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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Today’s ‘Ask’
I have a really hard time sitting with myself. My mind
likes to make the best of me during these moments and I can easily lose
sight of my recovery. What do I do?
Truly sitting with myself is not always easy, especially in recovery. For so long, I looked to escape from myself. To disconnect from myself. I did not like the person I was and thus, the last thing I ever wanted to do was be alone and in my own company. It felt like hell. In recovery, I have to sit with anger, with frustration, with sadness, and with feeling in general! To go from years of never truly feeling or being with myself because I always had my addictions to engage in, to sitting with myself has been a major adjustment. But an adjustment I could not be more thankful for and one that has skyrocketed me into living the life I was put here to live.
By sitting with myself I am getting to know myself. Getting to understand the inner workings of my mind a little more. My ego a little more. I can now discern between when my heart is talking and when my mind is talking. This is something I was never able to do and it is because I have learned to be patient with myself. Learned that thoughts come and go into the mind and I don’t have to always listen to them. Triggers happen and I don’t have to self-sabotage because of them. I can challenge them in a whole new capacity. So, as hard as it is to sit with myself, this is where the true healing and growth takes place for me. In the end, all we have is ourselves and this is where the foundation of recovery is really started.
What do you do when you are alone with yourself? How do you stay in recovery?
Have an ‘Ask’ for me? Send me an email @ ask4recovery1@gmail.com!
Truly sitting with myself is not always easy, especially in recovery. For so long, I looked to escape from myself. To disconnect from myself. I did not like the person I was and thus, the last thing I ever wanted to do was be alone and in my own company. It felt like hell. In recovery, I have to sit with anger, with frustration, with sadness, and with feeling in general! To go from years of never truly feeling or being with myself because I always had my addictions to engage in, to sitting with myself has been a major adjustment. But an adjustment I could not be more thankful for and one that has skyrocketed me into living the life I was put here to live.
By sitting with myself I am getting to know myself. Getting to understand the inner workings of my mind a little more. My ego a little more. I can now discern between when my heart is talking and when my mind is talking. This is something I was never able to do and it is because I have learned to be patient with myself. Learned that thoughts come and go into the mind and I don’t have to always listen to them. Triggers happen and I don’t have to self-sabotage because of them. I can challenge them in a whole new capacity. So, as hard as it is to sit with myself, this is where the true healing and growth takes place for me. In the end, all we have is ourselves and this is where the foundation of recovery is really started.
What do you do when you are alone with yourself? How do you stay in recovery?
Have an ‘Ask’ for me? Send me an email @ ask4recovery1@gmail.com!
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
May 31
Psalms 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of min head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Being king isn't easy. Either people love you or they hate you. The
same is true of every position of power and authority. Presidents,
deans, prime ministers-the list can go on and on-all these people have
to face the passions of the people they lead. Even God, Himself, has to
face such problems. God is not loved by everyone. There are those who,
for whatever reason, have chosen to reject God. There are those who
curse Him as regularly as we praise Him. We are the subjects of the
greatest sovereign in creation. Our Lord rules us with justice and love.
We might not agree with everything He does or everything He calls us to
do, but we owe Him our allegiance and loyalty. Be loyal to the Lord,
and He will rule over you justly and with compassion.
Prayer: It is easy to bow down befo re a ruler of such
love and grace, Lord. In every age, You have ruled fairly. I pray for
all those who do not know Your greatness and Your goodness. Break
through with Your light into their lives. Amen.
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Inhaling Alcohol: Dangerous Trend, Expert Says
Young adults are inhaling alcohol to get high without ingesting calories, the Daily News reports.
Dr. Harris Stratyner, Regional Clinical Vice President of Caron Treatment Centers in New York, told the newspaper, “When you inhale alcohol, it goes directly into the lungs and circumnavigates the liver. The liver is what metabolizes alcohol, but when you inhale it, it goes directly from the lungs to the brain.”
The practice is more likely to lead to deadly alcohol poisoning than drinking liquor, he said. Inhaling alcohol vapors can dry out the nasal passages and mouth, making a person more susceptible to infection, Stratyner added.
“One of the things that prevents alcohol poisoning is that you usually vomit,” he noted. “When you circumvent the stomach and go straight to the lungs, you don’t have that ability.”
Inhaling alcohol has become more popular in the past year and a half, Stratyner said. “This is a stupid, highly dangerous thing to do. The fact that youngsters in particular can purchase the equipment for a relatively cheap price…this has to be made illegal.”
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Thank you for supporting our effort to have products that promote prescription drug abuse removed from Urban Outfitters stores and website. We are closing in on our goal of 5,000 signatures (if you haven't signed yet, please do!) on our Facebook Causes petition and we continue to make headlines. However, Urban Outfitters has yet to respond to our requests.
This is unacceptable. Join us Thursday, May 30, 2013 for a phone campaign to Urban Outfitters CEO & Chairman, Richard A. Hayne. Ask him to have the merchadise removed immediately. Here's how you can get involved:
1. Call (215) 454-5000.
2. Please feel free to use this suggested phone script:
“Hi my name is _____ and I'm calling to leave a message for Richard Hayne about the products made to look like prescription pill bottles that are being sold in Urban Outfitters stores. While you make a profit off of these pint glasses and flasks, prescription drug overdoses are killing our high school and college-age kids who are also your customers.
In 2010, prescription drug overdoses were responsible for over 38,000 deaths in the United States. I don’t think overdoses and deaths are something to laugh at, and these products make light of prescription drug abuse.
On behalf of [the teen in my life], I ask you to remove this merchandise from your shelves and website immediately."
3. If you can’t call, you can still:
Sign the petition.
Send an email to:
Richard A. Hayne, Urban Outfitters CEO & Chairman
richard.hayne@urbanout.com
Crystal Carroll, Public Relations Manager
ccarroll@urbanoutfitters.com
Write a letter to:
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
5000 South Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19112-1495
Tweet Urban Outfitters with any of these sample tweets:
Join me in stopping @UrbanOutfitters from selling products that promote teen Rx drug abuse. http://ow.ly/kQbJm #endmedicineabuse
Help stop @UrbanOutfitters from selling products that promote teen Rx abuse. http://ow.ly/kQbJm #endmedicineabuse
Together, let’s get these products off their shelves!
Thank you,
The Partnership at Drugfree.org
P.S. Respond to this email to let us know if you called, wrote, emailed or tweeted.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Almost One-Quarter of Parents Don’t Think They Can Influence Teens’ Substance Use
Nine percent of parents say they did not talk to their teens about the dangers of substance abuse in the past year. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found 68 percent of parents who had not spoken to their children thought they would influence whether their child uses drugs if they had spoken to them.
“Any time is a good time to talk to your kids when you have a chance,” Peter Delany, Director of the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality at SAMHSA, told USA Today. “But if you haven’t started talking to your kids, before school gets out is an especially good time. In the summer months, especially around holiday weekends, kids are more likely to get involved with substances.” He notes teens may more easily obtain substances when they are not attending school.
According to Delany, national surveys show that teens who believe their parents would strongly disapprove of them using substances are less likely than their peers to try them.
“Surveys of teens repeatedly show that parents can make an enormous difference in influencing their children’s perceptions of tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drug use,” SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde said in a news release. “Although most parents are talking with their teens about the risks of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, far too many are missing the vital opportunity these conversations provide in influencing their children’s health and well-being. Parents need to initiate age-appropriate conversations about these issues with their children at all stages of their development in order to help ensure that their children make the right decisions.”
Study Finds Little Proof Mothers’ Cocaine Use in 1980s Led to “Crack Babies”
A new study finds little evidence that mothers’ use of cocaine during pregnancy in the 1980s led to a proliferation of “crack babies,” the Associated Press reports.Researchers reviewed 27 studies that included a total of 5,000 11- to 17-year-olds, whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. The teens came from low-income families, most of which were black and urban. Some of the studies found a mother’s cocaine use could increase the risk her child would have behavior and attention problems, anxiety and worse performance in school. These effects generally were small, and could have been caused by other factors, such as family problems and exposure to violence, the researchers report in the journal Pediatrics.
In the 1980s, when use of crack cocaine was widespread, some babies born to women using the drug were jittery and had smaller heads, the article notes. At the time, studies concluded maternal crack use could lead to irreversible brain damage in children. Many of these children were born prematurely, which could have caused many of their symptoms, the researchers said. Studies that followed these children beyond infancy did not find severe outcomes.
“The field of prenatal cocaine exposure has advanced significantly since the misleading ‘crack baby’ scare of the 1980s,” the study authors wrote.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
May 28
Psalm 68:19Blessed by the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
When we ask God for our daily bread, what do we mean? Is it merely food
to nourish our body? Is it all the basic necessities of life? Does it
include the bread Jesus spoke of: the Word of God? It is all these
things and more. Our heavenly Father wants us to have everything we need
to affirm His image within us. God never calls His children to tasks
they are not ready for, and He will not abandon us without the resources
we need to succeed. Our God provides us with everything we need to be
the best people we can be. Call upon the Lord to load you daily with
benefits. He will do even more than you expect.
Prayer: Lord, I do not even know what I need to be
better than I am today, but in Your wisdom, You see my every need. Give
me what You will, in order that I might be an honor and a glory to You.
Amen.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
May 27
Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy h abitation.
Andy was a saint. It wasn't enough that he had a wife and a large
family to take care of. He chose to adopt every person he met who was in
need. He befriended a young boy in the neighborhood who had no father,
and spent precious time with him. He sought out the widows and single
women on the block and offered to do whatever they needed done around
their houses. He never took payment for what he did. Instead, he shared a
Christlike love and spirit, and served everyone unselfishly.
The Andys of the world are those rare individuals who take seriously
their call to be perfect as God is perfect. They strive to be the best
people they can be, and they do this by exemplifying love and sacrifice.
God gives us the Andys to prove that it can be done. We, too, can walk
in the steps of Christ, if we will only give ourselves totally to God.
It means nothing more than giving to God what He has given to us.
Prayer: I want to walk in Your footsteps, Lord. Help
me to be willing to share with others what I have been given. Teach me
to use my time, my talents, my gifts, and my service to show Your glory.
Amen.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
May 26
Psalm 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
The conference room was a fog of cigarette smoke. Everyone sat
red-eyed, both smoker and nonsmoker alike. It was hard to utter a
sentence without choking. Finally, someone discovered switches that
turned on exhaust fans. The room cleared, and breathing was possible
once more.
Evil is as oppressive as a thick cloud of smoke. It envelops people and
chokes them, making it impossible for them to function. The Lord will
one day dispel all evil as a fan dispels smoke. On that day, all good
people will breathe richly of the fragrance of God, and no more will we
be covered by the haze of sin.
Prayer: Lord, send the breath of Your Spirit to
cleanse me of all sin. Free me from the oppression of all that I have
done wrong, through Your blessed forgiveness. Amen.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
23 Attorneys General Urge Urban Outfitters to Pull Products Promoting Rx Drug Abuse
On Wednesday 23 attorneys general sent a letter to Urban Outfitters CEO and Chairman Richard A. Hayne, urging him to remove products promoting prescription drug abuse from the stores’ shelves.The letter asked the company to stop selling a line of items that look like prescription pill bottles, boxes, pads and syringes, according to The Miami Herald.
“These products are not in any way fun or humorous but make light of this rampant problem,” the attorneys general wrote. “We invite you to pull these products from your shelves and join with us to fight prescription drug abuse.”
Earlier this month, The Partnership at Drugfree.org urged people to write or email Hayne, or sign a Facebook petition calling on Urban Outfitters to remove the products from its stores and website. A week later, the Chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Hal Rogers, called on Urban Outfitters to stop selling the products.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who signed the letter, said in a statement, “Profiting from an ad campaign that is contrary to Florida’s efforts to combat prescription drug overdoses and drinking is unacceptable. We are calling on Urban Outfitters to forgo a few sales and help us save a lot of lives.”
May 25
Psalm 66:20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Think of it! God is actually waiting to hear from us. It's not that God
doesn't have other things to do, but that there is nothing He'd rather
do than spend time with the children He loves. It boggles the mind to
realize that God loves us that much. He has made us to be like Him, and
He anxiously awaits our call. Offer your prayers to God. He will hear
them, and He will send His mercy upon them.
Prayer: Hear me, O God. Though I may have nothing of
much importance to say to You, I need to know that You will listen to me
and respond. I love You, Lord. Amen.
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