Constantly Hurt Feelings Is Relationship Manipulation

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Relationship Manipulation: Signs You Should Look For We’ve had a difficult few years, so it isn’t unusual to feel bad or hurt by things going on around you. We are in stressful times but that isn’t a reason to treat people badly. What Is Relationship Manipulation How many forms of relationship manipulation are there? We […]

Marijuana And Cigarettes Impact Your Heart

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Did you know that marijuana and cigarettes may have the same effect on your heart? Now that marijuana is legal for recreational use, it seems as if the smell of it is everywhere, just as cigarette smoke was in every restaurant and office in the old days. Every time we publish an article about marijuana […]

How To Be Single, Sober And Happy On The Holidays

Single and Sober for the Holidays

Are you sober and single, and facing the opening of holiday celebrations after the long pandemic siege? Are you dreading the holidays because this may be your first sober season? The holidays are always challenging both for the sober curious, the newly sober, and the sober and single groups, but we have some tips on […]

Mental Health Reminders To Stay Positive!

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 Some days may feel harder than others but there are tips that will help your mental health It’s all too easy to get stuck in the black hole of misery right now, and see only the gray sky. You’re not crazy to find ways to turn things around. In fact, you need new things to […]

Spotlight on FACEing Mental Illness Podcast

Facing Mental Illness podcast

FACEing Mental Illness, a podcast and article series by award-winning journalist Carrie Seidman, is my favorite way to learn about interesting people who have lived experience with mental illness. Did you know that 50% of Americans will experience a mental illness during their lifetime? With some five to fifteen people family members impacted by every […]

Letting Go Of Helping An Ungrateful Son

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Letting go of helping someone you love, but who uses you, is the hardest thing to do. My friend, Jackie, asked me for some advice last week. Her 29 year old son, Brent, was angry because she didn’t pay his bills or seem to care about him at all. He told her he never felt […]