What makes a pedophile? The Sandusky scandal
What makes a pedophile? Pedophilia refers to sexual interests in children 13 years or younger. Hebephilia refers to individuals who have a sexual interests in children 11-14 years of age. A person who...
View ArticleSandusky ducked and ran
Breaking news on HLN tv Channel 45; today Sandusky’s preliminary hearing was cancelled at the very last minute. Sandusky and his lawyer actually showed up for court, arrived to a packed courthouse of...
View ArticleBah HumBug! Gettin’ thru the Holidays
The alcoholics and the people that struggle with addictions are particularly vulnerable during the holidays. Alcohol, drugs and other addictions usually are just a cover-up for the underlying problems...
View ArticleA&E's Intervention - Christina (preview)
A beautiful 21-year-old addicted to Norco and meth, Christina has violent outbursts, believes that bugs are crawling under her skin, and has threatened suicide. Can an intervention save Christina...
View ArticleA&E’s Intervention – Christina
A&E’s Intervention – Christina started on Monday, January 2, 2012 9 p.m. CST Channel 39 Cox Cable. How did ya’ll like it? Since the last few minutes of the show were missed, today...
View ArticleThere are 6 kinds of people in the world
After sitting in a meeting of over 75 people and listening to drilling, banging, sharpening, sawing while workers put on burglar bars, I wondered why no one got up to go outside and ask those men to...
View ArticleA&E's Intervention - Dallas
A&E’s Intervention played on Monday 9 p.m. CST Cox Cable Lafayette, Louisiana Channel 39. This episode focused on Dallas, 21 years old and a heroin addict for 5 years. She’s homeless and...
View Article'Bath Salts'– High or Hell
According to Dr. Mark Ryan, Director of the Poison Control Center in Louisiana, Louisiana was the first state experiencing problems with the new drug “bath salts.” These bath salts are not really bath...
View ArticleA&E's Intervention - Sean
A&E’s Intervention on Monday, March 12, 2012 9 p.m. CST showcased Sean, 39 years old, an alcoholic for 10 years drinking ½ gallons of vodka per day. Sean is one of 3 brothers from...
View ArticleWhat’s happening St. Patrick’s Day weekend March 16, 17 & 18, 2012 in...
It’s been nine months since a column appeared on "having fun" in Lafayette, Louisiana. Addictive personalities suffer from bouts of boredom, loneliness, feeling uncomfortable in one’s own skin,...
View ArticleA&E's Intervention - Kaylene - Can she get off the drugs?
In this A&E Intervention, Kaylene 21, is presented as a young lady addicted to drugs. She’s had a 5 year addiction to Percocet and also likes Xanax, benzo’s and Dilaudid. She will snort the...
View ArticleA&E Intervention - Terry - Can she give up her vodka?
In this episode of A&E’s Intervention, Terry is a 44 year old woman from Kingston, Pa. with an addiction to vodka. She’s been drinking up to one gallon of vodka per day and has...
View ArticleAl-Anon sayings and principles
Here are some Al-Anon sayings and principles from Al-Anon literature. Peruse them and pick out the ones you like. You never know when one of these sayings will come in handy one day.Faith is the...
View ArticleAn Addiction to the MBTI Personality Scale (Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator)
Last night I had a dream…I dreamt that Obama kissed me on the cheek. Now, besides being weird and unsettling, being an “iNtuitive” person, I’ve been “second guessing” myself as far as...
View ArticleTrue West: A tale of dysfunction
True West, a play by Sam Shepard, can be described briefly as a play dealing with dysfunctional families. It was no surprise to this Examiner that Sam Sheperd admittedly came from an alcoholic...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day! 25 things to be grateful for (Photos)
Happy Mother’s Day!For all you mothers out there suffering from addictions, this message is for you. Happy Mother’s Day!What, you don’t have anything to be “happy” about?Be grateful, many...
View ArticleStep 2: Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Photos)
Today, we will go over Step 2 in the AA Big Book. See Step 1 here.The steps are exactly the same in both programs as Al-Anon adopted the steps for their program also.Step 2 AA Big BookCame...
View ArticleMother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Photos)
In addiction recovery you become more spiritual and closer to God. If you are at that point of spirituality, you might want to consider reading this very spirtual book, Mother Theresa, Come Be My...
View ArticleAA Step 3 and My Other Self (Photos)
In AA and Al-Anon, we come to Step 3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.We are still on God or a Higher Power. Steps...
View Article'My other self': Abandonment
A person suffering from Addictions is a suffering soul. God calls out to the suffering soul as he wants to be closer to him or her. You can have confidence in Christ and place your trust in him. He...
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