How does a young lady with celebrity status and the means to buy whatever she would like end up with an addiction to shopping? Many are aware of the personal and public battle that Lindsay Lohan has had with her addiction to drugs and alcohol. People may not be aware that addictions tend to cross …
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Shopping Addiction Woes for Lindsay Lohan
February 7th, 2011 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Shopping Addiction - (Comments Off on Shopping Addiction Woes for Lindsay Lohan)"depression", "trauma", 12 steps, Addiction, addiction support, adolescent pschotherapy, Agoura Hills, alcoholism, anxiety, Calabasas, celebrity addiction, Celebrity Rehab, couples psychotherapy, Dr. Drew, Drug Addiction, law of attraction, lindsay lohan, Malibu, marianne williamson, melodie beattie, metaphysical, motivation, new age, ptsd, purpose, shopping addiction, teleseminar, the secret, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Country Strong: A Movie that Depicts the Truths about Untreated Alcoholism
January 10th, 2011 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Alcohol Addiction - (Comments Off on Country Strong: A Movie that Depicts the Truths about Untreated Alcoholism)I am not a movie critic and won’t pretend to be, but I do not understand why the reviews for the movie “Country Strong” were so negative. The movie has everything in it from alcoholism, mental illness, co-dependency, ageism, and grief and loss giving the audience a bird’s eye view of the dysfunction that goes …
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Celebrity Rehab: Was Leif Garrett’s Anger on Family Day an Expression of being Enabled?
January 2nd, 2011 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Alcohol Addiction | Celebrity Rehab - (1 Comments)Things are getting tough for Leif Garrett on Celebrity Rehab. During family day, his mom was so loving and supportive. She said she’d do anything to help him stay sober. But when she said that, Dr. Drew pointed out that bailing him out of jail would not help him—it would only make things worse by enabling …
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Does Entitlement Contribute to Addiction in Childhood Actors?
March 13th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Drug Addiction - (14 Comments)My goal this week was to get away from the topic of Celebrity addiction, but, of course, you couldn’t turn on the television without some newscaster broadcasting about the tragic and sudden death of teenage heartthrob and childhood star Corey Haim. Most likely the cause is related to drug addiction although the reports are unclear. …
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