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The Painful truth of Alcoholism

by Salvador Paez

Alcoholism is hard to detect yourself. It’s like a monster silently creeping into your habits. You think you’re just enjoying a couple of drinks every day, when actually, you’re already addicted to the substance. And while you’re not aware of it, the addiction grows more and more until you cannot function anymore without alcohol. At this point, your only chance of recovery would be staying in a rehabilitation center. That’s why you’ve got to detect alcoholism early, so that it’ll be easier to cure.

Alcoholism has many symptoms. For example, there’s no special occasion, but you still choose to drink. Furthermore, you don’t even have anyone to drink with, but you still drink. Drinking alone is a classic sign of alcoholism.

Rules don’t matter to an alcoholic. For instance, you’re young and you’re not allowed to drink, yet you skip school to go somewhere to drink. That’s a sure sign of alcoholism because you don’t care about rules anymore. All you really care about is having your alcohol fix.

When you depend on alcohol because you believe you will function better, and when you start feeling like alcohol is a vitamin supplement that you need to get you working - you may be an alcoholic.

Alcoholics will do anything to get their alcohol fix. If during work hours, you sneak up somewhere to secretly drink, you surely have an alcohol problem. This means you can’t do your work or anything else without alcohol.

It’s hard for people not to notice the changes in you when you start to develop alcoholism. People who care about you will soon come up to you and talk to you about it. If you get mad at them because of it, then that’s another sign that you’re already an alcoholic. Basically, it suggests that you’re putting alcohol over people who care much about you.

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Posted in Self Improvement on Jun 12th, 2008, 2:50 am by Salvador Paez     

Cleansing Our Chakras

by Anne-Marie Laureaut

Our body and our energy points are subject to various environmental influences, both positive and negative. It is therefore important that each individual responsible undertake effective chakra cleansing practices in order to maintain balance and harmony among our physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual aspects. This is necessary so that our chakras (energy systems) always function in unison with one another for a healthy and active lifestyle.

Following are some of the highly effective chakra cleansing practices man has used for thousands of years in the past:

1. Regularly burning incense or certain herbs and plants and allowing ourselves to soak in the smoke can negate the negative effect of obstacles to our energy points. Smudging is an age-old practice known to people of diverse cultures and civilization as an effective method if achieving balance and harmony in life.

2. Undergoing auric brushing or having someone run their hands down chakra line from top to bottom also frees energy jams. Some people recommend the use of crystals and gems can be used to clear out blockages in your auras but some of the gems and crystals are too strong and requires very good experience in order to prevent serious damage rather than effect healing.

3. Live healthy by eating the proper diet, drinking plenty of water and fruit juices coupled with regular sleep and rest should be an individual’s norm instead of maintaining a hectic daily schedule. A healthy lifestyle is highly recommended in order to preserve our energy systems.

4. Performing regular physical and breathing exercises are also necessary to achieve and maintain the health and stability of our chakras. The obvious benefits of exercise to our body are also an important consideration in doing physical activities and appropriate breathing techniques.

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Posted in Self Improvement on Jun 11th, 2008, 2:53 pm by Anne-Marie Laureaut     

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

by Drs Bil & Cher Holton

Everyone has the same life purpose: We are here to fully express the Christ within.

We have all got the same decision to make: We can choose to accept our Divinity and follow the guidance that comes from our Christ Consciousness — or not.

There is only one story in the Bible: That story is about how we use more won’t power than will power when it comes to “demonstrating our divinity.”

The following story is an example of that on-and-off-again relationship. The story comes from the 8th Chapter of John’s Gospel, verses 2-11:

2. Early in the morning He came again to the temple: (When we are centered in Spirit, we begin every morning connected to our Christ Nature. Jesus stands for that aspect in us that understands our Christ potential and is our unfolding pattern of excellence.) All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them: (As we intentionally “practice the Presence,” the more guidance we will receive.)

3. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand before all of them: (Our critical nature. which often is really hypocrisy, is represented by the Pharisees. This attitude tries to keep us stuck in the letter of the law so we stay in the tight box of dogma and doctrine. The personality tries to discredit our receptivity to Truth principles, represented by the woman, by signaling out our failures.)

4. They said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery: (Guarded by its self-righteousness duplicity, our ego even manufactures ways to make us feel less spiritual, while at the same time hypocritically hiding behind its own shortcomings.)

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Posted in Self Improvement on Jun 11th, 2008, 2:23 pm by Dr\'s Bil & Cher Holton     

Get The Right Skin Care Body Lotion

by Suzy E Hughes

Have you experience feeling itchy all over when your are lying in bed at night. You may not realize the damage that the snow and the cold wind does to your skin. The outdoor factors play a big factor in how dry your skin can become or affected by them. Besides the elements of the outdoors can cause negative effect on your skin, there are a few different factors that cause your skin to be dry. Do you know that your skin can also be dry due to the lack of drinking enough water.

Why water is so important? It is needed to keep the moisture in your skin. Many of us use skin care body lotion in the hope of restoring the moisture in their skin. And they think that any lotion will be good, but the truth is that’s not always the case.

Choosing the right skin care body lotion is important because it will restore the moisture of your skin. So don’t just buy any lotion and think that it would do miracle to your skin.

Having said that, you are not going to have problem getting a skin care body lotion because it is easily available. It tells us that there are so many of us who are suffering from dry skin.

The fact is when the skin becomes dry, scratching is your best solution, you think, and become very mad as well as frustrated with the fact that the itch doesn’t go away even though you are scratching hard and long. Remember that dry skin does not only strike the top layer of skin.

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Posted in Self Improvement on Jun 9th, 2008, 11:28 am by Suzy E Hughes     

Which Kind Of Conversational Hypnosis Course?

by Kerris Samson

If you are someone who is interested in learning just how to use the power of hypnosis through conversation. Then you may well be interested in signing up to and participating in a conversation hypnosis course. When it comes to which kind of course you participate in you have a couple of choices. You can either take a course, which is set in a classroom, or you can participate in on an online distance learning one instead. But whichever one of them you do select, they both provide you with a great way of learning a new skill.

A person who is able to carry out conversational hypnosis is able to easily hypnotize those that they interact with. They will use a certain tone of voice, along with certain words and emotions that appeal to the person’s subconscious and which then can alter the way they feel about something. A person who is skilled at this kind of hypnosis finds that they are able to influence the way in which a person acts or thinks without them actually realizing that they have been hypnotized.

If you would like to take a conversational hypnosis course, there are many different ones available. By using your favorite search engine, you will be able to find hypnosis teachers near you. You can then find out if they cover conversational hypnosis in the classes that they offer.

Most of the classes that you see advertised or find will take place during a weekend. This makes them the ideal option especially if you happen to work during the week. This means that you can go away for a weekend and learn all about this technique, without actually having to take time off from and explain to your boss what sort of course it is you are participating in. By doing this you will then be able to practice the new skills you have learn at work without anyone realizing what you are doing.

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Posted in Self Improvement on Jun 9th, 2008, 10:40 am by Kerris Samson     

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