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Relationships & Family > Communication (Other) Your words can affect other people's lives

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Grocery stores can be really interesting places when you're not in a hurry. I tend to shop every day or so as I eat a lot of vegetables and like them as fresh as possible, especially field greens. In the produce section I overheard two twenty-something-or-other young men talking and the comment that stuck out was: "What, that... More..

Relationships & Family > Online Dating Online dating: Should you agree to meet if they don't have a picture posted?

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To answer the question simply, it does not matter a whit and I will tell you why.When J arrived at the gate, I was on IM with D and on the phone with R. The table was set, stroganoff hot on the stove, salad prepared, wine opened and breathing and a new bottle of Cretan olive oil uncorked when I closed the laptop, hung up the ... More..

Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Why we write

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What does a Writer Do? It's snapping, crackling, whipping cold. While fighting with the frozen door-handle, the wind flings my hair like a hair dryer gone mad. Strands end up in my mouth and I don't like the residual taste of shampoo. Maybe I should go back to using lemons. The lock gives and I sit in the car. It's such a nas... More..

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Quick and effective ways to lose weight

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Weighty Words - Diets Work, People Don'tWeight loss begins in the mind. In May of 2006, I woke up with a black eye, a four-inch scar across my cheek and two deep cuts on my right leg where I'd tripped over an opened drawer and fell head first into a floor lamp. In my fog, I registered a cigarette put out in an air purifier. I... More..

Health & Fitness > Alcoholism How a newcomer can survive Alcoholics Anonymous

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The road to acceptance within the family' of Alcoholics Anonymous is not always easy. It is a community of dysfunctional people. So how can drunks help other drunks get well? Sometimes they cannot right away.I have been to myriad meetings in the United States and Canada. For the most part each chapter functions in the same wa... More..

Health & Fitness > Alcoholism Are you an alcoholic?

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The alcoholic is usually the last one to know they are indeed living with Jellinkek's Disease. It can take years to clear the veil of denial. Excuses are common. One being, I'm not an alcoholic, I just drink too much.I don't know. That's what I told the angry brown eyes looming above me. I had awakened for a few minutes in a ... More..

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