Smoking Health Problems

As we all know smoking is a bad habit. But still people use to smoke because of their addiction towards it or because of fashion. College students used to smoke to look fashionable. Smoking is very injurious to health. Leave smoking to live longer. It is being confirmed through the various research studies that people who smoke a lot live for less years than those who avoids smoking. The maximum numbers of the cancer cases are used due to the smoking. Many people have lost their lives due to the smoking and many more will be giving it in coming future. Smoking has become a problem of serious concern. In spite of the lot of advertisements put by the govt. nobody is reacting promptly to the smoking cessation. According to me, the best solution would be to stop the production of the cigarettes completely. This will surely be a lot helpful to stop the unhealthy habit of smoking. When it was asked to the people during the survey that why they smoke. Nobody was able to give a perfect explanation for it. So, this is just a style or passion that is making this unhealthy habit prominent.

It has proved by the scientific studies that 70 different types of the cancer are caused by the smoking. Cancer of the larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas are caused by the smoking. The fact is that large numbers of deaths all over the world are noted due to the smoking habit. Sexual dysfunction in men and women is noted due to the smoking. It has been noted the men who smoke lot are found to be impotent. Erectile dysfunction is common among the men with the habitual smoking habit. Infertility is on rise due to the unhealthy habit of smoking. Women are failing to get pregnant due to the excessive amount of the tobacco in the body that destroys the ovulation cycle.

Asthma is the common outcome of the smoking. Nearly all the smokers suffer with the asthma. This is caused due to the swelling that is the respiratory tracts that happens due to the smoke of the tobacco. Even the sexual stamina and loss of libido is noted to be common problem faced by the smokers. Even the problem of premature ejaculation is found to be prominent among the men who smoke habitually. Even the occurrence of the blindness is found to be very common among the smokers. Tobacco smoke affects the blood vessels in the eye. This result in the damage of these vessels and the blood supply to the eyes get disturbed, which ultimately leads to the blindness.

Smoking is the habit that generally starts in the young age and then stays for the lifetime with the person. Smoking causes addiction. Tobacco is the main constituent of all the smoking packages sold in the market. Smoking is generally the process in which the tobacco is inserted in the smoking piper and burnt, or cigarettes and cigar has them tobacco filled in which just needs to be burnt. Through the process of smoking the tobacco is inhaled which directly passes to the respiratory tract. It is noted that the functioning of the lungs is disturbed to the large extent by the smoking. More than 95% cases of the lung cancer are caused by the smoking of tobacco. Once you suffer with the cancer then your lifespan remains only for 4 to 6 years.

One of the serious problems that occur due to the smoking is the cardiovascular health problem. Atherosclerosis is one of the most common diseases observed in the smokers. Due to the smoking the deposition of the plaque is deposited in the arteries due to which the atherosclerosis is caused. Tobacco smoke has 5000 different chemical compounds and 80 out of these are very hazardous to the health. Immune system is greatly affected by the smoking due to which many other diseases also affect your health. Thus, it has been proved that smoking reduces the lifespan. So, if you want to live longer then quit smoking.

by Calvin Doyle

Losing Weight Doesn't Have To Be Hard

How would you like to lose twenty five, fifty, or even one hundred pounds in just month? Or drop two dress sizes by the end of the week? There s no need to exercise, just take this magic pill with every meal, and no lifestyle changes are necessary.

Yes, that sounds appealing. It sounds quite impossible as well. For some reason, though, millions of people still fall for the many scams available in the health, diet, and fitness industries. These overnight success programs may have testimonials and pictures to back them up, but could these rapid transformations really be safe for a person s body and mind.

Fat loss can be a quick and easy process but it all depends on your definitions of the words quick and easy . Most weight loss professionals consider one to two pounds to be a safe amount of weight to drop in one year. It doesn t sound as rapid as the infomercials, does it? By dropping the recommended two pounds per week, a person could theoretically lose over one hundred pounds in one year. That should be more than sufficient for most people, and even you have more than that to lose, one hundred pounds off your back would definitely make a dramatic change in health and appearance.

Was fat loss really ever meant to be easy? Nothing of value comes to you without being earned. Regardless of the hyped marketing and testimonials, fat loss was never meant to be easy, but it doesn t have to be confusing. Take a moment to contrast the words easy and simple . Good diet and physical fitness habits are very simple, but they are still hard to do on a consistent basis.

That s the key to weight loss. It s all about consistency. Running just a little bit faster or lifting just a little more weight is all it takes to make impressive improvements over the long run. Not to be overly pessimistic, but think about when you decided for the very first time that you wanted to lose weight. Consider where you d be if you lost one pound week per week ever since? Where would be you now? There probably wouldn t be much left.

Congratulations on deciding you are ready to change your life, whether this is your first attempt or not. In order to keep your progress consistent and your results growing, you ll need to find continual motivation. Your new future doesn t start on any specific date, it s the result of specific actions taken today, very literally. Your future isn t what you plan for tomorrow, it s the life you create today.

How can you create an overwhelming abundance of motivation that gives you no choice to succeed? There are a variety of possibilities. In a place you see often, place a picture of a person you believe has an ideal body weight. Maybe even better, post a picture of yourself where you are now, so you can see the difference. Create a vision board with pictures of your idea life. Find friends and a support group that are trying to make similar decisions and improvements in their own life.

Finding your ideal weight is worth the hard work. It won t be easy, but the physical, social, and emotional benefits are well worth the effort. Take the first step, build some momentum, and you ll reach your goal in no time.

by Daniel Millions

3 Old Home Remedies That Can Kill You

In our modern world, expensive prescription and over-the-counter medicines from large pharmaceutical companies are what most people turn to treat various ailments. In the not-too-distant past, many folks relied on old home remedies and traditional folk medicine when they needed a cure. Although some are still used today, many of these treatments were actually deadly. Here are three home remedies best avoided...

#1: Using Kerosene To Kill Head Lice

Believe it or not, there was a time when some people would use a bit of kerosene on a child's hair to kill headlice. Although it may have succeeded in killing the lice, the dangers far outweighed the results. Kerosene is quickly absorbed through the skin, and of course is both highly flammable and very toxic. Using this old home remedy caused many illnesses and deaths.

These days, a much safer option is using a combination of petroleum jelly and a comb. Hand-picking the lice eggs out and suffocating the lice with the jelly may be time-consuming and messy, but it is safe and effective.

#2: Taking "Azarcon" Or "Greta" For Stomach Troubles
Many older folks, especially in Mexican and Mexican-American communities will know about these two powders that were traditionally given to help treat "empacho", a broad term describing various intestinal and stomach illnesses. The problem is, both of these consist of almost 100% pure lead! Taking any amount of these can and has caused lead poisioning that has harmed and killed many people. You can still find Azarcon and Greta today; be sure to avoid them like the plague.

For mild stomach complaints, ginger tea is a tastier, more effective, and non-lethal alternative.

#3: Putting Butter On Burns

Smearing butter on a fresh burn is a classic example of an old home remedy that should be avoided at all costs. Although it may help the pain at first, the butter will actually contaminate the burn. Furthermore, bacteria will quickly start growing in the butter and allow the burn to quickly become infected.

If you have a minor burn, why not try using some natural aloe vera gel on it. This can be squeezed directly from the houseplant of the same name.

Many of us are taught from a young age to respect the wisdom and advice of our elders. When it comes to treating ailments and injuries though, you might want to get a second opinion before trying out the remedies they remember.

by James Allen

How To Get Nice Muscle Tone And Build An Attractive Muscular Body

Most people know that they need to lift weight build muscles. However many just want to have nice muscle tone and an attractive but not too muscular body as they do not want big muscles. So they just lift light weights with high repetitions. Well, it is not going to work. To have nice muscle tone, you will have to build some muscles right? So you will have to lift heavy to force your muscles to grow. Once you are satisfied with the size of your muscles, you will then need to cut your body fats for your muscles to show up well and that means nice muscle tone.

You need to have a solid commitment and knowledge to get nice muscle tone and build an attractive muscular body. Here are some muscle building tips. Before you commence weight training, remember to warm up and as well as doing some stretching exercises.

•Train Muscle With Free Weights

Machines will have its uses, but for a start, concentrate on free weights. That means work almost exclusively with barbells and dumb bells. Free weights recruit many stabilizing muscles for balance and control. That means you will work a lot more muscle parts other than the intended ones. That will give rise to little bumps, striations and definitions all over your body instead of one huge lump of muscle on your intended muscle. Because of the extra stimulant created, your muscles grow faster too. Why else do you think all professional body builders almost exclusively use free weights?

•Train With Compound Exercises

Incorporate as many compound exercises as possible to your routines. Compound exercises are exercises that involve 2 or more joint movements. Because they utilize more joints, which means greater muscle mass are involved. Greater muscle mass means heavier weights. Heavier weights mean encouragement of greater muscle growth. More muscle growth means more tone to your muscles.

Some excellent compound exercises are the Squat, Deadlift, Chin ups, Dips, Bench press, Barbell Press, Lunges, Bent-Over Barbell Row...etc.

•Train Intensively But Do Not Over train

You must train intensively for your muscle to grow. Try to do more reps or add more weight than the previous session or else your muscles will think (actually muscles don't think, they adapt), "Ah... we've done that. Nothing new, so no need to grow bigger and stronger." That being the case, you will wreck your chances of attaining an attractive muscular body.

Because of this, it is important that every time you train hard, you give your body time to recover as it has suffered strains and actually sustained many small scarring. Contrary to popular belief, your muscles grow when you rest, especially when you sleep and not in the gym. So sleep at least 8 hours a day. Also, do not train everyday or work the same muscle group more than once or twice a week. If your training was vigorous enough, do no more than an hour per session.

Try not to do cardio work on the same day as your weight lifting work. In fact, during the muscle building phase, you should do less cardio work as aerobic exercises burn muscles. You can increase your cardio work at cutting body fat phase, so as to lose body fat in order for your muscle tone to show up nicely.

•Technique And Form

This is the most neglected fundamental of bodybuilding. Everywhere, everyday, you will see people using wrong forms and techniques. This not only compromises your growth, it will also make you susceptible to injuries... sometimes even permanently putting you out of the gym.

Wrong form occurs usually when people try to lift weights that are too heavy, whether out of vanity or ignorance. As a guide, always lift with strict focus on the muscle you intend to build for that exercise. Feel it contract and extend. Lift the weights deliberately and slowly. Never ever swing your weights up especially when doing bicep curls or the military press.

•To Build Muscles Fast You Must Perform Lower Body Exercises!

This is what most people don't realize. Your lower body makes up 60-70% of your musculature. If you don't train them, not only will you look spider-legged, your entire body will not grow as quickly and as large. Don't think that you can hide those skinny limbs in pants! Most people do not train their legs because squats, dead lifts and lunges can be very grueling exercises. But it is precisely because of such intensity that you will produce more growth hormones when you sleep and overall muscular development is stimulated. Your body shape will also be more balanced and therefore more attractive.

Do read up more to understand how your muscles work and then work on it so that in no time you will be a proud owner of a well tone attractive muscular body.

by Chris Chew

Flooded House Do's And Don'ts

If your home has been hit by flooded due to a broken pipe, spring runoff, or backed up sewer, your first instinct is probably to start removing the water right away by whatever means are readily at hand. However, there are right responses and wrong responses to a flooded home and for safety's sake it's essential to know the difference. Here are some do's and don'ts to help you mitigate the problem quickly, safely, and effectively and preserve as many of your belongings as possible.

Do's

* The first thing to do is always to safeguard the safety of your family and pets. If the flooding is severe, have them stay at a neighbor's or family member's house at least until help arrives.
* The second thing to do is to call a good disaster cleanup company in your area: you want professionals on the scene as soon as possible who have the right equipment and the right training to bring about the most positive outcome to a negative situation.
* Do remove paintings, other art objects, and priceless photographs to a safe place right away: this involves making very fast mental prioritizations and then acting on your decisions quickly. Remember: the expensive stereo can be easily replaced, but photos of your children cannot.
* Do use buckets, clean towels, and mops to remove as much of the water from the afflicted rooms as possible. Use white towels on carpets and furniture to prevent bleeding.
* If the ceiling above is bulging with water, do place a bucket underneath the spot and poke a small hole into the ceiling to relieve the pressure and let water through: proceed with care, however.
* Do place sheets of aluminum foil between furniture legs and wet carpet.
* If the weather is nice, open all windows to allow air in and remove as many belongings as possible to dry outside in the sunshine.

Don'ts

* If flood waters include sewage, vacate the house immediately and leave all cleanup duties to the disaster cleanup company.
* Don't attempt to remove standing water using your vacuum cleaner
* Don't turn on electrical appliances in rooms where flooding has occurred
* Don't turn on ceiling fans or lights if the ceiling is wet
* Don't leave colored clothing, magazines, or newspapers on wet hardwood floors or carpeting since discoloration may occur.
* Don't go into any rooms where you feel you may be in danger.

Any level of flooding in a house is serious, since the possibility of mold growth is always present under these conditions. Whether you need Utah disaster cleanup or similar services in Atlanta or Houston, make sure you partner with a disaster response company that can offer you fast professional help when you need it most.

by Carolyn Ethington

Sweet Things To Say To Your Girlfriend

Here is the truth: girls love compliments. They are very emotionally sensitive and tend to be more affectingly sophisticated to words than guys.

They react like little girls whenever some part of their astounding attributes (especially physical) are noticed and loose control whenever it happens. They need a lot of attention to satisfy their emotional needs and giving compliments can one of the best ways to do so.

The following might be considered romantic things to say to your girlfriend, but at the same time can also be poetic, funny, Philosophical, silly, weird, etc, but I prefer saying that they are sweet.

Sweet things to say to your girlfriend:

Silly

1 - You're so sweet. I might go diabetic
2 - If I was superman, you will be my kryptonite
3 - Thanks to you, I’ve fallen in love and I can’t up
4 - I wish I had glasses so I can see you with four eyes
5 - You are my girlfriend because you’re more than just a girl, you’re my friend
6 - A million dollars is nothing compared to the number hugs of I can give you

Normal

7 - You are my best friend
8 - Your voice is sweeter than honey
9 - Our love is friendship, but set on fire
10 - If it wasn’t for you, there would be no me
11 - To me, your smile is brighter than the sun
12 - When I close my eyes at night the first thing I see is you
13 - If I had a million words to say, they will all be I love you

Poetic/Philosophical

14 - Without you, a second is infinity and with you, infinity is a second
15 - Your name is the drumstick that strikes the instrument of my heart
16 - If my love for you was visible, it would not fit in the space of the universe
17 - When you’re away, I feel 50% empty, when you’re with me I feel 101% complete
18 - I think about you every second of every minute, 25 hours a day, 8 days a week of all the 13 months of the year and in the undefined infinity of all eternity

Rhymes

19 - Without you am just simply blue
20 - Your voice sounds better than all my favorite songs put together
21 - If one plus one equals two, than me and you would equal a number that is new
22 - Tonight I have the right to hold you tight with all my might for the rest of my life
23 - If you were to give me a kiss overload, I would faint because my chest would explode

The above quotes can also be considered nice things to say to your girlfriend because they are not rude, but polite and stay within the limits of respect. If she becomes your wife one day, she might remember these quotes with a pleasant memory. Unfortunately, we men have little consideration at times for the emotional needs of our partner and forget that women love to hear similar sayings once a while.

by Delta Fi

Can Married Women Have Male Friends?

Debbie, a smart, modern unmarried woman of 32 years, is an executive in a multinational company. These days, financially independent women are claiming equality in every field and most of them believe in having male friends too. Debbie too has three good male friends working in other companies. They are quite close and often meet each other together or separately in clubs, hotels and at her place.

Debbie knows how to keep good relations with friends. She has reached the conclusion that good friends are a boon and are a great help in many ways. However, she does not let any of them take an advantage and treats them just as friends and nothing else. She is of the opinion that when she marries someone who is surely not be anyone from these friends, she will be happy to continue her friendship with them. She feels that her future husband too will be happy to be friendly with her friends as they are all really nice persons.

Sarah, a recently married woman of 29 years had a childhood friend David of the same age who was staying next to her parents' house. They played together, fought many times and shared their happiness and little sorrows of childhood, adolescence and youth till she got married. There was never any talk of love though both liked each other. After marriage
Sarah has moved to another town.

She is an intelligent and sober woman who has deliberately avoided communication with David lest their friendship is taken otherwise by her husband jeopardising their marriage.

FRIENDS - GREATEST ASSETS

Every individual needs friends and women are no exception. With real good friends one feels deep togetherness, closeness, sharing feelings and unconditional support. A true friend is one of life's greatest assets. A good friend helps at the time of need, tells us our shortcomings and mistakes and tries to stop us when we are on the wrong path.

Friends are those who help you in difficult times and who are happy when you are happy. One has to be very selective in developing a friendship and find a person of an amiable nature who has no vested interest. A woman may have a few friends of same sex and a few male friends in her student life and later when she was unmarried but having male friends in married life is something which creates problems and complications in married life.

Men are always keen to make friends with women as they find women better than men for close emotional relationships. Most men in their heart of hearts carry the subtle hope of developing intimacy with her. As the so-called modern city women themselves are anxious to have male friends, it suits both to be together as friends.

The so-called modern women are confident that their male friends cannot seduce them. But in actual life, they often yield to the advances of their male friends or they themselves take the initiative to fulfil their carnal desires due to their biological urges.

The ancient saints had advised long ago that a female and male should not get closer or sit on the same cot even when they are close relatives. Today's misguided women in their foolhardiness take advantage of the freedom to develop clandestine relationships, although it is they who suffer in the long run.

Kristy, a woman of 32 years and a proponent of women's lib, had few male friends before marriage. She always believed that as the men have their friends, why can women not have male friends? Kristy always felt more comfortable with her male friends than her female friends. After mahttp://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/Can-Married-Women-Have-Male-Friends-/19345rriage when her male friend Tony visited her for the first time, Kristy introduced him to her husband Tim, as her best friend. Tim met him with warmth and dittoed Kristy's invitation extended to him for dinner at their place. Next day Tim rang up Garima from his office to inform her about his promotion announced that day. The maidservant who attended the phone told him that she had gone to Mrs Walker's house. He then rang up the Walker's house to talk to his wife but she was not there.

This aroused suspicions in Tim's mind. During the next visit of Tony, his suspicion turned into reality as he found them in a compromising position in his own house where on the insistence of Kristy, Tony stayed in their guest room. Tim got so infuriated that he killed both of them with his licensed revolver and informed the police who arrested him for murder.

Angela, aged 34 years and a mother of two pretty daughters, was not happy with her husband Roger. He got so busy in his business pursuits that he now was not able to give proper attention and time to his family. Angela drifted towards her husband's friend Scott, a local young man of 30 years, who sympathised with her and soon they developed an affair. On finding that his wife has strayed, Roger talked to her about it and both decided to go for divorce on mutual grounds. Scott fixed up Angela in a rented house on the promise of an early marriage but ditched Angela after a year, to marry another girl arranged by his parents. Angela now lives a lonely life after getting badly hurt and feels cheated, used and abandoned. Her family life is spoiled by her unscrupulous male friend and her own passion. She now misses her daughters, her good natured-husband and the earlier comfortable life.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

Friends should be trustworthy and one must have explicit faith in friends. But even then, there is a word of caution. Do not trust anyone too much and blindly even if he is your best friend. People have been betrayed mostly in matters of money, property and women by the persons who were trusted the most. Friendship is a satisfying, warm and positive feeling. A person with friends feels richer mentally and emotionally, and is usually more balanced individual than a loner.

Dangers of having male friends for married women:

- It may create a havoc in family life and lead to separation and divorce.
- It may destroy your reputation and your relatives and neighbours only on suspicion even when the relationship is without any sexual indiscretion.
- The woman runs the risk of losing her life as honour killing is not uncommon.
- When passion and madness take over the good sense of the woman, she may commit the crime of killing her husband in connivance with her paramour and then rot in prison.
- The children suffer in the long run and the woman may not get the custody of her children and thus get deprived of them. Some women do not want the burden of children to be passed on to them as they want to remain free birds with no encumbrances.

Unmarried men and married women as friends:

Women claiming equality in all respects want to continue with their old male friends and do not mind making new male friends even after marriage. But these options are risky. Although the women may be sure about her good friendly relations but who knows the male friend may be lusting about her and may show his true colours sooner or later. Now the question is, does she want to cheat on her husband and if exposed, is she prepared to face the upheaval and anger of her husband who will never like such a thing happening? Men are very sensitive and honour killing is not rare. It should be known that a few women having extramarital affairs have been killed by husbands or their hired killers.

Some women become so blind to their passion that they even get their husbands murdered conniving with their paramours. Not only this, a few women in the past have killed their children who have seen their mother in a compromising position with another man. Instances of grown-up sons murdering their adulterous mother have happened. In such cases the whole family has perished, the killers languishing in prison or punished by a death sentence. Sometimes, women have eloped with their lovers even when they are mothers of three or four children and were in their 30s and 40s.

Married men and married women as friends:

These types of affairs are the worst as not one family suffers but two as the married man is unfaithful to his wife and no more devoted to his family. The man makes false promises to marry her as soon as his divorce with his wife is through but most of the times it does not happen. The married woman who falls for a married man mostly lives as a concubine because most men want to carry on with such affairs on the side avoiding the censor of his family members, community and society. In the long run, the woman has to suffer in many ways for her wrong step. The wife of the man and other family members may create problems for her and even try to eliminate her. Not being a legal wife, she or her children borne out of this relationship, have no right or the man's property.

Husband's male friends:

The husband's male friends may become friends to her and she too may start treating them as her friends as they are always ready to do errands for her. They try to please her by their sweet words of praise for her looks, dress, decoration of the home, her talents, cooking and always find some or other opportunity to be with her. Some unscrupulous men do not hesitate to seduce their friend's wife who too may get closer to him in her weaker moments knowingly or unknowingly with the associated risk, as such a relationship does not remain hidden for long.

Precautions necessary to avoid adulterous relationships with male friends:

- It is best not to have male friends especially after marriage.
- If you do continue a friendship with a man after marriage and this is resented by your husband, terminate the friendship.
- Do not be foolhardy to insist that you will not give up your friendship as this will bring unhappiness in your family life and may lead to unpleasant consequences.
- Do not get friendly with husband's male friends and do not let them take too many liberties with you. Keep your distance.
- Have a control on your biological urges lest they bring doom in your life with unlimited miseries by affecting your reputation, respect and happiness.
- Do not get cheated by false praise and false promises. Do not believe men on their face value as most men ultimately develop lustful feeling towards a woman.
- Women can judge the intentions of men very well and correctly, then why fall prey to their lust and repent later?
- Friendship with males is not a very desirable option. Women who treat their husbands as their best and only male friend lead a very satisfying life.

The position of married women is different. Meeting male friends after marriage and moving with them is rarely liked by husbands. They do not like the appreciation which the woman shows towards her friend or what he shows towards her. It may be simple jealousy or a SUspicion about the fidelity and the faithfulness of the woman. This may create problems and may result in making a crack in the married life. It should also be understood that the association between a woman and a man as a friend is always full of risk because the chances of developing intimacy are always great. Rely more on your husband whose good friends will be the well-wishers of his family as well. Make good women friends for yourself for company and emotional support.

Women themselves never like their husbands to have female friends. Even when there may be nothing, his nearness to any woman arouses suspicion in the wife's mind and she raises a hue and cry about it. She neither likes her female friends to get closer to her husband nor her husband trying to be more free with them, lest he develops an intimate relationship with any of them. Most wise women remain vigilant about their female friends too, lest one of them tries to steal her husband.

by Michael Douglas

An Explanation Of Holistic Drug Rehab And Why It Works

A very popular and effective form of drug rehab is that of treating the whole person rather than simply addressing the addiction itself; this is called holistic drug rehab. The concept is based on the fact that the human body, or a person, is a combination of body, mind, and spirit. Treatment Solutions Network serves to connect people in need of quality drug rehab with centers that are progressive in their treatment options. They can connect you with a top rated center that offers holistic rehab.

When addressing the person as a whole many things must be considered. This begins with the addiction but treating the addiction is only a beginning to tackling the problem. The truth is that each addict or alcoholic started down the road to addiction for their own reasons in their own way. Whether the addiction escalated from recreational drug use or over use or abuse of prescription drugs or anything in between, most addicts will explain that something was amiss in their life and the drug seemed to temporarily help with that problem. Holistic drug treatment will assist in getting to the core cause of the addiction and resolving that issue while tending to the symptoms and ‘side effects’ associated with an addiction.

Upon admission to a facility offering this innovative treatment a thorough assessment will include questions pertaining to one’s health and a history of the drug use. Because addictions have a way of spiraling out of control many addicts find that their health deteriorates along with their personal life. Problems with friends and family members often develop due to behavioral changes and it is not uncommon for addicts to find themselves having financial difficulties due to the loss of a job or even legal ramifications because of illegal drug use or the means of supporting the habit. A Holistic Drug Rehab program will address the emotional and mental needs as well as the physical needs of clients. Holistic rehab has a high success rate because it always has a goal of long term recovery.

These programs help clients learn how to establish a sense of inner peace. This inner peace is the key to lasting recovery. Holistic drug rehab will include spiritual counseling as well as such things as acupuncture, massage therapy, and even meditation. Treatment Solutions Network can be the link between you (or someone you love) and the quality holistic drug treatment program needed to provide that inner peace.

by Treatment Solutions Network

Wine, Women And Smoke

When we are young and everything is working well, it never occurs to us that anything can go wrong with this wonderful machine we all live in. The human body gets wrapped up in a myth of invincibility so we do many things we should not do at all, and do many things that are intrinsically not so dangerous to a dangerous excess. That is what being young is all about. We all have to learn where our limits are. Of course, this includes sex and most will experiment both with conventional sex and sex in conjunction with recreational drugs. Taking cialis to maintain stamina over a long weekend of activity is safe. Other substances may be less helpful.

Then, as we grow older, the body can start presenting us with the bills for our past excesses. Clinical studies have now established that about a quarter of all cases of erectile dysfunction (ED) are caused by smoking and/or substance abuse. Put another way, male smokers who have high blood pressure are 26 times more likely to suffer ED. Former smokers with high blood pressure are 11 times more likely to suffer ED than those who have never smoked. Smoking also accelerates arteriosclerosis and this can reduce the flow of blood into the penis. The combination of diabetes and smoking not only encourages ED but also increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

We all probably enjoy a little drink of alcohol from time to time. It tends to make social events go more smoothly. Unfortunately, the more we drink the greater the potential damage to the blood vessels. Alcohol increases blood pressure. In the short term, sexual performance may improve because we are less inhibited (no performance anxiety) but, if this should tip into excess and alcoholism, ED usually results.

The best answer is always prevention. Never smoking, whether actively or passively, preserves our health. Similarly, never drinking excessively and then only drinking a little red wine every day, reduces the risks of heart disease. If we started to smoke, stopping immediately is the ideal. If there are signs of ED, taking cialis will probably be sufficient to restore full function. But if the damage is too great, then further medications may be required. Should you have reached the tipping point into alcoholism and a loss of libido, there are programs that help you to quit the alcohol, and there is always cialis to try to restore you interest in sex.

by John Scott

Feeling Guilty? - 7 Ways To Get Rid Of Guilt

Guilt is a very destructive emotion. Maybe it is helpful for a client of mine to feel enough guilt about hurting her married lover's wife to stop dating a married man and get out of the relationship, but the majority of guilt comes from feeling stupid or not perfect enough. My female clients tell me they feel guilty for just about everything:

- guilty for being female
- guilty for being smart
- guilty for being overweight
- guilty for not being organized
- guilty for not being a morning person
- guilty for taking time for themselves
- guilty for ending a relationship with someone who loved them
- guilty for not talking to their parents constantly
- guilty for not being a perfect parent
- guilty for not sacrificing enough with time, money, etc.
- guilty for sleeping in late
- guilty for eating chocolate or dessert before dinner
- guilty for buying things for themselves
- guilty for enjoying life
- guilty for not saving enough money
- guilty for being who she is

Criticisms Cause Guilt

Too many of us fall into this trap. It's difficult to get rid of guilt when we've been criticized all our lives (and we all have), and when those criticisms still spin around in our heads like a tape that won't stop playing. Often when we start to feel good about ourselves, someone will say or do something that pushes one of our buttons and reminds us that we're not perfect. These "buttons" are made up of all those criticisms on the tape that was created when we were children. People push our insecurity buttons by saying something like, "I can't believe you did that!" Then we think, "My mother used to say that about me, it must be true."

Because we're so afraid we're "bad," we work extra hard trying to please this person,letting him or her manipulate us because of our insecurities. Our pervasive guilt about who we are allows this to happen because of our feeling that we "should" be better than we are. Until we can accept our humanness, especially our shortcomings, we can never allow others to get close to us. People love to tell other people what they should and shouldn't do.

The term "selfish" is used by others to manipulate and control us and make us feel guilty. Anytime we're not choosing to do what is best for someone else, that person will accuse us of being selfish to try and convince us to do what he or she wants.

The best counter to this manipulative accusation is to feel good about being selfish and say, "At times I AM selfish and I'm glad that I go after what I want instead of trying to do what everybody else wants me to do." It throws them off if you're proud of your selfishness.

Appropriate guilt can be good but is only good for about 15 minutes: while you think through an issue and think about what lesson you need to learn and how you will handle it differently in the future. Most guilt is not appropriate guilt, but instead self-blame. Self-blame for not being perfect and not always doing the perfectly right thing.

For the most part, guilt is just a destructive emotion that is all about suffering and feeling bad. We all make mistakes. There isn't a person alive that hasn't hurt someone, whether intentionally or not. We all make mistakes and our mistakes affect others. Feeling guilty forever for those mistakes does not help them or us. If you need to right a wrong to let go of the guilt, do it.

How to Stop Feeling Guilty:

1) If you actually did something wrong (according to your own belief system, right the wrong and then let it go. When you feel guilty, you can clean up your mistake by saying: "I feel terrible about what I've done to you. I really didn't mean to hurt you. I am sorry I hurt you. The reason I did what I did is __________. What can I do to make it up to you and earn your trust again?" If the other person won't cooperate, ask them what you need to do, and if they won't accept anything, let it go.

2) Realize that no one is perfect and ask others about their issues and listen to their answers and imperfections.

3) If you made a mistake, learn your lesson and move on. If there really is no lesson to be learned, realize that and talk yourself out of the guilt by reminding yourself to forget the "shoulds" because you would probably do it the same way if you had it to do over again.

4) Ask yourself where the guilt is coming from. Then ask yourself if that is a person you want to be like (because you are following their values). Then ask yourself if that person is perfect? Of course the answer is no, so make a list of all of their imperfections. Then decide he or she does not have a right to judge you and let it go. If this person insists on making you feel guilty, use some of the points on the list to remind that person that he is a hypocrite.

5) Don't "should" on yourself. If the guilt is coming from you, then you have unrealistic expectations of yourself. But most unrealistic expectations come from our parents and other authorities who remind us that we are imperfect. Don't take on their bad view of you or their belief system about the world. Evaluate yourself by your own standards, and stop using the word "should."

6) Don't get sucked in when someone tries to guilt-trip you. "I know I'm not that important to you." "Should you have another drink?" "Isn't that too expensive for you?" "Don't you think you should go home now?" Don't answer the question or you are becoming sucked in.

Instead, state a firm boundary like, "Mother, like I said, I can't talk now, but I'll call you when I get home from work." Or, "I'll decide: when to go home, whether to have another drink, what is and isn't too expensive." Then don't keep talking or they know they got you.

7) Don't make guilt-ridden negative statements to yourself, i.e. "How could I be so stupid?!" "If only I would have been smart enough to(whatever)." "I sure screwed that one up!" "I can't believe I did that!" Instead, say positive statements to yourself. "That may have been a mistake, but I learned my lesson." "It's surprising that I misinterpreted that because I'm usually right on target."

If needed, quietly remind yourself of all of your other good traits and how great you are in other areas.

We have to demand that others accept us as we are. We can't let anyone lay his or her value judgments on us. We can't let others play God with us. And in return, we can't play God with them. Stop asking yourself, "What will people think?" Those "shoulds" keep you from enjoying your life. Those "shoulds" cause resentment, create guilt, and put responsibility where it doesn't belong. What have the "shoulds" done to you?

When we were small children, we trusted our thoughts and feelings. We knew when we felt angry or sad, and we expressed these feelings naturally without thinking about whether we should or shouldn't. Then we were told by our parents and others in society, "You shouldn't feel that way," "What do you mean you don't love your mother?," "Don't you talk to your brother like that!"

We learned to trust our parents' moral dictates: you should respect authority, you should obey your husband, you should always be polite to others. We often trust theirs more than our own.

Stop living your life the way others' want you to. Stop feeling guilty because you're not perfect, when neither are they. Live your life according to your own values and beliefs and no one else's.

by Carolyn Bushong

How Effective Are Natural Weight Loss Pills For Burning Fat?

You may have taken the usual route when it comes to your weight loss—that is, you make use of exercise machines or sign up in gym memberships in the hopes that you can drop some of those excess pounds. The problem is the technique does not seem to work at all. Hence, you resort to something else: natural weight loss pills.

There are so many natural weight loss pills available in the market today. This is good news for those who are looking for desperate measures since you do have plenty of options. However, before you get too excited, you need to know if there is something positive that you can get out of these pills. Can they really help you burn fat?

It seems like some of them do. Take, for example, ephedra. This herb from China has been used for many years in treating hay fever, asthma, and common cold. What people do not know then is that it can be used as an ingredient in a weight loss pill.

First it is a stimulant, which means it keeps your body active. It is also thermogenic, which means it adds more heat into your system. The real reasons for these characteristics are pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. These two things can do a lot of things.

They can stimulate the performance of your brain. They can also constrict the vessels of your blood; thus, they can increase your blood pressure. Most of all, they can increase your metabolism. When your metabolism is enhanced, you can expect to burn more fat into your body. When you couple natural weight loss pills with such ingredients with exercise, it is highly possible that you can burn a lot of fat and lose a lot of weight.

It will be easy for you too to sustain your exercise routines. This is because the compounds can expand the tubes or passageway of air. When you get to breathe more conveniently, you can increase your endurance and last longer.

There are also other natural weight loss pills that take into account thermogenesis. This means that they break down your fat, so it will be much easier to burn. Their main job can be broken down into three things. First, the stored fat will be converted into energy and hence burned. Second, the remaining fat cells will be broken down and made to move. When they acquire heat through their movement, they will start to disintegrate. Lastly, they can increase your metabolic rate to prevent the rest from going large fat cells.

How to Pick Your Natural Weight Loss Pills

Knowing all these should definitely give you a lot of hope when it comes to fighting obesity or the bulges. However, it is not enough that you have a pill. You have to ensure that it is safe to take. It is essential that you stick with FDA approved weight loss supplements. Others may contain ingredients at huge proportions that may only put your life at risk in the end.

by Mark DeRosa

Common Pneumonia Symptoms

Pneumonia is inflammation and often infection of the lungs. Although some forms of pneumonia are mild and don’t require medical treatment, other forms of the disease can be severe and need prompt medical intervention. Statistics indicate that over 3 million people in the United States are diagnosed with pneumonia each year, and many of them require hospitalization. When pneumonia is caused by infectious agents, the disease is very contagious and it can be easily transmitted through sneezing, cough or physical contact. Therefore, many patients are not hospitalized for the seriousness of their disease, but to prevent them from spreading pneumonia to other people.

There are many forms of pneumonia and some are not caused by infection with microorganisms. Aspiration pneumonia is common in very small children and elderly people, but it can also occur in adults. This form of pneumonia is caused by inhalation of foreign matters: fluids, dust, chemicals or other irritants. This condition is mostly common in small children due to inhalation of vomit or food. Aspiration pneumonia symptoms are usually not very intense and they ameliorate within a few days. Aspiration pneumonia symptoms are: dry cough, chest soreness and pain, wheezing, difficult breathing. Although medical treatment is not required for overcoming this form of pneumonia, it is best to see a doctor as soon as you spot its symptoms.

Infectious forms of pneumonia can be either caused by viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas. Viral and mycoplasma pneumonia are usually milder than bacterial forms of the disease and they rarely require medical treatment.

Viral pneumonia is very common in children, teenagers and elderly people and it can be mistaken for flu or cold. Viral pneumonia symptoms are: throat inflammation, cough, swelling of the lymph nodes, chest discomfort when breathing, headache and a generalized state of fatigue. The cough can sometimes produce small amounts of mucus. Mild fever and chills may accompany viral pneumonia symptoms in the early stages of the disease. Viral pneumonia symptoms usually ameliorate within a few days and the infection completely clears up on itself in a few weeks.

Bacterial pneumonia can be severe and therefore, it can produce more intense symptoms. Bacterial forms of pneumonia are more common in adults and people with weak immune system. Bacterial pneumonia symptoms are: high fever, excessive sweating, mucus-producing cough, shortness of breath, chest pain and soreness when breathing, abdominal pain, nausea, muscle pain, pronounced body weakness. Bacterial pneumonia symptoms can also include cyanosis (due to lack of blood oxygenation) and brown-colored mucus producing cough. If the disease is severe, the cough may contain traces of blood.

Mycoplasma pneumonia can be developed by anyone, regardless of health condition and age. However, this form of pneumonia is usually mild and doesn’t require any medical treatment. Mycoplasma pneumonia symptoms are: mucus producing cough, chest pain, difficulty breathing, headache, fatigue. Other mycoplasma pneumonia symptoms are: moderate fever, chills, abdominal pain and discomfort, nausea and vomiting. This form of pneumonia develops slowly and its symptoms may only be perceived after several weeks from catching the disease. Although mycoplasma pneumonia is not considered to be serious, it is advised to see a doctor as soon as you spot its first symptoms.

by Fabiola Groshan

The Color Of Food And Weight Loss

The foods that are chosen during any weight loss program are crucial to the dieter s success at achieving their weight loss goal. If the wrong foods are chosen, the dieter may not lose as much weight as desired or may be uncomfortable from food cravings during the diet. The best foods that can be eaten for any diet, whether a regular diet or weight loss diet are those diets that include fresh foods from different color groups.

It is possible to color coordinate a healthy diet from foods that have a deeply saturated color because the color is a signal to what types of nutrients are contained in the fresh food. By eating from an array of deeply colored foods daily, it is possible to provide the body with highly nutritious foods that can curb the hunger feeling.

When eating a healthy or unhealthy diet, your body will get hungry when it needs more energy or nutrients every few hours. Cravings and bingeing begins when the body does not have all the nutrients that it needs. A craving will start for a food or snack that provides a bit of that nutrient and bingeing will happen when the body is such desperate need of a nutrient that a person will binge on a food or foods that contain some of the nutrients that they need. To avoid this cycle, the best diet will provide the all the nutrients that the body needs.

Deeply colored foods contain more nutrients than their duller companions. Eating foods that offer more nutrition can contribute to more than just weight loss because the nutrients found in these highly nutritious foods can protect the body against many diseases including cancer. Eating too much foods that are low in nutrition can be a direct cause of weight gain, illness and disease. The choice to eat highly colored natural foods is a step in the right direction for many people.

The best weight loss diet will include different colors of food at all meals and snacks. All food colors should be eaten during the course of every day, if possible, for the most nutritious diet. Examples of foods in the different color groups include blueberries in the blue group, broccoli in the green group, pineapple in the yellow group, carrots in the orange group, tomatoes in the red group and cabbage in the purple group. There are many recipes that incorporate foods from the different color groups so next time that you are at the grocery store, choose foods that have a deep color because you know that these foods are more nutritious than other foods and will satisfy your body s need for proper nutrition.

The other great thing about deeply colored foods is that these natural foods are high in fiber, too. Since foods with a high fiber content will keep your body satisfied longer, you will not be as prone to eating too much food at one sitting. Weight loss goals can be achieved successfully with the help of all the nutrition contained in deeply colored foods.

by Daniel Millions