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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>Making Choices &#8211; Are We Really Free?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/412-making-choices-are-we-really-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When God created us he gave us the freedom of choice.  Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, we are in bondage to the consequences of that choice.  Some people define freedom as the right to exercise their own choices, to be free moral agents.  No restrictions!  “I can do whatever I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Renewal (Part 5)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/327-spiritual-renewal-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts are spiritually immature by nature. They often search for black-and-white answers to their problems. If addicts have developmental issues it is easy to see that they will also have childish and adolescent beliefs about God (see May, 1988; Miller, 1987). They may have become angry with God for not “delivering” them of their cravings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional and Cognitive Restructuring (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/316-emotional-and-cognitive-restructuring-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts come from families that might have wounded them emotionally, physically, sexually, and/or spiritually (Carnes, 1997). They have deep sadness, feelings of shame, and loneliness. A. Protect against emotional triggers. It is vitally important for these emotional issues to be addressed. Any stimulus that potentially triggers an addict into these feelings can provoke the old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Want To Be Free?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/307-do-you-want-to-be-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It hasn&#8217;t always been this way I remember brighter days Before the dark ones came Stole my mind Wrapped my soul in chains Now I live among the dead Fighting voices in my head Hoping someone hears me crying in the night And carries me away Set me free of the chains holding me Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavioral Change (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/303-behavioral-change-part-2/</link>
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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>Physical Stabilization and Self-care (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/299-physical-stabilization-and-self-care-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts may have caused physical damage to their bodies. Alcoholics will have possible neurological, gastro-intestinal, or liver complications. Food addicts may starve themselves to death or suffer the effects of chronic obesity. Sex addicts run the risk of sexually transmitted diseases or a variety of sexual dysfunctions. Any addict also runs the risk of stress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The reasons for addiction are multi-faceted</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/291-the-reasons-for-addiction-are-multi-faceted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The treatment of addiction requires a variety of approaches. Treatment must maintain a careful balance between confronting the addict’s denial and minimization and supporting them when they do the painful and difficult work of honest disclosure. At times, direct and intense confrontation is necessary because of the tendency for denial and minimization, but also remember [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/209-addictive-behavior-and-the-brain/</link>
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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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