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Why Do We Celebrate?

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Happy New Years!

It's the time of the year when we look back and count our blessings, look forward to a new year and dream about all of our possibilities and  stop today and make some resolutions about what we need to change. And above all it's a time to Celebrate life. Or is it? Why do we celebrate?

Is it possible that we've lost our ability to Celebrate life?

Have we gotten so accustomed to "celebrating everything and at the same time nothing" by eating, drinking, smoking, spending, that none of it means anything anymore?

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Air-Conditioner Huffing

September 26, 2011 By 1 Comment

My wife and I watched a news special about young adults using the freon in an air conditioner to get high, I’ve heard about this in the past but had no idea that it was still being done. Just another example of the desperation connected to “loving to get high”.

To read more click on this link.

The danger is drastic, but the need to get high keeps a young person for considering the risk.

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Not My Kid!

September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Parent Denial is thinking other kids, are getting high, “but not my kid”. How we as parents underestimate the idea that our own “innocent teen” is getting high is surveyed and written about in this Web-MD post. Here’s an excerpt:

Sept. 15, 2011 — When it comes to parents thinking about their own teens, they often put blinders on. A national poll finds that parents underestimate the likelihood that their own teenager has used alcohol or marijuana, while overestimating the drug use of other teens.

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Your Gut is Telling You Something.

August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Your gut is saying something is going on with your teen, but you can’t figure out what it is. Things don’t add up, something is missing, things have changed but you’re not sure what. When you ask questions you get answers that just make everything more confusing. Your mind goes wild with possibilities; drugs, gangs, sex, porn. No matter what you do or think it doesn’t get better.

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Dying Young: Reasearch Study Shows Pessimistic View of Life

June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The University of Minnesota has done a longitudinal study of more that 20,000 teenagers, with a surprising conclusion. Teens don’t participate in risky behavior because they think that they are invincible, it’s because they feel very vulnerable, and they think that they are likely to die at a young age.

 Loving to get high is fuel for this fire, “if I’m going to die young, I may as well party to the max, for tomorrow I might be dead.”

 Please read this article, it will give you a lot to talk about with your son or daughter.

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