Food Addiction and Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol Drug Testing

Food addiction is just another part of covering up or masking the problem in someone’s life. Food addiction is the emotional eating of food, even if you are not hungry, because the endorphins released from the digestive process and the feeling of fullness in your tummy make you feel secure and wanted and loved. It can also help with feeling of protection or feelings of starvation, either need of which produces more compulsive eating than is necessary.

For instance, when the author was homeless for several weeks and not receiving enough food from the shelter, they found that it took a couple of years, even with plenty of food the whole time, to get over the fear of being hungry again.

It does not take very long for people to develop a sense of longing and fear of loss that they will do just about anything to get rid of. In fact, many people have experienced emotional, physical, or mental hunger in their lives for just long enough that they have some sort of connection with this feeling of loss, and do one of two things. They may identify with it and talk about how holy it is to be able to suffer. Or, contrarily, they may fear it so much that they will do anything to work things out so that they will never have to have those experiences again.

Workplace drug testing is part of a relatively new (thirty year old) regulation where companies can fire their employees based upon drug and alcohol abuse while on the jobsite. This enables businesses all over Australia to set specific company policies concerning substance abuse and to be legally covered in that area. Since Mediscreen is NATA accredited for urine testing, we advise you to go with us for your workplace drug testing needs. Drug testing equipment can be found at our sister site, but we provide onsite drug and alcohol screening services. We want you to have a place where you feel you can work safely without the threat of someone bringing substance abuse into the workplace environment. Drug screening is definitely a part of increasing the atmosphere of comfort and security in a business.

This article has been taken from : http://www.mediscreen.net.au/food-addiction-and-alcohol-abuse/