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A Father (And Rabbi) Loses His Son To A Drunk Driver

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 05.22.2012

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Carole Bennett, MA

Redemption and forgiveness are not freely given or passively obtained -- they are earned and require actions beyond jail times, beyond any financial settlement.

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Are All Addictions Created Equal?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 04.22.2012

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Carole Bennett, MA

So, are all addictions created equal? In my opinion; yes, if one continues down the path of destruction not only toward themselves but the family and friends around them.

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Could You Be A High-Functioning Addict?

Posted 02.03.2012

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By Kristen McGuiness At the bitter depth of Emily's drinking problem, she was married to a successful writer, raising a nine-year-old child and v...

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Amy Winehouse: Newest Member of Club 27

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Addiction, Kurt Cobain, Grateful Dead, Rock 'N' Roll, Drugs, The 27 Club, Blues, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Robert Johnson, Amy Winehouse, Murder, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Club 27, Addict, Booze, Autopsy, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Club 27 is a most exclusive and heavenly private club of great musicians who died at the age of 27. As of July 24th, Amy Winehouse is the latest me...

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Can Cyberspace Pave The Road To Addiction?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Addiction, Addict, Cyberspace and Substance Abuse, Healthy Living Mind, Cyberspace and Addiction, Computers and Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

Today the "latchkey kid" has progressed to the "cyberspace kid," with movies playing in the car, a game box or texting -- anything to occupy them.

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How To Have A Neutral Dialogue With Alcoholic/Addicted Loved Ones

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.17.2011

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Carole Bennett, MA

Communication is an art all to itself. Most of the time we are prepared for what's coming and engage accordingly. But it's a whole new verbal ball game when we communicate (or try to) with the alcoholic/addict.

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Are Others Judgmental About Your Relationship With an Alcoholic/Addict?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.17.2011

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Carole Bennett, MA

Judgmental behavior is one rung below rescuing or enabling. The person that stands in judgment of another can insulate themselves from physical involvement.

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Advice for Loving an Addict and Healing Yourself

Melanie Gorman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Melanie Gorman

It's the same one that every child of an addict has: we're in love with a person who is incapable of being in a healthy, adult relationship with us.

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It Will Take a Mission

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

This week, in Obama's Oval Office speech on the oil spill, he used the term "mission." That's the right word. It will take a purposeful commitment to a mission of change to truly respond to the epiphany in the Gulf.

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My Loved One Is Getting Out of Rehab - Now What?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Recovery Plan, Support, Health, Alcohol, Addiction, Addict, Drugs, Family, Addiction Recovery, Healthy Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

You and your family and/or friends will be welcoming home your loved one from their recovery program. All the hard work that everyone has put into this new lifestyle will be for naught if there is no recovery plan.

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A Step Toward Recovery from Our Oil Addiction

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Moving toward a "clean energy economy" will require more than just a re-wiring of the energy grid; it will also take a re-wiring of ourselves -- a conversion, really, of our habits of the heart.

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The Art of Communicating with the Alcoholic/Addict - Part 1

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug Addiction, Recovery, Addiction & Recovery, How to Talk to an Addict, Alcoholism, Addiction, Addict, Carole Bennett, Healthy Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

In this series of blogs I will discuss concepts that can help the family member or friend find new communication tools when relating to their loved one; the alcoholic/addict.

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The Roller Coaster Relationship With An Alcoholic/Addict: When Do You Get Off the Ride?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.17.2011

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Carole Bennett, MA

I have compiled what I call The Pyramid of Change; 6 phases of the alcoholic/addict from the beginnings of irresponsible behavior to full blown wreckage.

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Creating A False Self: Learning To Live A Lie

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Tian Dayton

This false self is also sometimes seen as the "idealized self" or the self through which we operate because our true self just somewhere along the line (usually quite young) felt too weak, inadequate or overwhelmed to function and gain approval in the situation in which it finds itself.

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My Name Is Roger, And I'm An Alcoholic

blogs.suntimes.com | Roger Ebert | Posted 11.17.2011

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In August 1979, I took my last drink. It was about four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the hot sun streaming through the windows of my little carria...

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An Organic Vegetable Farm Aids In Addicts' Recovery

nytimes.com | CARA BUCKLEY | Posted 11.17.2011

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GARRISON, N.Y. -- It was shortly after 8 a.m. on a sun-drenched July day in this idyllic hamlet 50 miles north of Manhattan, and a hulk of a man named...

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Do You Have An Addictive Personality?

DivineCaroline | By Sarah Krupp | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nearly everyone has had a taste of what it would be like to have an addiction--eating a second (and third) piece of cake, staying out until 4 a.m. dri...

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Tough Love and A.I.G.

Lorraine Roe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lorraine Roe

If someone's addicted to white flour and sugar and you hand them two-dozen donuts, what do you think they'll do with them? A.I.G. has a small gambling problem, you know, betting on derivatives.

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Exclusive: New York Times Reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis Talks Addiction, Recovery, Drug Policy, Obama and America Anonymous

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: America Anonymous, Recovery, Twelve Steps, Sex Addiction, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Alcoholism, Addiction, New York Times, Addict, Aa, Drug Policy, Alcoholics Anonymous, Barack Obama, Health, Media News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

In his new book American Anonymous, Denizet-Lewis gets into the heart of addictions across the country, roads to recovery, detailing the heights of abuse, including health problems, and lost jobs and families.

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