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I had a nasty neighbor who regularly picked fights over all kinds of issues. People drove too fast past her rural home; her neighbors partied too loud; vandals were supposedly...
Read MoreUnderstanding Trauma, Abuse and Deprivation
The purpose of this article is to give meaning to the word Deprivation. Many times when we share our childhood stories we talk of the trauma and abuse of our...
Read MoreGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Away from the cooling fall air, a fire crackles in the fireplace and the table is set with candles and neatly folded napkins….. The fragrant scent of turkey and dressing...
Read MoreSexual Co-Addiction: Out of the Silence
“He cheated on me …… with scores of women.” “She’s addicted to porn.” “I see it progressing and I’m afraid.” “He keeps telling me painful information and I can’t handle it...
Read MoreFrom Relapse to Recovery
By Allen Nohre, Terros “The road to Recovery often goes through the little town of Slip, the bigger city of Relapse, towns and cities that are sometimes visited more than...
Read MoreFirst cases of flesh-eating drug Krokodil surface
A man prepares heroin in Zhukovsky, Russia, near Moscow. To produce krokodil, which has a comparable effect to heroin but is much cheaper to make, users mix codeine with gasoline,...
Read MoreThe Original Self
Unconditionally loving and perfectly imperfect, without shame, unique, real, precious, one-of-a-kind, genuine, spontaneous, worthy, vulnerable, accepting of who I am, expressive of needs and wants and able to be in...
Read MoreIs “Thanks for Sharing” an Accurate Portrayal of Sex and Love Addiction?
By ROBERT WEISS LCSW, CSAT-S Some readers may remember the film Shame, released in 2011. Shame was a gritty portrayal of an active sex addict (Michael Fassbender). The movie was...
Read MoreThe Vampire Strikes Back
While on an airplane I saw that the in-flight movie was Beautiful Creatures. Thinking the movie was a documentary on puppies or a sweet love story, I started to watch....
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