http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/addiction-blog.html The Addiction Blog keeps you informed on all addictive behavior: food obsession,drugs,alcohol,gambling,compulsive sex,shoplifting, codependency. Ask questions or tell your story.Opt-in. en-us stop being addicted Sun, 13 May 2012 16:40:14 GMT Sun, 13 May 2012 16:40:14 GMT untwist-your-thinking.com http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/on-the-wrong-road.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/on-the-wrong-road.html I am 13 years old and I have a video game/computer addiction. I get good grades in school (because my dad watches how I do.) I take part in karate; haven't Sun, 13 May 2012 16:40:09 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/have-i-developed-a-cod.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/have-i-developed-a-cod.html I'm a 33 year old female who might be suffering A CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE DISSORDER with cleaning. I live at home with mum and don’t have a job. From the Sat, 12 May 2012 18:45:42 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/codependent-to-a-narcissist.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/codependent-to-a-narcissist.html I was married to a man with a narcissist personality disorder. He left me 5 years ago for a woman he was cheating on with me. I found out later he had Sat, 12 May 2012 18:37:01 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcoholic-child.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcoholic-child.html Our adult son, in his twenties, has had drug and alcohol issues’ for which he sought help independently from us. He held a job and confined most drinking Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:25:11 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/dealing-with-gambling-and-alcohol-addict.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/dealing-with-gambling-and-alcohol-addict.html My father is addicted to drinking and in the past few years gambling as well. My mom, sister and I intervened when we found out the finances were out Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:12:11 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/multiple-addictions-tired-of-a-life-of-fighting.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/multiple-addictions-tired-of-a-life-of-fighting.html I will begin by first saying that I was diagnosed with mental illness many years ago.(major clinical depression, borderline personality disorder, bi-polar, Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:26:22 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/horrible-secret.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/horrible-secret.html I've been holding back a very horrible secret. One of my neighbors is a single parent with a little girl 8yrs old now. He is a drug addict (Various Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:05:29 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/end-a-relationship.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/end-a-relationship.html How to end a relationship is a difficult question, with no easy answer. Tips for a break up, minimizing emotional damage with the least amount of pain. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:10:27 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cheating-relationship.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cheating-relationship.html In a cheating relationship, everyone’s hurt -- the victim, the cheater, the other person. Understand cheating, infidelity and how to move on and heal. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:49:56 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/toxic-relationships.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/toxic-relationships.html If you’re in a toxic relationship, others will probably know before you do. Here’s how to recognize and deal with toxic relationships, before it’s too late Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:45:55 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/letting-go-of-a-relationship.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/letting-go-of-a-relationship.html Letting go of a relationship can be devastating but it can liberate you. Often it’s unexpected, but most of the time it is preceded by a gradual decline. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:42:50 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/enabling-behavior.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/enabling-behavior.html Stop enabling behavior and learn how to help people by changing enabling behaviors. Stop enabling an addict, children, anyone. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:53:16 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-questions.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-questions.html Relationship questions? Whom do you ask? Relationships are complicated. You start spinning, obsessing. The most common relationship questions answered. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:45 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/spouse-abuse.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/spouse-abuse.html Spouse abuse is preventable because there are a number of things you can do to prevent domestic violence from spreading. First, don’t ignore abuse it. Spread the word Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:14:26 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-addiction.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-addiction.html A relationship addiction or love addiction stemmed from understanding/codependency, but they are not the same. There are many types of love addicts Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:11:29 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/codependence.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/codependence.html Codependence can be normal, but in a negative codependent relationship one person focuses so much on the other, that it’s not healthy and it upsets both of them. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:47:02 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/love-advice.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/love-advice.html Free love advice to respect each other’s differences - no anger, blame, control or being codependent. This is basic to healthy love relationships. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:37:18 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cognitive_techniques.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cognitive_techniques.html Cognitive techniques change twisted thinking to stop all addictions, also for couples counseling, relationships and codependency. Counseling with CBT gets results. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:34:31 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/treatment-available.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/treatment-available.html Treatment available for alcohol and drug addiction is not only rehab. There are many others. Find out what else is offered in the substance abuse field. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:09:25 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/abusive-relationship-continues.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/abusive-relationship-continues.html I went from a home, where I was emotionally abused by my father, to a home with an emotionally abusive husband. I never could have realized it, but my Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:05:24 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/aging-process.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/aging-process.html The aging process changes alcohol absorption and medication can conflict. .Alcoholism in the elderly is not uncommon. Guard against addiction to alcohol and medication. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:54:05 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/healthy-eating-plan.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/healthy-eating-plan.html A healthy eating plan keeps you on track when you’re stressed. Fast food and junk food are easy when you’re hungry or stressed. Here’s how to stop it. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:30:50 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/food-addiction.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/food-addiction.html Food addiction is more than eating too much. A food addict is out of control. Stop emotional eating with these tips and take control of your life. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:40:47 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcoholic-gambling-wife.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcoholic-gambling-wife.html My wife drinks and gambles. It is effecting our relationship. What advise can you give me? ------------------------------------------------- It's not Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:32:37 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/pub-owner-alcoholic.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/pub-owner-alcoholic.html I am a landlord of a pub. I can wait all day before drinking until around 6pm, then the urges come. Mid-week is the worst because it is quiet in the Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:36:35 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/12-step-program-of-aa.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/12-step-program-of-aa.html All about the 12 step program of AA What the Alcohol Anonymous meetings are about and how the program works for alcoholics and drug addicts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:53 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/online-counseling.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/online-counseling.html Online counseling, life coaching and recovery for all impulse control behaviors: food, drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, codependency, shoplifting etc Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:50:09 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/daily-addiction-quotes.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/daily-addiction-quotes.html Is there a calendar anywhere with daily quotes or short stories about addiction. I think it would be a great tool to wake up and get through the day. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:32:36 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/percocet-took-over-my-sister.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/percocet-took-over-my-sister.html I have been dealing with anxiety and stress due to my sister’s illness. I have paid for rehab, paid to have her electricity turned back on, paid for Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:30:17 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/love-to-binge.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/love-to-binge.html I LOVE to save calories to binge eat. I know it is wrong, but I love the taste of junk food and when I want to eat it, I want as much as I can get into Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:53:42 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/supporting-an-abusive-daughter.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/supporting-an-abusive-daughter.html I am a mom and that is all I know. I have three children. My life is always in turmoil. I have a daughter that is bi-polar and she is a bully...She has Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:52:06 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/marijuana-symptoms.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/marijuana-symptoms.html Marijuana symptoms always starts with denial. Many teenagers and adults use pot, weed, ganja and have addiction symptoms, but deny they need treatment. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:57:39 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/marijuana-test.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/marijuana-test.html Take this simple marijuana test and find out if you’re really addicted, need a rehab or have no problem at all. Are you dependent on pot? Find out. . Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40:16 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/how-to-help-my-bro.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/how-to-help-my-bro.html I think my brother might have a really strong addictive personality for smoking and women. He falls ‘unthoughtfully’ for women and continues to do radical Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:04:26 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/disclosing-a-heroin-addiction.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/disclosing-a-heroin-addiction.html I have found a girl I really like and I think she likes me but I am worried that when I tell her I am a recovering heroin addict and that I am on a methadone Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:20:39 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cheating-with-a-married-man.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/cheating-with-a-married-man.html I have been in a relatively new relationship with a women who is very kind, intelligent and caring. She recently told me that she was in a relationship Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:35:26 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/pill-addiction-i-quit.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/pill-addiction-i-quit.html Today I ended my pill addiction. I have not even admitted I had one to anyone or myself until I realized I was changing my mood, changing plans, wanting Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:59:56 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/binge-drinking-and-flu.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/binge-drinking-and-flu.html I'm an 18 year old girl and I binged drank for over a week. I stopped yesterday. I feel very sick, cold and tired and I feel that I'm coming down with Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:05:08 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/thinking-for-a-change.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/thinking-for-a-change.html Thinking for a change is one thing. Proactive thinking is another. Proactive thinking is not only about positive thinking. It’s about doing. CBT works. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:23:36 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/my-secret-eating1.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/my-secret-eating1.html I got up late and ate more than usual and then I chilled on the couch...and then I became more and more lazy. So I just told myself...”Ho ! It's OK. Just Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:13:49 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/a-minor-alcohol-problem.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/a-minor-alcohol-problem.html Alright, so I’m 16 years old, but in my opinion, life grows you up and not the age. I’m studying in a very good high-school, I have few friends, but Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:05:22 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcohol-rehab-more-insanity.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/alcohol-rehab-more-insanity.html My son-in-law (a physician!) returned from 3 months in rehab for addiction (wine) 2 months ago. We had high hopes that the whole situation would be improved. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:47:54 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/gambling-to-make-money.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/gambling-to-make-money.html I am 30 weeks pregnant and my boyfriend keeps going to the casino to make money for the baby. He goes up at noon one day and doesn’t come back until Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:57:44 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/my-relationship-hell.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/my-relationship-hell.html I've been in a relationship with a man for seven years now and it's brought me down to a level I never thought I'd accept. He's got such a hold over Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:35:51 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/im-a-food-addict.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/im-a-food-addict.html I turn 20 in 12 days. I wish I could turn back the clock -- hit the restart button on my life. I never wanted it to be like this, sitting in my apartment Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:26:44 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/food-obsession.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/food-obsession.html Food obsession is addiction. Binge eating, compulsive overeating, anorexia, food addicts are compulsive. Eating attitudes can get healing. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:15:45 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/effective-counseling.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/effective-counseling.html Effective counseling - Beverley Glazer MA.in Montreal or online and stop obsessions: food, drugs, alcohol, shoplifting, gambling, sex, co-dependency, relationships. How? Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:36:49 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-tests.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/relationship-tests.html Relationship tests for codependency help identify the problem so you can do something about it. A codependent relationship is painful emotional abuse. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:52:03 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/teenage-drug-abuse.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/teenage-drug-abuse.html Problems with teenage drug abuse or teen alcoholism? Here’s a self test to find out if you or a loved one needs to get help. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:31:40 GMT http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/permissive-parenting.html http://www.untwist-your-thinking.com/permissive-parenting.html Permissive parenting can lead to guilt and regret when it comes to drugs. Teens experiment with drugs for many reasons and if you are permissive you can be encouraging it. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:19:05 GMT