December, 2009 Archive

Intervention simply means addressing the problem of alcohol or drug abuse, whether it’s your problem or someone you love’s alcohol or drug’s abuse problem — and doing it in a timely manner. This is no time to be indecisive. “Let’s…

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“This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.” Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), English novelist.

A Washington, D.C. teenagers’…

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“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” Japanese proverb.

My family lived through the Great Depression and remembers it well. They lived in a very small town in New Jersey. Often, they read about those who chose…

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“Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Esteemed psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced chick-sent-me-high-ee), knows…

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You have just learned that your child is abusing alcohol. He or she has failed far too many subjects; his or her attitudes are changed radically — for the worse; or he or she was in an auto accident while…

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If you are a teenage or young adult drinker, you may want to check yourself out. Take a look at www.checkyourself.org to learn if you have an alcohol or drug problem and what to do about it if you do.…

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“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” Homer

Have you ever met a couple who are such good…

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“Teaching a child to care for a goldfish — learning about its needs, respecting its otherness, delighting in its shimmering colors and swimming skills — is a better education in caring than is a lecture on global warming.” Author Sallie…

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“Some people are so sensitive they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.” American Humorist Kin Hubbard

Sometimes someone aims their steel toed behavior your way, then just as it hits your shin bone, says, “Who, me hurt you? You’re just…

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When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness. Bob Hope

As a child, my Christmas gifts were pretty standard: an orange, a pair of warm pajamas, and marzipan…

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