Leslie Glass's Blog, page 167
March 12, 2020
How To Manage Recovery With Covid-19
For the moment, we can all still get to 12-step meetings if we feel healthy and brave enough to go. But, the situation is escalating with the spreading of the virus Covid-19, and we have to prepare. If it becomes impossible to get to 12-sep meetings but you don’t want to fall victim to isolation, there are...
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The Effects Of Heroin
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine, is a highly addictive Schedule I drug. It’s a heavily abused, extremely addictive, potent opiate (for more about the overview on heroin, click here). Humans have natural, numerous opiate receptors in the brain. When heroin is taken, it acts as morphine would and blocks the pain receptors – among other...
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March 11, 2020
Emotional Health Is More Important Than Grades
Emotional health is immensely important – especially when it comes to school-aged children. They’re at such a formative stage and represent the future. We have to work to encourage, support and guide them. Their minds are so vulnerable; if parents or caregivers put too much pressure on their responsibilities (such as grades, chores, etc.), it’s...
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Mental Health Is More Important Than Grades
We need to worry more about our children’s mental health and emotional health 1. “Children represent the future, encourage, support and guide them.” Catherine Pulsifer 2. “My children have always been great inspiration for me, and great teachers, and keep me very close to the ground and very humble.” Wayne Dyer, In Spirit 3. As...
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4 Warning Signs You’re Living In A Toxic Home
Living in a toxic home can take years to break free – especially if it’s all you’ve ever known. Sometimes, it can take years to even realize that something is very wrong with the household. Plenty of hard work is required to pick up on how your parents or partner may be abusive. If you...
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I Apologize – Signs Of A Toxic Home
7 Signs You’re Living in a Toxic Home If you’re living in a toxic home, and it’s all you’ve ever known, it can take years to break free. It takes a lot of hard work to see the ways that your parents, or your partner is abusing you. If you think you’re living in a...
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March 10, 2020
How To Overcome Narcissistic Abuse
So, you’ve finally escaped narcissistic abuse. Now you have to accept that the abuse is not your fault. Be sure you don’t allow the trauma of narcissism trap you into having toxic thoughts. This means: Believing that you either deserved the abuse or were the cause. This is how people with narcissistic personalities or narcissistic...
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Heroin Overview
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine, is a highly addictive Schedule I drug. It’s a heavily abused, extremely addictive, potent opiate. Some of its street names may include: Dope, smack, H, Junk, Snow, Brown, etc. Processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the opium poppy, which is indigenous to the Middle East and Southeast...
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Do You Know These 4 Important Words?
How much do you know about these 4 words? Do you know why they’re so important? Without love in your life – for people or hobbies – there’s no passion to progress. Honesty keeps us humble and in check with our realities. Are we feeling okay? Are we hiding something from someone else or ourselves?...
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19 Symptoms Of Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse is an unwelcome member of every family experiencing substance abuse disorder in a loved one. Did you know there are 27 million adult children of parents with Alcohol or Substance Use Disorders in the United States? And there are some 6 million children under the age of 18 living in homes where there...
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