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Workaholism Is An Addiction

AND THAT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 2023 - The collected data show that the most workaholic workers have on average…

11 months ago

Sugar and Diabetes: You Decide

NO KIDDING – Nov. 29, 2023 - “Your body needs insulin to metabolize sugar. Insulin helps transport the glucose into…

11 months ago

Mental Health Benefits of Staying Active and Pickleball for Reducing Anxiety

PLAYING FOR LIFE –   Nov. 27, 2023 - As we grow older, I have learned we are no longer…

12 months ago

Meditation Improves Seniors’ Psychological Well-being

FOCUSED ON FREEDOM –   Dec. 1, 2023 - The longest randomized meditation training trial ever conducted did find meditation…

12 months ago

Powerful Effects of Love

A LIFE OF LOVE – Feb. 11, 2020 - We’ve all heard some version of the phrase “Love heals all…

12 months ago

Algorithm Sued for Denying Care for Medicare Members

AI vs. AI – Nov. 15, 2023 - The lawsuit alleges that the health insurer and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, used…

12 months ago

Tattoos Helped Me Make Sense of Death and Prison

IT’S ART and TRIBAL –   Nov. 17, 2023 - The next tattoo came after six of us formed a…

12 months ago

The Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

THE BIG PICTURE – From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for…

1 year ago

How Much Caffeine Is Too Much?

BEAN THERE DONE THAT – Oct. 27, 2023 - Although caffeine can have a positive impact on focus and energy,…

1 year ago

The Role of Faith and Spirituality in Supporting Addiction Recovery

PRAYER AND MEDITATION –   Sept. 8, 2023 - Faith, irrespective of whether it’s tied to a specific religious doctrine…

1 year ago

She’s the Woman on the Line

AUDIBLE LIFE PRESERVER – Sept. 10, 2023 - The hotline serves people who worry using alone makes them vulnerable to…

1 year ago

Ryan Leone: How the Writer and Activist Lost His Battle with Addiction

A SAD TALE TO TELL –   Sept. 6, 2023 - He also founded The Prodigy Foundation, a non-profit organization…

1 year ago

Dr. Hyla Cass – Using Amino Acids and CBD for Mental Health

VIDEO – DR. FEELGOOD LIVES! – Sept. 2, 2023 - Dr. Cass shares her early observations during her residency, where…

1 year ago

San Fransisco’s “Doom Loop Walking Tour” Takes Tourists Up-close and Personal to See Squalor, Urban Decay and Homelessness

VIDEO – DON’T BLAME THE HIPPIES –   Aug. 14, 2023 - A tongue-in-cheek ad for the tour claims: “You’ve…

1 year ago

Teenage Smokers Grow Dispersant Brains

VIDEO – DON’T BECOME YOUR GRANDPARENTS –   Aug. 16, 2023 - A new study suggests that the brains of…

1 year ago

A Space to Grieve Addiction Deaths Without Shame or Guilt

ETERNAL SADNESS – July 24, 2023 - Two years later, Owens moved to Kansas City to be closer to friends…

1 year ago

U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that…

1 year ago

Jerry Garcia Gone 28 Years Today

AUDIO – AND THE BAND PLAYED ON –   Aug. 8, 2023 - Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born…

1 year ago

Horrifying Amount of Americans Won’t Make it to Old Age

VERY SAD STORY – July 31, 2023 - On a white board at the end of the room, across from…

1 year ago

Behind Hollywood’s Rise in Suicides

ALL SAD ENDINGS –   Aug. 3, 2023 - A number of mental health experts told TheWrap that although suicides…

1 year ago

Quote of the Week – Sinead O’Connor

“When you live with the Devil you learn there’s a God very quickly.” – Sinead O’Connor, b. Dec. 8, 1966…

1 year ago

Antidepressants, Antipsychotics & Benzos All Increase Suicide Attempts

SAD BUT TRUE – July 10, 2023 - The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is a contested construct that many…

1 year ago

Substance Abuse Is Climbing Among Seniors

BOOMERS STILL BONGING? –   July  9, 2023 - Until a few years ago, even as the opioid epidemic raged,…

1 year ago

Milan Kundera, Renowned, Reclusive Writer and Dissident, Dies in Paris at 94

READ BOOKS – July 12, 2023 - “I dream of a world where writers are obliged by law to keep…

1 year ago

San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Mart

THE CITY BUY THE BINDLE – July 10, 2023 - Dervin Amado Arteaga Ervir, a 15-year-old boy from the Honduran…

1 year ago

Three Patients Die Within Week at Rehab

WHAT A SAD WAY TO GO –   July 12, 2023 - All three of these cases are suspected of…

1 year ago

Are We Confusing Happiness With Something Else?

KEEP IT SIMPLE –   June 2023 - Martela, a philosopher and researcher at Aalto University in Espoo, 12 miles…

1 year ago

Daniel Ellsberg, Whistleblower, Gone at 92

VIDEO – GOD, PLEASE MAKE MORE MEN LIKE HIM –   June 16, 2023 - Ellsberg’s demise came about four…

1 year ago

George Winston: Pianist Sought to Echo Nature, Passes at 74

A SONG IN HIS HEART –   June 8, 2023 - is inspiration remained rooted in the natural world, trying…

1 year ago

The Troubled Life of Edgar Allan Poe

THE PIT SWINGS BOTH WAYS – June 5, 2023 - Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives…

1 year ago