If you’ve read self-help literature, you’ve probably heard about the “inner critic”—the mental voice that constantly tells you that you’re not good enough, and bombards you with memories of difficult events and visions of nightmarish possible futures. There are many schools of thought on how to deal with the critic, and most focus on developing more positive beliefs about oneself or using techniques to quiet one’s mind.

However, I...

Google the word Alcoholism and you will get 25,400,000 search results. Addiction of Alcohol and Symptoms of Anxiety Depression can reduce the toughest person to a babbling wreck. Anxiety of Alcoholic relapse is a real factor in your quest to remain sober. Stop anybody in the street and ask them what they associate with the word Alcoholism and the answers will more than...

Anorexia can cause serious health problems as the body struggles to cope with an absence of nourishment. The challenge of recovering from anorexia is learning to trust food again.

For anorexics, food is the enemy. Food equals fat. Food intake is something to control, monitor, and ration according to a strict plan. The anorexic equates feeling safe with controlling food and avoiding weight gain at any cost.

Most cases of anorexia go untreated unless diminished body...

In 2003, "Amylin," a young mother in rural Tennessee, was very addicted to methamphetamine. After she started manufacturing it at home to maintain her addiction, she lost custody of her children. The loss of her children drove her deeper into despair and more meth use which ended up resulting in a prison sentence and permanent damage to her heart. Because of meth, Amylin ended up losing everything, including her freedom, her children, her job, and her health. However, because...

What can I do to Help an Alcoholic

How to help an alcoholic is a question many relatives and friends of alcoholics ponder. Alcoholism is a serious disease and should never be taken lightly. Trying to control an alcoholic by giving manipulation or threats rarely ever works out well as the alcoholic most likely will just isolate themselves more and drink more.

Instead of manipulation and threats as a way of how to help an alcoholic it is suggested that you talk to...

Music! It makes Christian recovery rock. In California, this last year or so, it was Santos entertaining attentive Christian audiences with his doo wap singing. In Hawaii, it's been Darrell Mansfield with his steaming harmonica and talented Christian combos.

I remember how well our early history conferences went in Marin County, California when they were accompanied by speaker dances, and my sponsees as DJ's.

Today, you seldom enter a church without seeing a stage...

Have you ever wanted to change some parts about you but just can't seem to break the habit? For instance, you smoke, but you know it's bad for you. What about phobias? Do you have any - it could be fear of public speaking, making friends, spiders, heights...anything. There is always at least one situation we dread but we wished we didn't.

With Mind Zoom, you can start to change all these because the techniques used here is proven, effective, and scientific.

Basically, Mind...

Solar energy has two common applications: solar powered heater and solar powered lights. We usually know that solar powered lights usually be solar street lights , solar garden lights, solar parking lot lights, solar lawn lights, and so on. But these solar lights should be designed and consumed by the public or the rich in those developed countries. Can they be used by the poor in the developing countries and areas? As is known to all, there are still many people are using kerosene...

A.A.-Founders: Reflections about Anne Smith, Dr. Bob's Wife

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I had never heard of Anne Ripley Smith. I had never heard of the role she played in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio. In fact, I finally learned that almost nobody in the recovery community knew anything significant about the wife of Dr. Bob. Even in Akron—where A.A. was founded, where the original "Christian...

One of the hardest addictions to kick is a dilaudid

There are some reasons for this number one is that it is legal and can be obtained from your family physician. This makes it extremely challenging for the addict that has this type of hook up. They can also be found on the streets which are not legal. Let me just say right now for those that are not aware sales of dilaudid will get you the same amount of prison time as heroin. This is something that should be kept in mind. The...