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Lessons I’ve Learned From Loving An Addict

As a child born the product of an addict, I can most definitely tell you that you do learn lessons along the way. Even if you aren’t the person with the addiction yourself, you go through each hard moment as if you were. Most of the time, even worse. Every case of addiction is different– I’m not trying to generalize everyone’s feelings into my own– but there is one characteristic that holds true for every addict: they’ve hurt someone. It doesn’t matter what kind of addiction you have, I guarantee you someone has been hurt by the course of your actions. Alcohol, pills, heroin, cocaine, opiates, nicotine, you name it. You’ve most definitely hurt someone else, but you’ve definitely hurt yourself. I’ve learned a lot growing up in a house where substances were more important than the daughter of the substance abuser. So if you’re reading this, chances are, you’re a lot

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Grey’s Anatomy: One of the Most Popular and Socially Diverse Shows Today

We all love Grey’s Anatomy for thousands of reasons, but one of the reasons why I think the show has taken off and gotten so popular over the last several years is because of how much you can relate to the characters, their lives, and just how overly awesome the show is! When you look past the medical side of Grey’s Anatomy, you realize that each character has their own quirk, their own “thing” that troubles them, and their own identity. As the seasons have progressed, we have learned just about everything there is to know about the characters and what makes them so interesting! So cheers to Shonda Rhimes, the producer and writer of Grey’s, for creating a show that includes every racial, ethnic, religious, medical, mental health, and social background/group that you can think of! Here are some of the things she so thoughtfully included and some of the

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The Science Of Sweet: Why We Like Sugar So Much

It doesn’t make you full, it doesn’t always make you feel well, and we all know it isn’t good for us, but yet sugar always keeps us coming back for more. What about the sweet substance is so appealing to us? is it simply the flavor or is there more at work here? According to, evolutionary biologist, Daniel Lieberman “Sugar is a deep, deep ancient craving,” Millions of years ago our ancient ape like ancestors survived mainly on sugar rich fruit, and evolved to like the riper, sweeter fruits even better because they provided more energy. Outside of providing energy, high sugar fruits also allowed them to store fat. Richard Johnson, a professor in the department of medicine at the University of Colorado, hypothesizes that our ancestors went through a period of starvation 15 million years ago as the Earth began to cool. Johnson believes that a mutation occurred during

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What It’s Like To Be A Recovering Addict

I was addicted, I needed my fix instantly and all the time. You were a drug. A drug I couldn’t live without. Just like all addicts, I would get my fix, but it was never enough. I always wanted more, and I got greedy. I was so greedy for you and for my fix that it led me down a dark road. I invested so much time obsessing over the thought of you because like any addiction, the second they take it away from you, you want more.   My addiction time consuming and I needed rehab. Not the kind that treats you for a legitimate drug problem, but emotional rehab. I needed a new hobby, something to distract my thoughts and made up situations. Similar to any addict there are steps for recovering.   1. Denial. I was in denial that you were gone, that you were moving on.