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Author Archives: Keith R Wilson
Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse, Part 17: Recovery is easier than you think
All this reading about substance abuse and recovery may have given you the wrong impression. You may think that it’s hard to stop using drugs. Maybe it is, but nearly everyone who has experienced both addiction and recovery say the same thing: recovery is far easier than addiction. You’re accustomed to all the work itContinue reading “Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse, Part 17: Recovery is easier than you think”
Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse, Part 16: You don’t have to use drugs to use drugs
A recovering alcoholic goes to a party in which there’s alcohol being poured. He’s determined to stay sober, but he doesn’t want to stop going to parties. All his friends are going to be there. They’ll be watching the big game on the big screen. It’s bound to be a great time. He does allContinue reading “Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse, Part 16: You don’t have to use drugs to use drugs”
The Shrink’s Links: 7 Cups of Tea
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you’re a good listener or need a good listener, then 7 Cups of Tea might be just your cup of tea. 7 Cups of Tea is an on-demand service that connects you anonymously & securely for a one-on-one chat. Whether you want to discuss theContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: 7 Cups of Tea”
The Shrink’s Links: Journal Therapy
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Has there ever been a shrink that does not suggest that her clients keep a journal? None that I ever knew of. Journaling can help you clarify your thoughts and feelings, know yourself better, release the intensity of feelings, and unlock creative capabilities. If you haveContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Journal Therapy”
The Shrink’s Links: The Nap Wheel
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you’d like to take a nap, but are not sure when, you’re probably a mother of young children or a wage slave who doesn’t have a place to hide from your boss. If you have all the time in the world and can take aContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The Nap Wheel”
The Shrink’s Links: Book Review: Looking for my Father in Emerson’s Essays
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. I recently opened, for the first time, a volume of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson from the collection of old books in my library that I have never read. I was surprised to find that my father, whom I must’ve gotten the book from, noted onContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Book Review: Looking for my Father in Emerson’s Essays”
The Shrink’s Links: The New Existentialists
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you were intrigued by my recent post about Martin Buber and the application of existentialism to psychology, then you might be interested in The New Existentialists blog. They seem to have stopped posting new articles, but the old ones are still there to read. ClickContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The New Existentialists”
The Shrink’s Links: Hypno Hero
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Your mind is like a garden. If you’re going to pull weeds, you’d best replace those weeds with desirable plants or the weeds will just grow back. The Hypno Hero app may help. Just download it for free and you can create your own, personalized, hypnosisContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Hypno Hero”
The Shrink’s Links: Review of “Life Against Death”
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. I recently finished reading Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytic Meaning of History by Norman O. Brown. Since it’s a book that only the most psychoanalytically-minded shrink will enjoy, I’ll summarize it for you, so you don’t have to read it. It goes like this. Babies experienceContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Review of “Life Against Death””
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