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  • Substance-Assisted Spiritual Awakening?

    A piece of Bill W’s story that didn’t make the Big Book, reported by the New York Times: Were Bill Wilson’s spiritual awakening and influential sobriety the products of a belladonna hallucination shortly after his discussions with his friend Ebby Thacher? Could they have been incited by his alcohol withdrawal symptoms? Or did something else…

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  • Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Indoor Tanning

    A study finds problems–depression, anxiety, addiction, and substance abuse–associated with frequent indoor tanning. Researchers believe individuals who have used indoor tanning facilities may meet criteria for addiction, and may also be more prone to anxiety symptoms and substance use…  

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  • Couples Therapy v. Alcoholism

    A study shows couples therapy edging out individual therapy for women working to recover from alcoholism: A new research effort assessed the benefit of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for alcohol-dependent women.  The innovative research design also investigated if CBT was more effective if delivered as couples therapy rather than individual therapy [and found] that both treatment…

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  • Fast Meditation

    “Fast meditation”?  A study posted at PsychCentral shows near-instant results from just a little mindfulness practice: Psychologists studying the effects of a meditation technique known as “mindfulness” found that meditation-trained participants showed a significant improvement in their critical cognitive skills (and performed significantly higher in cognitive tests than a control group) after only four days…

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  • Remember Past Coping

      Crisis Coping from A to Z has its R:  “Remember Past Coping,” now up at PsychologyToday.com. The key to getting through whatever you’re going through now may be revisiting a long-lost coping strategy: “I used to keep a journal.” “I used to jog.” “I used to take baths.”  “I used to eat better.”  Whatever…

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