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Monday, 8 April 2013
How Family Education Can Influence Addiction Recovery ...
How Family Education Can Influence Addiction Recovery
How Family Education Can Influence Addiction Recovery
Watching your child succumb to addiction is heartbreaking. Whether your loved one is addicted to drugs or alcohol, the end result is the same: Your loved one is held hostage by a substance that threatens his or her relationships, finances, health and future. Understandably, many parents feel helpless as they watch the tragedy unfold; however, the truth is that parents are extremely helpful. In the battle against addiction, parents stand in a powerful position to fight for their children if they arm themselves with the facts about the dangers of drug abuse and options for recovery.
Family Bonds: The Addiction Antidote
The connection between family relationships and substance abuse has been well documented. According to a study published by the Drug and Alcohol Review, parents play a key part in both preventing and intervening with substance abuse. Specific findings include the following:
?The closeness of a parent-child bond discourages drug use both directly and through impact on choice of non-using friends
?Quality family cohesion suppresses initial levels of use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana
?Consistent child-management practices (e.g. rewards and punishments) increase family attachment and decrease delinquent behaviors among children
?Parental supervision can delay or prevent the onset of drug use
For many parents, a child?s addiction is a wake-up call that reveals family problems they had previously not recognized. National Institute on Drug Abuse?research findings about the value of family education are particularly hopeful for this group. In a study of several types of family based?prevention approaches, including in-home family support, behavioral parenting training, family skills training, family education and family therapy, the authors found that family centered approaches had an effect two to nine times greater than approaches that were solely child focused.
A similar study conducted by Great Britain?s National Criminal Justice Reference Service found that effective prevention work equipped families in the following three ways:
?Boosting skills needed to develop family cohesion, clear communication patterns, high-quality supervision and conflict resolution
?Substance related skills to inform parents about modeling correct behaviors and attitudes
?Confidence building skills to enable parents to communicate effectively about drugs
One protective factor that has been shown to positively impact a child?s use patterns is help-seeking behavior. Families that seek assistance from recovery centers teach their children valuable lessons about the importance of reaching out in times of crisis.
Resources: Connecting Families to Recovery Communities
One empowering step parents can take is to utilize available resources. Connecting with outside groups and organizations not only expands opportunities for your child to get help but also widens your parental base of support. Several options to consider include the following:
?The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides locations of residential, outpatient and hospital inpatient treatment programs for drug addiction and alcoholism throughout the country. This information is also accessible by calling 1-800-662-HELP.
?The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK) offers help with a host of issues, including drug and alcohol abuse, and can connect individuals with a nearby professional.
?The National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health America are alliances of nonprofit, self-help support organizations for patients and families dealing with a variety of mental disorders.
?Faces & Voices of Recovery is an advocacy organization for individuals in long-term recovery that strategically plans ways to reach out to the medical, public health, criminal justice, and other communities to promote and celebrate recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs
?The Partnership at Drugfree.org?is an organization that provides information and resources on teen drug use and addiction for parents in order to help them prevent and intervene in their children?s drug use or find treatment for a child who needs it. They offer a toll-free helpline for parents (1-855-378-4373).
?The American Society of Addiction Medicine is a society of physicians aimed at increasing access to addiction treatment. Their website has a nationwide directory of addiction medicine professionals.
?The National Institute on Drug Abuse?s DrugPubs Research Dissemination Center provides booklets, pamphlets, fact sheets and other informational resources on drugs, drug abuse and treatment.
Connecting to a recovery community can make facing a child?s drug or alcohol problem feel less overwhelming. Breaking isolation by reaching out is a powerful tool to help every person whose life has been touched by addiction.
Siblings: An Important Part of the Equation
Although the family member involved in active addiction often receives the most parental focus, it is important to remember that substance abuse affects everyone, not just the person who uses. In fact, modeling of drug use by siblings is a better predictor of a younger child?s drug use than parental use.
Taking the time to educate siblings who may be observing a brother or sister?s crisis may help them see addiction as a warning sign for their own lives. Important topics to address with sisters and brothers include the following:
?Basic concepts of substance abuse
?Effects of substance abuse
?What to expect as their sibling recovers
?How the family can help by avoiding enabling behaviors
?How family members can heal by joining support groups such as Al-Anon
National D.A.R.E. Day is Friday, April 5th, 2013
Source: http://xanaxaddictionhelp.com/how-family-education-can-influence-addiction-recovery/
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The Weekly Roundup for 04.01.2013
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
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Sunday, 7 April 2013
Obama budget takes heat from all quarters
Republicans reject any new taxes. Liberals say they'll fight any changes to Social Security and other entitlement programs. Does the Obama administration have any room to maneuver?
President Barack Obama, and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in January. Pfeiffer warned Republicans Sunday that a "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations, and he told Democratic allies that they, too, will have to bend on Obama's delayed spending plan set to be released this week.
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He?ll submit his administration?s budget for the fiscal year beginning in October on Wednesday, and based on leaked details it?s getting largely negative reviews.
House Speaker John Boehner has rejected it because it includes new revenues, meaning some new taxes on the wealthy. Obama?s liberal base promises to block any cuts in entitlements ? in particular, a revised inflation adjustment for Social Security known as "chained CPI."?
"There are nuggets of his budget that I think are optimistic." Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday ? the only praise, however lukewarm, heard from a Republican.
"The president is showing a little bit of leg here, this is somewhat encouraging," said Sen. Graham. "He has sort of made a step forward in the entitlement-reform process."
"He showed some leadership," Graham added. "That puts the burden on us."
Which is exactly what Obama?s liberal base fears, a fact all too clear to the White House, which sought to clarify its position Sunday.
"This chained CPI that?s being referred to here, it is something the president will only accept on two conditions," senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer?said on ABC?s ?This Week.? "One, it?s part of a balanced package that includes closing tax loopholes that benefit the wealthiest, and two, that it has protections for the most vulnerable, including the oldest seniors."
On Wednesday ? the day he officially unveils his budget for FY 2014 ? Obama will dine with a dozen Republican senators.
"The president's focus, in addition to the regular order process that members of Congress say they want, is to try to find a caucus of common sense, folks who are willing to compromise, that don't think compromise is a dirty word, and try to get something done," White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday on "This Week.?
But Obama might want to schedule a meal with liberal lawmakers and pundits as well.
Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/3sGxt_6XldM/Obama-budget-takes-heat-from-all-quarters
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D?f?n?t?ly K?ngsl?y: LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS...CAN IT ...
I was speaking with a friend of mine who said he had not seen his girlfriend in over a year-he's here in Lagos and she isin Jos-and that they were gradually becoming strangers, they barely had anything to say to each other when they spoke on the phone, said he was gradually forgetting what she looked likeand was losing interest in the relationship. I perfectly understood where he was coming from, because personally don't do long distance relationships either. It's usually stressfuland very difficult to maintain and the tendency for it to fail is high, although to be fair, quite a number of them are successful. Now when I say long distance, I don't mean Surulere to Islando, I mean inter-state or country.
Funny enough though, I've met people who actually prefer LDR to having their partners around, they feel they can"breathe" better without having their partners constantly afoot, They are free to conduct their personal business without questions, and then there's the thrill of re-uniting after a long period apart. As Ii said earlier, me o, I don't like LDR at all, I've been in a couple of them and, yes, they failed. Here are my reasons I feel LDR is doomed to fail:
Firstly, I know people say " Distance makes the heart grow fonder", but me I say "Out of sight is out of mind ". this is because not seeing one constantly, you realize that you begin to grow apart, you don't talk as regularly as you used to, sometimes, you might not even have anything to say to each other. a colleagueof mine left to another place, and I missed him a lot, because we were prettyclose, with time though, I began to realize I rarely thought of him, not that we stopped being friends, but we kind oflost that closeness. The same thing applies in a relationship, when you see each other regularly, you share tidbits ofwhat happened during the day, you look forward to seeing them and hearing about their day, it's usually not the same with talking on the phone.
Secondly, trust issues begins to arise. I know we are supposed to trust our partners' unconditionally-abi is it love sef-but sometimes, you can't help but nottrust them. When you are in an LDR, u can't monitor their activities, you don't know what they are doing, if and when they are lying and if they are actually being faithful. Every time you call and they don't answer, your mind goes into overdrive mode and you begin to imagine all sorts of things. Furthermore, you don't learn about someone's character from talking on the phone and sending pictures via BB, these are things you learn from constant interaction. Have youever tried settling relationship disputes over the phone? Gosh! It's one of the most frustrating things ever, you are conscious of airtime, you both cant shoutat the same time, heck, you don't even know if they are being sincere or not .
Next, we meet people every day and gradually, innocent friendship begins to develop where it ordinarily should not. Atfirst you tell yourself it's no big deal, after all it's not like your being unfaithful or anything, but we all know how it is, it always starts innocently thengraduates to something else. Then look at the cost of keeping in touch, if you are not working, you realize that the costof constantly crediting your phone is telling on your pocket, and somehow, it always falls on one person to do all the calling. Eventually, you become tired and give up entirely.
One of my friend's major problem is thathe has not had sex in awhile and he thinks its unhealthy for a guy to go a long time without sex. Seriously??? ( Roger, stop walking by and tell me if it's true). So many guys hold on to that excuse, but hey, what do I know.
Finally, I love to cuddle, I am a very cuddly person and there's just so much that a teddy bear can do, so if you're not around to cuddle...well that's just a deal breaker!
Anyway, LDR can be made to work, so long as you don't stay apart for too long. make it a habit of visiting at least once in 4 months, so you don't lose that thing that hold you together...and you don't forget what your partner looks like.
(You can read the original post here=?. http://chukwuonyinye.blogspot.com/2012/07/long-distance-relationships.html )
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Saturday, 6 April 2013
Happy Marriage Tends to Mean Weight Gain | Psych Central News
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 5, 2013
Marriage?has long been?associated with health benefits. However, times change and contemporary marriage appears to be linked with weight gain.
On the up side, Southern Methodist University researchers discovered the increase in body mass index over time is associated with relationship satisfaction.
By contrast, when couples are less satisfied in their marriage, or even contemplating separation, they?re significantly less likely to incur the weight penalty of their happier counterparts.
?It?s pretty well-established that marriage is associated with weight gain, and divorce is associated with weight loss,? said Dr. Andrea Meltzer, assistant professor of psychology. ?But the extent to which satisfaction plays a role hasn?t been examined until now.?
The outcome of the study, found in the journal Health Psychology, was uncertain from the start.
Prior research has found that satisfying relationships are actually helpful in promoting good health practices. But Meltzer notes that those studies focused more on behaviors ? such as taking medication on time or getting an annual physical ? than weight.
Literature on mating, meanwhile, has shown that weight-maintenance is motivated primarily by a desire to attract a partner.
From this perspective, it makes sense that keeping svelte could be a function of dissatisfaction, and a desire to get back on the market.
To test which of these models held true, Meltzer and her co-authors tracked 169 newlyweds (married within the previous six months) for four years, checking in biannually to assess such measures as height, weight, marital satisfaction, stress, steps toward divorce and so on.
Upon analyzing the results, they found that more satisfied couples gained more weight ? even controlling for confounding factors such as pregnancy.
?It was a relatively small amount of weight,? said Meltzer, who used changes in body mass index to assess this. ?But we only looked at a snapshot of the first four years; if you take one of those happy marriages that go on for 20, 30, 40 years, it could potentially become unhealthy.?
In fact, a 2007 study of nearly 8,000 people found that over a five-year period, married men gained six more pounds than their same-aged bachelor buddies, while wedded women gained nine more pounds than their single counterparts.
As for why a happy marriage is correlated with a heavier physique, researchers can only speculate.
?What I think is happening is that people are thinking about weight maintenance in terms of appearance as opposed to health,? said Meltzer.
?The individuals who were buffered from weight-gain were the ones who were considering going back into the mating market and having to find a new partner, which suggests it has something to do with looks.?
The sheer stress of a breakup is also known to make the pounds melt off. And in a recent study out of Rutgers University, it was found that women in low-quality relationships were more likely to crash diet.
Meltzer suggests that happy couples who consider weight in terms of health, as opposed to appearance, may be able to avoid the costs at the scale.
But she also cautions that happy couples whose pants-size has crept up over the years can?t discount the effects of, a poor diet and limited physical activity.
?There?s more than just relationship satisfaction accounting for increased weight over time,? she said.
Source: Southern Methodist University
Happy overweight married couple photo by shutterstock.
APA Reference
Nauert PhD, R. (2013). Happy Marriage Tends to Mean Weight Gain. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 5, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/05/happy-marriage-tends-to-mean-weight-gain/53453.html
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French military considering purchase of US drones: source
France is considering buying US-made unarmed Reaper surveillance drones to boost its military capabilities, a source in the defence ministry told AFP on Friday.
France's deficit of surveillance drones was highlighted during its recent intervention against Islamist rebels in Mali, where the United States deployed several Predator drones in support of French forces.
"A letter has been sent to Washington to evaluate the feasibility" of France purchasing drones, the source said. "It does not commit France, it is part of a reflection on the possibility."
French newspaper La Tribune reported Friday that Paris had made an official request to Washington to acquire Reaper drones and customise them for use by French forces. The drones could later be adapted to include weapons systems, it wrote.
Predator and Reaper drones are widely used by the US military and known as the weapon of choice in a covert CIA air war against Al-Qaeda militants mostly in Pakistan and Yemen.
European nations including France are developing their own unmanned combat drone, known as the Neuron, which flew its maiden test flight in December but is not expected to be operational for several years.
Source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/French_military_considering_purchase_of_US_drones_source_999.html
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