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In Utero

For Drew Diaz, trouble with alcohol began early.

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How Fathers Can Teach Their Sons about Addiction

April 19, 2013 By Annette Hazard Leave a Comment

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How you can help protect your kids from drug addiction, by telling them why you used.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Health, Psych, & Addiction, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, anti drug campaigns, drug use, drug withdrawal, experimenting with drugs, fathers drug use, just say no, male role model, overdose, parenting, talking to kids about addiction, talking to your son about drugs, truth about drugs, youth drinking

A Child of Alcoholics Finds Serenity

April 15, 2013 By Aaron Brinker 4 Comments

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Aaron Brinker changes a family tradition of silence around alcohol abuse, by telling the story of how he also became an alcoholic.

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5 Techniques to Avoid Cravings after Drug Rehab

January 20, 2013 By Hayley Granton Leave a Comment

After recognizing cravings and their triggers, learn to alleviate the discomfort.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Health, Psych, & Addiction, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, cravings, drug addiction, drug rehab, drug use, emotional intelligence, friends, healthy behaviors, healthy habits, mental health, recovery, sobriety, substance abuse, substance abuse centers, support, Therapy, triggers

Why I’m Quitting Drinking in 2013

January 4, 2013 By Karl Thompson 4 Comments

I’ve finally realized I’m no longer ‘one of the lads’ but a ‘binge drinking father figure.’

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Filed Under: Addiction, Christmas 2012, New Years 2012, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, adulthood, alcohol, alcoholism, bar culture, binge drinking, british, Christmas, college life, drinking, health, holiday parties, holidays, hooking up, manhood, mid-life crisis, Middle-age, New Year's Resolution, parties, pub culture, quitting drinking, role models, social drinking, teachers, UK

How to Deal with a Partner who Has an Addiction

November 21, 2012 By Erika Christensen 4 Comments

Addiction shatters relationships all the time—and the only way to put them back together is by being there, giving time, and staying positive.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Health, Psych, & Addiction, The Good Life Tagged With: AA, addiction, AlAnon, alcoholics anonymous, be strong, Candeo Behavior Change, crisis, Divorce, enabling, enabling behavior, family, gaming addiction, Intervention, marriage, partners of addicts, recovery, relationships, risky behavior, stay positive

Confessions of a Recovered Porn Addict

November 5, 2012 By Ben Belenus 20 Comments

To prepare myself for writing today I watched some Internet porn.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, goddess, Internet porn, intimacy, jerking off, lust, manifesting our fantasies, masturbation, men, Men and Pornography, porn actresses, porn addiction, pornography, recovery, relationships, reward, sex addiction, sex workers, sexual fantasy, sexuality, spirituality

What I Learned from 9 Weeks of Sobriety

October 29, 2012 By Mike Nicholson 13 Comments

Why Mike Nicholson took a self-imposed hiatus from drinking, how his friends responded, and what he learned from the experience.

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Laugh at the Punch

October 26, 2012 By Erik Christian 1 Comment

After four years sober, cracks begin to appear in Erik Christian’s façade of normalcy.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, Mental Illness, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, confidence, depression, dry drunk, family, mental illness, panic, phobias, PTSD, recovery, sobriety, stage fright, Thanksgiving, The Good Life

How Erik Got His Groove Back

October 21, 2012 By Erik Christian Leave a Comment

White-knuckling his way through sobriety was burning him out, until Erik Christian returned to his youthful creative passions.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Different Gifts, The Good Life Tagged With: AA, addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, artists, creativity, Dale Carnegie, dating, dry drunk, fate, intimacy, mid-life crisis, money, Napoleon Hill, relationships, romance, sex, Sex and Relationships, sexual performance, sobriety, songwriting, success, women, workaholism, writing, Xanax

Your Ideal Day

September 13, 2012 By Nick Florest Leave a Comment

Nick Florest concludes his series on addiction with a question: What does your ideal day look like?

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Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, alcoholism, conflict, contest, drugs, Families, higher power, Ideal Day Campaign, Jason Womack, Motivation, power, Share Your Ideal Day contest, sobriety, table of contents, The Good Life, Womack Company

Losing My Religion, Gaining Spirituality

September 12, 2012 By Brandon Ferdig 5 Comments

Brandon Ferdig’s story of getting sober, finding “god”, and relating with his religious family.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, Men and Spirituality, The Good Life Tagged With: AA, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, atheism, baptism, brothers, burn out, Christian, cocaine, college life, drinking, DUI, ecstasy, Faith, family, getting high, Lutheran, magic mushrooms, marijuana, Meth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, nephews, parties, prayer, role models, self-esteem, sisters, Social Anxiety, spirituality, St. Paul

Habits and Contradictions

September 11, 2012 By Jimmy ValenTime 1 Comment

Jimmy ValenTime on the habits one forms, being the son of addicts.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Health, Psych, & Addiction, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, adult children of addicts, breaking habits, caring for parents, changing habits, children of addicts, coping mechanisms, emotional well-being, Families, habits, relationships, self-care

Fine for Now

September 11, 2012 By Will Flores Leave a Comment

The rhythm of Will Flores’ days are too uncomfortable to dance to, even alone.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Poetry, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, alcohol, cigarettes, daily life, drinking, getting high, habit, marijuana, poetry, porn, Smoking, solitude, tobacco

A Crossroads for an Autograph Addict

September 10, 2012 By Matt Raymond 3 Comments

Matt Raymond got hooked on the adrenaline rush of proximity to fame.

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Fear of Heights

September 10, 2012 By Anonymous 2 Comments

Each city offers visitors a custom solution for managing high anxiety.

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Smoke in Your Eye

September 9, 2012 By Bryan Rory Brown 3 Comments

What I felt for her wasn’t love. It was more an addiction.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, Fiction, The Good Life Tagged With: bars, bourbon, cigarettes, city life, college life, dating, Dave Eggers, drinking, getting high, Little Five Points, marijuana, new york city, no smoking, relationships, romance, Smoking, Southerners, Spanish Fly, winter

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Call For Applicants to Participate in UK Parenting Documentary

Documentary makers seek UK family for an immersive experience. We are looking for parents of young boys who don’t adhere to social stereotypes.

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.

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