How Making Amends is NOT Making an Apology Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. The 12 steps are a roadmap to a better way of life. People who actively work a 12 step program are typically free from their disease. Although [...]
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Does Recovery Truly Bring Happiness? Drinking excessively can take a toll on one's physical and mental state. If you are a weekend warrior or an everyday drinker you know exactly what I am talking about. Hardcore drinkers and alcoholics look for happiness at the end of the bottle and usually never find it. We see [...]
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420: Time to Celebrate? Many 420 observers will be using marijuana in some way on 420 (April 20th). 420 is every pothead’s favorite holiday and how it started is actually a very interesting story. Many believe that the term 420 arose from a police code that meant marijuana use in progress. [...]
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7 Weekend Activities That Do Not Include Getting Hammered Fact: Everyone loves the weekend. Whether you are an adult or a kid, everyone counts down the days until its Friday. It is two days of freedom and it is totally acceptable to let loose. Most people tend to do exactly that. It is socially acceptable [...]
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Most Americans View Addiction as a Disease: Do You? Drug addiction is a disease by definition but up until recently a slim majority of Americans failed to recognize this. Drug addiction is a disease that requires medical attention but even with that known, many people claim they would not welcome anyone suffering from drug addiction into [...]
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Surgeon General Advises Americans to Carry Naloxone If you witnessed someone drowning and knew you could save their life would you? For most people, this is a no-brainer, of course, you would save them if given the opportunity. Recently, the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome M. Adams issued a national advisory urging Americans to [...]
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Young curious children often see their parents pop open a bottle of wine or beer and wonder what an adult drink is all about. But what is the harm in letting this child try a "sip" of your drink? A long-term study recently discovered that kids who had "sipped" alcohol as young children were more [...]
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Imagine waking up on Christmas to a trip of a lifetime but not a physical trip … a psychological one. This is Bill Walton’s story. While professional basketball player Bill Walton was playing with the San Diego Clippers (now the Los Angeles Clippers), he allegedly took nine hits of a form of LSD known [...]
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