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The Best Foods to Help Prevent the Flu

Eating a healthy diet rich in vitamins and minerals may help protect you from getting a cold or the flu. Nutrition expert Dr. Lisa Hark has offers some advice.

Some Intreasting Facts About Addiction

Substance use and Homelessness Published by the National Coalition for the Homeless, July 2009 A common stereotype of the homeless population is that they are all alcoholics or drug abusers. The truth is that a ...

How Important to Quit Smoking

Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do to improve your life and health. Any decision to quit smoking will make you stronger. It's never too late to reach the benefits, some of which happen within the first few days.

Are Drug Detox and Rehab Requirements Being Driven By Drug Reps?

Have you ever been to a doctor and been given free samples of drugs? You might feel grateful: there's something you don't have to pay for. But those free samples are actually not just given to you out of the goodness of anyone's heart - although the doctor may feel he's doing you

January Thoughts of the Day

Read an inspirational recovery thought for each day of the year at the About.com Alcoholism / Substance Abuse site.

How to Stop Smoking Today? Some Useful Tips

Are you the one amongst those smokers who want to stop smoking today? But somewhere you must have been constantly realizing this fact that it is really difficult to do so. You would have been feeling the burden of that addiction all the time along with programs of your brains to get yourself rid of

Internet Addiction – What is It?

With so much to do online, it is becoming too easy to spend hours each day at the computer. We all need to be careful and responsible to not become addicted to the Internet. It is a real disorder that

Smoking Relieves Stress

In my job, I've helped a lot of people quit smoking. And I've heard a lot of reasons why smoking is a good thing.

Effects of Smoking - Why Is It So Hard to Quit?

In this article we will discuss why it is so hard for people to quit smoking.We will discuss another one of the effects of smoking.Habitual smoking behaviors reside in the unconscious mind where they become a conditional response.

Water Pipes

Water pipes are a great addition to any glass pipe collection. Smoking a water pipe contrasts with a regular smoking pipe in two major ways, first the water pipe cools the smoke before it enters the l

The Quit Smoking Movement!

Everyone is aware of the negative effects of smoking, yet it's difficult to kick the habit. Research shows that a majority of people who smoke have at some point in their lives tried to quit; some have succeeded and some haven't. For those who haven't, here are a few methods to help y

Electric Cigarettes Are Greatly Growing Concern

Requested lately to create about electric cigarettes, I must confess which i had never heard about this type of factor. Some inter net research later and that it’s learned that electric cigarettes are a rapidly growing concern.