Summer holidays are a time children look forward to for months. They can finally put away their school bags, stop getting up for classes every morning, and temporarily leave behind the pressure of tests, oral examinations, and grades. They enter a world that seems to offer freedom, adventure, and the opportunity to decide how to spend their own...
The summer holidays, when children and adolescents have more free time, less daily supervision, more frequent contact with peers, and spend more evenings away from home, represent a period of increased risk for experimenting with alcohol. It is therefore important to discuss not only alcohol consumption itself, but especially the psychological...
In Slovakia, alcohol has become such a common part of social life that many people no longer consciously notice its presence at celebrations, family gatherings, barbecues, holidays, or during weekend relaxation. A glass of wine after work, a beer on a summer afternoon, or a toast at every important occasion is often seen as an expression of...
Over the past few days, I have once again reached for psychological literature. Not because I had created a new study plan, but because reality itself led me back to it. There are periods in life when a person stops searching for simple answers and begins searching for explanations. Not to excuse the past, but to finally understand it.
Addiction is often discussed only when its consequences can no longer be ignored—when a family falls apart, someone loses their job, serious health complications arise, or a tragedy occurs. Far less attention is paid to the period that precedes these outcomes. Yet it is precisely during this stage that addiction quietly develops, grows, and...
I never fully understood the phenomenon of Minecraft.
Not every addiction enters a person's life with obvious warning signs, dramatic turning points, or a clearly identifiable beginning. Many addictions develop quietly, almost unnoticed—and that is precisely what makes them so dangerous.
When I finished reading Codependent No More by Melody Beattie and Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood, both books left something unusual within me.
Addiction is one of the most misunderstood phenomena of the human mind. Many people still see it as the result of weak willpower, poor character, or personal failure. Modern psychology and neuroscience, however, have long shown that the reality is far more complex. Addiction is not only about a substance, an activity, or a specific pattern of...
Smoking is one of the most widespread forms of addictive behavior in the world and, despite decades of public education, remains one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. It is legal, relatively socially accepted, and in many cultures still represents an ordinary part of everyday life.