A family member entered treatment and completed treatment recently but I have not called to talk about it or discussed it with them yet.I guess I am fearful of jinxing their recovery or more likely I just am wary because it took so much of my emotional energy to unsuccessfully convince them years ago to go into treatment during an "intervention" and eversince they cut me out of their life almost completly that I never really recovered or forgave them for it.Forgiveness is a…[more]

I remember reading about Dr Amen andhis work in trying to use brain imaging studies to pinpoint or locate areas in the brain that appear or function differently in people with ADD as compared to a "normal" brain. I was pleased to see him later on Public TV pledge drive as a hour long special speaking about the brain and how different types of brains work, and how we can alter our diet, sleep excercise to nuture our brains differently depending on the type we have, ( eg depressed, vs anxious, v…[more]