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Actress Kristen Johnston is very well-known to some. She’s been in a number of films and television shows, and the two for which she is most famous are two sit-coms with cult followings: Third Rock from the Sun from the late 1990s, and Mom, which she began on in 2018...

Mental illness is not at all uncommon. In fact, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five adults in the United States experienced mental illness in 2019, and 16.5% of American youth between the ages of six and seventeen did as well. Sadly, only...

After starting to live a clean and sober lifestyle, many people are inspired to go back to school. Whether you wish to earn your GED, pursue a college education, or continue an educational program that you previously abandoned, continuing your formal education is a...

Nature therapy, or ecotherapy, is just beginning to be known in the United States, but in some other countries, it has been used for decades or centuries. One of the most widely practiced forms of nature therapy is known as forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku.  Nature...

Summer is music festival season! One of the most wonderful things about summertime is that there are so many events like these where we can see our favorite musical performers and artists outdoors under the warm sun above. Music festivals give us a chance to celebrate...

Finally, you or someone you love has broken free from the bounds of frequent bouts of alcohol abuse and from full-blown alcoholism in general. For years, this was a struggle. Alcohol can take hold of someone for years or even decades, so when someone quits drinking...

No matter who you are, you have probably known someone in your life who suffered from a substance use disorder of some kind. Problems with drugs or alcohol are common in our society and everyone has been affected by their own or others’ addictions to these substances....

It’s likely no surprise to anyone that people who struggle with substance use disorder sometimes or even often use and abuse more than one addictive substance at a time. Many of the influences that lead to the development of a substance use disorder can result in a...

Congratulations! You made it! You have been clean and sober for a year (or two, or three, or five, or ten!) and now it’s time to celebrate. Successfully walking along the recovery path is an incredible achievement, and one that should be recognized.  It has been a...

Anyone who loves or has even just seen the Harry Potter movies knows Daniel Radcliffe. This talented English actor hit the jackpot when he landed the role of the title character in this series of eight films. As with the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling,...

Have you heard about CrossFit? If you know someone who participates in this demanding, body-changing, group workout then chances are that you have heard about it quite a bit. That’s the joke. People who CrossFit love to tell people about it. They are so enthusiastic...