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What are ‘diseases of despair’?

01/21/2023

Cathy Brownfield

We have talked about ‘diseases of despair’ before. It’s been a while since we have revisited this topic. It has been brought to public attention again, with a report commissioned by ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) and confirms some things everyone has considered at one time or another.

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Positive wall building

01/14/2023

Cathy Brownfield

Build a worry wall. Replace it with an optimism wall.

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Gambling: Keep it fun

01/07/2023

Cathy Brownfield

Gambling: play games of chance for money; bet; take risky action in the hope of a desired result; an enterprise undertaken or attempted with a risk of loss and a chance of profit or success: to bet on an uncertain outcome.

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Looking back over the year

12/31/2022

Cathy Brownfield

We are on the other side of the Deep Freeze of December 2022. We are ready to close the book that was written over the year. And do you remember Y2K and the fear that the world was coming to an end? How much has changed in the last quarter of a century!

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From the director: Merry Christmas

12/24/2022

Eloise Traina

Merry Christmas. The staff and I at Family Recovery Center wish you and your loved ones a very special Christmas Day and Happy New Year.

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Changes

11/4/2023

Things change. People change. Faces change. I have heard that change is the only thing that is consistent in life. Changes may be bad, risky, negative. But they also can become good, healthy and positive again. I do not know how my supervisor at FRC is going to feel about this column, but being the sentimental person that I am … I am an introvert. I write much better than I speak. And I write from the heart. So, maybe Eloise will be OK with these words.

Social media: May change your kid’s brain

10/28/2023

In 2019, WHO (the World Health Organization) published strict guidelines about children’s screen time. Why? Because intensive digital media use is thought to reduce working memory capacity, cause psychological problems from depression to anxiety and sleep disorders, and affects comprehension when reading screens.

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