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The Importance of Social Media When It Comes to LGBTQ Kids Feeling Seen

By Amber Leventry — 2019

For LGBTQ youth in particular, the Internet can be a refuge—a safe place to feel less alone. For queer youth to feel normal, they need to see, read and hear the voices of others who look like them and use the same identifying labels.

Read on www.washingtonpost.com

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Abby Wambach Interview on Substance Abuse Admission

In the memoir “Forward,” the U.S. soccer star reveals that she abused alcohol and prescription drugs for years.

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The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery

In this revelatory and original book, award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.

Thad Ziolkowski

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Issues of Recovery by Claudia Black PhD

Claudia Black speaks to the faulty beliefs connected to issues of addiction and recovery and the relationship to unhealthy shame stemming from trauma.

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Claudia Black: Addiction in the Family—The Domino Effect

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Unspoken Legacy: Addressing the Impact of Trauma and Addiction within the Family

A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations. Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child.

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Now What?: An Insider’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and recovery insider and expert William Cope Moyers answers the question “Now what?” for addicts and their loved ones along every step of their journey through contemplation, intervention, treatment, and recovery.

William Cope Moyers

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The Secret to Self Control | Jonathan Bricker | TEDxRainier

Jonathan Bricker’s work has uncovered a scientifically sound approach to behavior change that is twice as effective as most currently practiced methods. His methods are driving new norms and new apps for how people quit smoking and decrease obesity, saving many people from an early death.

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Six Steps to Life-Altering Change for Addicts and Convicts | Moe Egan & Tim Stay | TEDxBYU

Maurice (Moe) Egan grew up in East Oakland surrounded by drugs and crime. Even though he found success in sports and later working for Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, his drug use and criminal behavior spiraled out of control.

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Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong | Johann Hari

What really causes addiction - to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions.

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Healing Addiction/Release Addiction - A Desire for Connection! David Hoffmeister a Course in Miracles

All addictions are actually a deep call for real connection. Isn’t that great to know?! It’s not that you have failed, it’s simply that you have been seeking for something real and lasting where it could never be found. All unhappiness is the same thing, no matter what form it seems to take.

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LGBTQIA Children