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What’s Love Got to do with ADHD?
Love inspires activity instead of inaction, compassion instead of apathy, humility instead of hubris.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Walking Out the Other Side’ by Alan S. Charles
New memoir, Walking Out the Other Side, shares honest and insightful confessions of a cocaine addict.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Water By the Spoonful’ by Quiara Alegría Hudes at the Cellar Theater
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner comes to San Antonio's Cellar Theater in a well-mounted production.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Breaking Through: Discovering the Riches Within’ by Allan McDougall
The triumphant message in 'Breaking Through' transcends the author's own battle of overcoming addiction and can motivate readers needing to turn their own ship's course.
Read More »Finding Your Indomitable Spirit to Defeat Addiction
As more people turn to pain pills, addiction to them has also been on the rise.
Read More »Interview: Dr. Suzana E. Flores, Author of ‘Facehooked’
The Internet and social media have made our lives easier, but they were never meant to replace life.
Read More »The Book and the Film: The 70th Anniversary of Charles R. Jackson’s ‘The Lost Weekend’
The seminal addiction study in American literature and "the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of alcoholism" turns 70.
Read More »Dear Lindsay Lohan (Failure to Beat Addiction is Not Your Fault)
To all the Lindsay Lohans out there: Don’t take “failure” as yours. AA is a “one size fits all” recovery program that helps only a small minority.
Read More »Book Review: This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can’t by Augusten Burroughs
Like having a conversation with a friend who always tells you the truth with love in their heart.
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