Acceptance and Compassion: Cornerstones to Working Through Life Transitions

April 10th, 2011 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction - (1 Comments)

After attending a family reunion of sorts for a cousin’s Bar Mitzvah this weekend, marking the transition of a Jewish boy’s life at the age of 13 into manhood, I found myself in utter acceptance of any past hurts I had been clinging to.  I realized after years of distance from certain relatives, time moves so …
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Boredom Contributing Factor to Adolescents and Addiction

September 4th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Adolescents | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction - (1 Comments)

Lately I have noticed a theme amongst teenagers as to one of the reasons they are using and abusing drugs and/or alcohol.  They tell me they are “bored.”   As someone growing up in the seventies,  there were no video games, cell phones, texting, emailing, or computers and the internet.  In other words, there wasn’t the instant gratification that …
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