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How to deal with pressures of productivity
The term ‘productivity’ is the most misunderstood concept by the majority of people. Simply google the word, and the internet will load with plenty of articles suggesting ‘How to increase your productivity at work’, ‘Importance of productivity’, ‘The productivity manual’, and many more. Today, especially in the new hybrid work system, it has become a……
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How to cope with a partner with sex addiction
A good sex life can do wonders for a relationship. It can bring you closer to your partner, reinforce the love you have for each other and keep you in good spirits. However, what if you have a partner who has an insatiable urge to have sex all the time? Do you give in to……
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12 step program for agnostics or atheists
Ralph G. Nichols, the author of “Are you listening?”, said something very profound, “The most basic of all human needs is to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” There are many ways to help someone with an addiction problem and the most basic of them is……
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Positive affirmations for addiction recovery
There are two definitions of ‘affirmation’ in the oxford dictionary. The first one is, affirmation is the action or process of affirming something, and the second is affirmation is an act of emotional support or encouragement. These two definitions give you a glimpse into why affirmations are a powerful tool when it comes to addiction……
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Does rehab really work?
Until the early 19th century in the US, people suffering from addiction were housed in various locations or sent to jails. It wasn’t considered a mental disorder, and the mental hospitals at the time were not equipped to treat addiction. The initial approach to addiction treatment was to drink in moderation rather than abstinence and……
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Has the pandemic made life better in any way?
The pandemic caused multiple deaths, mental health concerns, and increased calls to suicide helplines for help. People felt incredibly lonely, restricted to their homes, and many struggled to feed themselves and their families due to job losses. And remote workers lost a sense of time, boundaries and felt burned out. Countless people felt distressed during……
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Journaling techniques to help you in your addiction recovery
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is probably one of the most famous books of our times. As the title suggests it was a diary where the young Anne Frank wrote about the trials and tribulations of living in hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. With the holocaust happening around her, the diary……
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Why do some people get addicted to drugs and others do not?
Drug and alcohol addiction is a complex brain disease and can last a person’s whole life. Addiction can be managed and treated with medication and therapy, but chances of relapse are always present. There’s a lot of stigma attached to addiction; there is a popular myth that quitting alcohol or drugs is a choice and……
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Rehabilitation for Addiction and Mental Health: Facts and Myths with Abhasa
Our weekly webinars talk about various industry scenarios and challenges of rehabs across the country and the de-addiction and mental health challenges the mental health community faces and people in general. In the fourth webinar of a new 2021 series, we invited Dr Rohit Garg – Psychiatrist at Abhasa Rehabilitation Centre. The webinar was hosted……
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Alcoholism and aggression/ aggressive behaviors. How is it connected?
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” This is probably one of the most poignant lines from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel, ‘The Great Gatsby’. Alcohol abuse has been the cause of many broken marriages, domestic violence, road rage, drunk driving and at times even murder….…