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16 Strategies for Stopping Overshopping
Here are 16 great ways to stop over consuming and curb your shopping addictions. Learn them and you're well on your way to happiness and more money in your bank account.
created:8/31/2010 | views: 156
Weighing in (Part II)
We may think our wants equal our needs. In other words, that we just have to have a certain pair of shoes or gadget to be happy, successful, etc.
created:8/28/2010 | views: 110
Do You Know Where To Find the Solution to the Problem Drinking?
Putting your sole focus on the problem drinking rarely helps the problem improve. Learn what you can do about it.
created:9/2/2010 | views: 499
Health Care Reform for Overshoppers:The Centrality of Self Care (Part I)
As the president and congress turn their attention to problem elements of our health care system—notably, skyrocketing costs and inequities in access—it’s a particularly good time to remind overshoppers about their own health care.
created:8/12/2010 | views: 156
Why Making "Rules" You Can’t Enforce and Trying to Tell Someone How to Control Drinking Don't Work
Your preference about a loved one's habitual drinking can turn into an expectation and eventually an unenforceable rule. This leads to increased inner conflict in your own head, as well as external conflict between you and the drinker.
created:9/2/2010 | views: 705
Three Defense Mechanisms That Cause Us to Doubt Drinking Problems
Do you have defense mechanisms in place that keep you from doubting someone's drinking problem?
created:9/2/2010 | views: 1168
How to Stop Biting Your Tongue When Someone You Love is Drinking
Are you worried that your spouse’s drinking has reached this point? Is your spouse's drinking affecting your family's functioning and well being? What is an alcoholic?
created:9/2/2010 | views: 1661
Women and Alcohol Use
All women are different. The reasons for the use of alcohol and effects of alcohol vary but all women share the freedom to choose and the power to change self defeating patterns of alcohol use.
created:9/2/2010 | views: 334
Do You Know the Hidden Costs of Keeping Problem Drinking a Secret?
You're probably aware of the benefits of keeping problem drinking in the family a secret. In this article, you'll have the opportunity to explore both sides (costs / benefits). It's not the same for everyone.
created:9/1/2010 | views: 533
Activities to Reduce Your Need to Shop: A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Part II)
Use this economic crisis to change your overshopping ways.
created:9/2/2010 | views: 134
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