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Archive for November, 2006
By Larry Smith
One of the most difficult times of the year for those recovering from alcoholism is the Christmas holidays. If you find yourself struggling during the Christmas season, please remember that you are not alone. Help is only a phone call or a meeting away! Here are some helpful and practical tips to keep you from taking that first drink.
1. Plan Each and Every Day of Your Holiday
By Jeanette Joy Fisher
Children are becoming especially vulnerable to becoming computer addicts, because there are an unlimited number of video games available, twenty-four hours a day. If you’re a parent worried about your children, watch them for signs of withdrawals when they can’t play on the computer for an extended period. They’ll become irritable and studies have shown that children develop strong cravings for their games, not unlike a drug addict yearning for a fix.
Adolescents are even more vulnerable, and can spend extreme amounts of time on the computer if given free rein. Spending too much time on the computer damages social skills and can adversely affect friendships, schoolwork, and many other areas of their lives. Teens may be the most likely to become computer addicts, although there is some evidence to show that they may outgrow it to a large extent once they get older.
By Jeffrey Langfels
The free way
A vast majority of people who try to stop smoking find after a short period of time they resume the habit, many are unsuccessful simply because of the method they used to help them stop smoking. Of the people who have been successful in their quest to stop smoking and who have stopped smoking completely have done it several times before completely kicking the habit. One of the oldest and most reliable methods is to quit smoking cold turkey.
It is not easy to quit smoking cold turkey you need to be prepared. Most people are under the impression that you can just quit and that will power will be the motivation to not start again. Most smokers will find this is not really feasible. The suggestion is to make sure that you are prepared for any type of method used to quit smoking. Many smokers also think that when you quit smoking cold turkey, it means you quit smoking without using any smoking cessation aids such as nicotine gum or patches.
By Larry Smith
One of the most difficult times of the year for those recovering from alcoholism is the Christmas holidays. If you find yourself struggling during the Christmas season, please remember that you are not alone. Help is only a phone call or a meeting away! Here are some helpful and practical tips to keep you from taking that first drink.
1. Plan Each and Every Day of Your Holiday
By Karla Ruzycki-Davis
Do you shop for therapy or necessity? In a day and age with so much to do and see, and buy and become it isn’t surprising that we as North American’s purchase tens of thousands of dollars per year in stuff. We never actually realize how much we have consumed until it is time to move! Why is it that while others have so little we all continue to spend like money is going out of style? Some shop for groceries, which are a necessity. Some shop for Christmas gifts, birthday presents and others just shop to shop. That’s right, shopping as a form of entertainment to pass the time. Find out if you are a good shopper or if you are shopping for therapeutic reasons that you may have never even considered before. Shopping is fun, just don’t make it all that you do for fun.
Signs that You Might be Shopping for Therapy:
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