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Back to the Basics: Easy Does It
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Beyond Blue
My doctor’s visit today felt a tad bit like confession. “So how are you?” “To tell you the truth, I’ve been feeling a bit fragile. Nothing like last summer when I awoke each morning fighting feelings of wanting to be dead. But I have been more irritable in general.” “Can you give me an example?”…
Many Roads to Recovery
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Beyond Blue
Thanks to reader Eddie who wrote the following on the message board of my “A Dozen Addiction Zappers” post: This all sounds good, but when you are as depressed as I am, it sounds just like a bunch people talking crap that ain’t true in my world. I’m an alcoholic and I hate AA. I…
Addicted? Who, Me?
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Beyond Blue
On a lighter note, this article (click here for the full Q and A) was somewhat intriguing for a person like myself with both soft and hard (light and heavy, round and square) addictions. Judith Wright, co-founder of the Wright Institute for Lifelong Learning in Chicago, explains how to recognize and overcome soft addictions like…
The Least Harmful Addiction
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Beyond Blue
Thanks to Reader Peg, who posted the following comment on the “The Happy Ending” post: “My current medicine of choice for myself is smoking about ten cigarettes a day. Before I get the health lecture, I quit twice for four years when my kids were small. I have tried antidepressants without success. I now realize…
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