Better Living Through Circuitry: How Technology Is Saving...
What is it that makes playing League of Legends, World of Warcraft, and Halo so addictive that it makes it hard to stop? Game designers and psychologists use that same reward system that keeps people engaged to help you complete...
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How To Tell Your Friends That The Party's Over:...
There seems to be a sense of embarrassment that many people feel when it comes to letting others know that they have decided to quit drinking. You may feel like people will look down on you, or it will seem like you are weak and...
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Have an Amazing Sober Life, Not an Abusive One
Sobriety is boring, mundane, offers no opportunities for fun, and makes nothing better or more interesting... Or does it? Many people feel that they can not have a good time without some sort of outside stimulus, whether that be with...
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Drug Addiction is a Response to a Struggling Existence
The tragedy of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death allows us to look back on how drug use has consumed the lives of many within the entertainment industry. The first statement usually muttered is, “well if they were doing drugs, then I...
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Man Lost At Sea for 16 Months: The Mental Effects of...
Jose Ivan was discovered in a beat up fiberglass boat that had washed up on a reef at Ebon Atoll in the Marshall Island out in the Pacific Ocean. He claims that he had been adrift for 16 months after his boat failed on a trip from...
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Can Gossip Be a Good Thing?
One of the most often quoted lines from the movie Bambi comes from his little furry friend Thumper, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin' at all.” This advice has been given by mom’s for...
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School Takes the Bubble Wrap Off The Students and...
Looking back as a kid there were a lot of times where at recess we could play a random game of tackle football, Red Rover, or walk across the monkey bars and a teacher wouldn't yell at you. Nowadays it seems like kids aren’t...
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How to Help A Child Overcome Anger Problems
Can Children Learn To Control Their Emotions? It can be difficult sometimes for a child to understand how to control their emotions. They explore life day by day and try and figure out where they fit in the world. A major...
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Living a Life Without Ever Trying Drugs or Alcohol
I have never smoked, never drank, and have never done any drugs in my life. Some of that was because of religious purposes, but not entirely, there were kids of my same faith that engaged in those behaviors. So I don’t think...
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