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Cookies or Empathy?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
I recently came across a short "introspection" published in The American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Jonathan Benjamin describing the case of Mr. ...

Recovery From Addiction and Depression: An Interview with Vivian Eisenecher

Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Today I have the honor of interviewing Vivian Eisenecher, author of "Recovering Me, Discovering Joy," and a sought after speaker, mentor and writer since 1996. Her other published works include articles for ...

Drinking Diaries: On Rejecting Addiction and Drama

Thursday, August 20th, 2009
I was recently invited by Caren Osten Gerszberg and Leah Odze Epstein who write and compile the fun blog, "Drinking Diaries" to contribute my two-cents on where I ...

Comfort Food, My Crack Cocaine

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
It has been proven time and time again that a middle aged woman has about as much chance of losing the last ten pounds of unwanted body fat as ...

When Suicidal Ideations Take Over

Monday, July 27th, 2009
I have been thinking about this question ever since I read it on a discussion thread in Group Beyond Blue. Meg writes: So, my husband has shown interest in ...

Group Exercise Helps Addicts

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Even before I read Kate Dailey's Newsweek post, "From Excess to Exercise: Group Helps Men and Women Live Sober Through Sweat," I was a firm ...

Stalking Irish Madness: An Interview with Patrick Tracey

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Today I have the honor of interviewing Irish author Patrick Tracey, who penned an amazing book, "Stalking Irish Madness Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia," for which he has won the ...

Boredom Can Be a Door To New Growth

Friday, June 26th, 2009
A few days ago a friend forwarded me a post on DailyOM.com called "Boredom: Fanning the Creative Flames." It says: The human mind thrives on novelty. What was once a source of pleasure can ...

Grappling With Addiction

Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Felicia Sullivan is a self-described "author, foodie, rockstar" and she writes regularly on a wide variety of topics, including grappling with alcoholism after growing up with ...

Video: 5 Ways to Zap an Addiction

Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Oh yeah. Here we go again. As I've repeated on Beyond Blue, I live my life in a state of constant addiction. So I'm getting pretty creative in how I manage to control them. Here's a refresher on five basics. Listen up! Click through to view the video...

11 Things I Learned in High School

Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Yikes. It's time for my 20-year high-school reunion. I have the wrinkles and the gray hair to prove it. Although I look back and snicker at all the keg parties I threw at my house ...

Help, I Live With Someone With Anger Issues!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Mad As Hell: Anger and the Economy Part Four We all know people who express ...

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