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“Crazy Heart” a movie with a message.

February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Jeff Bridges plays a down and out alcoholic country singer in the movie “Crazy Heart”. It is absolutely an award winning performance.

Alcoholism looks different for an adult than the “loving to get high syndrome” does for an adolescent. The role of Bad Blake gives us a glimpse of what  loving to get high turns into if not dealt with.

On the soundtrack you get a musical sense of the power of alcoholism. The song Fallin’ & Flyin’, written by Stephen Bruton and Gary Nicholson does a great job of showing the heaven and hell aspect to drinking.

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From Bummed to Bliss

October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Being bummed by life; stressed, unhappy, miserable, desperate, is all too common for young people. What do our kids do with this stress? How do they deal with this emotional ups and downs? Do they talk to you about any of this? Who do they talk to? Who’s giving them advise on how to cope? Is it possible that they have actually taken steps to deal with stress on their own, with the advice of their friends?

One very common way to deal with this is to experiment with a M.A.C. (Mood Altering Chemical) Some kids try it and find out that they don’t like it or they can take it or leave it.

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How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid

September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Founder and Chair of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University is on a book tour promoting his new book for parents, How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid, The Straight Dope For Parents. I heard him speak last evening in Edina Minnesota, his book is a great resource for parents raising kids who love to get high. Here’s the link to his website. http://www.straightdopeforparents.org/

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When Addiction Runs in the Family

July 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Partnership For a Drug Free Americacontinues to post great resources for parents, check out Dr. Drew Pinsky speaking about “When Addiction Runs in the Family”.

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Sightings of the Loving to Get High Syndrome™

May 28, 2009 By 1 Comment

One of my part time jobs is driving Limousine. This is my 10th Prom season, which I thoroughly enjoy. It is fun to see all of the young people decked out in full regalia.

My last prom was two weeks ago, with eight kids from the suburbs. I gave them the usual no smoking and no drinking lecture. They were fine with that. They had no intention of smoking or drinking. At least they didn’t plan on drinking alcohol. An hour later when I dropped them off for dinner, I found 22 empty bottles of “5 Hour Energy, extra strength”. That’s a lot of Caffeine. They were flying high. And it was all legal; they didn’t break any rules, mine or those of their High School.

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