Memorial Day Weekend. Full of food and booze. And for some reason, Im feeling ok with it. I drank my 20s away and have been on/off the wagon for the past 2 years after a stint in rehab. (four...
. . . . I could quit on my own. My drinking scares me. Scares me because I know life is better without alcohol, but I can't seem to quit. I quit before, with the help of AA. So I guess it's time...It's been 30 years of "social drinking" that went overboard now and then. Inside, I have always felt like the "overboards" really weren't ok, and I have felt torn because our culture laughs about...
So my daughter went to the ER last night. She was diagnosed with Mono. She called me late last night - very sick with a sore throat and fever. She is hardly ever gets sick but when she does, she...
I have been married to a woman for 30 some years. She has alway been "the all knowing, all powerful, queen of the universe to whom all must bow". In other words a spoiled brat who always has to get...
Hi all 2 months sober, but not doing so well. I've been getting more and more tired lately and can barely stay awake past 8-9 at night. I get up at 5 every day for work too. This is a problem...
"Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible." Basic Text, p.106 The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever...
A while back, at an AA meeting, I heard a member share that in his early days without alcohol, he used caffeine and nicotine, the small buzz he got off them, as "a hedge" against drinking. This, I...
Every year, there are more seniors banking on America’s Social Security and Medicare system than the year before, a trend that is projected to continue. 
Earlier this year, the Navajo Nation sued trendy clothing line Urban Outfitters for improperly using and perpetuating stereotypes with the Navajo trademark. Soon after, UO caught similar heat with its line of “Kiss Me, I’m Irish”-inspired tee-shirts. Now, parents and teen … Continue reading →
According to the National Institutes of Health Medline Plus, about 1 in 10 patients who have fibromyalgia use marijuana to deal with symptoms that include:
• Pain
• Fatigue
• Insomnia
• Headaches
Addiction is often viewed as an issue that exists mainly among young people. And while drug use continues to rise among adolescents and teens, it’s addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription painkillers that surrounds the elderly community that is most … Continue reading →
Should marijuana be legalized for medical purposes? It’s a questions that been asked and answered – differently – across the country for years now. 
In an annual back-to-school survey just released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, results find that 90% of American high school students are reporting their classmates — which comes to nearly 3 million students — using illicit … Continue reading →
Why is it that two people can have the same prescription for an opiate painkiller (e.g., Vicodin, OxyContin, hydrocodone, and others) and one will develop a drug dependence while the other will be able to take it without issue for months on end? 
CBS News has just reported on a new study that links marriage and alcohol use/abuse, a connection that leads to different consequences for men and women… and the findings are very interesting! Past studies reveal that married people drink less than single people, … Continue reading →
A lot of people do it, too– they’re not dead.
I can stop any time.
I’ve stopped before. I choose to start again.
I like it. I don’t want to stop. Everyone has a vice.
Everybody is going to die of something.
Comments like these are often made by those who are rationalizing their addictive behavior. Whether [...]
Javier Sicilia is a Mexican poet whose 24-year-old son was abducted by members of the Mexican drug cartel this past March. In his son’s memory, Javier has since blames his death on the chaotic, violent drug cartels sweeping Mexico, as … Continue reading →
New research shows: when women stop drinking, their brains recover more quickly than men. “White matter” has often been linked to alcoholism, because it “forms the connections between neurons, allowing communication between different areas of the brain.” This basically means … Continue reading →
Kathie Lee Gifford is catching a lot of heat from the addiction industry for her article in the September 2012 issue of Family Circle magazine. “I’m not a perfect mom, but my kids [son Cody, 22, and daughter Cassidy, 19] haven’t been arrested, in … Continue reading →
Stephany Lee is an American wrestler who was suspended for a year and was forced to miss this year’s Olympics because she tested positive for marijuana. Depending on her practice schedule, she says she uses 2-3 times per week, to … Continue reading →