Showing posts with label substance abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label substance abuse. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

The City of Angels or the City of Sins

Can Managing Los Angeles or Struggling in Los Angeles Affect Your Mental Health?

Los Angeles can be seductive. And the seductress can be a beauty or a curse.  I once was asked where I lived. At the time I was vacationing in Mexico City and the response to my answer of “Los Angeles” was a whimsically cautious response. This response came from a naively appearing person of knowledge as a simple “Ahhhh, the city of sinners.” I was dumbfounded as he smiled with innocence and juxtaposed the undercurrent of personified angels who had demonic traits. Or is that demons who had angelic traits. Los Angeles indeed can be a trap. Hollywood, beautiful tanned bodies, ethnic mosaics of extraordinary beauty, Greek sculptured bodies, perfect hair, eclectic styles, alternative visuals, ink-art-tattoos of the provocative.  Seduction. Wealth. So much wealth that Los Angeles County as of 2017 reported 58 Billionaires.  With so much indulgence how could anyone be depressed or unhappy?  Moreover, how could anyone not succeed in the mecca of opportunities?  This might be answered by ...

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

So Your Spouse is in Recovery from Addiction?


For Better or for Worse:  It’s not just for the golden years or an unexpected death.  What about the unexpected?  Addiction.  

So often the middle area is forgotten.  It is a purgatory lived on Earth.  In this discussion we are not talking about divorce or the end of a relationship.  We are talking about love or commitment or being placed in an unfair situation while in a commitment.  To love someone as an addict is