Real Security
by Alan Cohen While passing through the Honolulu airport I stopped for a moment to look at some items in a shop window. A female security guard approached me and...
Read Moreby Alan Cohen While passing through the Honolulu airport I stopped for a moment to look at some items in a shop window. A female security guard approached me and...
Read Moreby David Sack, M.D. Winston Churchill said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man,” he may have been more...
Read MoreBy Meena Khattak When I got out of 28 days of inpatient treatment, life as I knew it — was pretty much the way I left it, a mess. My...
Read MoreAdolescents aged 12 to 17 in foster care were significantly less likely to talk to a parent or guardian about the dangers of substance use compared to other adolescents, according...
Read MoreWhen I go to the local bank I always enjoy seeing a teller named Emily, a delightful retired elementary school teacher with a kind word for everyone. One morning while...
Read MoreToo much of anything is still too much! Since the 60’s, we have spent a lot of time developing ourselves individually, identifying our needs, and setting boundaries that have mostly...
Read MoreIn her early years, Eva would probably have been called a “teetotaler.” Except for an infrequent sip of wine on special occasions, she never drank alcoholic beverages. But after her...
Read MoreBy Kathleen Meyers, PhD Recent media reports of young people dying from overdoses calls attention to the devastating effects of addiction — which has reached epidemic proportions. After years of...
Read MoreBy Allen Nohre, Terros Today, many veterans and active service members are returning from combat with physical battle wounds, but some also have deep emotional scars, including Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS)....
Read MoreBy Robert Weiss, LCSW,CSAT-S Flawed, Defective, Unworthy of Love and Happiness It’s no great secret that most alcoholics, drug addicts, and behavioral addicts live with deeply felt feelings of shame....
Read Moreby Elisabeth Davies, MC Motivational Interviewing first emerged in Norway in 1982. It is a collaborative conversation style between a guide (helper) and someone desiring to make a positive change....
Read MoreSafeguarding your prescriptions is a must. This will not only prevent your own teen, but his or her friends who come over, from taking drugs out of your medicine cabinet...
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