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The duality of addiction has got to go — 2CEUs

The best villain in the comic book world, to me, is Two Face.  He was once a kind and heroic District Attorney, but after being doused with acid on half of his face, he turned into one of the most… Continue Reading →

Needing to change presents a crisis, we all can help — 2CEUs

The best definition of power I’ve ever come across is that power is a knowing and active participation in change.  Many times, a person who ends up addicted to a substance really had no clue what he or she was… Continue Reading →

An ounce of prevention is worth a lot more than a pound — 2CEUs

Sitting in a court room to advocate on behalf of a client the other day, I was struck by how badly people wanted to stay out of prison.  As each defendant awaited his or her turn to face the judge,… Continue Reading →

Stop the madness: Anger sucks! — 2CEUs

Anger and I are old friends.  I remember once I was doing a panel discussion several years ago about what motivates and informs my writing and I answered without even thinking, “Anger.”  At the time, it was a true statement. … Continue Reading →

Like it or not, today shapes tomorrow — 2CEUs

A few days ago, someone said to me in reference to her soon-to-be ex-husband, “I can’t believe I wasted the last four years of my life on him.” Her statement interested me because I’m not now, nor have I ever… Continue Reading →

God ain’t no genie-in-a-bottle

I hate goatheads.  Especially when they prick me late at night when I get my cereal snack barefoot.  But, even though they bug the crap out of me, they do remind me that God isn’t some wish-granting genie in a… Continue Reading →

The Good and the Strong and the Beautiful are the cure — 2CEUs

Perhaps, as someone shared with me, my approach to addiction/depression may work in “mild” cases, but probably wouldn’t work in more severe cases.  Again, my approach to depression/addiction (and to life in general) is: 1) To seek and find beauty… Continue Reading →

For a grieving father — 2CEUs

People shuffled around me as I attempted to offer condolences to a man whose committed suicide.  I didn’t know the man; he’s a friend of my wife’s and I had never met him before his son’s funeral.  But in his… Continue Reading →

Let's silence the Mother's Wail — 2CEUs

A fourteen year old girl died while attending a concert at which she was taking heavy doses of Ecstacy.  They coroner’s report indicated that her heart rate was more than double the normal rate.  I didn’t know the girl, nor… Continue Reading →

Rules for beating Depression PART II — 2CEUs

I live by five (5) rules that I believe provide emotional health: Do not harbor sinister designs Cultivate a wide range of interest in the arts Be knowledgeable in a variety if occupations Do not be negligent, even in trifling… Continue Reading →

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