When your partner is unhappy, it's natural to want to help. Unfortunately, when their anxiety amounts to more than a rough day at the office, it can be challenging to do it right. Perhaps your loved one is irritable or sad, but when you try to draw them into talking about their feelings, they respond with hostility. Worse yet, many women find their efforts to be supportive met by the cold walls put up by an emotionally withdrawn partner. After repeated attempts to reach their partners fail, they give up and the partnership suffers. 

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You have finally realized that you have an addiction and need help. Where do you go from here? You want to reach out, but you're not sure where to turn, who to trust, and how to figure out the best treatment plan. You are not alone. There are several things you can do to find help with any type of addiction. 

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An addiction is a mental or physical dependency on any substance, feeling, emotion and thought. People do not become addicted to a substance without first using it. Some substances are more addictive than others. Moreover, some people become addicted to certain things easier than other people. The reasons for this are mostly genetic makeup and environmental influence. 

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Has anyone ever told you that you have an addiction to shopping? Did you laugh them off? Well, they may have just picked up on your enjoyment of shopping, or it could be something more serious. Shopping addiction is a disorder that affects many. In fact, it even has a name. The psychiatric term, known as oniomania, is often applied to those who routinely, compulsively and addictively “shop ‘til they drop.” 

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Maybe you’ve seen the A&E TV show Intervention, where the loved ones of alcohol and drug addicts face them in the hopes of convincing them to seek treatment. Is that what an intervention really looks like? How can you set one up for someone you love? 

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Card games, online poker, sporting bets… Is it hard for you to say no? Do you find yourself gambling even when you know you shouldn’t? If so, you may be one of the more than 15 million Americans with a gambling problem, or even one of the 3 million with a gambling addiction. 

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