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		<title>Study offers insight into brain chemistry behind addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL — Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute have gained fresh insight into the brain chemistry behind addiction by studying the least likely of addicts — Parkinson’s disease patients. Typically, those suffering from the neurodegenerative disorder are the polar opposite of an addictive personality. Most patients with Parkinson’s are found to be introverted, rigid and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony of God&#8217;s Overcoming Addiction Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello my name is Richard, and this is my testimony of God&#8217;s overcoming addiction power: My mother loved myself and my siblings, and as a single parent did the best she could to provide for all of our needs.  Sometimes providing for us included moving; different neighborhoods, different towns, and even different states.  I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration and Relapse</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/336-restoration-and-relapse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In aftercare treatment planning, one must include a clear plan of restoration. This plan must include a great deal of accountability and ongoing oversight. Relapse and recidivism rates for addicts still remain relatively high after completion of treatment. One must be on guard to discern the role of spiritual transformation in the life of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavioral Change (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts have developed strong, highly programmed, even automatic behavior patterns in order to maintain their addiction. They will go to extraordinary lengths to deny, minimize, or rationalize this addictive behavior. 1. Focus honesty and behavior change. This requires the therapist to maintain a strong initial focus on honesty and behavior change. When the addict seeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Your Tolerance Increased?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/266-has-your-tolerance-increased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[God has made us “fearfully and wonderfully” (Psalm 139: 14). One of the amazing qualities of the body is its ability to adapt. Whatever happens to the body it will always seek to return to the state of normal. Scientists and systems therapists call this homeostasis. A virus enters our body and the body works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying Multiple Addictions?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/233-carrying-multiple-addictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many addicts suffer from more than one addiction. It is not uncommon for them to use a variety of substances and behaviors to alter their mood. Carnes (1991), in a research project with sex addicts, found, for example that half of all sex addicts suffer from chemical dependency. Carnes also found that the more serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addictive behavior and the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What has long been debated is whether or not certain behaviors can affect the chemistry of the brain. As scientists have increased their ability to scan and produce images of the brain (through MRI and PET studies, for example), research projects have begun to demonstrate that behaviors can also do this. When a person looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling With Addiction?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/191-struggling-with-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The addict represents someone who has become trapped in a web of deceit and dark forces too powerful to overcome without significant help from God and others. Romans 7:21-25 reveals the truth about it: “So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction: The Symptoms</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/180-addiction-the-symptoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Symptoms and Etiology of the Addict The following list of 17 criteria is, in our opinion, a good set of common symptomatic behaviors and characteristics—a universal diagnostic set—that could be generalized to all substance or behavioral addictions and compulsions. * A pattern of out of control substance usage or behavior for a year or more. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Substance Abuse Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/175-substance-abuse-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An estimated 3.3 million people aged 12 or older (1.4 percent of the population)   received some kind of treatment for a problem related to the use of alcohol or illicit drugs in the 12 months prior to being interviewed in 2003. Of these, 1.2 million persons received treatment at a rehabilitation facility as an outpatient, [...]]]></description>
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