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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2014 02:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April was a bitch, and so was I. For much of it I felt as if I was in a communication black hole and this was intensely distressing. A glimpse into the last few weeks: Text messages and emails from friends were never received Posts on professional and personal Facebook pages vanished without a trace [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=637&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Eat to Love: 21-day Mind-Body Detox: May 16 – June 6, 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a program I&#8217;m co-teaching with two people I really respect and thought that Drinking to Distraction readers might be interested! &#160; Yoga. Meditation. Nutrition. We each know these are the building blocks of true health, yet it seems impossible to stay with it all amidst the craziness of everyday life. Three teachers have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=633&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today on Drinking Diaries, an excerpt from Drinking to Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“To Be or Not To Be” At some point, perhaps years before the night of my book party, alcohol and drinking began to occupy an increasing amount of my mental real estate. During the workday I eagerly anticipated cocktail hour. Or I perseverated over where to purchase a bottle of wine on my way home [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=631&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From elephant journal: A review of Drinking to Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking to Distraction: This Review Is Late Because I Have Been Drinking {Book Review} My name is Jennifer Moore and I am not an alcoholic. Three weeks ago I received a copy of Drinking to Distraction by Jenna Hollenstein from the publisher. It is a short book, only 82 pages, and I read it quickly. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=623&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Open Letter to Philip Seymour Hoffman I Wish I Sent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first saw you in the movie Happiness. Your raw-ugly-beautiful performance cut through to my heart in a way I had never experienced before. “This guy isn’t afraid of anything,” I thought. “He’s fearless.” And you did it again and again: in Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Capote, Synecdoche, Jack Goes Boating, A Late Quartet. Balls out, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=612&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Eat to Love: An Anti-Resolution for 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a post I shared on my Eat to Love website for the New Year. Recognizing the sizable overlap between drinking and eating &#8212; as distraction, as habit, as addiction &#8212; I thought I would share it here. If you are interested in receiving this type of article from me, please feel free [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=604&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the publication of Drinking to Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2013 21:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very excited to announce the publication of the Drinking to Distraction book! This short memoir is a collection of my thoughts and experiences, from the days when I wondered (sometimes aloud, but mostly to myself) whether or not I was an alcoholic, to my decision to quit and those awkward early days, and finally [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=597&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty in the Breakdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, let go, so let go Jump in Oh well, what you waiting for? It&#8217;s alright &#8216;Cause there&#8217;s beauty in the breakdown So, let go, yeah let go Just get in Oh, it&#8217;s so amazing here It&#8217;s all right &#8216;Cause there&#8217;s beauty in the breakdown ~ Let Go, Frou Frou &#160; It’s been more than [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=589&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Year of Living Dangerously</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 28th of 2012, I was laid off from my job as a medical writer at a biotechnology company. I was with that company much longer than anticipated since the job, at the time I got it, was an escape hatch from the disastrous job I started right after I quit drinking. I planned [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=581&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Black and White</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All of you are perfect just as you are and you could use a little improvement” ~Suzuki Roshi This past weekend, I attended a meditation retreat at the New York Shambhala Center. The focus of the retreat was “The Art of Being Human” and getting in touch with the concept of basic goodness. One of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=575&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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