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Mean Business: The RAPS4 Rapid Screening Test
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An alternate view of addictions and reclaiming lives from addictions from my personal experiences as a therapist and a person healing from addiction. Addresses drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors. Saturday, September 17, 2011. The RAPS4 Rapid Screening Test. Initially the Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS) was a five item test, but was later refined into its present form. It uses questions taken from other diagnostic tools to create a comp...
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Mean Business: I Want, I Want, I Want (hushed - to break free!)
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An alternate view of addictions and reclaiming lives from addictions from my personal experiences as a therapist and a person healing from addiction. Addresses drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors. Monday, March 8, 2010. I Want, I Want, I Want (hushed - to break free! We all have desires – it’s part of the human condition. We want to be loved, to have friends, to experience joy, to have security. But a desire for. Desires like these lead to all k...
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Mean Business: The Politics of Powerlessness
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An alternate view of addictions and reclaiming lives from addictions from my personal experiences as a therapist and a person healing from addiction. Addresses drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors. Monday, September 13, 2010. The Politics of Powerlessness. I recently read this description of AA and Al-Anon. And even though it smarted of intolerance and judgmental-ism, I could not stop marveling at the accuracy of it. As a civilization, we have co...
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Mean Business: November 2011
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An alternate view of addictions and reclaiming lives from addictions from my personal experiences as a therapist and a person healing from addiction. Addresses drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors. Thursday, November 24, 2011. Higher Childhood IQ Linked With Higher Risk of Drug Use. The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Read more about it at the Hip Chick's Guide. Links to this post. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Links to this post.
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Mean Business: Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST)
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An alternate view of addictions and reclaiming lives from addictions from my personal experiences as a therapist and a person healing from addiction. Addresses drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors. Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). The MAST Test is a simple, self-scoring test that helps assess if you have a drinking problem. Answer yes or no to the following questions:. 1 Do you feel you are a normal drinker?
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Future Perfect: September 2011
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Simplicity. Frugality. Minimalism. Sustainable Living. Environment. Spirituality. Value Creation. Friday, September 30, 2011. 5 Steps to Save More Money. As part of my current mission to leave behind all that I believe is worth leaving behind, h. Ere are some small ways that you can stop borrowing from the future. Posted by Subhorup Dasgupta. Links to this post. Friday, September 2, 2011. How to Start Blogging For a Cause. Posted by Subhorup Dasgupta. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blend...
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Blend of Tea: Letting tea play
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This is the official blog for www.blendoftea.com. Blend of Tea is not about blended tea. It is strictly about single estate, full leaf, premium tea, largely black teas but grants room to greens and whites too. The blend is the blend of tea and life, tea and culture, tea and spirituality, and of course, tea and all that jazz! Wednesday, February 16, 2011. If you are reading this shortly after I have posted it, and it is evening, do take a look at the milad moon. Be present to your tea as it brews. Tea...
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Subho's Jejune Diet: What's Love Got To Do With It?
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Simple Thinking. Responsible Living. Joyous Being. What's Love Got To Do With It? The Right to be Wrong. Does Hate Have a Religion? Hate is all around, but then so is Love. Along with this confusing nature of hate is the fact that in its healthier avatars - righteousness, constructive anger, and the desire to set wrongs right - it does have a lot of positive attributes. Hating injustice and exploitation is a good thing, isn't it? Say The Word - Love. 1 Daisaku Ikeda, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Bertrand Russell.
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The Operative Note: It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
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Music I listen to, would like to share with others, and feel competent writing about. Largely Rock, R&B, Jazz, some Pop. Thursday, December 12, 2013. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing). Madhav Chari continues his series on understanding jazz by recollecting an incident to help define swing. Count Basie and Frank Sinatra. Swing is an energy carried by the rhythm in Jazz music, and has the ability to make you tap your feet to the music. No intellectual understanding is necessary to feel...
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The Operative Note: Norah Jones and Danger Mouse: Little Broken Hearts
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Music I listen to, would like to share with others, and feel competent writing about. Largely Rock, R&B, Jazz, some Pop. Thursday, March 08, 2012. Norah Jones and Danger Mouse: Little Broken Hearts. I am pretty obsessive about the work Norah Jones. Has done, and have little to say that is critical or negative. I have felt that way even with Feels Like Home. Norah Jones literally "burst on the scene" with her 2002 debut album, Come Away With Me. Released in 2007 introduced us to the philosopher and politi...