Yes, there are group and corporate addictions! Any group of people who believe Their Way should be imposed on everyone else is addicted to self-righteousness – easily seen with religious extremists. There are groups of people and whole companies addicted to money/power. I personally believe many Americans have an addiction to entitlement, it's pervasive in... Learn More

When I have healed an addiction, this is what has worked for me. First of all, I'm substituting my addiction for something I want and am not getting (or don't want and AM getting); or I am imagining some scary scenario that I have to avoid at all cost. So first step is to discover... Learn More

Some addictions start out as healthy (positive behavior), like working out. The danger is when the healthy behavior becomes addictive, and I lose control over whether to work out or not. If I don't think I have the option NOT to do something that I enjoy doing, then I've just turned something healthy into a... Learn More

I believe that medication for psychological (non-psychotic) issues masks the real problem. Meds quiet the symptoms, but leave the initiating problem still unresolved, while creating a potential host of drug-induced side effects, which require more drugs. In the meantime, the originating issue finds other outlets for expression … much like squeezing a bulb of air... Learn More

Lately I've had several people ask me about phobias – not classically defined as an addiction, but it fits the dictionary's meaning as slanted by my previous blog postings. Fundamentally, a phobia is an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. In my case, my aversion to "having" to exercise wouldn't qualify as... Learn More

" I am a victim of 99% of the things that have never happened to me." Robert (Bob) Holt Brother of William Holt – and as you can see, wit and wisdom run in the family.