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Life Challenge of Amarillo
By Ryan April 08, 2009
Life Challenge started out ok. Untill Robert Dunstan started to blame my problems on my parents. He said that my parents were irresponsible for putting me on ADHD medicine. "Uncle Bob" (which i was we had to call Mr. Dunstan) said that he didnt belive in ADHD or Tourettes Syndrome. He constantly said that the reason i got into marijuana was because my parents always worked and they set a bad example for me. Ok so my paretns actually worked for a living. What does the majority of america do..... they work for a living. I guess he expected my parents to quit their jobs and take care of me in extreme poverty. Robert Dunstan also claimed that he was a phsychologist, and yet i have never saw a diploma or any kind of license saying he was a pshychologist. And if he were one dont you think he would have seen studies on ADHD and Tourettes. To me Robert Dunstan is a lier who is brainwashing kids. i dont personally think that he should be shut down. ...read more
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Don’t let drinking destroy your career | Alcohol Rehab Amarillo, TX
When we paint a mental picture of who a alcoholic is to ourselves, we fill our minds with factors like how does the person act, how do they look, who they associate themselves with, etc. We look at obvious signs like loss of job or school performance, excessive work tardiness, and so on but what about those people who have adapted their bad habit so that they can cloak it from plain sight. These people use various tools to create the perception in our eyes that they are not alcoholics by masking it behind their successes. Highlighting things like their career progression, family success, items purchased and so forth, these people can effectively give us the “warm&fuzzy” causing us to look past their drinking habits that we may notice. Therapists relate to these people as high functioning alcoholics. A company boss or manager may be under the impression that due to their current ability to effectively perform their job, they must have their drinking problem under control since it does not obviously affect them in the workplace. However the rest of us looking from the outside in, know that this can change overnight and their world can come crashing down with no warning, due to alcohol. Mark my word, it is only a matter time before nature begins to expose their habit and typically it will happen at the worse time. As the constant drinking goes on, they will not notice their memory lapses of simple tasks at first and more serious ones later. They may not notice their quick thinking is no longer as sharp, however others around them will. At that point there is a lot at risk besides the health of the individual but now that person’s family and the company they own or manage as well. The struggle internally for that individual is that they may now find themselves in a conundrum that is quite tricky to socially deal with. Once they admit to their problem they can take time off from their job and pursue an in-patient program. However they will fear that this decision will still affect them negatively because they will lose the perception they built with the company they work for. This can lead to a loss of confidence by investors, stock holders and fellow workers and because they are away for an extended period of time at an in-patient alcohol treatment program, preventing them from physically and verbally addressing these concerns in person. Conversely they may have considered AA meetings, yet are turned off because they fear these meetings will not provide the kind of recognition needed to retain their position of leadership in the company. Another concern maybe that the meetings may not provide the kind of confidentiality they need to avoid public or peer scrutiny. This concern can be put to rest due to effective out-patient treatment programs for those who may feel there are no other options. Alcohol Abuse and Drug Rehab Help in Amarillo, TX, is a proven, discrete treatment program that goes beyond reducing the desire to drink, but also guides their guests in creating a rubric towards acquiring the life you want to have both professional and personally. ...read more
By Alcohol Abuse and Drug Rehab Help May 08, 2013
Don’t let an addiction destroy your career | Addiction Amarillo,TX
A drug is addiction is always destructive to the addict’s life. Whether financially, mentally, emotionally, or whether it affects the people around them like family even worse, and addiction is destructive. Life is already so unbalanced sometimes that an addiction will only add to the constant turmoil of life. Stability at home and stability of mind are the only things that will make life easier to deal with overall. A drug addiction will only cause a decrease of this stability and that is when things go wrong. More often than not, when things aren’t going well at home, it translates over to your job performance. You must have control over your own life in order to have a chance for success but if you’re addicted to a substance, then that substance will control your life, without you even knowing, and put a real damper on your former goals.Conversely, some can operate in public, and in the workplace just fine with a drug addiction. Some show the minutest of signs of their addiction so that coworkers do not even notice. Even further, some of these addicts can be business owners or managers who are responsible for others. Their apparent success puts a mask over the issue eating away at them under closed doors. These types of addicts, called functioning addicts by therapists, often need the most help. It is these types of addicts that will mask their woes of addiction for ages until it catches up to them one day. At that point break down is imminent, and the situation becomes dangerous not only for them, but for their family, friends and the people around them. Those close to the addict, looking from the outside in, who can spot out the underlying problem have a responsibility to get them help, or else they’ll witness a myriad of terrible consequences befall the unknowing addict.It does, however, go both ways. The one with the problem must concede with the idea of treatment. He or she must acknowledge the efforts taken by his or her loved ones. The biggest and most obvious problem then faced by the addict is a social and mental one. First they must admit to their problem, else all attempt to rectify the addiction will be naught. Once they admit to their problem they can take time off from their job and pursue an in-patient program. However they will fear that this decision will still affect them negatively because they will lose the perception they built with the company they work for. This can lead to a loss of confidence by investors, stock holders and fellow workers and because they are away for an extended period of time at an in-patient drug addiction treatment program, preventing them from physically and verbally addressing these concerns in person. Conversely they may have considered AA meetings or anonymous congregations yet are turned off because they fear these meetings will not provide the kind of help they need for the time invested. Another concern maybe that the meetings may not provide the kind of confidentiality they need to avoid public or peer scrutiny. This concern can be put to rest due to effective out-patient treatment programs for those who may feel there are no other options. Drug Addiction Treatment Help in Amarillo, TX, is a proven, discrete treatment program that goes beyond reducing the desire to drink, but also guides their guests in creating a rubric towards acquiring the life desired professionally and personally. ...read more
By Drug Addiction Treatment Help May 07, 2013