Inebriated And Foolish

A lot of accidents happen on the road because of drunk driving.  The world is teeming with these irresponsible people who have no regard for public safety.

I know a lot of people who loves to drink and still drive. Some of them are even conscious about the action and still do it anyway. I always remind them to just leave their cars and take cabs when they are already drunk but sometimes, my pleas and advises fall on deaf ears.

I am beginning to think that they should go to any alcohol treatment facilities here because they drink like it's water their drinking. I just hope that they will learn how to control their drinking activity and resort to a more responsible way of handling their drunkenness.

Book Review - Jesus, My Father, the CIA and Me by Ian Morgan Cron

The title of the book is very captivating. So, I ordered a paper-back copy of this wonderful book of and I am amazed by how beautiful and effortlessly funny the author delivered his story from the eyes of a young boy until his adult years. 

The author’s rendition of his life with an alcoholic father and the discoveries he had about him and his very own spirituality is very poignant. I was deeply moved by the drama of his life that I felt his sadness when he related his yearning for his father’s affection and approval. I felt his confusion about the emotional detachment he got from his own father and for a young boy. That was a breaking point in his growing years. I cried with him in all his miseries and emotional turmoil only to know that in the end, he never knew how his father felt about him. I was moved by how his relationship with Christ went to oblivion because of his own fears and hurts. And I am elated to know that in the end, his life came in full circle – filling the huge gap in his heart with the love of Christ.

Ian has captured my heart with his honest and vulnerable emotions coping with an alcoholic father and fighting his own destructive self. I like how he puts his feelings in every word written on this book to share to his readers. I definitely recommend this to everyone. It is a great enlightenment to one’s inner spirituality and beliefs.


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A Different Cure

Addiction can be cured. There are ways to help the people we know who are suffering from this and alcohol rehabilitation is one of the treatment readily available to those who wish to be treated. Before I go further, how do we define addiction? Is it just about alcohol dependency or are there more?

The dictionary defines addiction as a form of dependency to a particular substance or being enslaved to a habit or psychologically or physically habit-forming like narcotics. It causes severe trauma to a person who is addicted to any of the above when practiced or withdrawal from the substance occurs.

We all have our own addiction. We may not know it but some of the little things we do or take form as addiction in a subtle and controllable way. For instance, drinking coffee every morning, checking emails and the Internet constantly, flicking our hair, chewing gum, tapping our legs while seated; those are ordinary and regular things we take and do. We can classify them as minor addiction which are all acceptable as long as it does not border being excessive. Intervention becomes necessary when it becomes excessive and damaging to someone's well-being.

We can curtail addiction through various means. Treatment and rehabilitation facilities are now established to address the issues of addiction. They are equipped to meet the needs of individuals suffering from addiction. The treatment can be from dual diagnosis treatment, counseling, rehabilitation, support groups, relapse prevention, and aftercare treatment.

Nothing can be more painful than to see someone we love suffer from the destructive means of addiction. As it leaves hurt, broken self-esteem and stress at its wake, addiction can be stopped without hurting the person we love. The road to recovery also starts from the individual and the full love and support of his or her family.

As I have mentioned earlier, addiction can be cured. Don't wait when it is too late. The moment you see patterns of detrimental practice and dependency to substances, seek help and save a life.

Empty Calories

Many of us are soda and alcoholic drinkers. I for one is not spared at times (except for the alcoholic part!). I do drink sodas once in a while but of lately, I have been gulping down sodas like I was a fish in a soda tank! LOL... AND that is very, very bad!

I know we have to take in calories too but taking sodas and alcoholic beverages is synonymous to taking empty calories. They provide nothing healthy except for a temporary surge of energy (probably because of their sugar content) but no nutritional value. These short-term surge of energy can be bad for our blood-sugar levels. They can also ruin your appetite to eat something healthy.

Well, the holidays bring forth astonishing increase in our girth size so be careful with what you will consume this holiday season!