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Dental Floss

How to use Dental Floss Properly

To look at the title, how to use dental floss properly, you might think it’s a pretty redundant topic. Everyone knows how to floss, don’t they? You would be surprised to learn that many adults don’t know the correct technique. What’s more, they didn’t even know that you need to brush your teeth for at least two minutes every time. If you are due for some dental help or a dentist check-up soon, and you don’t think you’re taking care of your teeth as well as you should, then read on. Below, you can learn the correct techniques for flossing, and for more, check out dentist Dental O So Gentle in Perth.

There are three steps for flossing, but the technique is essential to get right.

  1. Begin with at least 18 inches of dental floss from a floss dispenser. These are available from most supermarkets.
  2. Wrap each end around your middle and index finger to ensure a firm grip.
  3. Curve the floss in a ‘C’ shape around each tooth. Move it back and forward in a push-pull motion. Follow that up with up and down the sides of each tooth.

Every time you floss, make sure you go beneath the gumline. By doing so, you can remove plaque build-up that a toothbrush and mouth rinse can’t find. The back and forward motion help to bring the plaque up from your gumline, releasing it into your mouth for rinsing out.

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How to Teach Kids to Be More Environmentally Aware

Most parents try to raise their children to be upstanding members of society. They teach them to share their toys, play nicely with others, use their manners, and, in general, just be nice.

But what about teaching them about sustainability, the environment, and how to care for the planet? There is plenty of merit in teaching them how to care about where they live as well as the other people who share the earth with them. Read on to learn what could be worth sharing with your kids to benefit them and the environment.

Recycling

Having the skill and knowledge to recycle is not something you are born with. It’s a learned ability that takes encouragement from parents and society. From an early age, teach your children about the importance of placing recyclable products in the recycling bin and waste in the trash bin. Print out infographics on what can go in which bin, and actively encourage them to care about what ends up in the rubbish bin.

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5 Tips For Ensuring You Stay Safe During Your Limo Ride

5 Tips For Ensuring You Stay Safe During Your Limo Ride

One of the facets of limo hire cars is they are regarded as one of the safest means of travel. Reasons include the fact that the limo car will be well-maintained, that limos tend not to be driven over the speed limit, and the not inconsequential fact that limo car drivers usually have many years of driving experience.

All that points to the actions of the limo hire company and its staff playing a huge role in your safety whilst travelling in one of their limos, however, you also have a responsibility to ensure that you behave and conduct yourself in a safe manner.

No amount of limo car maintenance and limo driver experience is going to count if you do something which puts you and others in danger, or worse create circumstances that lead to an accident. As for how you should conduct yourself safely in a limo car, here are five tips that should keep you and others travelling with you safe.

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Wisdom Teeth

Are My Wisdom Teeth Ready to Come Out?

Wisdom teeth are a set of molars that grow through in your late teenage years through to your early twenties. Not everyone gets wisdom teeth, however, and given the problems they can cause, that can be quite a relief. Health experts, kaizenexphys.com.au, suggests dentists tackle wisdom teeth removal every day, with more extractions in Australia than even the UK.

Dentist Perth advise that when wisdom teeth grow through straight, healthy, and keep to themselves, they don’t require removal. When there is not enough room in your mouth for them, they are impacted, or cause infection and decay; then your dentist will need to take them out quick-smart.

But, how do you know they need to come out?

The Alignment Isn’t Right

Wisdom teeth are a third and final set of molars, which means they are the last ones to arrive at the party when there are no seats left. Because of a lack of space, they might decide to grow in sideways, crooked, or in the way of other teeth – pushing them off their seats. If that’s the case, your dentist will need to act. The first port of call is an x-ray to find out what’s going on. You will then most likely require extraction and you may require Invisalign or braces.

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Reputable Botox Provider

How to Find a Reputable Botox Provider?

Everyone is always looking for a bargain, but when it comes to your health, it’s not something on which you should put a dollar value. If you have been thinking about getting Botox treatment, then here’s how to find a reputable local Botox provider – and it’s not by who has the lowest price tag.

Word of Mouth

One of the most effective methods for finding any beauty solution, a reputable Botox provider is by talking to those who have had injections before. If they still receive them, then use their faces as “proof” of the efficacy of the process. Find out whether your friends and family members would recommend certain practitioners over others, and how they found the entire process.

Read Reviews

When you are sure you want to receive Botox injections, then it’s a good idea to compile a list of Botox providers near you, then browse the internet for reviews. Social media is always an excellent source of information – with people more than happy to offer their real-life experiences dealing with particular businesses. Google Reviews also provides an abundance of information from real customers who are all too willing to list the pros and cons of dealing with a company.

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Pros And Cons Of Custom Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchens of every shape and size will have a variety of features within them, and one feature which often gets the most attention is the kitchen cabinets. Whether they are made by  Perth cabinet makers or come off a production line, kitchen cabinets are an integral part of kitchen renovations and new kitchen designs, and if truth be told, often account for a substantial part of the cost of each kitchen.

For those reasons, it is fair to say that the choice of kitchen cabinets for kitchen renovations is an extremely important one. The choices that have to be made include the type of cabinet, the size, the materials used, the colours, the finish, the trims, and not forgetting the handles or knobs on the doors.

There is one other choice that will hugely influence the cabinets which are finally installed in a kitchen, and that is whether they are to be custom-made. Cabinet makers can skilfully create cabinets to any specification, and this is often the route that many homeowners go down. However, is it the right route for everyone? To try to answer that question, let us examine the pros and cons of choosing custom kitchen cabinets.

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Exercise Right

Exercise Right: Maximum Effect in Minimal Time

When you’re time poor, it’s essential to find group fitness or solo sessions that can burn as many calories as you possibly can in a short space of time. After all, time is precious, and you need to be able to strike a balance between your health and your daily tasks. That’s where Grit Strength comes in.

Grit Strength is a high-intensity workout group fitness session that can tick all the boxes for a range of people. It’s also one of few exercise sessions that can offer maximum effect, in minimal time. Here’s why you may like to consider Grit Strength for a group fitness workout.

It Takes Minimal Time

Many people use a lack of time as a reason for not exercising. In reality, it doesn’t have to take up as much of your precious time as you think. Grit Strength is a high-intensity group fitness session that takes 30 minutes. In that half-hour window, you are pushed to your limit and challenged in a fun, supportive, and energy-rich environment.

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Body Butter

Why You Should Be Using Body Butter

If you don’t usually purchase natural body care products, then what do you normally put on your skin? For many people, it’s a range of synthetic creams, lotions, and moisturisers which may contain harmful ingredients such as parabens. A report out from Dianne Caine says that while quality skincare products are abundant on the market, not all have the same benefits of body butter. If you’re about to get engaged or married and you’ve just picked out your engagement rings from Engagement Rings Perth and are becoming your best self before your big day, did you know that body butter can make a world of difference to your skin? Here’s what you can expect.

Natural Ingredients

Unlike many products on the market, natural body care products such as body butter tend to have far more natural ingredients. For many health advisors, that equates to peace of mind, body care and minimal risk of skin irritation. In many body butter products, you can expect ingredients such as rosemary, shea butter, almond oil, macadamia nut oil, and emulsifying wax. You can also find body butter that is certified as organic.

Nutrients

Body butter is full of nourishing nutrients and ingredients that are beneficial for your skin. For the most part, they feature omega 3 fats to calm inflammation as well as plenty of skin rejuvenating properties. You may find that synthetic lotions do not have the same effect.

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Healthy Kids Teeth

Top Dental Hacks For Keeping Your Kids’ Teeth Healthy

Oral health is extremely important. If your mouth is healthy, the rest of your body will be healthier. However, if your mouth is unhealthy, you may find that your general health decreases. It is therefore very important to make sure that you visit the dentist regularly, that you practice good oral hygiene and that you take steps to prevent oral disease.

Unfortunately, it can be difficult to encourage good oral health habits in children. They may not like brushing or flossing their teeth regularly, have fear of dentist and this can lead to all sorts of dental problems down the track. As a parent, it is your responsibility to make sure that your children have healthy teeth. Our top dental hacks for helping you do this include:

Teach Good Habits Early:

It is never too early to teach good dental hygiene habits. Although a lot of people believe the dental myth that baby teeth don’t really matter – since they are lost anyway – nothing could be further from the truth. A person’s baby teeth are perfect for practicing and refining good oral health techniques and habits, and should always be kept in good condition to maintain good dental health.

As a parent, a key part of childcare, is you should teach your children good oral health techniques early in their life. Start brushing their teeth as soon as they come through with a special baby toothbrush, and teach them to brush their own as soon as they are old enough. Show them how to floss and how to use a mouthwash, and make sure that you are always encouraging good habits.

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Substance Abuse

What Drinking Does to Your Body

Drinking to excess is a universal problem, with most countries facing an uphill battle against the bottle. As those in drug rehab facilities will tell you, however, the effects of drinking on your body are more than only a hangover. Here is why you should take care of a drinking problem sooner rather than later.

Liver Damage

When you drink to excess on a regular basis, such as alcohol addiction, your liver can succumb to irreparable damage. In the long term, your liver stops being able to remove harmful substances from your body effectively.

Heart Damage

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common and fatal conditions in the world. While leading a poor lifestyle is one of the leading causes, drinking to excess can also be a contributing factor. If you drink to excess on a regular basis, and you have come to realise you have a problem, booking into drug rehab could help to prevent heart damage in the future.

Infertility

Studies carried out over many years now show that excessive drinking and alcohol problems can lead to an increased risk of infertility.

Cancer

Chronic drinking is not only harmful in the short-term, hurting those around you, but long-term effects can also be fatal. If you’re a heavy, frequent drinker, you are more at risk of mouth, throat, or oesophageal cancer. Females are also more at risk of breast cancer.

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Fear Of The Dentist

Why People Of All Ages Have A Fear Of The Dentist

Of all the doctors and medical professionals that someone might need to visit during their lifetime, it is the dentist who strikes fear into more people than anyone else. It can range from mild nervousness to outright panic and at its worst a phobia that prevents the sufferer from getting the dental care that they need.

Fear of going to the dentist is something which affects men, women, teenagers, and children so age is no indicator of whether someone will be affected or not. What will differ are both the intensity of the fear and the underlying reasons behind it. Here are some of the most common ones and one or two ways to overcome them if they occur.

Previous bad experience: A long-term fear of going to the dentist can often be triggered by a single event such as painful extraction or extreme discomfort whilst a dental procedure was being performed in the past. Often the level of pain was less than the person believes it to have been but when they think about the experience it triggers anxiety each time they revisit their dentist, for fear of it occurring again.

The fact is the majority of dental procedures done by experts, are relatively painless due to the numbing agent used beforehand. Also, even after the procedure is complete and the numbing agent starts to wear off, any pain still felt will not be as high as one might imagine it to be.

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Drug Addiction

How Drug Addiction can Ruin Your Life

Many people take harmful substances without giving any thought to the damage that will occur to their body or their life.  It is only those who get to the stage of drug rehab that realise the truth. For those people have already experienced losing just about all the things that make life worthwhile, including loved ones and their sense of self worth.

While it is true that taking one harmful substance once won’t make you an addict, it can still cause severe health and even mental problems.  Addiction often starts through peer pressure, especially if a young person is having trouble or perceived trouble at home. They take the substance once and when it makes them feel good, they want to repeat that feeling.

However, over time they need more of the substance to get the same good feeling and this is when they are addicted, whether they believe it or not. Many people don’t believe they are addicted; they are convinced that they can stop at any time, it’s just that they don’t choose to stop. In reality, they could not stop even if they tried.

Most people try to hide their addiction until it gets to the stage where it is impossible to hide it or they become too ill from the side effects of taking it to hide their condition.  Or when their life falls apart due to the neglect of their loved ones, then they seek help and may go into drug rehab.

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The Health Benefits of a Good Diet

Most people these days understand that what they eat is important to their health. But actually following through and eating plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and low fat meat doesn’t always happen. The trouble is that it is easier to eat unhealthy junk food that can be delivered to the door, or at least doesn’t require cooking.

Part of the problem is that when you work hard all day, coming home to cook a meal is not something you want to do. However, with a little bit of effort you can be much healthier. Nutritious meals don’t have to take time and effort to prepare. Think of salads; a little bit of washing and cutting up and it’s on the plate ready to eat. And as long as you go easy on the coleslaw and potato salad, you’ll soon start losing weight without even trying.

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A Drink is a Drug is a Whole Pan of Brownies

If I stop using drugs, can I still drink?

Although I identify as an alcoholic, for several years marijuana was my first drug of choice – until it stopped working for me. All of a sudden, smoking pot made me paranoid and miserable. This was when I learned to drink alcohol. And, alcohol was what brought me to my knees.

Throughout my years in recovery, I have watched people get sober and work to identify the driving factors behind their alcohol or drug addiction, only to see them relapse after a while. I went through this myself.

I got sober but suffered from deep depression and debilitating anxiety. I was honest with my Doctor about being an alcoholic in recovery. My Doctor put me on an antidepressant and a Benzedrine for anxiety. I was feeling better but began to misinterpret normal anxiety about a given situation in life and anxiety that was abnormal. I was used to numbing my feelings, used to not feeling much of anything.

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5 Tips to Improve Your Self Esteem

Low self esteem is something that nearly every woman deals with at some time in her life and sometimes throughout the whole of her life. Not only does it cause you to believe lies about yourself, it often prevents you from even trying to improve your life because you don’t believe you deserve it, or are capable of doing it.

In some cases the problem stems from childhood, where unsupportive parents criticised every mistake you made and so you felt you were never good enough to reach their standards. Or it can start when you have a relationship break-up, or fail in an exam, or any other myriad of things that can go wrong in life. The main thing is not to let low self esteem stick around.

Here are 5 tips that can help to improve your self esteem.

  • Meditate about yourself as a person. As you get to know the real you, you will realise that she is a person who deserves to have all the good things in life that you want. Love, finances, employment you are passionate about, friends who support you, good grades in that exam and so on. You will realise that none of these things are – nor should they be – dependent on who you are or how you look. You are a unique person who has something special to offer the world that no one else has.

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How to Avoid Pollen and Other Allergens

Any electrician will tell you that one way to avoid allergens is to install an air conditioner, which will filter out nearly all the allergens from outside, leaving your inside air fresh and pure. This is good news for people who are allergic and suffer from itchy, red eyes, stuffy or runny nose, sneezing or even asthmatic problems due to allergies.

External allergens include many things such as –

  • Dust from soil
  • Pollen from flowers
  • Pollen from grasses
  • Smoke and fine ash from bushfires
  • Factory smoke and soot
  • Pet hair and dander and more

The problem with outside allergens is that they can blow into your area from many kilometres away, so just looking around your district to see what is likely to affect you may not alert you to what is causing your allergies.

If you step outside only to find it is the pathway to an allergy attack, the best thing to do is stay inside as much as possible. Of course, it is essential to get that bit of fresh air and sunshine for optimal health. This can be done early in the morning while the morning air is moist and dew is still on the grass as that will help to reduce pollen and grass borne allergies.

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Dental Implant

Who is a Good Candidate for Dental Implants?

Dental implants have many advantages over other options to replace lost or missing teeth.  Once successfully put in by a dentist, the implant is almost impossible to identify as a fake tooth, there is no discomfort such as from a plate that rubs and it lasts for a very long time, so is durable and effective as a working tooth or teeth.dental implantsSadly, not everyone is suitable for this procedure. It is essential to consult with a dentist who is highly experienced in the procedure to find out if they think you would be a good candidate. Otherwise the procedure will cost a lot and not be successful, something that no one wants to have happen.

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Financial Repercussions

How to Avoid the Financial Ramifications of Ill Health

Getting sick is not only unpleasant physically, it can have a lot of unpleasant financial repercussions as well. If you are sick enough to be off work for several months, the loss of income may be almost impossible to recover from as you can lose your home, car and job if you can’t keep up the repayments or do the work required of you. To avoid this disastrous scenario, it is essential to have a financial advisor do some financial planning on your behalf, that includes risk and health insurance and helps you to plan for emergencies small and large.

Don’t wait until sickness happens to get assistance from a financial planner; it will be too late then. Planning your finances so they are in a healthy state takes time. Putting the plan into place is essential, but you still have to wait for growth to happen. Leaving it all until you are sick and out of money is not going to help you. What is needed is for consultation and a plan immediately, while you have an income and are not ill.

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Helping Yourself With A Eating Disorder

Helping Yourself With A Eating Disorder

Helping Yourself

Be Your Own Best Resource
Are you concerned about the ways you deal with food? Or how you think about your body? If so, there are numerous ways you can help yourself and begin the practice of healthful living from the “inside out.” Here are eight suggestions to get you started.

  • Daily Check-in: Am I Eating to Feed Emotional Hungers?
    Sometimes we resort to dieting, bingeing, excessive exercising, or other unhealthy “body” behaviors as an attempt to deal with psychological or emotional issues. It is all too common for us, especially for women living in a beauty-crazed culture, to transfer everyday life anxieties about jobs, relationships, and unexpected changes onto the shape and size of our bodies. We are under the mistaken impression that our bodies, unlike larger life and relational issues, are under control.Have you ever found yourself eating unconsciously or starting a new diet when you are feeling under pressure, upset, lonely, sad, mad, nervous, or bored? Everyone eats for emotional reasons now and then; this is normal. But when binge eating, dieting, or over exercising becomes your main coping strategy, this is a warning signal that you might be headed into unhealthy territory.If your stomach is not hungry but your mouth wants food, try to pause and figure out what is really “eating you.” Are you angry with someone? An ice-cream cone might taste good and alter your mood in the short run, but it will not solve the real problem.Are you hungry for intellectual stimulation? A friend’s company? Solitude? Emotional release? Creative expression? The challenge is to stay connected to all of our various appetites-emotional, spiritual, creative, relational, and physical-as we learn to nourish our whole selves.

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How Service Can Aid The Road To Recovery

How Service Can Aid The Road To Recovery

Volunteering is a powerful way to aid you on the path to recovery from an addiction. Following a treatment program, it’s as natural to feel invigorated and ready to jump back in and reclaim your life and live a healthy lifestyle as it is to be confused about your next steps. Getting back into a normal routine can be equally as exhilarating as it is daunting. This is why it is important to have a purpose, and to contribute in some valuable way to society. One of the best ways to do this is through volunteer work. Volunteering can bring many different benefits, and you’ll find yourself growing and receiving much more.

Get Yourself Back Into A Work Regimen

After treatment, jumping back into the workforce isn’t always the easiest bridge to cross. You may find yourself between a rock and a hard place trying to explain gaps in your resume to prospective employers. This is where volunteering can really help. The benefits are three-fold: you can aid those in need (whether it’s helping those less fortunate in soup kitchens or at animal shelters), you’ll feel better about yourself and your contribution to society, and you can rebuild your work regimen by getting into the habit or working as a team, taking command, and committing yourself to a schedule. Lastly, it can be helpful in applying to jobs and demonstrating your work ethic and growth. For example, if you’ve been volunteering consistently, it’s possible to have the program coordinator provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf.

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Managing Expectations

Expectations can be tricky, especially in early sobriety, and even later on. Bali drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre Seasons Bali advises that after leaving rehab, it’s easy to believe that life will instantly fall into place.

When reality falls short of those expectations, though, it might cause irritation, dissatisfaction, or even a relapse.

Addiction has a way of distorting ideas and impairing clarity of vision. In active addiction, expectations often become unrealistic or totally off-target for reality.

That same kind of thinking could follow a person into recovery, eventually leading to pointless suffering.

Expectation is believed as planned resentment.

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Students And Eating Disorders

Helping Your Student

Please note: For ease in reading, we have used “she” and “her” in the description below even though eating disorders exist in men, women, girls, and boys. This advice is suitable for a child of either gender.

Approaching a student with an eating disorder can be tricky. If you are a coach, your student might be dieting, binge eating, or purging to sustain your approval or to be part of her team’s effort to win. As a teacher or coach, you can help by trying to get your student to see that she needs help.

It is important to remember that her eating disorder is her desperate way of trying to cope with underlying problems, and even though you can see how unhealthy and unproductive it is, for her it may feel like a lifeline. That is why it is common for students with eating disorders to be upset or mad if you try to help them. They may fear that you are going to take away their only coping mechanisms. A student may deny the problem, be furious that you discovered her secret, and feel threatened by your caring. Athletes in particular may feel frightened that their participation in sports will be threatened by your concern. Give them time and breathing space once you have raised your concerns.

Prepare yourself for your talk. Gather general information before you talk to the student. Find out about the resources for help in your school and community without revealing the identity of the student.

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Letting Go Of Resentment And Why It Matters

Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.  [Alcoholics Anonymous, pg 64]

Resentment is toxic to alcoholics and addicts.  The longer a resentment festers, the more damage the resentment can do to our psyche, and harboring a resentment can lead to all kinds of absurd behaviors, including using so that we don’t have to feel the feelings of the resentment.

…this business of resentment is infinitely grave.  We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit.  The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die.  [Alcoholics Anonymous, pg 66]

Resentment is like a thief, taking your energy, emotions, thoughts, and any hope of joy or serenity.  The person or institution that you resent is not hurt or bothered by your resentment.  The only person hurting over this resentment is you.

I’ve heard it said that having a resentment toward someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.  This is a pretty good analogy for me to use when I’m looking at a resentment.  It’s pretty easy to see how the other person is not going to feel any ill-effect of my resentment (poison) toward them.

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How Anyone Can Learn to Meditate

In your recovery journey, you’ll more than likely hear about meditation.  If you are like a lot of others in early recovery, sitting still and clearing your mind seems like an uncomfortable idea and a nearly impossible task.

According to Merriam-Webster, Meditation is to engage in contemplation or reflection, or to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one’s breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness.

Meditation, whether sitting alone on a beach in Bali, or in your luxury villa from Easy Bali Villas, has been proven to have many benefits, including lowering stress and blood pressure, to becoming more self-aware, and improving concentration and acceptance.  In addition, meditation has proven to be an effective tool in drug rehab and maintaining sobriety.

There are some effective ways to begin to learn how to meditate without becoming overwhelmed with the idea of sitting quietly and trying to slow down all the thoughts and chatter in your head.

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Meth Addiction

Your son is acting strangely. He has periods of extreme activity and seems agitated or upset. He is losing weight and has no appetite. He has sores on his face and arms and continues to dig at them as though bugs are crawling on his skin and he cannot get them off. You’ve noticed the behavior increasing over time and you suspect substance abuse. You start finding evidence that your suspicions are true – empty soda cans with holes in the sides, crumpled pieces of aluminum foil, and his manner has changed. You find yourself facing a harsh, upsetting reality. Your son is using “meth,” and you’re not sure how to go about helping him or if you even can.

In order to help your loved one struggling with meth addiction, it is important to understand “meth” and why it is such a popular drug of choice.

The use of Methamphetamine, or meth, continues to gain popularity with young adults. The stress of a fast paced lifestyle and the urge to have more energy often contributes to the desire to try meth for the first time. Methamphetamine is an intense stimulant that can last anywhere from 8 to 10 hours when it is ingested. Meth provides a fast, strong euphoria followed by a long, less intense euphoric phase. Meth is so addicting that users can become addicted within a few uses. Meth is easy to obtain and, according to HealthResearchFunding.org, costs about $25 for one hit, which equates to about a quarter of a gram. HealthResearchFunding.org also states that the first high from Methamphetamine is so pleasurable and intense that users feel compelled to keep chasing that high, trying again and again to replicate it. For a meth user, the craving is constant.

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