addiction
Holiday Binge Eating Disorder
What do the bank and your favorite auto repair shop have in common? Would you believe cookies? I visited both recently and was greeted with the tantalizing aroma of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies as soon as I stepped through their respective doors. This is a well-planned combination of marketing, hypnotic anchoring and squirrel-like distraction…
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Drink and Why You Might Not Like It
Why I Don’t Drink: When I was about 13 years old I decided to find out why my friends were so proud to have had their first alcohol experience. My Boone’s Farm Wine fiasco (Say, “Oh yeah,” if you can relate) was like many you’ve likely heard: Out of control laughing, followed by dizziness, followed…
Read MoreI Hear Voices…
“There’s this little voice in my head,” as I’ve heard many clients state over the years. Are they having auditory hallucinations? No, they’re simply describing a series of negative thoughts that create negative emotions. And this all gets in the way of taking the healthiest course of action. There’s an epidemic of these little voices…
Read MoreWhat is Your Healthy Space?
I’m enjoying green tea infused with pomegranate this morning in my very cool new YETI tumbler. I enjoy this satellite office of mine at Panera. I can sit outside in fresh air, get free Internet and not bother anyone when I come or go. This is “healthy space.” What do you do to create healthy…
Read More“Why Are Women Drinking More?” is NOT the Correct Question
The front page of the Tampa Bay Times earlier this week had the headline “For women, heavy drinking has been normalized and that’s dangerous.” As odd as it may sound, I get a little excited when anything addiction related makes it on the front page of the paper. What I find most interesting about…
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