Category Archives: Blog

CONSEQUENCES.

Posted on April 9, 2013 by crpmaster

Here’s a point to ponder: if addiction is a disease, what happens to our daughter’s and son’s whose “consequences” from addiction to alcohol and/or drugs have earned them a permanent record, as in felony charges, within the legal system? As … Continue reading →

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New Book on Sex Addiction Recovery

Posted on April 3, 2013 by crpmaster

Stop Sex Addiction: Real Hope, True Freedom for Sex Addicts and Partners was written with the view of bringing hope to people whose lives have been rocked by sex addiction. This 300+ page book has chapters for both the sex … Continue reading →

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The Way We Were …. And Being Thankful

Posted on March 29, 2013 by crpmaster

Today my husband is down.  The depression has descended upon him unbidden and unwelcomed but it is still there despite medication, therapy and all the efforts of the past.  And I am a combination of angry and sad.  I feel … Continue reading →

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Creativity and Depression

Posted on March 27, 2013 by crpmaster

For a long time creativity and artistic expression has been connected with madness.  One could go through a list of writers or artists or actors and come up with several who have suffered with some type of mental disorder.  Several … Continue reading →

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Now Comes the Hard Part

Posted on March 26, 2013 by crpmaster

So get a load of this: parents are not clamoring for material about how to survive/manage their lives with an addicted daughter or son, nor, particularly, are bookstores. At least not yet. I say “not yet” because I am turning … Continue reading →

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Lying on the Floor of the Veterinarian’s Treatment Room

Posted on March 25, 2013 by crpmaster

There I was, lying on the floor of the veterinarian’s treatment room. Not Daisy. She was doing quite well with the procedure Dr. Keating was performing on her. I was the one overcome by it all and dysfunctional at that … Continue reading →

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Tom Catton, author of THE MINDFUL ADDICT talks about recovery

Posted on March 20, 2013 by crpmaster
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The Lasting Damage of Cyberbullying

Posted on March 14, 2013 by crpmaster

The act of “cyberbullying” holds a strange paradox for me; it is an act that can be devoid of any direct social connection and yet, because of the technology and social media sites it uses, it can be hyper-social. For … Continue reading →

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CNN on Prescription Drug Abuse

Posted on March 6, 2013 by crpmaster

  CNN ran an interesting program that took my breath away on March 2 regarding prescription drug addiction. Poppy Harlow spent a night interviewing women in the Cooke County Jail in eastern Tennessee where the sheriff reported that approximately 95% … Continue reading →

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The latest studies on adolescent drug abuse

Posted on February 27, 2013 by crpmaster

At any newcomers Al-Anon meeting, more than half of those attending are parents, and more than half of them are parents in crisis. That is, their children are in crisis as well. Yet I haven’t found my feet “connecting” with … Continue reading →

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