Would This Be Considered “Betraying the Family”?
Question by Cybele: Would this be considered “betraying the family”?
My sister, who is 20 and at university discusses our family’s financial problems and our mother’s drug addiction (to prescription tranquilizers) with her boyfriend. My mother considers this to be a “betrayal” and thinks that my sister should be only discussing “surface topics” with her boyfriend. The two of them have been together for 2 years and are planning to get married. He is a very nice boy. I tried to explain to my mother that discussing her family life helps her build intimacy and trust with her boyfriend. My mother is still furious. Is she right or am I?
Drug–Addicted Doctors: California Debates How Best to Protect Patients and …
Drug–Addicted Doctors: California Debates How Best To Protect Patients And …
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A legislative analysis questioned whether the bill might unfairly steer the contract to one group before bids were sought. And debate over how to best protect patients from drug-addled doctors, while giving doctors needed support, has continued even as …
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Drug–addiction Support Agency Opens New Office
Drug–addiction support agency opens new office
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A southern Ohio support group whose lobbying efforts helped spur the state's anti-painkiller addiction law planned to celebrate the opening of an expanded facility yesterday. Gov. John Kasich has cited the work of Scioto County's …
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Rahall Stands Up Against Drug Abuses
Rahall Stands Up Against Drug Abuses
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Tuesday joined members of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse … toll of destruction and devastation heaped upon West Virginia's families and our … to help our state and communities in combating prescription drug abuse,” …
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Does Anyone Else See a Common Personality Profile in AA?
Question by abnjim5: Does anyone else see a common personality profile in AA?
I have been researching self-help groups and find a common psychological profile with Alcoholic Anonymous members. Among the many characteristics that I have discovered is a strong desire to seek assistance outside their bodies (brain) with their addiction to alcohol. Most will speak of a god or a spirit that is responsible for their “recovery” form drugs like alcohol. The use of self-will or using positive cognitive energy is discouraged. This finding of entities outside the body contradicts personal problem solving as I know it because to unlearn a behaviour (they say disease) one must go to the source of addictions which is in the body. I am puzzled, can anyone help me understand this AA process?
A Game to Help Doctors Ask Tough Questions
A Game to Help Doctors Ask Tough Questions
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It teaches doctors to look for warning signs of drug abuse, like a history of family problems, and to observe nonverbal signs of nervousness, like breaking eye contact, fidgeting and finger-tapping. The game, which is in its final phase of testing, …
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