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Sweating To Sobriety: Exercise Group Helps Recovering Addicts

blog.newsweek.com | Kate Dailey | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Exercise Addiction, Sobriety, Recovery, Getting Sober Exercise, Mental Health, Getting Sober, Phoenix Multisport Colorado, Addiction, Men's Health, Triathalon, Running, Exercise, Phoenix Multisport, Fitness, Women's Health, Triathlete, Living News

More than 13 years ago, as Scott Strode was struggling to get his drinking and drug use under control, the gym in Boston where he boxed offered refuge...

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What is Recovery From Addiction?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Sobriety, Drugs, Recovery, Smoking, Sex, Health, Alcohol, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Recovery does not just mean sobriety. It is a more holistic experience that involves improving one's life in various ways.

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The Road to Addiction: 14 Triggers -- Why, When and How it Starts

Carole Bennett | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Drugs, Peer Pressure, Parenting, Substance Abuse, Family, Alcohol, Living News
Carole Bennett

The more you understand about substance abuse, the better your chances are of coping with the situation successfully.

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When I Don't Love Myself, My Addictions Are Important

Isha Judd | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Distraction, Addiction, Emotions, Living News, Honesty, Spirituality, Self Love, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Isha Judd

The reason we have such difficulty being with ourselves is that we have lost sight of our true essence; what I call love-consciousness.

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Congress, the F-22 and the Monkey on Our Back

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, F22, Barney Frank, Addiction, Senate Armed Services Committee, Army Rangers, Taxpayers, Air Force, Gallup, New Mexico, House Armed Services Committee, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Bosnia, Alcoholism, Haiti, Veto, Somalia, Defense Spending, Transparency, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Anybody who has lived with an addict knows about denial. So it goes with Congress and defense spending. Case in point this week is the F-22, a gold-plated Cold War barnacle.

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Health Care: Why We're One Letter Off

Dr. David Kipper | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Preventative Healthcare, Health Care, Politics News
Dr. David Kipper

What is actually broken is the upside-down way we have been looking at this problem. We are trying to fix a costly "reactive" health care system rather than create a cost-saving "proactive" program.

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Daddy's Little Shill: Memories of a Gambler's Daughter

Lea Lane | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Gambling, Greyhounds, Relationships. Father's Day, Dog Racing, Daughters, Addiction, Early Reader, Horse Racing, Fathers, Living News
Lea Lane

Before I tell you how, as a two-year old, I was my daddy's shill, let me tell you a bit about him. Daddy was a "professional gambler," if betting dail...

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Is Sugar Addictive?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Health, Addiction, Fat, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Diet, Weight, Obesity, Sugar, Wellness, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

French doctor, Serge Ahmed, of Bordeaux, has been working with rats and giving them the choice between cocaine and sugar. Guess what wins, time and again? That's right, sugar.

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Do You Have Fat Genes?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Fat, Genetics, Genes, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Alcoholism, Diet, The Balanced Life, Health, Wellness, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you have the DRD2 gene, with the A1 allele variant, you are more likely to be obese and more likely to be addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. This is not your fault.

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Sex Addiction: Is It Really an Addiction?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Sexual Addiction, Dsm, Sex Addiction, Controversial Addictions, Dsm-Iv, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

Some researchers hypothesize that sexual addiction, substance abuse, and gambling share neurochemical changes in the brain--underlying problems with brain wiring and nerve transmitters.

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What Makes Us Fall In Love?

Anne Naylor | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Obsession, Marriage, Hardly Bear Films, Unrequited Love, Addiction, Wedding Season, Power of Attraction, Love, Relationships, Romance, Couples, Living News
Anne Naylor

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."--Mother Teresa Summer, and it is the wedding season. I have the pleasu...

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Is Your Fat, Your Fault?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Addiction, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Addiction, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Craving, Sugar, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Comparing the brains of obese vs. lean individuals gets interesting results.

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Letting Go: In Life and Recovery

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Eating Disorders, Bulimia, Anorexia, Ednos, Jenni Schaefer, Eating Disorder, Spirituality, Wellness, Living News
Jenni Schaefer

These days, I give the airlines a big thank you for giving me the chance to practice the important concept of letting go on a regular basis.

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Texting Gets Reasons for a Thumbs Down

Danny Groner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Sexting, Preoccupation, Obsession, Text Messages, Twitter, Nytimes, Teens, The New York Times, Addiction, New York Times, Text Message, Text Messaging, Teenagers, Texting, Cell Phones, Technology, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Unplugging, Media News
Danny Groner

As a society, we tend to accept that texting has gone overboard with the even larger technological craze. As tough as it is to scale back, it's even tougher to convince others to.

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A Fat Guy's Prediction: We Need Leadership or We Will Fall Off the Economic Wagon

Don McNay | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, Spending Habits, Debt, Magic Johnson, Wall Street Bailout, Dieting Tips, Addiction, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Bailout, Dieting, Cincinnati, McDonald's, Weight Loss, Blood Money, Lexington KY, College Students and Credit Cards, Personal Finance, Payday Lending, Lottery, Lottery Winner, Economic Crisis, Saving Habits, Long Term Economy, Kentucky, Don McNay, Restricted-Calorie-Diet, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Saving Money, Bob Dylan, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Recession, Structured Settlements, Louisville, Credit, Yo Yo Dieting, Tax Refunds, Memphis Blues Again, Tax-Anticipation-Loans, Business News
Don McNay

Unless someone is capable of changing the American psyche, people are going to go back to their old spending habits.

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Why Are We Americans So Fat? (Part Three)

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Sugar Addiction, Health, Addiction, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Weight, Bulimia, Craving, Sugar, Food, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Not only do bulimics get the dopamine high, they also avoid the inevitable weight gain their high calorie binges would produce if they didn't purge.

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I Think I Got Scammed by the Acai Berry Thing

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Eating Disorders, Acai Berry, Power Flush, Dr. Oz, Acai Berry Scam, Oprah, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

The recession has put a lot of people under a lot of stress. It's a common thing to manage emotional and psychological stress with self medicating behaviors.

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Empathy for Society's Child

Don McNay | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Empathy, Kentucky-Politics, Lobbyists, Janis Ian, President Obama, Addiction, David Souter, Souter Replacement, Obama, Apology, Obama Outsider, At Seventeen, Outsider, Dermotti Dawson, Bob Babbage, Louisville, Racism, Kentucky, Discrimination, Inter-Racial Dating, Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington KY, Obama Empathy, Twelve Steps, Don McNay, Atonement, Barack Obama, Henry Clay High School, Geeks, Structured Settlements, Sports, Society's Child, Sports Illustrated, Apologies, Pittsburgh Steelers, Eastern Kentucky University, High School, Million Dollar Round Table, Confession, Lexington-Herald-Leader, Nerds, Politics News
Don McNay

I want someone on the United States Supreme Court who can look back at actions that were wrong, feel a sense of injustice and make amends, even if the act happened forty or fifty years ago.

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Help! I Live In Sweden, and I Am Addicted to Socialism

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saab, Depression, Wall-E, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh, Matrix, Gas Tax, Addiction, Stockholm, Capitalism, Daycare, Daily Show, Child Care, Bailout, Sean Hannity, Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Socialism, Mcmansions, World War II, Wyatt Cenac, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Sweden, Politics News
Nathan Hegedus

Reminded of what America stands for -- a nation of pure individuals -- I admit I fell prey to "socialism" after all those years as a "liberal."

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What We Can Learn From Jack LaLanne

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, White Flour, Jack LaLanne, Exercise, Health, Alcoholism, Fitness, Addiction, White Sugar, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If it tastes good, spit it out.

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Twitter: More Addicting Than Facebook?

Anne Naylor | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Eric Fromm, Obsession, Fear, Britney Spears, Compulsion, Twitter, Addiction, Aversion, Tweets, Facebook, Love, Control, Superyou, The Inner Life, Living News
Anne Naylor

Twitter has me hooked - up to a certain point. This reminds me of the famous, good-looking Antiguan cricketer who, when asked if he was married, told me: up to a point.

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The Real Roots of the Financial Crisis

Brian Whetten | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Economy, Resources, Greed, Wall Street Blowup, Unconcsious Capitalism, Addiction, Financial Crisis, Capitalism, Wall Street, China Mao, Financial Meltdown, Life, Conscious Business, Addiction to Wealth, Brian Whetten, Recession, Conspicous Consumption, Businsss, Per Person Income, Living News
Brian Whetten

We've pointed a lot of fingers at a lot of targets, including bankers, regulators, and homeowners. But none of these explanations speak to the deeper roots of the crisis.

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12 Depression Busters

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Bipolar, Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Personal Health, Depression Busters, Happiness, Living News
Therese Borchard

The following piece is the most popular Beyond Blue post I have written. Click here for the gallery version. My therapist helped me to build a person...

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Star Jones: Addict, Depressed and Honest

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Loss Coach, Happiness, Star Jones, Marie Osmond, Mental Health, Weight Loss Motivation, Our Lady of Weight Loss, How to Lose Weight, Janice Taylor, Weight Loss, Oprah, Diet Tips, Addiction, Stars, Valerie Bertinelli, Depression, Emotional Eating, Celebrity Body, Living News
Janice Taylor

Star was the only one who spoke of the psychological side of weight loss; the need to be coached through the various stages of weight loss; the need to connect to a new identity.

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Is the Media Finally Getting it On Drug Policy?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Addiction, Drugs, Media, Drug Policy, Marijuana, Mexico Drug Wars, Afghanistan Opium, Us Drug Policy, Media News
Maia Szalavitz

With the Mexican drug war completely out of control, Afghanistan supplying 90% of the world's opium, and our economy in collapse, the media has finally begun to seriously question our approach.

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