Jeremy Herndon

Many people have addictive personalities and don’t even realize it.  There are many kinds of addiction, but several of the types are not deemed to be a problem to society.  For example, there are “work-a-holics” that just can’t relax; they have to keep busy doing something productive all of the time.  A vacation where they are forced to relax drives them crazy! That kind of addiction may cause a problem for the addicts family, but not to society in general; that kind of addiction does not normally lead to crime and/or violence!

Because the economy is in such a bad spot right now, I think that more people are going to be turning to drugs and alcohol as a stress relief mechanism.  This is going to be a problem in the long run because it is going to generate a lot more addicts that will be in need of alcohol rehab or a drug treatment program down the road.  And before these people realize that they need help a lot of families will be destroyed because of the addiction problems.  Yes, we live in a dangerous time, that is for sure!

I was reading on the msnbc.msn.com website “Weird animal news” section that a courthouse in Palm Beach County in Florida is being over run with mice. The story claims that mice are falling from the ceiling tiles, running loose in court while court is in session, and running through the halls.  They can be heard scratching behind the walls, too!

Sounds like some Decon is “in order” in the courthouse!  That is just plain old GROSS!  It’s probably also a major health hazard!

As I was just saying, women have special needs. Especially when it comes to their emotional and physical health.  So many of our women are suffering from a lot more stresses than their mothers and grandmothers ever did.  Juggling families, homes, and jobs is more stress than a lot of them can handle.  Many women turn to alcohol or drugs in an effort to “self-medicate” the stress away.  Some of these women end up addicted and what used to help them to deal with the stress of life ends up becoming the most stressful part of their lives of all!

I think that It only makes sense to offer women a specialized alcohol treatment program that caters to their special needs. Generic “one size fits all” programs just won’t do as good a job as an alcohol rehabilitation program geared just for the emotional and physcial needs of today’s women.  One of the few places on the East Coast that offer these services just for women is The Orchid Recovery Center.  You can check out their website for more information at orchidrecoverycenter.com.

I find it very disturbing that so much of what the doctors “know” is based on research that has been focused on men, with the thought process going that women are just like men, only smaller.  More and more the medical profession is discovering that women’s bodies do NOT react the same as men’s bodies in the physiological response sense.  And women do not respond emotionally the same way as men do in many cases.

We need to take care of our women.  It only makes sense.  We depend on them to take care of us, but if they are not healthy and happy they then they can not take good care of us!  Then WE won’t be happy either!

Paula’s sister Bethany came over yesterday to go shopping for maternity clothes with Paula.  Bethany is about three months pregnant and is just getting over her morning sickness.  She’s starting to show now, and is anxious to buy some cute and trendy maternity clothes that she can wear to work.

Paula suggested that they shop online instead of traveling to the big mall and walking from store to store.  They found the greatest website for maternity clothes; it’s called kikisfashions.com.  They were very happy with the low prices and trendy fashions that they found; they had a lot of cute clothes for under $10!  Paula was even jealous of some of the really pretty dresses that they ordered for Bethany!