Book Donations Benefit Prison Inmates

Book donations benefit prison inmates

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Collections of poetry, as well as books on how to write poetry and songs, and books on addiction, recovery, and self-help are also welcome. Books can be dropped off at the Family Violence Project administrative office, 83 Western Ave. For more …
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Infectiously Positive Man Implores Americans To Pay Down The Debt By

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“We want to help.” “This is a common bond right here,” Wright said, evidently overcome by Soucy's infectious enthusiasm. “We can all pitch in and help and say 'we're proud of our country.'” “Our debt is not broken up into Democratic or Republican debt …
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Year In Review: Stories worth remembering from the past 12 months of the Citizen

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"It's so exciting to have her here," said Michelle English, the executive director of Project Help, a support organization for abuse victims. English, who shared part of the Collier trek alongside Book, added, "It's always important to have awareness …
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What are stages of change and how do they apply to addiction – Stages of Change’ was developed by Prochaska & DiClemente. It basically was a basis of research about cigarette smoking literature, and it helps cognitive behavior therapists, in particular, understand the motivation of an individual who’s coming in for treatment. The first stage in the ‘Stages of Change’ is called precontemplation, meaning the client just says, “Well, I don’t really think I have a problem.” In the twelve steps of the disease model, we call that denial. “I don’t really have a problem. You think I have a problem, then that’s your problem.” The next stage is contemplation. Contemplation is, “Yeah, I’ve got a problem, but I don’t know if I want to do anything about it.” That’s often the case. Lots of people come in and say, or they say to their spouse, “I know I have a problem, but I don’t know if I really want to go through all the misery, or all that stuff to stop.” Some people stay in the contemplation phase for years. Sometimes they even go to the grave in the contemplation; they never even evolve out of it. Then the next stage, if there that balance beam of the contemplation phase eventually tips it up, is that they’ll then go into the preparation. In other words, they’ll pick up a self-help book, or they’ll maybe go to a therapist and start to learn about the resources that are available to discontinue this behavior. If that’s successful, they’ll move on to what’s called the action phase, with action being doing something. They stop gambling. They stop

 

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