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Category Archives: Addiction
How some Southern California drug rehab centers exploit addiction
How would you like to live next to a drug addiction center? This is a horrifying series from the Orange County Register: Chronic drug users like Solomon are commodities, exploited by a growing world of drug and alcohol rehab operators … Continue reading
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Are You Addicted to Love?
From The Fix: Sex addiction, says Sarah Osborne, Director of Clinical Operations at Mountainside Treatment Center, involves preoccupation with sexual acts, and over time, the need for increased risk level associated with them. The sexual acts aren’t about the partner, … Continue reading
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25 Things I Did To Recover From Sex And Love Addiction
From RecoveryRanch.com: Sex Addiction versus Love Addiction: Are they Fundamentally Different or the Same? September 25, 2012 | Staff Stories Both sex addiction and love addiction are understood to be disorders of emotional intimacy characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive … Continue reading
Am I Willing To Align My Will With God’s Will?
This has always been the hardest part of religion and 12-Step work for me. I want to do my own thing but only when that keeps resulting in disaster for me do I reluctantly turn back to God and then … Continue reading
Symptoms Of Underearning
Here is how they have manifested in my life: 1. Time Indifference – We put off what must be done and do not use our time to support our own vision and further our own goals. L: Over the past … Continue reading
A History Of My Underearning
When my computer died and I had to ship it away for three weeks, I went to my first 12-step meeting for debtors in May of 2015 and then I hit my first meeting for underearners on July 12, 2015. … Continue reading
Underearning Thinking – Hoping Others Will Take Care Of You
It is good to read the 12 Symptoms of Underearning, not so much to understand the disease, but to learn to spot it in your own life. 1. Time Indifference – We put off what must be done and do … Continue reading
Last Blogger Standing
I began blogging July 3, 1997, the day I bought my first PC. One of the rewards of blogging is the people you meet (online and in person). Since I stopped doing it for a living in 2007 (I made … Continue reading
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Steve Sarkisian sues USC over his firing, claiming school didn’t accommodate his disability
Is this the type of man you would want commanding your football team? Would you want your son to play for this guy? What kind of lawyers would take such a case? REPORT: Former USC coach Steve Sarkisian has filed … Continue reading