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How To Improve Your Childs Behavior

How To Improve Your Childs Behavior


“Is Your Child's Bickering, Tantrums, and Defiant Behavior Embarrassing You, Destroying Your Home, and Making You Feel Like a Failure as a Parent?"


“Who Else Wants to End Their Child's Fighting, Arguing, and Talking Back Once and for All?"


“This is not some quick fix gimmick, nor is it my “amazing” discovery. This is a time tested step-by-step child discipline program used in clinics around the world. And it is the most effective relationship building method available anywhere”

-Anthony Kane, MD









"I was dreading the future,but with your help I do not feel the need to want to 'run away from it all' now! Many thanks!"



Sheila R., Portland 





"Your program is so simple and easy to follow. It is so clear what I need to do. Thank you."



Karen M., Manchester





"Who could believe something so simple would have such a positive effect?"


 Michele P., Chicago



It is sad to say, but most mothers of ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or just plain difficult children feel completely helpless.


Some mothers even hope that the defiance is just a stage that their child will out grow.


But Let’s Be Honest About This…


FACT: 50% of all ADHD children have a problem with defiant behavior


FACT: 75% of Oppositional Defiant Disorder children above the age of eight will still be defiant later in life


FACT: Once children enter the teen years it is almost impossible for parents to change their child's difficult behavior


What Does This Mean?


It means that if your child is among the 15% of children who have ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or defiant child behavior, the problem is not going to go away by itself.


How Much of This is True for You?


  Is your child’s defiant behavior is running you ragged?

  Is your child is ruining your home?

  Is your child’s defiant behavior is straining your marriage?

  Do you dread what your child will do next?

  Does your child’s rotten behavior makes you feel like you are failing as a parent?

  Do you feel helpless to correct your child’s conduct?

 Are you frustrated by your child’s defiance?

  Are your child’s tantrums are destroying your life?

  Do you lie in bed at night dreading tomorrow's fighting and screaming?

  Does your child’s behavior makes you wish you could run away from your home?

  Is your home is like a battlefield?

  Do you feel like you are losing control over your child, your family, and your home?


Well, it is Not Going to Get Better by Itself


Your child is not going to grow out of it.


And if your child’s behavior is bothering you now, when he is young...


What Do You Think it Will be Like Living with a Defiant Teenager?


You must take control of your child’s behavior before it is too late!


But it’s not hard to do.It’s not complicated and anyone can do it


You Just Have to Learn How


"Are You Worried Enough About Your Child's Behavior to Do Something About It?"


If you need to teach your difficult or defiant child to behave AND your child is between the ages of 3-12, then there is still a lot that you can do.


"You Can Teach Your Difficult or Defiant Child Better Behavior"


You will learn how to do this when you









How to Improve Your Child's Behavior



"The definitive program on how to teach Your Difficult Child better behavior and to help you become a more effective parent."

"Learn the Secret of

How to Eliminate Defiant Behavior in Your Home"









"I would like to thank you for the help you have given both to me and my son. I have seen a big difference in my son for the better. Thanks to you, my life is much easier already."



Maria J., Buenos Aires





"I'm an MD, an adult psychiatrist. I have a wonderful 7 year old girl, but I'm convinced that she's 'just not wired right.' I am trying to help her but there's such a quagmire of information in the field and so many approaches that I'm confused and overwhelmed.



"I stumbled upon your site accidentally... I could not stop reading. I enrolled in both How to Improve Your Child's Behavior and How to Help the Child You Love. This program is the God-send that I've been praying for. Your ability to synthesize and make sense of so much material is invaluable. I am in awe of what you have accomplished. I look forward to learning everything I can from you. Thanks to you, I already know the direction I need to go in.



Paula C., MD St. Louis








Oppositional Defiant Disorder


Anthony Kane, MD
I’m Anthony Kane, physician, former director of special education at our local elementary school, author of a book, a number of courses, and numerous articles about ADHD, ODD, and child raising.



I am an international lecturer and public speaker on the topics of ADHD, ODD, child behavior, and learning disabilities. I am also the father of two children with ADHD.



I have been speaking with and advising parents throughout the world about how to handle their ADHD and defiant children for more than a decade.



So I have seen what things works and what things don’t work. I have tried them at home. I have shared and experienced the pain of parents whose children constantly argue and fight with them.

So let me ask you some straight questions…



    Is raising your defiant child causing too much stress in your life?

    Would you like to put an end to your child’s talking back?

    Are you tired of your child interrupting you when you are doing something important?

    Are you tired of dreading what your child will do next?

    Is a healthy relationship with your child important to you?

    Would you like quiet and peaceful home?

    Would you like to be able to talk and have your child listen?

    Would you like to have a child who is obedient and not defiant?

    Would you like to feel like you are the one running the home and not your ADHD, ODD, or difficult child?

    Do you want the confidence of knowing what to do to handle your child's defiance?



"Discover the Secrets that Every Successful Mother Understands"


"Do You Want to Know the Quickest Way to End Difficult Child Behavior?"


Then you must









How to Improve Your Child's Behavior



"The definitive program on how to teach Your Difficult Child better behavior and to help you become a more effective parent."

Put an End to Child Behavior Problems Right Now! This Amazing 100% Guaranteed System is Fast and Easy You Can Learn it in Minutes and it Works Right Away!


Ever fall for that one? It is what we are all looking for with our children, right? Fast. Easy. Quick results. No work. Just plug your child into the behavior program and "1-2-3 poof" he will stop being defiant and just sit quietly on your shelf until you are ready to take him down for dinner. From Defiant Child to Instant Angel.


But let me ask you this...


If someone were to try to sell you his “3 Steps to Millions” program would you believe him? Would you buy a “Complete Car Repair in One Easy Lesson” manual? How about a “Learn to Pilot a Twin Engine Jet in 5 Minutes” book? You understand that complicated problems never have fast easy solutions.


Do you really believe that all your difficult child needs is a quick fix?


There are no instant answers and there is no effortless program!


If that what you are looking for you are not going to find it. I don’t care what promises anyone makes.


"But if You Truly Care About Your Child and You are Willing to Invest the Few Minutes a Day That it Will Take, Then You Will be Able to…



  • End the defiance, battles and vicious fighting in your home

  • Fix your relationship with your child

  • Bring peace and happiness to your home

  • Enjoy a more fulfilling relationship with your child

  • Have your child respect you

  • Regain control over your child, you life and your home

  • Put an to all the arguing, fighting, and talking back

  • Have your child obey you without complaining

  • Get rid of all the hostility

  • Gain absolute confidence as a parent and know how to handle any situation








"I am finding this course very helpful in learning to deal effectively with our ODD child. We are looking forward to a very successful year in school as well! Thanks for all your help."



Mary Beth H., St. John's





"Since starting your program we have noticed a dramatic improvement in our daughter's behaviour. We have used your principles on many occasions, all to great effect! I cannot believe how something so truly simple can have such an unbelievably positive impact! Please keep up the good work."



Alice L., Hong Kong


This is the same program that is used successfully in the best private clinics throughout the world


Now it is an online course and it is available to you


"You Will Discover Remarkable Ways to Get Your Difficult Child to Obey You"


But this is not just a course on discipline.


How to Improve Your Child's Behavior is a program about relationships.


Enroll In This Course and you will learn how to develop a stronger more loving relationship with your child.


Your child will want to obey you. Not because he is afraid you will punish, but because


Your Child Will Want to Make You Happy


Do you know that



  • Your child wants to make you happy

  • Your child wants your love

  • Your child needs your guidance.

  • Your child wants you to be proud of him and happy that he is your child.


By the end of the program your child will want to obey you.

Not because he knows you will punish. But because the nature of your relationship will be such that your child will want your approval.


This is not to say that you will never need to discipline.

Discipline is part of parenting and the course deals with discipline extensively.


How to Improve Your Child's Behaviortakes you step-by-step and helps you build a strong, healthy parent-child relationship.


This is what makes the How to Improve Your Child's Behavior program unique.


Most behavior programs just focus on discipline to crush difficult behavior.

Sure, you can force your child to listen to you while he is still young and still afraid of you.


But what happens when your child becomes a teenager?


This fear goes away. Then your child will run wild and there is NOTHING that you can do.


Do you want to have some control over your child when he is a teenager?


Then you need to prepare for the future now!


"Do You Want a Strong Relationship with Your Child, a Relationship that You will Have Throughout Your Life?"


Then


Enroll Now In


How to Improve Your Child's Behavior


So maybe you are thinking,


"This can’t possibly work for my difficult child."


Let me explain:


How to Improve Your Child's Behavior is based upon principles of basic human nature.


These principles are universal.


That means it does not matter who you are or where you live, this program will work for you.


These principles worked a thousand years ago and these principles will work a thousand years from now.


How to Improve Your Child's Behavior is already working for 2157 parents around the world


And it Will Work for You, Too.








"We seem to be having a breakthrough in the behavior patterns here. Your program has been a tremendous help to me giving some structure to what I was trying apply."



Caroline R., Dallas





"Weare already seeing the positive effect in giving our daughter her "special time".  We are also feeling that it is a



Patricia M., Melbourne





"We are 100% satisfied with the course and its content. Since starting we have noticed a big improvement in our son's behavior, we have used your principles on many occasions, all to great effect! Thank you."



Melissa P., Boca Raton


Here is What You Get:


When you enroll you will receive by email twenty-two weekly lessons designed to help you build a better relationship with your child.


Here is Just Some of What You Will Learn



  • The ONE universal underlying principal that will transform the most unruly head strong monster into a loving obedient child. (It is amazing how so few parents know about this, especially since it is so easy to apply and any parent can do it.)


  • 4 mistakes that erode your parental power and encourage defiance (Almost every parent is doing one of these.)


  • 4 common errors that will demolish your authority and almost force your child to rebel. (Eliminate these 4 errors and your discipline problems will melt away forever)


  • How to talk so your child will listen


  • How to handle your child in any situation - anytime and anywhere. (You will always know exactly what to do. You will gain absolute confidence as a parent.)


  • How to uproot defiant behavior at its roots


  • How to eliminate talking back once and for all. (Almost everybody gets this wrong)


  • One easy to use secret that will teach your child to obey your requests


  • The one surefire technique to ensure your child will never interrupt you


  • 8 keys to uproot relapses in bad behavior (Master this and you will have your child under control for years to come.)


  • The one most powerful secret you must know to raise your child effectively. (Learn this and you will almost never need to use punishment again. Ignore it and not only will you be punishing much more, but also no punishment, reproof, or penalty will have any long term effect on your child.)








"We've had so much success with your program that we really haven't had to implement any of the discipline ideas. Our home is a much more peaceful and happy place. Thank you."



Shirley B., Erie





"I am so delighted to have started this program. I am actually beginning to enjoy more of what parenthood has to offer."



Donna K., Cedar Rapids

Here is What Else You Will Discover



  • What you may be doing that almost forces your children to fight with each other. (If your house is a nightmare, this may be why.)


  • 15 surefire techniques that will almost instantly transform how your child responds to you


  • One simple "game" that will teach your child to obey you. (Your child will do whatever you ask, and he will think he is playing.)


  • How to give effective commands (Learn these 4 secrets and your child will rush to listen.)


  • 8 hidden keys that guarantee that your child will continue to obey you throughout his childhood. (Yes- even when he is a teenager.)


  • Right and wrong ways to discipline- the secrets that will help you direct your child


  • How to leverage your child's inherent nature to mold him into the loving obedient child of your dreams. (Master this and you will transform your child. This is powerful and it is universal. It will work with any child and in any society. - And no, your child is not different.)


  • Why almost no child discipline program can work for long, even if it works at first (In the end you will be left where you started- or worse! Just ask anyone who has tried one of them.)


  • How you may be forcing your child to fight with you, and what you can do to change it


  • The 5 essential steps to ensure your child listen to your commands


  • How to eliminate all the talking back and arguing and hostility and regain your warm loving relationship with your child. (There is nothing more important than this for both you and your child.)


Also, You Will Get...



  • Simple easy to carry out weekly exercises guaranteed to change the way your child behaves.

  • Unlimited online help whenever you need it and as often as you need it

  • Support and feedback to help you carry out the program properly

  • Answers to your questions when you need them


Because you must have everything you need to help your child. Enroll Now and you will get a one year subscription to the


ADD ADHD Advances online journal

(value $75)


ADHD and ODD treatment is rapidly changing. You need to be on top of what is happening in order to help your child.


Also, I am giving you the Special Reports:


How to Read a Scientific Article

(value $35)


There is a lot of rhetoric in the health care right now. If you want to help your difficult child, you have to know how to tell what is true from what is hype.


This report is worth $35. But you get it as our gift to you.


How to Create and Emotional Bond with Your Child

(value $40)


The most powerful tool that parents have for raising their children is the natural emotional bond that exists between them and their child. No child who feels a strong bond with his parents will risk losing this connection by disobeying.


In this special report you will learn exactly what to do to enhance this bond.


How to Help Your Child Make Friends

(value $35)


Our ADHD children have trouble making friends. As our children grow older, their social problems seem to get worse.


This special report gives you the ability to help your child succeed in making and keeping friends.


Plus If You Enroll Today You Will Get


Free Unlimited Consulting for One Year.

(value $500)


Let me stress the value of this.


Right now if you have a question or problem about how to deal with your child, who can you ask? Your child's pediatrician? His psychologist?


And even if you do have somebody that can help, how long do you need to wait to get an appointment? A week? A month?


And let's not forget the time spent going to the office and in the waiting room. And then, of course, there is that bill at the end.


When you enroll in How to Improve Your Child's Behavior you may contact me as often as you like and ask your questions. I will be there to help you. No appointments, no waiting in lines and no hefty bill at the end.


Why am I giving you such an opportunity?


Because I understand that parents have a lot of uncertainty when raising their difficult children. Believe me, I've been there. That is why I am making this offer and that is why I started ADD ADHD Advances.


However, please understand that my time is very limited. I can only offer the opportunity to personally help you with your child to a limited number of parents. As of today I still have some openings left. However, please understand that these spots will fill quickly.


If you enroll now I can make this offer to you.


This offer may not be available to you later.


And You Get My...


"Unconditional 110% Satisfaction, No-Hassle, Fifty-Six Day Money Back Risk-Free Double GUARANTEE"






















This is what I promise you and this is what 2157 other parents have already achieved:


 




  • “Your child will be more willing to obey you.”




  • “You will have better relationship with your child.”




  • “Your child will no longer continually argue with you.”




  • “Your child will show you more respect.”




  • “Your child will stop talking back to you.”



  • You will have a more peaceful home.”



  • “You will feel success as a parent.”




  • “You will feel closer to your child.”






I have had so much experience using this program working with so many other parents of difficult childrenthat I am confident this program will work for you and your child, also.




I am so sure that this program will help you with your child that if you are not completely satisfied with your child's progress then contact me within fifty-six days of purchase and I will refund your money.




Your satisfaction is also guaranteed by our Card Processor, so you are DOUBLY Guaranteed!



That's my Personal Promise to you.



You have absolutely no risk.



In fact, I am the one taking all the risk for you...




So, you can't possibly lose, unless you pass up this opportunity!


Anthony Kane, MD    



ADD ADHD Advances    










Why am I offering such a strong guarantee?


Because, let’s face it. Unless you have heard me speak or read some of my articles you don’t know me.


I Don’t Want You to Risk Anything.


So enroll in the course, apply what you learn.


If you don’t see positive improvements in your child’s difficult behavior within the first eight weeks, simply let me know and I will refund your purchase price immediately.


No ifs, buts or maybes. No hidden clauses and no small print! You even get to keep all the Special Reports.


This program is completely Risk Free


Plus You Get


"The Confidence

That You are Raising Your Child Properly"


Most importantly you will get


"A Stronger More Loving Relationship

with Your Child"


The total value of this program is $882. However, for a limited time you can enroll in How to Improve Your Child's Behavior for only $882 $97.87


Why are You Getting Such a Big Discount?


Because, this program is becoming more and more popular and soon I will need to drastically limit the enrollment. My time is limited and I need to give every parent who enrolls my full attention so that we can quickly get their child under control.


For now, the enrollment is still open. However, I will be forced to make some radical changes in the near future. One change is to limit the enrollment. I will also be forced to raise the price of the program significantly.


This will mean that it will be no longer possible for many parents to participate in a program that I know will change their child's behavior and improve their lives.


However, I do not feel comfortable just closing the door on parents and children who need this help so badly.


Therefore, for a limited period of time I am offering the program at a discount so that those who could not otherwise afford the help they need can still participate and help their children.


This is All You Have to Do:


Click here and Enroll.


Every week you will receive the program by email



  1. Read the lessons


  2. Do the exercises


  3. Work at your own pace


  4. Ask your questions


  5. Begin to enjoy being a parent to your child


"Are You Worried Enough Yet About Your Child's Behavior to Do Something About It?"









Yes, Dr. Kane! I Want to Enroll in Your Program, How to Improve Your Child's Behavior Now!


I need to arm myself with step-by-step information, practical tips and proven strategies guaranteed to help me get my child's difficult behavior under control... before it's too late.


I understand you will send me instructions on how to get the full program immediately once my payment is processed, and that my personal information is private, safe and secure.


I will get the following:



  • How to Improve your Child's Behavior ($197 Value) this 22 week time tested step-by-step child behavior program is the same program that is used in clinics around the world. This program will be delivered to me every week by email.


I understand that if I were take my child to a psychologist, a similar program could cost me $100 a week and over $2000 for the complete course. I appreciate that I am getting this entire program for less than the cost of two office visits.


Plus, the program is guaranteed. I do not know of any other doctor or any clinic that will actually return my money if I am not happy.


There is no way I can lose.



  • A subscription to ADD ADHD Advances online Journal ($75 value), which discusses and further expands on the various medical, academic, and parenting issues involved in raising an ADHD, ODD, or difficult child.

  • The Special Report #1: How to Create an Emotional Bond with Your Child ($40 Value) a report that will teach me how to enhance and strengthen my bond with my child and build a relationship that will last a life time.

  • The Special Report #2: How to Help Your Child Make Friends ($35 Value) I understand that having difficulty forming strong social relationships will be devastating to the life of my child. This report will give me the tools to help my child to make and maintain healthy friendships.

  • The Special Report #3: How to Read a Scientific Article ($35 Value) This report will help me to understand all the health claims that are being made today and tell the difference between what is really true information and what is unfounded hype.


I understand that if I enroll today I still qualify for UNLIMITED consulting for one-year. I can contact you anytime I wish and as often as I wish to get answers to any and all of my questions. There will be no appointments, no waiting in lines, and no extra hidden charges. You will be there to give me and my family the help that we need.


You said the value of this is $500, but I know that it is worth much, much more.


Finally, I understand my investment is fully protected by your fifty-six day iron clad money back DOUBLE guarantee. If within 8 weeks I am not completely satisfied for any reason, I will contact you and receive a prompt refund: no hassles, no worries, and no quibbles.


Here's How to Enroll...



  • Order online right now with a major credit card


Just Click Below to Use Our Safe and Secure Online Enrollment Form.



 



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Job Hunting - Basic Tips For Job Hunters
Take a look around and you will see that most people think nothing of changing jobs at the drop of a hat! Each one is interested in going where the money beckons! The result is that job hunting has become an industry by itself today!

Why do I call it an industry? Some people have realized that these job hunters require help and have come up with the perfect resources. There are entire books and web sites that offer expert advice regarding a great variety of professions and career options. Social groups provide personal counseling. TV has become a great medium to advertise jobs as well as have programs on careers. The radio is not far behind! Whatever be the resource, contact information is provided too.

Some career development professionals have made it their business to stick to a certain area of expertise only, where job hunting is concerned. For instance, some of them find another form of gainful employment for those workers who have been laid off at their previous jobs. Others aid those people who have constrained themselves to the house for 10 years or even more, and then discover that they need to go back to work once again. Basically, these experts take care of the special needs of each individual.

Of course, with the emergence of the Internet, job hunting has taken on a new meaning! There are many advantages to be gained from browsing the Net. One gets a bird’s eye view of all the jobs that are advertised out there. So finding a match becomes easier, and right from the comfort of one’s living room! There are no time constraints involved in job hunting here, even midnight is okay! The best part of the whole thing is, you are “seen” by everyone, everywhere!

Before uploading a resume, it would be wise to do some research on the company and position being applied for. What are the employers like? What is the professional background of the company? What do past/current employees feel about the management and the company itself? Pay and perks offered? These are just a few basic questions which come to mind; there could be many more. The answers to these questions can help the job hunter to narrow down his/her choice of preferences.

There are other aspects to job hunting too. It may be a fresh college graduate or it may be someone who has gone through a number of jobs already, but each one finds job hunting a strain. It is not just a question of sending a resume (even a resume has to be written out properly); there are other skills that are required, such as personal grooming and demeanor, facing an interview, and so on. Hence, quite a few employment services and schools have come up, offering to train the individual in developing these skills.

To conclude, job hunting does bring on a lot of stress, especially if quick results are not to be seen. It hurts that so much of searching has come to naught. One has to have a lot of patience for the right job to come along. Also, to put everything in a realistic perspective, there is nothing wrong in working one’s way up from the bottom of the ladder if top positions are not immediately available. Maybe one could spend less time on brooding, and instead concentrate on developing a different set of skills or some kind of useful activity till an excellent job shows up.

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To be able to know more about job search tips, you must also consider some factors like attending free seminars to help you educate yourself and improve your job search skills and gain competitive edge in today's job market. The free Philadelphia Job Hunters Education and Networking Event will tackle how to dress for success, how to stay motivated during your job search, job search strategies for the currently employed, tools for recent college graduates, and internet job search strategies.
 
 
 

   
3 weeks!

As of today, it's been three weeks since I've pulled my head hair! I'm really happy about it :D. I "feel" my bald spots every couple days and I can feel some hair coming in. Unfortunately, it's growing really slowly, but I guess that's what happens when you pull out hair from the roots: your hair has to grow back the root, the little beginning of the hair underneath the scalp, and then finally the hair that you see outside the scalp.

 

I'm still pulling from my eyelashes and eyebrows, but I haven't pulled too much out. I'd still like to stop it, but I have other things to worry about changing...mainly my work habits in school...I can't fail this year! But I'm thinking of using this weekend as a "catch up weekend". I'm hoping it'll work. I've planned stuff like this in the past many many many times before, but I was always too much of a lazy ass to do anything. However, I got my social worker at school behind me on this (she suggested it), so maybe this time will be different...

 

Oh! Speaking about counseling, I finally got my letter from St. Joe's (the hospital)! I don't think I mentioned this in the past, but I'm going to go to a real counselor to help me with my trichotillomania and especially with my work initiative. The letter says I have to call to make an appointment, but the hours according to the answering machine are 8am-4pm, so I got to get up early tomorrow to call. Fat chance I'll do that, but I'll try.

 

I have no idea how long it'll be till I can get into see the counselor, but I hope it's within a month. I want to try and better myself as soon as possible.

 

-Kristal

 
 
   
 

Directing WHAT??
Friday, I get an email from Twinks. Twinks and I have been chatting about the possibility of Didi coming out and counseling for a week. Twinks asks me if I'm sitting down. Twinks tells me to sit down. Twinks asks me if I could direct Day Camp for the week (The usual director is out-of-state until Saturday).

Er. I know the usual director. She's been doing camp-related work for the last few years. Her dad is pretty much a fixture at camp. She's a sweet, creative, cheerful person by name of Giggles. And I've got a pretty good idea that Giggles ends up crying three days out of five because of how intensely stressful directing Day Camp can be.

But hey, I told Twinks she can put me wherever she wants me. So, I let her know that I'd be okay with it, provided that she's around for me to cry to every other day (first week of directing is always an absolute bear).

Signscout also took some time to point out to me that this wasn't going to be a disaster, and remind me of what the focus is here.

Originally, I was directing Day Camp during the day, and doing Conquest in the evenings (our poorly named but well-managed take-camp-off-campus program). This was great on most counts, save for the personal maintenance one - I was absolutely thrashed on that schedule. Twinks came up to me at breakfast one morning, told me that I wasn't allowed to drive that day (I drive a couple of our day campers from Mayotown to camp every day), and they were taking me off Conquest.

Of  course, my first thought is, "What?? What did I do wrong???"

Girls. Sigh.

It's been good, in a kind of, "I never want to do this again," way. I've been growing, and getting to know more people - the current Conquest director and I've been chatting the last two nights, and that's been awesome. I don't really get food with everybody else, but I've been getting more resourceful about having random munchies available.

The kids have been....well, they're not monsters. Occasionally animals, but not monsters. Rowdy, but rarely actually bad, just disrespectful to the max. This is particularly embarrassing when the camp speaker is present. Oh well. They're having fun.

As long as I don't lose any of them, and none of them are on fire, we're doing okay. This is the standard I offer my co-counselors.
 
 
 

   
first step to recovery...

I'm taking it. I'm owning it. I...have a problem. I have a drinking problem.

I went to my first session of addiction counseling today. Didn't think it went well during...or after. But looking back on it a good 12 hours later, I feel...better about it. Came clean with all my friends. And Nick. I think it helped...a little. Asked him if we could talk, and he didn't say no. He said not right now. Which is better than no. (wow, I sound needy--but maybe I need to be needy right now...different tangent...different time) Anyway...she (the counselor) said that I did good coming in (Cynical Autumn says: "Yeah, they always say that...Ca-ching! *scoff*") and that she thinks I "caught it early"...like it's a disease. Which, I suppose, it is. But it doesn't seem like the kind of thing you "catch early." I dunno...I guess she would know. Seems to me that if it's bad enough that other people were noticing (and I'm really good at hiding my problems--I used to cut), then it's pretty bad. But I came totally clean. Told her all about the mini-bar I kept in my car. Told her how I could count on one hand the days I'd been sober in the past 2 months. Come to think of it, I can count on all fingers and toes the number of days I've been sober in the past 6 months. Ouch. Not sure she's being hard enough on me. She's not telling me to stay away from alcohol. She's not...not telling me to stay away from it. But...I just think she'd be jumping all over that one. "Stay away from it...Stay away from people who drink." But...just gonna follow doctor's...err, counselor's orders. She said just...see how I do without drinking. Test my addiction. And to not be so hard on myself. Proud to say, I'm avoiding temptaion. The second one...not so much. What I've done is wrong, self-destructive, and harmful to others. I've gotten out of control. And that's hurt others.

Anyway...can you guess why I slept with Fetske? Cuz...I know exactly why. Not an excuse. At all. But an explanation. A poor one.

SO! Here goes. I am an alcoholic.

 
 
   
 

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