Worried About Someone's Drug Or Drinking Problem?

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Those of us affected by an alcoholic or a drug user can suffer. We can worry on how to help our loved one recover. We may be thinking, " If they could just stop using or drinking everything would be okay. We may lie awake at night figuring out how to cure them of this disease or make everything easy for them, so they do not get upset or abusive. We may even resent them and fill our days with a victim mentality. 

We have heard all their excuses and some of us believe them even after multiple episodes of * “falling off the wagon". We so desperately want to believe them and feel sorry for them that it is easy to believe their promises. We hope and wish and pray they would be normal as our lives would be so much easier. 

*The phrase "back on the wagon" refers to one who quits drinking and hops on the band wagon, with a positive spirit. In other words one who is happy not to drink. Relapsing into alcoholism is often sudden and unintentional, hence the description of "falling off the wagon".

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Friends or family members may be

•  enabling this person by handling their responsibilities 
• We may lie to cover up what is going on in the home
•  We may allow them to overstep their boundaries with us. 
• We may even depend on them so much for our livelyhood, health insurance, house payments, companionship that we put up with the cycle of abuse.

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There is hope. Family and friends of a drug or alcohol abuser can attend Al-Anon meetings. You not only learn more about how you can help yourself and the abuser, you will find you are not alone. 
Go to the Al-Anon website and find a meeting near you https://al-anon.org/

DeborahMoonMoen
Self-Created Health Mentor

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Praying for Rain Technique

Praying For Rain Technique

Imagine your prayer or desire happening in the present moment in living color. This is a powerful practice. I am making myself a special journal to record my prayers and desires as if they have already been answered.

For example,  I heard a beautiful story told by Gregg Braden. He received a call from his Native American friend. His friend asked him if he would like to go out into the desert to visit a place his ancestors had built. He was going there to pray for rain. This was during one of the longest droughts recorded in the Southwest. They traveled out into the desert until his friend found the site. Instead of praying for rain his friend imagined the rain, he smelled the rain, he felt his naked feet in the mud and saw the rain running down the roofs of his pueblo. Here is the video and the written story below.

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I am not an affiliate of Gregg Braden. I just enjoy his work and want to share it. 

Gregg's Story of praying for rain
https://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/braden-prayer/ 

This is a powerful practice of being in the change you want by using all your senses and emotions to bring it to full dramatic life within you. Imagination is magnetic.

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The Spaghetti Squash Gift-The Recipe and The Manifestation

The spaghetti squash gift. 

Even though your desires seem to go unnoticed by the universe, enjoy your life anyway just the way it is. Faith, surrender, and gratitude, those desires will manifest in ways you never imagined.

I love spaghetti squash. Here is how I fix it

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Lightly oil a baking sheet
3. Cut squash in half from stem to blossom end (lengthwise) and soup out seeds and pulp
4.  Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
5. Place cut side down on the prepared baking dish
6. Bake for 35-50 minutes ovens temps vary. I do 50 minutes because I am high in altitude.

Spaghetti squash grows really well in my clay soil. Each plant  I grew had 6-7 nice yellow spaghetti squashes. Last year the squash bug got my crop of pumpkins so I opted not to grow any kind of squash this year. While shopping at a local nursery in late spring, I was attracted to a beautiful banana squash plant  in a small pot. I bought it and planted out back away from the garden hoping the squash bug would not see it. The squash bugs came anyway and I had to pick them off one by one and also scrape off the eggs deposited on the backs of the leaves and stems. To my surprise after 3 weeks of picking off the bugs, they stopped visiting. The plant flourished with our nourishing monsoon rains and the daily care I gave them. I loved watching the beautiful bright yellow-orange flowers bloom.

One day in mid September, I noticed a squash forming!  I had visions of baking the squash in warm oven on a chilly fall day. 

A few days later I happened to notice the baby squash was 

eaten by a lucky critter, probably a squirrel or a skunk. But I still had faith it would grow nicely in spite of the eaten squashes. 

Early October, before any more fruits developed, Jack Frost came and waved his frozen wand over all the plants here in Utah. The Squash plants withered and sunk into the earth. It would seem that all my inspired action had turned into failure. But,  I had crops frozen before so I took it in stride. I let it go. I still loved eating squash and still had the vision of baking it in the warm oven on a chilly fall day.

A few days after the frost my husband went to get hay for our animals and brought me a spaghetti squash! I was so delighted. The man who sells us hay had shared his crop with us. A week later, we went to buy 4 more big bales for winter. The man said, " Go to the back of my truck and get yourself a few squashes" I went back to his truck bed and it was filled with beautifully formed spaghetti squashes. I chose two. So now I have 3 spaghetti squashes! I was so grateful and delighted that in spite of my dilemma with the squash bugs, the hungry critters, and the frost, I indeed received the squashes I had desired. Woo hoo ! Thank you universe !

As I sit in my kitchen writing this post, I am preheating my oven on a chilly fall day for delicious roast spaghetti squash. I have chills writing this because I can feel the magic in this process.

So the point is, do not give up your dream or desires. Keep a good attitude. Let go of the how and when. The gifts are revealed to you in ways you could not imagine.

A good tip is, the things we need do not manifest as quickly as the things we desire. So hold the desire as long as it makes you smile and let go of the need. Have faith and learn to love your life and appreciate the many miracles around you now.

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Try This Easy Experiment: Prove The Power Of Imagination

TRY THIS EXPERIMENT

The world is really what you think it is. Try this experiment. It shows us how imagination can change things

1. Take a deep breath and relax where you are.

2. Keeping your body straight, now turn your head to the right as far as you can and note what you can see at the end of the turn.

3. Bring your head back to the front.

4. Now close your eyes and imagine that you are an owl and that makes it easy to move your head all the way around to face backwards if you want to. Keep facing forward and just imagine your head turning around like that.

5. Open your eyes and gently and carefully turn your head to the right as far as you can.

6. Did you see farther that you did before?

What do you think you can use your imagination on now to change or transform or create your life?

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Home Computer: Sitting All Day?

Be creative. You can use boxes, counters,
even a laundry basket or book shelf.

SITTING ALL DAY ? If you are on the computer a lot, sitting can really do a number on your body. It is easy for time to sweep by and realize you've been sitting for 3 hours or more.

There are a few things you can do to improve your circulation, strengthen your muscles, lubricate your joints and align your skeletal structure while you are on the computer.

1. Set a timer and take breaks every hour and walking around or do a task around the home, go outdoors and stretch, Breathe in some fresh air. This is a great solution.
2. Part of the day, prop your computer up at a comfortable level so you can work without stooping.. . You can see I used my laundry basket on my stove. Maybe you have a shelf or bookcase you can use that is the right height. You can also use a carboard box. Get creative.
3. Get a Ball Chair

Tips for standing at the computer:

• At the computer I stand with feet shoulder width apart. My pelvis is relaxed and tucked forward so as not to sway the lower back. Ever so often I shift my weight to the right leg and then to the left leg then center my weight between my feet. This strengthens your legs, circulates the blood and keeps the energy flowing.
• While you are experiencing down time or waiting for downloading, uploading, listening to videos, you can do some other tasks around the home. It is easier to move right into a task if your standing already.
• To ease your back prop one foot on a stool or box. change from one foot to the other.

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Probiotics Prebiotics Naturally

Probiotics naturally.
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Yes, you can get your probiotics and your prebiotics naturally.

Probiotics are the healthy flora that facilitate digestion and protect the gut against harmful microbes.


A single gram of earth, the size of a small coin, contains over 40 billion probiotic bacteria. Upgrading your intake of probiotics spend more time outdoors.

How to Get Your Probiotics Naturally

• interacting in our natural environment
• breathing in dust that rises from the soil as we garden
• petting our dog or cat
• holding another person's hand
• swimming in a lake, river or stream 
• handling organic vegetables before you rinsing off the soil
• fermented food like pickles, sauerkraut, miso and kimchi

If you think you are not getting enough of that then you can take probiotic supplements. 

Prebiotics promote the growth of good flora in your gut.  You can get your prebiotics from cruciferous vegetables. wich contain fiber that good flora feed on, a good foundation for beneficial flora.

Cruciferous vegetables are among the healthiest of the superfoods. Some cruciferous vegetables include cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and cauliflower but there are more.

There it is as simple as that.

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