http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Tom+Horvath Self Help Tom Horvath Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338753&ca=Self+Help If you have had strong cravings, you may not need a description of one! Like hunger (which is what we call craving for food), craving is a complete (cognitive, emotional, and physical) experience. Your mind is distracted. You feel tense and/or frustrated. You get physically uncomfortable. Craving mo... Advice Tom Horvath Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338754&ca=Advice There is no single correct or best way to recover from addiction. There is no element of the recovery process that must completed by all individuals. Although group sessions are often described as essential to recovery, they are not. In fact, most people who recover do not attend groups of any kind!... Medicines and Remedies Tom Horvath Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338755&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Are you searching for the “right” treatment center for you or a loved one? This article is written to suggest that pre-established “programs” of treatment are not the best approach. Rather, there are as many roads to recovery as there are individuals. Treatment centers need to support you on your ow... Advice Tom Horvath Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338756&ca=Advice There are a number of significant differences between men and women with respect to alcohol problems. For instance, the same amount of alcohol (adjusted for weight) will have a bigger effect on a woman (because her stomach does not detoxify alcohol as effectively as a man’s stomach does), women may... Legal Tom Horvath Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338758&ca=Legal This article is not intended to convey legal advice, which can only be provided by an attorney licensed in your state. What follows is an addiction psychologist’s summary of a legal issue he has been following for over a decade. The “establishment” and “free exercise” clauses of the US Constitution’... Family Concerns Tom Horvath Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318854&ca=Family+Concerns Alcohol prohibition in the US lasted from 1919 to 1933. Prohibition continues for those under age 21. Prohibition was repealed because it was violated so often. Given how much people like to drink, prohibition as a public policy was not realistic. In this article I suggest that we are seeing similar... Society Tom Horvath Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318043&ca=Society Although individuals will view addictive behavior in many ways, based on their own beliefs and situations, society needs a comprehensive view of it. Addiction is one of the compelling problems of modern life. Almost all individuals need to manage desire better in a world increasingly filled with tem... Advice Tom Horvath Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318046&ca=Advice In the news media the typical expert describes addiction as a disease. Often these experts work at addiction treatment facilities. It would be easy to conclude that experts agree that addiction is hereditary, incurable and lifelong. In the addiction field this view is referred to as the “disease mod... Advice Tom Horvath Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318047&ca=Advice It would be easy to misunderstand the title of this article. I’m not saying that AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) is harmful. On the contrary, many people attend AA and report it to be helpful. In the US there may be one million individuals or more active in AA at any one time. A significant percentage may... Medicines and Remedies Tom Horvath Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318049&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies There are many effective alternatives to the 12-step addiction recovery approach. This article will describe the major treatments and support groups that one might choose if interested in a non-12-step (alternative) approach. These alternatives need to be widely known because individuals who might n...