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Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer

I am happy to share this article from Susan, writing for Recovery Research Institute and carrying on a conversation we shared together at the Yoga of Recovery symposium in Bahamas in 2019. I very much relate to many of the points Susan makes: Susan and John Kelly,...

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19 years ago I gave up 20 ‘friends’

19 years ago I gave up 20 ‘friends’

How do you feel now you’re a non-smoker?  My answer came spontaneously  – LONELY – he (my therapist) looked surprised and I felt embarrassed, why did I say lonely??  It’s like I’m saying cigarettes were my friends – I know they were not my friends, but...

Cheap grace

Cheap grace

Psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, a self-confessed nicotine addict and author of The Road Less Traveled, offered his perspective in a 1991 lecture, “Addiction: The Sacred Disease.” Dr. Peck’s thesis: At birth, humans become separated from God. Everyone is aware of this...

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“Am I Drinking Too Much?” Quiz

“Am I Drinking Too Much?” Quiz

What might surprise you is how easy it is to be diagnosed with an AUD. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), if you answer yes to two out of the 11 following questions, you would be diagnosed with an Alcohol Use Disorder....

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Nature Deficit Disorder?

Nature Deficit Disorder?

Doctors in Scotland can now prescribe nature to their patients There is a whole leaflet of nature prescription suggestions that accompanies the program, filled with amusing, charming, sometimes seemingly off-kilter suggestions: February, you can make a...

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Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

Despite weight being the number one reason children are bullied at school, America’s institutions of public health continue to pursue policies perfectly designed to inflame the cruelty. TV and billboard campaigns still use slogans like “Too much screen time,...

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Gaming addiction classified as disorder by WHO

Gaming addiction classified as disorder by WHO

“Gaming disorder” included in WHO’s 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) The last version of the ICD was completed in 1992, with the new guide due to be published in 2018. It will suggest that abnormal gaming behaviour should be in evidence over a...

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Know the Signs, Find the Words

Know the Signs, Find the Words

PAIN ISN’T ALWAYS OBVIOUS Every day in California friends, family and co-workers struggle with emotional pain. And, for some, it’s too difficult to talk about the pain, thoughts of suicide and the need for help. Though the warning signs can be subtle, they are there....

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Food helps to forge connections and communicate

Food helps to forge connections and communicate

Food helps to forge connections and communicate – with friends, enemies and oneself Say it with noodles: on learning to speak the language of food Originally published in Catapult An intimate and beautifully wrought comic on the language of food and the ways...

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