Thursday, April 23, 2015

The prevention of substance abuse needs to begin in the crib

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“The prevention of substance abuse needs to begin in the crib—and even before then, in the social recognition that nothing is more important...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

What is Addiction?

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“What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be unders...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

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“If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children’s emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longe...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Their Brains Never Had a Chance.

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“We know that the majority of chronically hard-core substance-dependent adults lived, as infants and children, under conditions of severe ad...
Monday, April 6, 2015

The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

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" Its f aith-based 12-step program dominates treatment in the United States. But researchers have debunked central tenets of AA doctr...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

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“Addiction is always an attempt to soothe severe emotional suffering which is often rooted in childhood emotional loss or trauma.” - Gabo...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Psychic Numbing

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“Psychic numbing means never having to feel anything. Refusing such anesthetization and unearthing our passions means facing our emotions...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Her Best Kept Secret: A MUST-READ for ALL Women!

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In Her Best-Kept Secret , journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers a hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic. Using “investigative rigor and ...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction and the Destruction of American Childhood

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This is an exceptional interview that took place on Democracy now a few years ago. "If people’s behaviors and dysfunctions are regul...
Monday, February 23, 2015

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think

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"If you had asked me what causes drug addiction at the start, I would have looked at you as if you were an idiot, and said: "Drugs...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery

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"There is a large body of evidence now looking at AA success rate, and the success rate of AA is between 5 and 10 percent. Most people ...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Drug Addicted Parents and the Effects on Their Children

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Children born to drug addicted parents may suffer from health conditions. Parents who are addicted to illegal substances ...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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Women and children have suffered severe violations of their human and civil rights within the family for millennia and hereby demand long-ov...
Friday, August 22, 2014

The 13th Step the film

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The 13th Step is about the criminal and sexually predatory behavior that occurs systematically in Alcoholics Anonymous. This behavior goes...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Financial Abuse Takes Heavy Toll On Domestic Violence Survivors

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"In the past, domestic violence victims would leave with nothing but their children and the clothes on their back," the note concl...

Maternal Deprivation: Share from "Battered Mothers - A Human Rights Issue"

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 Maternal Deprivation, or Motherlessness, is occurring with alarming frequency due to the unethical treatment of women and children in fami...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Gaslighting

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Friday, May 23, 2014

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"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

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“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – The Dalai Lama
Monday, May 5, 2014

Honesty with Emotional Manipulators

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