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RE: Library Ban
8/8/2008 1:07:16 PM monkeymadness
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I dont think it should really matter if they block it or not. People are going to access it either way.
First internet inpatient facility
8/8/2008 1:08:08 PM monkeymadness
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Illinois created an inpatient facility to treat internet addicts. This is the only in-patient facility in the United States that offers treatment for internet addicts. This may sound like a ridiculous addiction but is actually serious. Addicts get the same high when they get on the computer as a drug addict headed to the dealer; both of them are escapes from the real world. Patients meet in group therapy sessions with other addicts and are told to get rid of their home computers. And if they use computers for work they are told to ask their boss to block the computer from having any internet access.
I wonder, once these addicts recover do you think they would ever be able to go back to using the internet without going back to their old habits? Our lives are surrounded by internet, at work, at coffee shops, on our cell phones, literally everywhere. It’s like no one can function without it. Do you think they would never be able to go back to it?
RE: Smoking to Loose Weight
8/8/2008 1:15:21 PM monkeymadness
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I didn't  know that after a few years of quitting your health risks go back to normal. I always thought that that was just bogus because the person already did the damage to their lungs.. This guy I knew smoked two packs a day for 9 years. He started running 5 miles a day to get his health back to how it was and I thought he just didn't know what he was talking about but I guess I was wrong because I've heard this from quite a few people too.
RE: E-Cigarette
8/8/2008 1:49:49 PM monkeymadness
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this seems interesting.. Does the smoke still taste the same as a regular cigarette? I wanna get this for my dad.
RE: After 7 long years
8/8/2008 1:53:12 PM monkeymadness
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Wow thats really great! I bet the family gets along better now that hes sober huh? My uncle got sober about 3 years ago and his family was so happy, they had so much more family vacations and things like that. They were so happy and I hope its the same with your family.
RE: Re: Only Two Ways Out
8/8/2008 1:56:04 PM monkeymadness
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you sound like you totally set your mind to recover and that is really great. I really believe that as long as you have your mind set on something no matter how tough it'll be to get there you will and I believe recovery is in your path.
RE: side dishes with too much fat
8/8/2008 1:58:30 PM monkeymadness
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alessandra said: I think I just need to eat less in general lol.  I was thinking today, how come people don't eat dessert anymore?  I know I don't because I'm always so so full that if I ate one bit of dessert I'd blow up.  In European countries, fresh fruit is a common dessert item.  I think the portion sizes that Americans serve are a lot more.  Also the serving plates we use are massive, so it looks like there's only a little bit of food on our plates when really there's a lot.


When I was in London I ordered a large fries from McDonalds, it was the same size as a medium here..

RE: Reasons You May Not be Losing Weight
8/8/2008 2:06:32 PM monkeymadness
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for a year one of my best friends was really big. And I felt like no matter how much I ate I'm still smaller than her so I didn't feel it when I got fat. And I gained about 14 pounds...
RE: Healthy Drinks
8/8/2008 2:09:34 PM monkeymadness
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what is acai? does it taste good?
RE: Beautiful Boy
8/8/2008 2:23:39 PM monkeymadness
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I never really thought about what parents go through. I just always think about the kid and how they are ruining their lives and they should be doing better and not doing drugs. But I never thought about what parents go through. Parents love their kids more than theirselves, and I'm sure they go through so much whether its drugs, death of a child, or just their child coming home late.
RE: How to Keep Your Teen Away from Drugs
8/8/2008 2:24:55 PM monkeymadness
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My parents had countless sit down talks with me about how drugs are bad and all these things but I still did it. Talking does help but it wont stop kids.
Xanax
8/8/2008 2:27:56 PM monkeymadness
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I dont get why people get addicted to it.. Does it give you a high? what does it do? I've had to take it before as medication and I didn't feel anything so whenever I hear someone say xanax addiction its like hearing tylenol addiction.
RE: Women Coffee Drinkers
8/8/2008 2:46:20 PM monkeymadness
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my mom told me I'll stop growing and she told me that drinking coffee will give me a mustache but im not so sure about that
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