Health Is Vital

Health is taken for granted, until you can't any more. In this blog I hope to put down on paper some of the articles I come across and want to remember, about health. I will be personalizing these articles to apply to me. I am diabetic, over weight, have high blood pressure and tinnitus, so these are the things you will find here. I will include nutrition, exercise, and holistic health, and many other ideas. I work in the health profession, particularly mental health, and have an interest in suicide prevention; so these topics will also be covered in this blog. Please, if you are suffering reach out. Our county health and crisis line is 1-855-278-4204.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Book Review: This Side Up: Making Decision About Drugs

by, Maureen H. Cook and Carol Newman, Artist Cim Anderson, National Institute  on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
This is an older book, geared toward the prevention of substance abuse.  It begins with an information section covering drugs in generally and then specifically, psychoactive drugs, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, narcotics and inhalants.
Then it delves into ideas to prevent abuse, discovery games etc.  I especially like a section on anger.  It includes describing "Mad Notes."  This is a way to vent anger without resorting to violence or drugs.  Mad notes are very effective.  You can write you anger.  The important thing is to make sure the note is for your eyes only.  Best to destroy these notes.  You do not want to deliver them at someone else's expense.

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