Sparrow on February 21st, 2010

The best stress busters are the cheapest
A bar of chocolate, a long soak in the bath, a snooze in the middle of the afternoon, a leisurely stroll in the park. These are the things that make us the most happy, according to new research from The University of Nottingham.
In a study commissioned by the National [...]

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Sparrow on January 22nd, 2010

We drank as heavy drinkers or alcoholics and found these contradictions

We drank for happiness and became unhappy.
We drank for joy and became miserable.
We drank to be outgoing and became self-centered.
We drank for sociability and became argumentative.
We drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious.
We drank for friendship and made enemies.
We drank for sleep and awakened [...]

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Sparrow on January 11th, 2010

My life is better when I act responsibly.
I am responsible for myself; my recovery, my well-being, my happiness, all these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility. Anonymous
Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will. We can choose not to be responsible and make ourselves more miserable by going to new levels of [...]

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Sparrow on December 10th, 2009

One Dead Day – The End of One Life, the Beginning of Another
Imagine waking up one morning, on any given day, and realising you’re now merely spirit–you have no physical body left at your personal disposal; that is, you somehow died during your sleep. Everything feels quite normal but somehow everything has changed. You wake [...]

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Sparrow on November 30th, 2009

Listen to your body’s wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of comfort and discomfort

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