Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Talking and Healing
We’ve often heard about people who deal with things with a stiff upper lip. Other times, people have told other people to “man up” or “put on your big girl panties.” Strength is admirable. So is putting one foot in front of the other and continuing to move forward,...
Making Happiness Happen
Tomorrow’s an interesting day. Far from being an ordinary Monday, tomorrow is National Happiness Happens Day. If you’re like me, your first thought might have been that National Happiness Happens Day sounds kind of ridiculous. At first, the motto happiness happens...
Mead Is Still Alcohol
Today’s National Mead Day. Who knew? Actually, I should have known. I recently visited a place that brewed and served different kinds of mead. Although I’ve heard of people making and drinking mead occasionally, I thought that the drink’s popularity had peaked during...
Fighting Stress and Addictions
Today is National Oyster Day. I don’t know much about oysters, personally, but they’re a big deal in different parts of the world. There are oyster festivals in Connecticut and New Orleans, another in Long Island, New York, and still others in England and Australia....
Veterans, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorder
Today is U.S. Coast Guard Day. It’s a good day to recognize what our active military service members do for the country and what veterans of the military have done in the past. Unfortunately, the service of military members often comes with a cost. Some service...
The Wonderful Watermelon
Today we celebrate National Watermelon Day. That’s pretty good timing, right? After all watermelons are mostly water, around ninety-two percent water, in fact. Eating watermelon (or drinking watermelons in the form of juice or smoothies) can be a refreshing way to get...
Do We All Scream for Ice Cream?
Today marks the celebration of an interesting day. Today, August 2, 2016, is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. In the past, I would’ve lobbied to make it a national holiday. Now, my feelings are more mixed. I don’t know if I’ve talked about this already, but I love to...
Dog Day Afternoons
Today, August 1st, we’re in a period of time often known as the dog days of summer. Do you know where that phrase got its name? The term dog days relates to the position in the sky of the star Sirius, a bright star also known as the dog star. The brightness of Sirius...
Alcohol Doesn’t Have to Destroy Relationships
Although it’s a work of fiction, the 1966 movie Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? sometimes seems all too real. The movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who were married to each other at the time. They later divorced, remarried briefly, and divorced again....
Scarface Is a Warning
Why do some people idolize the movie Scarface? The movie came out more than thirty years ago, and we’re still seeing posters, t-shirts, and other merchandise related to the movie. When I think about that movie, the image that pops to mind is Al Pacino’s character,...