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Janet on Feb 14th, 2012 in
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This often quoted maxim of encouragement to all, originally appears in the Bible, part of Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount.
Over the years, the meaning of “going the extra mile” has been extended and can apply to any endeavor that we engage with, encouraging us to do better, do more than we maybe thought in the beginning would be required of us, in order to complete the task.
It is said that if a...
An article in the UK Guardian, in 2010, deals with the issue of blaming the drug addict for his addiction and its consequences, and asks the question how can we deal with the stigma that is attached to drug use and addiction in our society.
The article acknowledges drug use as a compulsive type of behavioral problem over which the addicted person has little control, that drug users ideally would like to become free...
For every action there is a reaction, according to the laws of nature. To stress and trauma, people react immediately with anxiety or depression, sometimes a combination of both.
Faced with stress, the body and mind is geared to look for solutions. In the modern world there are many sources of stress and trauma for which there appear to be both complex causes, and no immediate solutions.
Anxiety and depression...
What is there to fear in success? We are encouraged to become a “success“, to make a success of our lives, to attain some great achievement.
Similarly, with drug abuse, many addicts want to successfully rehabilitate themselves from drugs, their families encourage them. Comprehensive drug rehab programs are available that almost guarantee success – is it fear of success that prevents addicts from...
For many years there have been scientific studies that connect marijuana use with the development of schizophrenia. There are two main points of view as regards the onset of schizophrenia, one being the genetic origin, chemical imbalance theories of the medical and psychiatric professions – the other being a social behavioral model by which schizophrenia is induced, in a vulnerable child, by unresolved...
