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Ostracism should be a measure of last resort. If the person is actively destroying the relationships they have, then maybe for the sake of...
Yes, it's becoming socially acceptable. Places like Seattle and Denver are becoming more and more overwhelmed with it. Hopefully there will be a...
Your breakthrough can come after decades of nothin'. You can be fighting something for twenty years without progress, and then suddenly one day, you...
Anyone who can't have fun without alcohol is severely lacking in creativity, not to mention personal safety.
Any competent clinic should carry proper medical staff, but I am shocked to find out that mental illness patients are allowed to intermingle with...
That's exactly what addictives do to you. A lot of kids still operate under the delusion that some drugs make you a better person. They don't; they...
Dealers who can't make money off marijuana will simply shift to other commodities that make them the only buyers. It's not as if they'll just roll...
Way to get clean. I'm sorry that your family didn't share your perspective. Give it a few years and see how things change; time does heal some...
If you need substances to enjoy the basic pleasures of life, you're not doing life right.
I'd suggest posting the following excerpt taken from the "Humans of New York" FB page. Very down-to-earth and breaks up some teen myths about what...
Never give up hope. Someone's deliverance can come literally out of nowhere; one day rough, the next day free and clear. You never know what...
Well, she also started treating her husband and her coworkers very poorly, and her instincts on the job suffered (she was a labor lawyer or...
Wellbutrin is a relatively mild antidepressant that I took many years ago to relieve overactive emotional stress. But a friend of mine recently got...
The role that others play is incredibly important to a drug addict's life. If that's the only way they see a recovering addict ("Once an addict,...
Exactly. Either enormous taxpayer funds devoted to law enforcement, the justice system, and prisons for keeping drugs illegal, or enormous taxpayer...
Meth has a bad rap because it's a horrible substance. Both its physical and psychological effects are far more destructive than almost any other...
When people tell you you're drinking too much, should be a major warning sign. They're usually trying to help you and are seeing things you can't....
I wouldn't call it "love". Love is a healthy thing. We're all meant to seek it out. Where it becomes a problem is codependency, where its presence in...
The cartels and terrorist organizations would turn to more dangerous substances for their primary money maker. Cocaine would start flooding the...
Marijuana lessons you as a person. It makes you slower to think, slower to react, slower to realize your full potential. It slaves your entire mind...