Addiction in Society

Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.

Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio

October 9, 2009

Five Things Children Must Master

Children as growing organisms must learn to deal with key areas of themselves and their worlds - academics, the street, diet and exercise, work, and people. Read More

October 7, 2009

Answers to Five (well, 3.5) Unsolvable Mental Health Questions

As mightily as we struggle, our main psychological and emotional bugaboos - from addiction to childhood obesity - continue to rise. Here's why. Read More

October 6, 2009

The Hollow Man - Dave surprised wife was upset!

David Letterman's confessions reveal a remarkably self-centered narcissist who has no idea of what a relationship is about. That's not surprising - we're used to it from politicians and media figures - but it isn't playing well on live television. Read More

October 5, 2009

Top Ten List: Why Letterman Can't Do Any More Sarah Palin Top-Ten Lists

David Letterman will be serverly restricted in his top ten lists from now on. Read More

October 5, 2009

So David Letterman thinks Sarah Palin is white trash?

David Letterman's multiple affairs are attracting attention since he reported being blackmailed about one of them. But his stance towards marriage, his son's mother, and family life were already red flags that he disrespected his son's mother. This seems strange since Letterman regularly punctures public figures for violating traditional moral standards and sexual mores, and since he makes fun of the Palin family as white trash. Read More

October 2, 2009

David Letterman: Brief Interviews with Powerful Men

David Letterman joked about having affairs with his employees in front of his television audience while presumably his wife of less than one year, mother of his five-year-old child, watched and while claiming he was concerned only for his wife, son, and the women he screwed. The scene, combined with recent events concerning John Edwards and Roman Polanski, suggests the film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Read More

October 1, 2009

Big Boobs - A cautionary tale

Males are not drawn to beautiful women, but women with prominent. . .I blush to mention the term. The mistaken notion that big _____s attract genuine esteem has led many a young woman astray. Read More

September 30, 2009

Nervous Breakdown: Remember When People Used to Overcome Mental Illness?

People used to have "nervous breakdowns," emotional disorders from which they recovered, before we learned that they suffered from intractable mental illnesses, possibly genetic, certainly biological, in nature. The case of Stephen Mather, first director of the National Park Service and midwife to the Grand Canyon Natiional Park, is examined. Read More

September 29, 2009

Why We Won't Lick Childhood Obesity

While searching for laws to pass to make kids thinner, we avoid the realization that childhood obesity is wooven into the warp of American culture - which we not only cannot change, but which we would never change because we believe our lifestyle is right and necessary. Read More

September 27, 2009

Should Roman Polanski Be In Prison?

Roman Polanski raped a 13-year-old girl 30 some years ago in California, then fled the country The woman, without forgiving Polanski, doesn't want to pursue the matter further. Leading film and political figures expressed outrage when Polanski was arrested recently in Zurich. What should be done with him? Read More

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