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01/01/2022

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07/21/2018

Do you ever stop to think about what kind of person you want to become?

Or are you the kind of person who just drifts along, on auto-pilot, waiting to see what life throws at you?

Sadly, most of the people I run into day-to-day are drifting and wondering why they don’t feel fulfilled or have a sense of purpose in life. That’s why, today, I want to share a quick exercise with you that will help change all that.

A typical goal-setting exercise encourages you to look ahead to the things you want to have in life — what you’d like to achieve, buy or own. But this exercise goes farther — it helps you define who you want to be.

It only takes five minutes and the insights it brings can be life-changing.

Here we go.

Step 1 — Imagine That You’re At A Funeral…

Now it may seem a little grim, but I want you to envision a funeral. And it’s filled with all of your family and friends. Everyone you’ve ever known.

And as you look around, you realize something: this is your funeral. You’re observing the ceremony and your loved ones are about to start their eulogies.

I’m not saying this to be morbid, or to make you feel bad. I’m asking you to envision this for a very important reason:

I want you to stop and think about what the people in your life would have to say about you.

One by one, observe them standing on the stage and ask the crowd what it was they admired most about you. What made you tick as a person. What hopes and dreams you were able to achieve. How you changed the world.

What would you want them to say?

Take a few minutes to think about it. Maybe even write down what you’d like to hear. Then, come back to the present day. Really think about how you want to be remembered by others.

Then ask yourself: are you on that track now? Are you doing the things you need to do in order to become that person for the rest of your life?

If not – why not? What do you need to change about your life to build yourself into the highest version of yourself?

Take a moment to think about this then move on to step 2…

Step 2 — Answer These Important Questions

Without a clear direction in life, it’s hard to make the change you want to see in the world or to become the person you’ve always aspired to be. And without a sense of purpose, the direction you need to take can be a struggle to discover.

So now, I want you to grab a piece of paper. Because this is where taking notes is really important. I want you to sit with that pen and paper and really think about the questions I’m about to ask you.

When it comes to planning your future, there are a few things you need to stop and consider:

What were your dreams and desires when you were younger?

Have your dreams changed over time, or have you just told yourself they weren’t worth pursuing?

What are you really good at? What things come naturally and easily for you?

What really excites you and gives you a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment?

What would you regret not fully doing, being, or having in your life?
I know these aren’t easy questions. But what I’m trying to get at here is helping you identify what’s the most important to you in life.

Because when you find your passion and your purpose in life, suddenly the path to becoming the person you want to be is so much more clear.

Once you know what your passion is, it’s time to start planning.

Step 3 — Plan & Take Action

To become the person you want people to remember, you need a plan and you need to take action.

Every day this week, I want you to really think about the answers you’ve written down. And I want you to take at least one action that will help put you on the path to become the person you want people to remember.

It could be as simple as making time for an interest or hobby. It could be as ambitious as finally writing up a plan for your big idea to positively change many peoples’ lives.
But if you’re feeling stuck, one of the best things you can do for yourself right now is to pray for guidance from your Higher Power..

07/21/2018

What Does Relapse Mean?

Getting sober is a major accomplishment, but maintaining sobriety is a lifelong task for recovering addicts.
In fact, studies indicate that about half of all recovering addicts eventually resume heavy use, and about 70-90% experience a “mild to moderate slip.”
Relapse is so common because it takes time to address and remove the situations, behaviors, and underlying issues that trigger cravings and drug use. Plus, drug abuse rewires the brain, and time is required to undo these changes.
While relapse may be common, there are steps you can take to avoid it. And if it does happen, view the experience as part of your recovery process: an opportunity to learn how to identify your triggers and find better strategies for addressing them in the future.
Relapse Definition: Lapse vs. Relapse
So what is exactly is a relapse?
Some view a relapse as any episode in which a recovering addict returns to the previous addiction, like when an alcoholic slips-up and has a drink.
More often, experts in the addiction field call episodes such as this example a “lapse.” “Relapse,” on the other hand, is defined by these experts as “the resumption of more extended and excessive alcohol or drug use involving the return of symptoms meeting the diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder.”
Essentially, most experts agree that a “lapse” is a brief mistake involving drugs or alcohol, while a “relapse” is a full return to previous drug abuse.
Why does this distinction matter?
Labeling any brief slip up a “relapse” suggests either total success or total failure, which isn’t an accurate portrayal of addiction recovery.
Viewing relapse in such black and white terms can also cause the “abstinence violation effect,” in which the recovering addict feels extreme shame and guilt after what they perceive as total failure. Believing this means they aren’t strong enough to overcome addiction, or in an effort to cope with the shame and guilt, the recovering addict may give up on sobriety and fall back into full-blown addiction.
Additionally, these feelings of shame and guilt may prevent someone who has lapsed from reaching out for help at this crucial point.
Relapse Warning Signs and What You Can Do
Relapse typically begins with what is called “emotional relapse.” At this stage, you aren’t thinking of using. But you are experiencing emotions or behaving in ways that are setting you up for eventual relapse, such as:
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Mood swings
• Isolation
• Not asking for help or attending meetings
• Poor eating or sleeping habits
You can avoid full physical relapse by recognizing and addressing these emotions. Practice relaxation techniques to deal with your anxiety. Go to meetings if you’re feeling isolated, or even call a helpline. Care for yourself by eating and sleeping better.
If you allow emotional relapse to go on for too long, you will become exhausted and may long for an escape, which can lead you to “mental relapse.”
During this stage, you’ll begin thinking about using, and this may progress into cravings. Early warning signs include:
• Thinking about the people you used with or places you used at
• Lying
• Glamorizing your past use
• Spending time with your old friends
• Fantasizing about using
• Starting to plan your relapse
It will now be much harder to resist the pull of using. But there are a few things you can do:
• Tell someone about your urges: a friend, sponsor, or others in recovery. Call a helpline if you feel uncomfortable.
• Do something healthy to distract yourself. Go for a walk, exercise; write in a journal, etc.
• Take it one day at a time. Don’t indulge in paralyzing or self-defeating thoughts like, “Will I be able to resist forever?”
• Whatever you do, avoid triggers like places you’ve bought drugs, people you’ve done drugs with, or the sight of drug paraphernalia that may magnify your cravings.
For some recovering addicts, these stages can be avoided by going to a halfway house, which smooth’s the transition from structured rehab to completely independent living.
Summary
Relapse is common, but it’s not inevitable. Take your recovery one day at a time, and teach yourself to recognize the warning signs of a relapse. Once you notice the warning signs, address them immediately before they can progress any further.
Don’t let feelings of shame or guilt prevent you from seeking help. Addiction changes the brain, and it takes time to reverse these changes. Recovery is an ongoing process that may involve bumps along the road. Know that it gets easier with time, and keep going.

07/17/2018

Research shows that p**n addiction and substance abuse often occur simultaneously. In one study, 58 percent of s*x addicts reported either past or current struggles with drug addiction. 31 percent reported issues with alcoholism.
These disorders are closely linked, and one addiction often feeds into the other, creating a vicious cycle that makes recovery even more challenging.
In this article, we’ll explore the connection between p**n addiction and substance abuse. Why does this connection exist—and what can be done about it? Let’s take a look.
What Is P**n Addiction?
You may be wondering what qualifies as p**n addiction. P**n addiction occurs when:
• An individual’s s*xual behavior is dominating or interfering with his or her life.
• The individual cannot stop these behaviors, even after experiencing negative consequences (damaged relationships, financial issues, impaired work performance).
At this point, it’s clear that viewing p**n has become a compulsion beyond the addict’s control. The addiction will continue to have a negative impact on his or her life until help is found.
Cross-Addiction and Co-Occurring Addiction
It’s not surprising that many addicts are addicted to multiple substances or behaviors. After all, addiction is driven by a desire to escape from trauma, anxiety, depression, or other painful emotions.
Addicts are compelled to stimulate the brain’s reward center by pursuing dangerous behaviors. They become dependent on the feelings caused by chemical changes in the brain. And it turns out that any experience creating intense pleasure, excitement, or even fear can produce this euphoric “high.”
Individuals with multiple addictions are said to have cross-addiction or co-occurring addiction.
Cross-addicts switch back and forth between addictions, focusing on one addiction at a time. For instance, a cross-addict may watch hours of p**n daily for a few months, then decide to stop. At this point, the addict will still struggle with uncomfortable or painful emotions. Instead of confronting these feelings, he will simply replace the numbing effect of p**nography with another addiction, such as co***ne.
When someone has a co-occurring addiction, he or she engages in multiple addictions at the same time. These addictions are inextricably linked in the co-occurring addict’s mind and could include watching p**n while consuming a substance.
Why P**n Addiction and Substance Abuse?
In one study surveying s*x addicts, 69 percent of heteros*xual males, 79 percent of heteros*xual females, and 80 percent of homos*xual males reported past or current issues with drug addiction.
It’s common for addicts to struggle with multiple addictions, but why is there a particularly strong link between p**n addiction and substance abuse?
In 2005, Dr. Patrick Carnes and his colleagues Robert Murray and Louis Charpentier set out to answer this question in the paper “Bargains with Chaos: S*x Addicts and Addiction Interaction Disorder.”
The trio outlined eleven ways that co-occurring and cross addictions develop. Here, we’ll look at a few of the most common and how they apply to p**n addiction and substance abuse.
Disinheriting
Disinheriting means using one addiction to reduce inhibitions related to another addiction. For example, someone may drink or consume drugs in order to feel more comfortable watching p**nography.
Fusing
When an addict uses one addiction to intensify another, it’s referred to as fusing. People may use substances to enhance s*xual experiences (including watching p**n) by amplifying sensations and increasing endurance.
As neural pathways are impacted by both behaviors, the high intensifies. Often, this causes the addict to not want to engage in one addictive behavior without simultaneously engaging in the other.
Numbing

In reality, many s*x addicts don’t enjoy s*x. Rather, the brain’s chemical release compels them to seek high-risk s*xual behaviors, including excessive consumption of p**n.
Once the resulting high wears off, the s*x addict typically feels intense guilt and shame. Instead of experiencing these unpleasant emotions, people may use drugs or alcohol to self-soothe.
Masking
Addicts sometimes use one addiction to disguise another. An alcoholic with a p**n addiction, for instance, might seek treatment for his alcoholism without acknowledging or addressing the addiction to p**nography.
Inhibiting/Replacement
When one addiction is viewed as “the lesser of two evils,” the addict is inhibiting. Similarly, an addict who avoids one addiction by engaging in the other is using a strategy called replacement.
Let’s say, for example, that a young woman views p**nography as “less bad” than he**in. Instead of doing he**in, the woman watches p**n. Not only will the p**n addiction worsen, but the woman is likely to turn to he**in again at some point. She is still compelled to practice addictive behaviors, and inhibiting/replacement fails to address the issues at the root of this compulsion.
In addition to these connections between p**n addiction and substance abuse, there’s also the fact that people who are under the influence are more likely to engage in risky s*xual behaviors. These s*xual experiences and the high they produce will be intensified, only encouraging the addict to continue engaging in both the p**n addiction and the substance abuse.
Implications for Recovery
With multiple addictions, recovery becomes more complicated. When p**n addiction and substance abuse occur simultaneously, both must be addressed in order for sustainable recovery to occur. Unpacking the underlying issues fueling these addictive behaviors is also crucial, so seeking counseling is recommended.
The risk of relapse increases greatly when more than one addiction is involved. This is because the individual must avoid triggers for both addictions.
A p**n addict who abuses he**in, for example, might now need to avoid triggers relating to viewing p**n (talking to someone attractive, seeing a Victoria’s Secret billboard, watching a movie with risqué scenes) in addition to triggers linked to he**in use (friends who use, places where he**in was bought or consumed, drug images and paraphernalia, feelings like anxiety or depression).
Making matters worse, relapse with either p**n addiction or substance abuse will almost always mean relapse with the other addiction as well. To stay sober from one addiction, individuals with co-occurring or cross-addictions must stay sober from all of them.
This means acknowledging both the substance abuse and the p**n addiction is necessary. Triggers must be identified for both behaviors, and a plan for avoiding and/or coping with these triggers must be developed. In combination with therapy, support groups, and other healthy behaviors, this approach effectively addresses both addictions.
Summary
Often, p**n addiction and substance abuse go hand in hand. Both behaviors provide an escape and fulfill the addict’s need for risk, which produces pleasant chemical changes in the brain.
Unfortunately, these compulsions fuel one another. For recovery from either substance abuse or p**n addiction to be possible, both must be treated. Relapsing with one addiction will likely mean relapsing with the other, so it’s important to learn how to avoid and cope with triggers for both behaviors.
Although co-occurring or cross-addictions can complicate recovery, gaining and maintaining sobriety is still possible.

07/17/2018

Over two million people in the United States are addicted to op**tes. Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die from op**tes overdose. And according to worst-case scenario forecasts by top public health experts, this number could spike to as many as 250 daily over the next decade.
These experts further predict that the op**te-related death toll over the next decade could top 650,000. In just a ten year span, op**tes could kill nearly the same number of Americans as HIV/AIDS has killed since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
Across ten projected scenarios, the average toll was nearly 500,000 deaths over the next ten years. While decisive action at the local, state, and national level has proven difficult, there are actions you can take to help loved ones who may be struggling with op**te addiction.
What Are Opiates?
Opiates include many prescription medications such as codeine, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, and fentanyl. Although fentanyl can be prescribed, an illicitly manufactured synthetic version is also common.
He**in is an op**tes as well, and this is why many he**in addictions begin as prescription painkiller addictions.
Opiates bind to op**tes receptors on cells located throughout the brain and body, especially those associated with pain and pleasure. As op**tes attach to these receptors, they block pain signals and release large amounts of dopamine. This reinforces the act of consuming the drug, making these substances highly addictive.
With the prevalence of substance abuse, it’s likely that most Americans will come into contact with someone who struggles with op**tes addiction.
Below, we’ll share five signs your loved one is addicted to op**tes. By spotting these warning signs, you can encourage your loved one to get help sooner rather than later.
1. Sudden Changes in Behavior
Opiates addiction is often marked by sudden changes in behavior. You may notice your loved one withdrawing from activities and people, possibly in hopes that the problem will go unnoticed.
He or she may also lose interest in hobbies or previously enjoyable experiences, change habits and routines, and begin spending time with new friends and acquaintances. The individual is likely to exercise poor judgment and engage in risk-taking behaviors.
He or she may also appear secretive and devote less attention to grooming and personal hygiene. Sleep and diet patterns commonly change, and addicts may experience financial struggles or ask to borrow money.
2. Sudden Changes in Personality
Mood swings, particularly shifts from euphoric to irritable, are common among op**tes addicts. You may also observe angry outbursts, anxiety, nervousness, and confusion.
Your loved one’s energy levels may fluctuate, with unexplained periods of exhaustion or sedateness. If you notice such characteristics, are they normal for your loved one? If not, consider the possibility of op**tes addiction.
3. Suspicious Behavior with Medications
If your loved one has been prescribed op**tes, does he or she seem to be taking excessive amounts? Are the pills running out very quickly? Does your loved one have prescription bottles from multiple providers (indicating possible “doctor shopping”)?
These points may seem obvious, but many people fail to recognize signs of op**tes addiction in their loved ones. After all, you don’t want to believe that your close friend or family member is suffering in this way. And commonly, people aren’t educated about the signs of substance abuse.
Researchers at Michigan State University found that of 4,600 respondents, 32 percent could not identify the signs of pill addiction. Daniel Bradford, a researcher in the Addiction Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, points out that it’s much easier to spot that someone is drunk than it is to notice that someone is high on op**tes.
With op**tes, there’s no telltale scent. And while it’s true that a he**in user’s arms may bear track marks, addiction to painkillers leaves no such markings. The easiest way to determine if your loved one is addicted to op**tes is to pay attention to medication use. Is the prescription being followed exactly? Are pills going “missing?” Does your loved one seem to be getting especially frequent refills?
4. Physical Symptoms
Physical symptoms of op**tes addiction include:
• Slowed, shallow breathing
• Nodding off
• Constricted pupils
• Constipation (Individuals addicted to he**in may take laxatives)
• Drowsiness
• Nausea
He**in, in particular, can cause flushed skin and dry mouth. People struggling with he**in addiction may have skin infections and a compromised immune system.
5. Withdrawal Symptoms
Because many of the physical symptoms of op**tes addiction can be disguised or hidden, it may be easier to recognize more severe withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal occurs when long-term substance use is stopped or reduced.
Withdrawal from op**tes is similar to the flu, with symptoms including:
• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Cramping abdominal pain
• Sweating
• Fatigue
• Insomnia
• Extreme anxiety
• Involuntary leg movements
• Cold flashes with Goosebumps
Summary
If you notice a loved one exhibiting these warning signs, consider your next step carefully. Before addressing the problem, do some research on possible treatment options. Have a plan in place in case your loved one agrees to seek treatment.
Never confront your loved one while he or she is under the influence. And when you do, approach the subject from a place of concern rather than judgment or blame.
By recognizing these five signs your loved one is addicted to op**tes, you can help your friend or family member get the help they need.

07/15/2018

The Drug Culture as Diverse Tribes

Society’s Disenfranchised Counter-Cultures

The drug culture is defined as countercultures that are primarily defined by use. Drug subcultures are groups of people united by a common understanding of the meaning and value (good or otherwise) of the incorporation into one’s life of the drug in question. Such unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules of etiquette, groups banding together to help each other obtain drugs and avoid arrest to full-scale political movements for the reform of drug laws.The sum of these parts can be considered an individual drug’s “culture”.

Drug Culture
There are many sub-types of the drug culture, and each has its distinct character. Broadly categorized they include: The Alcohol (Heavy Drinker) Subculture; The Cannabis Subculture; The Multi-Drug Use Subculture; and the IV He**in Subculture. Each is remarkable for what it provides through the psychoactive nature of the experience as well as the affiliation. But first consider that the precedent culture to which each has been exposed is the parent-culture. Assuming that the norms of the parent culture were conservatively rooted in the admonitions: don’t drink before the legal age; when of legal age drink in moderation; do not use illicit drugs; and don’t engage in pre-marital s*x – then we have a context for the normative culture from which the counter culture secedes. Secession or rebellion is the rite of adolescent passage. So, it is through this natural order of human development that children of the parent culture form their own. And what emerges is a distinct and separate youth culture with its own codified set of rules. For most young men and women the direction taken and the destination reached seems random. It is governed more by chance than by rational planning. Without a map by which to navigate, a new and independent breed will set out to explore the world, and go where their curiosity takes them. Some seem preordained to enter universities, enroll in trade schools, join the military, or wander the back roads like nomads. All…seeking a place to belong among those who will accept them. And most importantly, receive unconditional social validation and be accepted by others like them. Motivated by either a thirst for knowledge, an appetite for adventure, or the rush of unbounded pleasures. Or, simply driven by the desperate desire to have their basic needs fulfilled by anyone – at all – willing to embrace them.

The question is: How do we achieve incorporation within a single group when there are so many to choose from? Not every adolescent or young adult will gravitate to a group which identifies itself as a drug sub-culture. Some will have fleeting involvement; a brief romance if you will. Flirting with the novelty of the experience until the novelty wears off. Either leaving it behind entirely or drifting elsewhere for some other kind of experience. As most of us – of a certain age – will tell you; the counter-culture group of the 60’s to which we belonged is in the rear view mirror. Even among contemporary youth, a significant number of those who participate in the drug culture ultimately return to a life closer to the parent culture they had left behind years before.

Where and When were the seeds of disaffiliation sown?

Persons close to the addict will often ask: What is broken in the person who uses? Where have I failed as a parent that could cause the boy or girl I raised to invite such ruin into their lives. Of course there are failures both deliberate and through benign neglect that might contribute to the extremes of adolescent rebellion. However, it is just as likely that the recklessness of youth and a proclivity for seeking excitement through high risk behavior paves the path. These are factors that we, in the treatment field, will explore. However, the family from which these problems arise, are embedded in a global society which sends the implicit invitation to participate in all sorts of dangerous past times. As a culture – and I mean the political-social-familial culture – we have gotten a lot worse at meeting the psychological needs of our families and the children they send out in the world. We need to talk less about parental failure, family dysfunction and chemical imbalances and talk more about power imbalances. Families struggle as it is just meeting the exigent needs – of providing food, clothing and shelter. Working long hours for a poor wage at a job we hate has become the norm. Single parents and children being raised by grandparents leaves little time for much else. There is strong evidence that we all have innate human needs which get neglected. These are: to feel like we belong; that our lives have meaning and purpose, that people see us, value us, and listen to us. It is these needs that most often go unmet. And it is national politics, economics, isolation and wage inequality that conspires to squeeze out every ounce of our energy; leaving nothing left for the work of human connection. This is not a revolutionary idea. It is the condition of our national identity. The American spirit is sadly dissipating. Listen to the media outlets whose message has become increasingly pessimistic concerning the health of the nation. So, I submit, that the youth culture may see little in the way of a bountiful future.

I believe that there is double jeopardy awaiting those who leave the parental home in what used to be the promise of prosperity commanding the coming-of- age to “ go out and seek their fortune.” Where, sadly, no prosperous future will be waiting for the masses. Those entitled through family name and fortune will inherit the wealth. The rest will scratch for loose change. As our intuitions fail us, so will we fail. Hard work and perseverance will be replaced by lassitude born of frustration. Our silent grief over the collapse of community still pains us. It is the most tragic loss of the 21stcentury. The community comprised of churches, neighborhood schools, neighbors whom we knew, and extended families, raised us and kept us civilized. Parents are now on their own, and so are the kids.

A young man or woman has in him an innate craving for inclusion, for connection, and for industry. When opportunities for satisfying these needs are scarce – as they are beyond our social networking – a human social network will form out of the raw materials of, random encounters, synthetic avatars, and serendipity.

People hanging out

Drug Culture Groups Are the Approximation of a Society – With idiosyncratic Norms.

Drug sub-cultures have their own, unique constitutions: Shifting alliances among subcultural groups is relatively common and they change over time. The boundaries separating them can be very fluid and imprecise. It isn’t uncommon for individuals to merge with other sub culture groups or just share their company. Regardless, each subculture has its established role relationships, values, codes of conduct, rituals, and jargon.

“The norms of the parent culture and various subcultures of unconventionality are frequently in opposition.”

Or are they? Fundamentally they are more alike than different. The exception is the central organizing factor – Drugs. A drug has the power to alter perception and to unite its users. It is a bond that becomes stronger with each shared experience of getting high. Similarity lies in the shallow foundations of both systems (the Parent Culture and the Youth/Drug Cultures) which are weak and corrosive.

The United States is much less united than it was 75 years ago. Major factors include wealth concentration and commensurate disproportionate wealth distribution, identity politics, partisanship and evolving tribalism. With States’ Rights having further fragmented into ethnocentric, racial and religious factions – each with established role relationships, values, codes or conduct, rituals, language and exclusion of others not like them.

With a vanishing moral foundation (from Foundations Theory), the sentiments upon which humanitarian systems are built begins a devolution of the principles which informs all moral reasoning. According to Moral Foundation Theory, there a six (6) elements vital to the ex*****on of the guarantees penned in the Bill of Rights. These are: care; fairness; liberty; loyalty; authority and sanctity. A nation, a people divided, without moral leadership will lead us nowhere good.

So…it would seem that the Parent Culture may offer as little security as the Drug Culture through mutual entropy.

When the moral backbone of a system is outstripped by forces it is powerless to resist, the natural result is corruption. Corruption isn’t to be confused with misdemeanant crimes (although there is plenty of that kind in the political news), but rather its meaning in its original sense. Corruption in this context refers to rotting away, putrefaction. In essence, nature taking back what’s hers. Example: iron turns to rust through oxidation, and rust returns iron to the soil from which it came. This is the course of our nation. A decadence accelerated by the extinction of its venerable institutions. Where capitalism is failing the low level worker (the 99%). Where the practice we’ve learned to perform as second nature is “Sheltering in Place,” a response to mass shootings and a broader metaphor for “Circling the Wagons.” Is this how we will survive?

The initially health promoting value of Drug-Culture membership, yields to the same entropic rotting away as the adult- governed culture embodied in federal and state government institutions and local municipalities. Cultural Groups governed by children are certainly doomed to fail. Adolescent and young adult sub-cultural entities lack a coherent system of organization. Absent is the wisdom born of age and experience. Wisdom being the distillation of the successes and failures of men and women whose collective life experiences have produced understanding and compassion for all others.

Adolescent and young adult drug use produces at best diminishing returns on the initial benefits achieved. At worse, it results in sickness or premature death. Every drug epidemic has a 10-year life- cycle. In the first few years of use, everyone seems to be having a good time. They look healthy, and they are living poster adds for how to have a blast. As the years wear on, so do those who have abused them. In the final few years, users have witnessed the over-dose deaths of their peers, and the physical ravages of a sick body looking back at them in the mirror.

The organization of a Drug Sub-culture is comparable to William Goldings Characters’ attempt to organize ship-wrecked boys in Lord of the Flies.

Set during World War II: The two main protagonists are the fair-haired Ralph, and the overweight, bespectacled boy, nicknamed, Piggy. Ralph is optimistic that the grown-ups will come to rescue them, but Piggy realizes the need to organize: “ put first things first and act proper.” Because Ralph has some authority over the boys, he is elected “chief.” He doesn’t receive votes from a group of choir boys shipwrecked with the others. He allows their leader, Jack, to establish a separate group of hunters. Ralph establishes three main policies: have fun; survive; and maintain a smoke signal. Eventually the order falls apart. Rivalry, leading to chaos and a regression into barbarism – led by Jack – results in the murder of Piggy. Jack orders his tribe to begin a hunt for Ralph. Jack’s savages set fire to the forest while Ralph desperately weighs his options for survival. Following a long chase, most of the island is consumed in flames. With the hunters closely behind him, Ralph trips and falls. He looks up at a uniformed adult—a British naval officer whose party has landed from a passing cruiser to investigate the fire. Ralph bursts into tears over the death of Piggy and the “end of innocence”. Jack and the other children, filthy and unkempt, also revert to their true ages and erupt into sobs. The officer expresses his disappointment at seeing British boys exhibiting such feral, warlike behavior before turning to stare awkwardly at his own warship.The savagery emerging from a lack of cohesion fueled by competition, immature leadership, superstition and testosterone tears apart the weak fabric of youthful reasoning.

Now, bring this scenario into the present. If, let’s say, that the naval commander stares awkwardly at his warship, and witnesses its crew foment mutiny. The mutinous group has taken control and has usurped the order of British Naval Command. To what hazards will he return, and will the boys civilized behavior be restored?

Coming Home

Can the Prodigal Son Come Home?

The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or Lovesick Father) is one of the parables of Jesus and appears in Luke 15:11-32. Jesus Christ shares it with his disciples, the Pharisees and others. In the story, a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance and, after wasting his fortune (the word prodigal means “wastefully extravagant”), becomes destitute. He returns home with the intention of begging his father to be made one of his hired servants, expecting his relationship with his father is likely severed. The father welcomes him back and celebrates his return. The older son refuses to participate. The father reminds the older son that one day he will inherit everything, and that they should still celebrate the return of the younger son because he was lost and is now found.

From what you have read, how strong would be the pull toward home. You think it would be most attractive after having become wasted by drugs and disillusioned by a drug culture that has disintegrated. You would think it would be like finding shelter in a storm. But what fatted calf will be slaughtered and roasted to celebrate your home coming? Is this even possible given the privations endured by those in the parent culture. The family will lack resiliency; the result of having been exposed to prolonged stress without reprieve. They will be too fragile, too brittle to endure another crisis of the predictable relapse. You will not be welcomed home.

“You Can’t Go Home Again”

George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town, he is shaken by the force of outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and lifelong friends feel naked and exposed by what they have seen in his books, and their fury drives him from his home.

The title is reinforced in the denouement of the novel in which Webber realizes: “You can’t go back home to your family, back home to your childhood … back home to a young man’s dreams of glory and of fame … back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.”

Literally…You can’t go home again. How tragic. How sad. Until our nation wakes up from the bad dream that is the time in which we live, we will not be able to provide sanctuary for the refugees of the drug subcultures and the others that have deviated from the norm – the very definition of which has become impossible to define.

So…

Let’s make an America that is led by honest men and women who champion caring, fairness; liberty; loyalty; moral authority; and sanctity. Lets rescue the lost tribes and restore the unity upon which the Republic depends. We have the historical memory necessary to reconstitute our foundation principles. A return to the past is not possible. However, we can realize the egalitarian ideal by building upon the precious elements of our Moral Foundation. I am hopeful that we can make our ‘world’ a better place – And one that shall endure.
Let us find our way home again…all of us.

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