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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Acceptance and Compassion: Cornerstones to Working Through Life Transitions
April 10th, 2011 | Posted by in Addiction - (1 Comments)Celebrity Rehab: Was Leif Garrett’s Anger on Family Day an Expression of being Enabled?
January 2nd, 2011 | Posted by 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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Boredom Contributing Factor to Adolescents and Addiction
September 4th, 2010 | Posted by 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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Is watching the Academy Awards an Addiction?
March 8th, 2010 | Posted by in Addiction - (2 Comments)As I watched the Academy Awards last night, I couldn’t help but wonder is this an addiction? Every year we have an Academy Awards party. Every year all the guests bring the same food: crab dip, meatballs, chili, hot-dogs, chicken wings and the list goes on. When the show begins, my mom shouts, “Everyone be …
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