http://familyaddictions.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Families Living With Addiction en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:31:02 GMT 2009-12-29T19:31:02Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193833&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Think of it as a wave beginning in a universe, for the life of you, you cannot name-a place, or for that matter-a feeling for something far away and near at hand whose only need is to catch up . . . Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:08:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193833&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace pamela hurley 2007-12-04T07:08:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193844&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace leaf falls into water the sound of one hand clapping alone embraces change   Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:29:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193844&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace pamela hurley 2007-12-04T07:29:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193998&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace God So Loved the World..... For those that know me my life is literally an open book. For those that don’t I am an explorer of the human mind and soul in relation to this existential reality . . . Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:03:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977193998&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Christopher Cole 2007-12-04T14:03:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197540&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace An email was sent to me - a forward type email and thought I'd share the revised version of The Lord's Prayer. I hope everyone enjoys as much as I did!! THE LORD'S PRAYER Rather . . . Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:17:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197540&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Michelle C. 2007-12-08T00:17:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977198706&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be a mother.  I felt that is was my natural calling in life.  I'm good at nearly everything I do but only because I focus on it and put my heart . . . Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977198706&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Chelle - Never you mind what my name is! - H. 2007-12-09T14:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196743&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Being a teenager can be a difficult transitioning period in life.   You’re not exactly an adult yet you also are not a child.   Teenagers believe they know everything and are invincible. . . . Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:32:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196743&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Chelle - Never you mind what my name is! - H. 2007-12-07T03:32:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196739&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace According to the Study Crime dictionary, the exclusionary rule is a law that prohibits any evidence that was illegally obtained from being admissible in any criminal case (Study Crime, 2005).   . . . Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:31:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196739&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Chelle - Never you mind what my name is! - H. 2007-12-07T03:31:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977199223&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace   Manic Depression By Jimi Hendrix Manic depression is touching my soul I know what I want but I just don't know How to, go about gettin' it Feeling sweet feeling, Drops from my . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:57:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977199223&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Steve S. 2007-12-10T03:57:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190876&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace A friend whose son got hooked on cocaine, and struggled for years to overcome the addiction, told me that the only way he’s been able to remain drug free is to almost completely reinvent his life. . . . Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:34:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190876&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Michael Kahn, M.D., Harvard Medical School 2007-11-30T19:34:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192412&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace From AP wire on Yahoo.com  "A Hershey Co.'s Ice Breakers Pacs product containing nickel-sized dissolvable pouches with a mint flavored powdered sweetener inside, is photographed in Harrisburg, . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:24:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192412&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Suze P. 2007-12-02T19:24:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189750&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace The PBS series Second Opinion explores addiction this week (check local listings). Major advancements in neurological science are changing the way experts understand and treat addictive behavior. Learn . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:36:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189750&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Second Opinion Producer 2007-11-29T15:36:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189322&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace   I have a sister, actually she's    one of eight. I have to say I've tried everything, one on one, sister's coming together, family members intervening, nothing help's, . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:35:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189322&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Yvonne H. 2007-11-29T01:35:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189275&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Ok so when me and my hubby first got together he was a heavy drinker and smoked weed... Well I told him I would not date anyone like that... I was a youth leader in a Baptist church and what most would . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:15:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189275&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Trinity*So I'm Obsessed With John Cena* F. 2007-11-29T00:15:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187276&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Our nation is in the grip of an epidemic. It is a monster with many heads, springing from one body:   Addiction.   The variety of substances and affiliations are bewildering, but the suffering . . . Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:55:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187276&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace A & E's "Intervention" 2007-11-26T22:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177319&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace We face one another picking apart our chicken cutlet parmesans. While my mother complains about the thieving coked-up whores in her diner, I assemble piles of mozzarella cheese -- eyes transfixed on . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:45:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177319&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Felicia Sullivan 2007-11-14T21:45:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177320&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace My first foray into the kitchen was a disaster of epic proportion. Think gastronomic Chernobyl. Julia Child would have fallen into a fit of palpitations; Martha Stewart would have surmised that Felicia . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:47:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177320&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Felicia Sullivan 2007-11-14T21:47:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187268&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace One of my patients has been struggling to overcome a drinking problem. He underwent treatment last year, and stayed sober for six months. Then he went to a dinner party and decided to have a drink to . . . Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:46:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187268&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Michael C. Miller, M.D., Harvard Medical School 2007-11-26T22:46:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176576&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Self loathing, depression, anti-social behavior, isolating. All of these factors led me to using and drinking for about 20 years. I used Cocaine by smoking it. It started out as a fun little game after . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:20:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176576&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Steve S. 2007-11-14T03:20:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977141281&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace One in Three or One in Four? Will You Be Abused? by Marilyn Mackenzie Internet research provides two differing sets of statistics about the abuse of women. Some web sites claim that one-third of all . . . Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977141281&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Marilyn M. 2007-10-08T18:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977151167&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace What They Don't Tell Us (about alcohol) by Marilyn Mackenzie   A human is worth less than an animal? Apparently some think so. Recent studies have supposedly shown that light to moderate . . . Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:00:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977151167&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Marilyn M. 2007-10-18T17:00:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977155331&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Daily Whine and Shine - October 23, 2007 by Marilyn Mackenzie     Drop your concerns and your joys here about chronic illness, invisible illness, chronic pain.  Often times . . . Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:30:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977155331&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Marilyn M. 2007-10-23T05:30:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977157378&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Daily Whine and Shine - October 25, 2007 by Marilyn Mackenzie   Do you want to complain?  Or jump for joy?  Do it here, especially if you're one who suffers from a chronic . . . Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:06:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977157378&grpId=3659174697240650&nav=Groupspace Marilyn M. 2007-10-25T06:06:19Z