Type of Addictions

Alcoholism can take hold of your life and cripple your ability to engage with family and at work, ultimately taking you off course of what really matters in your life. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can develop due to many reasons, including inherited belief systems, the expatriate lifestyle, and/or a lack of work life balance. Combine this with stressors, which include being away from families and home countries, alcohol use can become addictive and debilitating.

Sex addiction refers to a number of behaviours that are done in excess and impact the addict's life in a negative way. Although sex compulsion is not ‘formally’ diagnosable, it is a condition that does exist and often co-exists with adverse emotions such as distress, guilt and shame. While it is overwhelming and destructive to the addict, it is likewise devastating and extremely disorienting for the partner of a sex driven person, not to mention the children who end up victims as well.

Gambling addiction, also called compulsive gambling or gambling disorder, is a type of impulse control disorder. People who have a gambling compulsion feel compelled to gamble, even if aware of the negative effects this has on their life. Gambling releases dopamine from the brain's "reward centre", just as drinking alcohol or taking certain illicit drugs does. As their condition worsens, problem gamblers feel compelled to gamble more and for higher stakes, in order to get the same "high".

Treatments for Addiction