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		<title>Reviewed by Kirkus Indie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very happy to have been reviewed by Kirkus Indie: &#160; &#8220;Hollenstein (Understanding Dietary Supplements, 2007) makes it clear from the start that her book has none of the drama of typical addiction memoirs. She has no harrowing, cinematic rock-bottom moment to report, for example; instead, she focuses on her slow realization that “[a]lcohol numbed both [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=629&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doo Be Doo Be Doo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The practice of meditation has afforded me what appears to be a lifetime of food for thought. Yet the simple act of butt meeting cushion can be reduced to a very basic question: Can I try to focus on just being for 15 minutes today? 20? During that time, can I relinquish my urge to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=568&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Real Confidence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was walking to my new gym with a serious case of gym-timidation. I imagined that the other members would all be younger, prettier, and fitter than me, and had therefore procrastinated most of the day. Finally I could delay no longer. I put on my sneakers and headed out, tail already [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=554&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excuse Me For Living</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Excuse me for living!” Remember when this was a common rebuke? Variations included “Pardon me for living” or “Excuse me for breathing.” I used to say this when someone took issue with something I did or said, as a somewhat overdramatized apology for being however I was being, said with an air of exasperation. But [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=544&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That Elusive Middle Ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever ride the go-karts at Disney World? Each car is situated on individual, parallel tracks that prevent crossover and collisions, so that everyone basically drives around without incident. At the starting line, the track beneath the car is wide, encompassing the full width between the tires, and as a result the drive is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=540&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Walking in the Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always feel grateful for rain. As a child, I was happy to stay indoors reading or watching movies on beautiful, sunny days. My mother would coax me outside, shaming me not to waste a glorious day. Rainy days let me off the hook. Even as an adult, waking up to rain gives me a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=538&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resistance Is Futile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, as part of Susan Piver’s Open Heart Project, we learned about the lojong slogan “3 objects, 3 poisons, 3 seeds of virtue.” The three objects are things we want, things we don’t want, and things we ignore; the three poisons passion, aggression, and ignorance; and the three seeds of virtue freedom from passion, aggression, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=531&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Refuge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with self-doubt. I felt there was something different about me, something not quite right. While other children seemed confident in who they were and what they wanted, I was never quite sure of myself. As a result, I became very interested in and curious about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=drinkingtodistraction.com&#038;blog=17994470&#038;post=500&#038;subd=drinkingtodistraction&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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