Articles on Addiction:

Overcoming addiction to gambling and achieving success & happiness- real story

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This story is shared to me first hand by a friend of mine not long ago. When I know him, he was already a very responsible, honest and relatively successful in both his career and his life. He shared with me that prior to this, he was not the person he used to be. It came to a stage where he hit rock bottom and was broke, jobless and saddled with young kids to feed. He was also very depressed. One day he met a successful man who gave him advice that changed his life.

Health problems from the stress of being managed out at work

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When you are not liked by your boss, superiors or the management, instead of asking you to leave or offering you a severance package, what they would do is to make your life miserable so that you would resign on your own.

The person would be humiliated in meetings, being told they are not performing, and having another new junior person being promoted as their immediate boss. The trick is to make the person unable to bear the humiliation and mental torture so that that person leave on their own accord. What can you do if you suddenly find yourself in this situation?

How listening to songs messes with your mind and emotion

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I am not anti into listening to songs or music. The purpose of this article is not to persuade you to stop listening to music but to be more conscious when you are listening to be aware of the possible subtle messages that you are absorbing. In fact, I grew up listening to songs like rock [...]

How to overcome addiction to Candy Crush Saga

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Candy Crush Saga… where does one begin. It does strange things to your brain the way no other game could. A real time drainer. Candy Crush is seriously a strong addiction and hard to get over. I’ve personally experienced this first hand just very recently. Playing Candy Crush is really a waste of time and [...]

Former Gamblers who overcome their addiction and turned to help others

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Addiction to gambling has dire consequences- causing breakups in families, increase in crimes committed (stealing money and robbery), lost in business/jobs and depression possibly leading to suicide. No amount of money in the world would be enough for a person who is a compulsive gambler. I have heard stories of people gambling away their inheritance, [...]

How I overcome my addiction for Korean Drama series

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Korean dramas are a totally different genre compared to other dramas. They are simply and absolutely addictive. The scenes are so emotional, so compelling and how the actors/actresses could speak without words using their eyes and body language so effectively and intensely. I know because I have gone through it before. I know how you [...]

How to overcome addiction towards Korean Drama and Movies

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This article is a continuation of the previous article that was published earlier.  In the previous article, we have gone into how to identify if one is an addict, the health implications, and why these movies/dramas effect us so much. This article would cover some hope and insight to help us overcome this ‘obsession’ that [...]

You know you are a Korean KMovie/ Drama Addict when…

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Korean drama and movies have gained immense popularity within these few years, garnering more and more non Korean speaking fans worldwide. It is alright if you just watch a show or two for pure entertainment and turn off the remote few minutes afterward. But if the stories and fairy tale life/ or tragic endings tugs [...]

Ramadhan or Fasting Month- Best time to quit smoking

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We are now into the fasting month (bulan Ramadhan or bulan puasa) where Muslims worldwide would be fasting. The fasting month is the best time to overcome addictive habits- especially those of smoking. This is as one fast, one  are not able to eat or drink from dawn till the break fast time (around 7.40pm). [...]

Physically there but not really there- The Smartphone frenzy

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Most of us trying to juggle to do too many tasks all at once. The wonders of multitasking: At work, we are on the phone speaking to someone and at the same time reading our emails; during lunch we are eating with our colleagues and at the same time we try to talk, play Candy [...]