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		<title>A Catastrophic Loss of Talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when those of us in the field of drug treatment can feel a little like Cassandra, the woman in Greek myth whose warnings fell on deaf ears. It&#8217;s not because people don&#8217;t care about drug abuse &#8211; they do &#8211; but because we&#8217;ve talked about it for so long. Then something tragic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=710&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mindset Essential To Positive Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/?p=695</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s something about January 1 that makes many of us think of fresh starts and clean slates. We have high hopes for behaviors we want to change. It’s a time for new beginnings. It’s resolution time. If we want to be successful, there’s one fundamental mistake we’ll need to avoid. For many, it’s so much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=695&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Managing The Most Intense Time of the Year</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/managing-the-most-intense-time-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many people, the next few weeks will be, as the old song says, “the most wonderful time of the year” &#8212; a time of good food, beautiful decorations, get-togethers with family and friends, and generous giving. For others, the season will be very challenging &#8212; a time of difficult family gatherings, out-of-control drinking and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=684&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Tailgate Parties Safe this Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the fall comes football season and that great American tradition: the tailgate party. It’s a party, all right: outside a stadium with 25,000 of your new best friends, anticipating the game (which your team wins), enjoying the fall weather, eating good food. And of course, drinking alcohol &#8212; often, in excess. In that environment, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=679&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Their Drug of Choice Comes from Your Medicine Cabinet</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/when-their-drug-of-choice-comes-from-your-medicine-cabinet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when many young people head off to college. Parents hope that they’ve influenced their sons and daughters to avoid problems with alcohol and other drugs – but also know they won’t be hard to find. Yes, alcohol is illegal for anyone under 21 and marijuana is illegal for anyone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=669&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie Sheen’s Train Wreck Painful to Watch</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-train-wreck-painful-to-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Serenity Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, our national attention has been focused on Egypt, Libya, disaster in Japan, the rising price of gas and &#8230; Charlie Sheen? No matter what world-shaping events are happening, we seem fascinated with watching the soap opera of celebrity living. As a treatment professional with three decades of experience — and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=655&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Growth Can Be Challenging for an Addict</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/spiritual-growth-can-be-challenging-for-an-addict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/?p=653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days, most treatment centers combine three disciplines to help patients into recovery. Staff doctors and nurses address medical problems. Team psychiatrists and counselors tackle mental challenges. And for spiritual issues, there are 12-step meetings and volunteers who use “the program” to maintain sobriety. Some centers even have chaplains. The first two areas aren’t particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=653&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There’s Help for Those Who Grew Up Among Addicts</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/there%e2%80%99s-help-for-those-who-grew-up-among-addicts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the tragic things about drug addiction and alcoholism is the impact it has on the family members of the addict-alcoholic. Treatment professionals are clear: If you grew up in a home where chemical dependency was active, you were affected by it. This makes sense. People are shaped by their environments growing up, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=648&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Persistent Power of Denial</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/the-persistent-power-of-denial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years in my work at Serenity Lane, I can’t count the number of times that I’ve heard someone say, referring to a friend, loved one or employee, “They’re drinking (or using) again. Why can’t they see what it’s doing to them? How can they be so blind?” For “normal” people, the situation can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=639&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families: Beware the “Closed System”</title>
		<link>http://serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/families-beware-the-%e2%80%9cclosed-system%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we were to make a list of the most important American ideals, family and privacy would have to be near the top. We place great value on both. We do our best to protect them. We even put the two together, trying to keep the inner life of our families private. In some ways [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serenitylaneblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17544869&amp;post=622&amp;subd=serenitylaneblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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