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Why Women Are More Likely To Suffer From Depression
April 26, 2017 11:22 am - Depression - Leave your thoughts
Depression is a major chronic mental illness that is very common in our society. We’ve all experienced the ups and downs that are a part of everyday life. Major depression, though, has a more significant impact on our day to day lives. There are so many symptoms of depression and […]
When You Want To Get Sober But Your Husband Doesn’t
April 21, 2017 4:33 pm - Sober - Leave your thoughts
Getting sober is difficult in itself, but the difficulty of accomplishing that task becomes even harder when you are are in a co-dependent relationship. You both drink and you share that in common until it becomes a problem for one of the partners. The co-dependency you share is likely not […]
Women’s Drinking on the Rise
April 19, 2017 10:32 am - Alcohol - Leave your thoughts
In the last hundred years, we have seen great changes as a society. The industrial revolution, world wars, proliferation of businesses and more. However, the societal changes we have seen rival perhaps any other time in our history, and for women, those changes have become significant. As recent as the […]
Phantasy
April 5, 2017 2:56 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
Phantasy Let us first start by understanding and knowing where the term “phantasy” has derived from. An Austrian neurologist by the name of Sigmund Freud founder of psychoanalysis used the clinical term “fantasy” to describe the unconscious state of mind. The unconscious state of mind is the mental state […]
The Family P.A.W.S.
April 5, 2017 2:54 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
The Family P.A.W.S. P.A.W.S, the acronym for Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome is a set of symptoms experienced by addicts and alcoholics when they have abstained from drinking or using addictive chemicals. P.A.W.S is a period of time after initial detoxing from alcohol or drugs and manifests about seven to fourteen days […]
How it Was
April 5, 2017 2:51 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
How it was, what happened and how it is today, “How it was.” First of all, I would be remiss if I neglected to say that there was a period of time when my using felt as if it completed me. In fact there was a time when I felt […]
Pebble Ripples in the Water (La Zoo)
April 5, 2017 2:49 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
Pebble Ripples in the Water (La Zoo) “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far reaching effects” -Dalai Lama Often working in the helping profession, one wonders if the individuals we feel honored to have serviced really makes […]
Guy’s Amazing Big Book Story
April 5, 2017 2:45 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
Hi, my name is Guy Simms and I work as a Program Manager at the His House/New Creation Outpatient Program in Rancho Cucamonga, California. This Program is a free standing, 12-step based, therapeutic setting where we cater to adults who suffer from substance abuse issues along with co-occurring mental health […]
Mariya F’s Testimony
April 5, 2017 2:42 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
Seven years ago I was in a classroom with forty fellow anesthesia school students engaged in a lecture on the dangers related to addicted and impaired healthcare providers. We exchanged scolding remarks, disapproving headshakes and obvious condemnation of healthcare workers engaged in such an immoral behavior as being high on […]
Finding Your Purpose in Recovery
April 5, 2017 2:40 pm - Uncategorized - Leave your thoughts
Finding your purpose in recovery For some people early recovery is a time full of pink clouds, self-discovery, and visions of the promises. For others, myself included, early recovery is a time of anxiety, depression, loss, and fear. When one correlates early recover with such negative feelings and emotions […]
