Parenting is one of the toughest jobs in the world – if not the toughest. After all, children do not come with manuals or operating instructions. Looking for guidance, many parents turn to their own childhoods to pick up clues on how to raise children the right way, or at the very least, how not to raise them […]
The Positive and Negative Effects of Caffeine on Your Body
According to Statista.com, coffee is still one of the most popular beverages among Americans of all ages. In fact, nearly half of young adults age 18-24 drink coffee. But by far, seniors are more likely to drink the delectable beverage and they tend to drink roughly three times as many cups as day as well! […]
Overcoming Addiction: How Loved Ones Can Help
For decades, individuals suffering from addiction have traveled the same route toward recovery with some measure of success. That route entailed combining a recovery program, such as AA, with therapy. The problem with this traditional route is that therapists and program leaders had only marginal potential for influencing patients outside the office or treatment center. […]
SOULutions that lead to Serenity
Addiction is a soul sickness and Recovery provides the medicine. It’s a journey NOT a destination. One that we can not walk alone. For we only see ourselves in true perspective within relationships. We, humans, have a tendency to rationalize & justify any and all behavior and can continue on always feeling self defeated. Until […]
Addiction Recovery & The Chakras
By now it is (or should be) commonly accepted that addiction is a disease. We know that no matter how substances are ingested: by drinking, smoking, snorting or intravenously, it has an effect on the brain and the central nervous system. We are aware that the brain is in charge of thinking, and thinking drives […]
