secretchords.blogspot.com
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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SIta Ki Rasoi: Cheesecake Factory at Home
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Food for thought and thoughts for food! Simple recipes for cooking and for life. Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Cheesecake Factory at Home. I was reviewing my blog stats on the weekend, when I found that 16 visits in the last month to my other. Duller blog with a duller name. Came from searches for "low calorie cheesecake! And the page that these searches led to was. 1/2 kg Cream cheese (fresh paneer blended well before use works fine). 50 g Butter(chop it into very small cubes while chilled). My Dear Part...
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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?
blendoftea.blogspot.com
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...
opnotes.blogspot.com
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...
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The Operative Note: Good Medicine
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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. Tuesday, September 10, 2013. My post on the history of the blues. Led to a stimulating and insightful dialog with my friend, Madhav Chari. 8220;Ev’ry day, ev’ry day I have the blues. Ev’ry day, ev’ry day I have the blues. When you see me worry baby, ’cause it’s you I hate to lose”. The great Jazz singer Joe Williams. Sang these lyrics with the Count Basie. But blues music is not “...
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