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Whenever I hand a prescribed for pain pills to a patient, I inform them, "Keep in mind not to consume any type of alcohol when taking these medications."For years, we in the medical community thought that easy message was surviving. It appears we were wrong.Every 19 moments somebody passes away because of misuse of prescribed medications. In some cases it is due to the fact that they take too...

Why Strong Men Fall into Lustful Addiction By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified CounselorSarah woke up from a deep sleep at 3 AM and realized that her husband wasn’t in bed, so she got up to see if he was okay. She was not prepared for what she saw next. Her husband of 27 years, who she respected as a man of integrity, was sitting in front of their home computer in some sort of “trance”...

Mother’s Day is just about here so it seems appropriate to talk about mothers and praise them for what is performing one of the most difficult tasks life has to offer. But that is not what this musing is all about. Having a great mother, one who loves and supports, is a gift beyond measure. But one of the sad facts in life is not all mothers are created equal. Not all mothers devote...

By now, we should be used to young actors dying from the excesses of fame. I don't have to make a list -- you know their names and you know their sordid stories. But for some reason, the death of actor Corey Haim of an apparent drug overdose this morning has made me particularly sad. Why? Maybe it's because unlike a lot of others who died young, he was well past his prime. He hasn't been in a...

Boundaries are not the exclusive properties of places on the face of the earth. True each town, county, state and country has its own boundary which is expected to be honored. Many a war has been fought over disputes about boundaries. But people have boundaries as well. Like geographical boundaries, when violated, there can be unpleasant results. When involving people, the personal...