Alcoholism is a form of addiction that takes thousands of lives every year. For many alcoholics, the addiction is not only lodged in the brain, but it produces a physical dependency which causes extremely uncomfortable and life-threatening symptoms when alcohol use is stopped abruptly. For this reason, most alcoholics cannot stop using on their own […]
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Something in the air - Drug addiction and bartending
August 1, 2007 – 10:52 am
It saddened me to see my former co-workers crushing up Vicodin and taking ecstasy pills, chased by a shot of whiskey.
Overweight and Under-Educated
July 31, 2007 – 3:38 pm
We seem to be facing a horrible epidemic with obesity and health education in our society. I don’t think there has ever been a time that I have left my home and did not see at least 1 person suffering from severe obesity. I don’t know what the percentage is, but it seems […]
In Bush We Distrust
July 31, 2007 – 1:42 pm
What is going on with Bush and his Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales? This drama has been going back and forth for months with contradictory testimonies from Gonzales and the Chief of the FBI. This is out of hand. Really, the only one who can make the final call to start a federal […]
Is it Mental Illness or Just Mean?
July 31, 2007 – 12:45 pm
All my life , the word narcissist has been thrown around as more of a punch-line and less of a problem. Many people have narcissistic personality traits, thinking and behaving as though they are too cute and somehow better because of it. We’ve all seen it from time to time. You know […]
