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Independence to be sober!

A. Miles

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We hope everyone is enjoying summertime and plans on having a fun, safe Independence Day weekend. For those of you who might spontaneously decide to take a road trip or join up for some 12 Step fellow

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Was Michael Jackson Anorexic?

Bill

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The autopsy has been kept private, the cause of death is unknown, but that hasn't stopped theories about Michael Jackson's demise from thriving like immorality at an OK! magazine pitch meeting. One hy

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Let's Get Personal.

JunkysWife

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Tonight, my students are learning about how to write personal narratives. I've sent them on a mission to discover a few great examples of personal stories, and one of the places I sent them was to the

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The Little Bird

Mama MPJ

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I don't remember how it was I first noticed the little bird huddled at the edge of the sidewalk. Did I hear it cheep or see a faint movement? But there it was: a little chick that had fallen out of

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Walls.

JunkysWife

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I'm thinking a lot today about walls. I've learned quite well to protect myself from my husband by throwing up great, big, frozen, insurmountable walls. I hunker down behind them. There have been g

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Tab dump

Jason Schwartz

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AMA meeting: More to do on tobacco controlOutpatient alcoholism treatment - 24-month outcome and predictors of outcomeHealthcare Reform Must Prioritize Treatment for Addictions, Mental Health, Report

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Pill Head: Book of the Month

A. Miles

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Joshua Lyon, author of Pill Head, has penned a book that could not be more timely. Pill Head, which hits the stores on 7/7, is part drug addled memoir and part thoughtful, investigative journalism; i

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Jason Schwartz

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I'm not dead set against lowering the drinking age, (see here) but I find it odd that in making the argument to lower the drinking age, John McCardell offers very troubling statistics without any seri

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