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Video of Hawaii Reef and Marine Biology

I think you guys will like this video. Give it a watch and let me know what you think Author’s Description: Cindy Hunter discusses Hawaii Reef and Marine Biology at Habilitat Hawaii in April of Hawai’i’s corals are important to its Back in ancient Hawai’i, the Hawai’ians thought of…

Help Me Save My Marriage! Why does he prefer porn to sex with me?

The following is an excerpt from Porn and Your Husband: A Recovery Guide for Wives . . . . . Some men seem to prefer looking at pornography to intimacy with their wives. There are a few reasons for this. First, men crave respect and measure their own worth…

Why Drug-Addicted Parents Should Consider Drug Rehabilitation

Children see their parents as role models. Therefore, parents have quite a huge and valuable role in sculpting the lives of their children. Most parents fit the role of excellent role models, molding their children into individuals with the appropriate morals, values, and attitudes. But the menace of drugs…

Whitney Houston: Cocaine and Heart Disease

In March 2012, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reported that Whitney Houston’s official cause of death was accidental drowning. Cocaine use and heart disease were contributing factors in her death. The coroner believes that cocaine use caused Whitney to suffer heart problems (she already had heart disease), which…

Smartphone, Smart Accountability

by Dwayne Moore My conversation with a church leader recently went something like this: Me: “I just signed up for Covenant Eyes on my new smartphone.” Him: “Why’d you do that?” Me: “I need the accountability.” Him: “How so?” Me: “My phone’s got a big screen and fast Internet…

A Drug For Marijuana Withdrawal?

Researchers get good results with gabapentin. Marijuana, as researchers and pundits never tire of pointing out, is the most widely used illegal drug in the world, by a serious margin. And while the argument still rages, for some years now drug researchers have been migrating to the camp that…

Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy With Your Spouse (Book Review)

Quick Summary: Sexperiment encourages married couples to have sex seven days in a row. The challenge is a gateway to couples rediscovering intimacy, serving one another and the importance of making time for each other. The book is easy to read, engaging, and exciting. The book doesn’t fail to…

Dude, where’s my metaconsciousness?

“Lost in the sauce.” I have to admit I was taken with the opening sentence of this 2009 study published in Psychological Sciences : “Alcohol consumption alters consciousness in ways that make drinking both alluring and hazardous.” Indeed it does. There’s no improving on that direct statement about the…

Spice: “If You Use It, You’re Experimenting on Yourself”

Ask NIDA scientist Marilyn A. Huestis, Ph.D., what she wants to tell young people about the synthetic (manmade) marijuana called Spice , and she responds with passion. In a recent interview with SBB, Dr. Huestis shared a news story about teens in Dallas who went to the ER with…

“Addiction Fiction”

Coming-of-Age Drug Novels Call it “addiction fiction.” In the past few years we have seen a blossoming of this genre, where the private eye goes to 12-Step meetings, and one day your sponsor may just save your life by gunning down a rival in the street. Or, where the…