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What Made Me an Addict?
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A month ago, the Washington Post ran an excellent article by Maia Szalavitz entited, “So, What Made Me an Addict? Experts Debate Whether Disease or Defect Is to Blame.” This question is so crucial to how we treat persons suffering from both addiction and mental disorders, and especially how we deal with those with dual-diagnoses.…
The Science of Addiction
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Beyond Blue
Back in May, Time magazine did a fascinating cover story on the new brain research helping us to understand how so many of us get hooked to alcohol, drugs, gambling, and so on. By zeroing in the cause, brain experts are talking about a cure. To read “The Science of Addiction” click here. Some of…
Buddhism and Suffering: A Tale of Death
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Beyond Blue
There is a Buddhist tale that the prominent meditation teacher and American Buddhist Lama Surya Das tells in his book “Letting Go of the Person I Used to Be” (I tried that, by the way, and it’s not all that easy): The Buddha was once approached by a grieving mother whose little child had just…
Beyond Blue: My Depression Support Group
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Beyond Blue
Here’s my attempt to rationalize my addiction to Beyond Blue (and maybe to the Internet): it’s my support group. Today it got the okay from my therapist. “Do you think my behavior during my week in the country when I was supposed to unwind and find myself, but instead cursed all week at the slow…
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