
About four years ago, Oklahoma became the first states to pass an anti-methamphetamine law that made it more difficult to buy ingredients needed to manufacture the drug.
Alcoholism and alcohol-related problems
About 60 percent of Americans are alcohol consumers, according to a national institute that researches alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. And 9.7 million Americans are considered alcohol abusers.
Smoking Cessation
What’s it like to stop smoking cold turkey, to go through the ups and downs of withdrawal, cravings and extreme moodiness?
Smokeless tobacco addiction
One night when I was in college, I said “let me get a pinch of that.” A buddy had just taken a can of smokeless tobacco out of the back pocket of his jeans.
Gambling addiction
In the three years since Oklahomans approved a state lottery and expanded casino gambling options, the number of Gamblers Anonymous meetings statewide has nearly doubled.
Shopping addiction
People laugh about shopping till they drop and being a shopaholic, but compulsive shopping disorder is no joke.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are more prevalent today than 10 or 20 years ago, partially because of more awareness of the disorders, more willingness to seek help and more emphasis on weight, body image and dieting, according to two local registered dietitians.
Pornography Addiction
Addiction to pornography, and the resulting lies and deception, involve an increasing number of Americans — and many of them are women. How do they get out of the grip of pornography before their addiction destroys their marriage, threatens their job and even their lives?
Behavioral Addictions
She thought she had won. Mary* had been sober for 13 years, but she discovered that her alcoholism had not just left—it had left her with a hole.
Replacing Addictions
Replacing one addiction for another is called switching, and whether it is replacing alcoholism with binge eating, or addictive gambling with excessive work, the behavior is unhealthy.
