Flappy Bird, Responsibility, and the True Nature of Video Game Addiction
In Truth About Addiction and Recovery, psychologist Stanton Peele describes addictions as “hooks” that give “people feelings and gratifying sensations that they are not able to get in other ways. … Addictions make people less aware of and less able to …
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Church Bulletin, Feb. 15
Mills River Life Enrichment Center will host a game of bingo at 10 a.m. Thursday, Mills River United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 131 Old Turnpike Road, Mills River. A nutritious meal is provided at each program. Lunch reservations required.
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Heroin use growing at alarming rate
RUTH ANN RIGBY CLIP: 038701 1:57 ALOT OF TIMES FAMILIES ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR OWN HOUSE 1:59 RUTH ANN RIGBY HAS HELPED ADDICTS THROUGH RECOVERY FOR 17 YEARS — BUT RECENTLY IT WAS HER OWN FAMILY MEMBER WHO NEEDED …. ITS LIKE …
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Missouri a hot spot for 'doctor shopping' for – KCTV5
"Addicts are the people that hold signs on the exit ramps, and they've lost everything and they're scraping change so they can get the next hit and I'm not a junky, I'm just a regular guy who's in pain," he remembered. Then one Friday, in October 2010 …
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Saint Jude Retreats Releases BlogTalkRadio Show with Guest Stanton Peele
Host Executive Director Michelle Dunbar discusses the subject of addiction and recovery with Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., who is the well known author of “The Diseasing of America” and one of the pioneers against the movement that effectively challenges …
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