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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: THE TWELVE STEPS

The Twelve Steps function as the therapeutic framework of AA. They were not devised by a group of social scientists; nor are they derived from a theoretical view of alcoholism. The Twelve Steps of AA grew out of the practical experience of the earliest members, based on what they had done to gain sobriety. They [...]

CAUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL RHINITIS: SMOKING IN OFFICES

Because cigarette smoke is such a common cause of office rhinitis, a few comments on the rights of smokers vs. the rights of nonsmokers are in order. This is an issue that has not been settled, but whose face is changing. Here is the current situation: • There is no national law regarding smoking in [...]

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: WHAT CAUSES HOMOSEXUALITY?

Nobody knows what ’causes’ homosexuality or bisexuality, just as nobody has discovered the ’cause’ of heterosexuality, although there seems to be little interest in the latter. It makes no difference if one or both parents are gay. Research has shown that children raised by gay parents are no more likely to be gay than those [...]

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: WHAT IS IT?

In a lifetime there are many landmarks that force you to confront your attitudes to sex. One of the most powerful catalysts is discovering an attraction to a person of the same sex. It’s a situation that invokes powerful emotions because it makes -you question yourself, and impacts on your relationships to family and to [...]

MIND AND BODY: EMOTIONS

The relationship of the emotions and the body must have existed as long as there have been well-developed brains. When a wild animal finds itself down wind from a man and gets the dreaded scent, it is the emotion of fear which starts its muscles in a wild rush away. A large part of our [...]

REASONS OF DRUG ABUSE

Much research points to the family as the critical factor in determining whether children will use drugs. A strong family counteracts the influence of a child’s drug-using peers. On the other hand, a weak family may actually encourage drug use. Parental leniency about marijuana, for example, may actually prompt young people to try pot (although [...]

CHILD’S HEALTH/INFECTIOUS DISEASES: WHOOPING COUGH (PERTUSSIS)

Whooping cough is a highly infectious illness which is most common and most serious in young children. It can be quite debilitating and the complication rate is high. We strongly recommend that you have your child immunised against whooping cough. Cause Whooping cough is caused by a germ (bacterium) called Bordatella pertussis. It is passed [...]

LEAVING YOUR CHILDREN SOMETHING TO LOVE BY:WHAT DO CHILDREN WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SEX?

“Can you break your penis off when it is hard?” No, you can’t break it off. The penis does not really get hard like the word “hard” when you think of wood or a rock. It really gets full of blood that makes it firm so it can join with the vagina for intercourse or [...]

YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/WIVES’ SEXUALITY: MS. MYTH – THE MOISTURE MYTH

It worries me that I get dry. Sometimes I think I am so turned on and my husband tells me I am dry. Sometimes just when I really want to do it, it bums when he tries to go in me. I think I might be having menopause or something. I’m only thirty-two years old [...]

THE DESEXUALIZATION OF THE AMERICAN MARRIAGE/WAY TO LEAVE YOUR LOVING: GENDER JUNK

Super Marital Sex Rule: Super sex depends on sex roles that evolve within the relationship and are comfortable and acceptable to both partners, not predetermined by society or limited by prior experiences, fears, and a reluctance to be and feel the way one wishes. The roles should be mutually developed, never assigned or surrendered to, [...]