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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 →

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 →

The Insidious spirit of Addiction — 2CEUs

I watched the new Insidious over the weekend.  The movie is about a man whose body becomes infested with the soul of killer who had killed himself long ago.  It appears, based upon the worldview of the Insidious franchise, that… Continue Reading →

Learning from each other is better than wanting to fix each other — 2CEUs

I don’t know why some people end up lost within an addiction while others don’t.  Nor can I say with any certainty that a given treatment plan will work.  In situations of great complexity, of which addiction is one, there… Continue Reading →

The hidden rules are the problem (writing is my solution) — 2CEUs

A friend of mine once asked me, “What motivates you as a writer?” I thought about truth and strength and beauty.  But, when my mouth opened, I said, “What motivates my writing the most, by far, is anger.” And it… Continue Reading →

I won't be a part of the Turning Away — 2CEUs

I’m always talking and writing about how poetry can lift one’s spirit and assist in understanding a person’s place in the great Universe.  But, when I ask groups to read and try to analyze poetry, it seems as though they… Continue Reading →

Rules for beating Depression/Addiction — 2CEUs

Though there is no such thing as a magic bullet that can ward off Depression/Addiction, I try my best to live by five (5) rules that go a really long way in maintaining and improving my emotional health: Do not… Continue Reading →

The best thing about addiction — 2CEUs

I’ve encountered all kinds of people who suffer from an addiction.  There are those kinds that that suffer with an undiagnosed and untreated illness for which they self-medicate (for example, someone who abuses cocaine may suffer from ADHD).  There are… Continue Reading →

Culture of Recovery — 2 CEUs

I think it’s hard to argue that we in some trouble.  Hundreds of people each month are succumbing to drug and alcohol addiction.  Needless deaths.  I write this column in hopes that someone reads it and guides either himself or… Continue Reading →

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