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Patricia used to approach the holidays with an overwhelming sense of dread, because she never knew what her alcoholic brother might do to ruin them. As Thanksgiving floral arrangements gave way to sparkling Christmas ornaments and the drone of holiday music, her stomach would clench more each day and her mood would grow darker.

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OA offers a spiritual solution to compulsive overeating

“I did not enter my first meeting with hope,” recalls one member of Overeaters Anonymous. “I entered with despair. But I left with hope, because it was the first time in my life that I realized or heard that I was not morally imperfect, that I was not weak-willed, that I was not some defect.

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Teenage girls in the United Kingdom consume more alcohol than their male peers, the Western Mail reported.

According to a survey conducted by the Schools Health Education Unit, 44 percent of girls aged 14 and 15 had at least one alcoholic drink a week, compared with 42 percent of boys.

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Sex is supposed to be enjoyable, but for countless women suffering from vulvodynia, that’s not the case. 

Characterized by;

• pain or discomfort with sexual intercourse,
• rawness,
• stinging,
• itching and
• burning in the vagina or vulva,
• vulvodynia is a common condition, but it is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

“The symptoms of vulvodynia mimic those of other, common vulvovaginal infections,” explains Christin Veasley, associate executive director of the National Vulvodynia Association in Silver Spring, Md.

(Read content ‘Cause of Women’s Painful Sex Uncovered’…)

This Food Guide to Healthy Eating from Health Canada is designed to help people make wise food choices.

The Food Guide translates the science of healthy eating into a practical pattern of food choices that;

• meets nutrient needs,
• promotes health recovery and
• minimizes the risk of nutrition-related chronic diseases.

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• I drank to be witty - and I became a boor.
• I drank to relax - and I couldn’t stop my hands from shaking.
• I drank to feel good - and I suffered through sickening hangovers.
• I drank to be happy - and it made me depressed.
• I drank to be a good dancer - and it made me a stranger.
• I drank to be a good conversationalist - and I couldn’t pronounce the words.
• I drank to be sociable - and I became angry and resentful.
• I drank to help my appetite - and cheated my body of nutrition by not eating right.
• I drank to be a good lover - and I couldn’t perform.
• I drank to show I was a man - and became a slobbering, bawling baby.
• I drank to be popular - and lost my friends.
• I drank to enjoy life - and contemplated suicide.
• I drank for camaraderie - and drove everyone away from me.
• I drank to escape - and built a prison for myself.
• I drank to find peace - and I found hell.

(Read content ‘Why I Drank’…)

What to do when someone in your family has a drinking problem

Problem drinking doesn’t just affect society, it also affects people at a more personal level - at home - and can create serious emotional problems for all family members.

(Read content ‘Alcoholism at Home’…)

ADHD risk for Alcoholism

A pair of new studies adds weight to the theory that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at higher risk of problem drinking during adolescence and alcoholism later in life.

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Be More Than a Blip in the Blogosphere

The Washington Post has come up with a list of Blogger tips that I can use to increase traffic and appeal of my blogs.

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Alcoholism in Australia: The wives who said time, gentlemen…

The story of Fitzroy Crossing is a tragically common one among Australia’s Aborigines: rampant binge-drinking and the appalling social problems that go with it. But then the town’s women set about turning off the taps.

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