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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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“Shot to Head with Alcohol”

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Why letting kids drink at home, isn't necessarily working in France. A lot of parents thought that if responsible drinking was taught at home, problem drinking would not occur in the lives of their children, research is showing this to be a false assumption.

Pop-up-street-parties for vodka drinking french kids are taking place in Paris, aided by Facebook communication. To listen to the M.P.R. report please click here.

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Loving to Get High and Addiction

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I was honored when I was asked by Thomas Retterbush, to write a post for his blog called "Addicts NOT Anonymous". It was fun going back to the very first reference that I had to the "love relationship" with getting high. This web site is excellent and I would encourage you to read beyond the article that I posted.

To visit my blog post click here.

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Parent Alert; Stronger Marijuana

October 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Parental alert: "Today's stronger pot isn't like your marijuana". USA Today reports on this trend and gives 8 Tips to keep teens away from drugs.

"Teen alcohol and tobacco use are down, he says, but we haven't had such luck with marijuana. … Society still has very mixed feelings about it."

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Insight Before Action

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As a parent it is helpful to know what we’re dealing with before we take steps to deal with a problem."Insight before Action".

 Here’s an example of not understanding what is going on. You assume that your son is suffering with depression, you take him to the Family Doctor, the Doctor makes a referral to a Psychiatrist, who then prescribes medication. You think the problem is solved.

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