by Anthony Myers | Feb 14, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health
Valentine’s Day. For some, the holiday conjures thoughts of love, romance, and desire. For others, it evokes feelings of depression or disgust. Either way, people often feel pretty strongly about Valentine’s Day. Some people might turn to alcohol or drugs to deal with...
by Anthony Myers | Feb 8, 2017 | Mental Health
Did you ever see those commercials with the camel who shouts, “Hump Day”? Wednesday is often known as hump day because it’s the middle of the work week. After Wednesday, you’ve gotten over the hump of the week and are well on the way to the weekend. (Of course, in...
by Anthony Myers | Feb 1, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Thank heavens February is the shortest month, right? Between the cold weather, snow, short days, and sappiness of Valentine’s Day, twenty-eight or twenty-nine days is about all I can stand. Actually, though, the more I think about it, February could be worse. We’re...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 30, 2017 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Mental Health
Next Sunday is the Super Bowl, the championship game of the professional National Football League (NFL) in the United States. As you probably know, the Super Bowl is much more than a football game. Its television broadcast is known for its commercials, its halftime...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 26, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Tomorrow, January 27th, marks the birthday of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Although his music is more than 200 years old, it’s still lively and relatable. That’s no small feat. We complain that different generations of rock music are hard to hear. We...
by Anthony Myers | Jan 25, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery
Oooh, it’s eleven months until Christmas! Doesn’t that sound ludicrous? I wonder if some marketer or retail person is thinking that, looking for a way to make the long holiday buying season start even earlier and last even longer. If people aren’t anticipating the...
