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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment – How to Find the “Right” Center

Tom Rees — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:45:11 +0000

The key to long term success in recovery is beginning with a solid treatment program. It is critical that you develop a solid foundation from which you can start working to get better, and proper treatment is the only way to build that foundation. Simply detoxing to break the addiction cycle cannot substitute for a longer term treatment plan, and by just detoxing and then installing yourself in a sober living you are putting … Read More

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Depression TV From WebMD

Tom Rees — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:36:03 +0000

Check out this website I found at webmd.com.

It is called “Depression TV and it has a whole series of 3 minute videos with excellent questions and answers. Depression: When Should I Seek Help, Depression and Loss of Libido, Depression and Rage – Are they Related, and many more. I think this is one of the few video sites I have seen that succinctly answers depression questions in plain language without a bunch of psychobabble.

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In Answer to an International Adoptee’s “How Did You Cope With Your Adoption?”

Tom Rees — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:07:11 +0000

: Most Adopted People Harbor Anger and Lack of Trust at some Levels, and there is a biological urge to know from whence we came. Don’t punish yourself if the question can’t be answered

I wrote this in one of the attached comments on this blog but wanted to make sure other adoptees did not miss it, and I elaborated a bit:

I feel for you insofar as wanting to find out more about your biological … Read More

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We Must End the Stigma of Mental Illness

Tom Rees — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:12:38 +0000

: This is EXACTLY how I feel today. There is not a single thing I want to change about my life. that’s a pretty cool place to get to, if you are able to treat your problems. Have faith, friend.

Those of you who have been following my blog — and those of you who may just have arrived– should know that my biggest theory about what is happening to us as a society in the … Read More

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Mood Disorders and Adoption Can Be a Sure-fire Combination to Equal Addiction

Tom Rees — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:34:12 +0000

: I support and encourage open adoptions

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This site will bring you some very real insight into anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and adoption first-hand from someone who has a lifetime of experience dealing with all four conditions – me. I realize the title is a mouthful, and I also recognize – acutely – that one of the four “conditions” in the title may surprise or even offend some people, and that is adoption. Anxiety, … Read More

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Is My Boyfriend an Alcoholic?

Tom Rees — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:44:06 +0000

What follows is a letter to a lady friend who described her boyfriend’s habit of drinking quite a bit 4 times a week or so. Also she thought his mood was generally low, but overall she had adjusted to the situation and was not overly concerned, and had a good relationship.

Dear Lola:

I can appreciate your dilemma — and unfortunately my dear, it is a dilemma. So you might not like exactly what I … Read More

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Raising a Child Perfectly Does NOT Guarantee a Perfect Child

Tom Rees — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:39:44 +0000

The article I have written voices my disagreement with the bulk of thinking by a writer named Laurie Couture. What follows is one of her statements about how awful it is that childrens’ rights are ignored. The author goes on to suggest that if children had all the rights they should have and we could meet all their needs (i.e a world of no spanking, no traditional school discipline, etc) – it would likely result … Read More

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Depression, anxiety and addiction are leading to high suicide rates in the Military

Tom Rees — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:57:53 +0000

: Maj. Gen. Mark Graham speaks openly about mental health and his “family” of men and women in service. It is a start, but hardly enough to reverse what is really happening.

of men and women in (NOTE: Please read the articles at the end of this entry)

The other day on the radio I heard some shocking statistics about depression and suicide as it relates to the military. Personally, I don’t think there could be … Read More

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Don’t Die Crying — When the moment arrives, how will YOU feel?

Tom Rees — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:57:45 +0000

A very common heart problem is called an “arrhythmia” — in fact I am fairly sure I read somewhere that upwards of 15% of people or more experience heart arrhythmia at some point in their life. “Cardiac arrhythmia” is a term that encompasses a whole bunch of different conditions that can occur when the electric circuitry of the heart muscle is thrown out of whack and results in one’s heart beat becoming too fast or … Read More

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Nothing Making You Feel Better? You Could Have Endorphin Deficiency Syndrome (EDS) , a Deficiency of Natural Opiates in Your Brain

Tom Rees — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:13:28 +0000

: Suboxone is a tiny pill

You read this headline right. Your brain makes actual opiates that are almost identical to the pills and synthetic opiates made by the drug manufacturers. The syndrome in your brain — if you are LACKING in these natural opiates, would then produce a significant, prolonged, stubborn, unbroken depression that you’d get pretty tired of fast.It is called endogenous opioid deficiency. I have just finished reading about 100 posts from … Read More

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