Why Can't I Curb My Cravings?

Published January 15, 2013

Why Can't I Curb My Cravings?

Filed under: food addiction help

Dr. Pamela Peeke, a physician and author of the book The Hunger Fix, notes that food addiction changes the brain in the area associated with impulsivity and addictive urges. The idea that we are … Simple strategies to improve self-control can help …
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First person: 'Drink made me moody and sexually reckless, but I felt lost …

Filed under: food addiction help

I found myself craving something – anything (food, cigarettes, exercise, love, sex, all of which I have used at some point) – to help fill the black hole that, figuratively, I imagined existed deep down inside my belly. This kind of addictive replacing …
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Expiring OxyContin patent spurs fears of generic pill abuse

Filed under: food addiction help

Addicts by the scores used to get a quick and easy high from snorting or shooting up the powerful narcotic OxyContin — until manufacturer Purdue Pharma developed a new version that's harder to abuse. But with the company's patent on its original drug …
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From Twitter:

“I cant help it. Food is my addiction.” #ahaha @hannah_kruse @katie_rende – by Hannah_Butler44 (Hannah Butler)

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