3 Jan 2009 at 11:00am You could not have gotten another person in Melody’s hospital room if you tried, and between the people around the bed and the coats and jackets strewn around the room, there was no place to stand or ...
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3 Jan 2009 at 10:53am I was given the privilege of working in a Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of a large, tertiary hospital, filling in for a friend who took a leave of absence to give birth to her first child. I...
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3 Jan 2009 at 8:32am If you have a friend or family member who is suffering from alcoholism, you are no doubt aware of the byproduct of the disease. You’ve probably witnessed the alcoholic isolate from friends and family,...
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3 Jan 2009 at 8:26am Occasionally, I’ll get the call where a family member asks if there is a process to forcibly send a person into treatment. Some families will ask if there is a way to simply restrain the addict, throw...
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2 Jan 2009 at 3:14pm Could you imagine traveling the sea in canoes, with nothing more than the stars guiding you? That’s exactly how the Polynesians traveled from the Marquesas Islands to land on Hawaii’s Big Island over ...
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1 Jan 2009 at 7:27pm When musicians meet with Success, it often introduces them to its good friend, Excess. But Excess is a bad influence that hangs out with shady characters like Alcoholism, Drunk Driving, Drugs, Overdo...
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1 Jan 2009 at 3:19pm When you've been listed on the roster for your first AA meeting, you know your drinking problem has gotten out of hand. You've probably acknowledged in the past that your drinking is heavier than the ...
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