SECTION 1 - IF THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION CAN OPEN DOORS OF ATTAINMENT…

How Do Our Dreams Become Tomorrow - And Then Tomorrow Again - And Then Never Again - Or Never Ever At All?

Can't Our Individual Dreams All Just Get Along?

How People Get Into Unpleasant Situations - With A View To Your Avoiding Them In The Future [The Meadow Muffins Extensimod = Extension Module - With A View To Your Not Stepping On Them!]

Follow The Yellow Brick Road!

Is He Or She Nutzoid?

Are We All Nutzoid?

The Pursuit Of Happiness

Happily Ever After - Gold

The Importance Of Smiling, Of Saying Hi, Of Appropriately Talking To Strangers, And Of Taking Other Risks - But, Also, Of Asking The Right Questions Before Entering Into Relationships With Potential Employees, Potential Love Interests, And Others

How To Cheat Depression - And Enrich Ourselves

What To Do If You Just Don't Like The World

 

SECTION 2 - OF INSECURITIES, OSCILLATIONS IN CONFIDENCE, AND THE DESIRE FOR AFFILIATION

Underlying And Explaining Much - And Perhaps More! - Of Human Behavior

Section 132, Attaining American Dreams !!!!!! TM:

FROM "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, ALFIE?" TO "LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH!"!!!!!!

-- PLUS, A EULOGY -- OFFERED NOT SO MUCH IN CELEBRATION OF A LIFE, BUT IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF... "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?"!

-- PLUS, A SPEECH -- OFFERED NOT SO MUCH IN HONOR OF A SPEECH, BUT IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF... "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?"!

 

SECTION 3 - WHAT EVERY EMPLOYER - AND PERSON! - MUST KNOW…

If There Were No “We” There Would Be No Problem - Therefore, “ We ” Is The Problem!

Some Key Questions Of Life - And Whether Last Ditch Rat Training Can Help

Of Water Coolers - And Lost Productivity

Is Behavior Bio, Psycho, Or Social - Aside From Being Psycho? (Why Doo Doggies And We Doo The Things We Doo?!)

Isn't It Just Crazy?!… ‘Cause We All Look The Same At Age 80!

The Importance Of Working Backwards - And Of Recognizing And Valuing Intangibles

Why " We " Is The Problem - And Why Many Problems Resulting In Anger, Depression, And Violence Can Be Avoided By Avoiding Mistakes People Often Make In Their Thinking

 

SECTION 4 - IF I ONLY HAD A (BIOCHEMICALLY WELL-FUNCTIONING, AND SHOWING ONLY PEACHY SCAN RESULTS!) BRAIN…

1 Identifying And 2 Shaping The Behaviors That Hinder Or Facilitate Your Attainment Of Your Dreams…

Don't Hire, Fire, Marry, Divorce, Or Sign Up A New Boyfriend Or Girlfriend Before Learning This!…

To What Degree Can We Really Shape The Behavior Of Others - Especially Given The Biopsychosocial Issues?

Is It “Free Will” - Or “Will-Free”?

The Brain Drain

What Brain Research Shows - And Common Sense Knows…

Brain Matters!

Constellations Of Behavior - And How To Improve The Universe!

 

SECTION 5 - ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DEPENDENCE - BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS

Is It Your Fault, “Others' Fault” (Always!), Or The Fault Of No One?

How To Spot Signs Of Drug Use

Drug Schedules

Whose Responsibility Is It?

Paradigm Shift?

The Disease Concept

Biopsychosocial?

Biopsychosocial Influences

Hasbutugotcha?

Sapient Mind Over Reptilian Din

Fight/Flight Vs. Feed/Breed

Magic Carpet Rides

Molecular Firestorms

On Getting High

Mixing It All Together / Balancing The Whole Person

 

SECTION 6 - ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DEPENDENCE -

DRUG MYTHS, REALITIES, AND TYPES

Of Downward Spiral Agents (= What's Your Poison De Jour?)

Myths Versus Realities Of AOD Abuse

Drug Ironies And Definitions

Dependence Versus Abuse

Corporate Substance Abuse - Why Your Company Must Be Concerned...

When Does Use Become Abuse?

What Causes Use To Become Abuse?

Drug Detection Periods

Alcohol

Cannabis (Marijuana)

Cocaine

Depressants

Designer Drugs

Hallucinogens

Inhalants

Narcotics

Stimulants

Tranquilizers

 

SECTION 7 - ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DEPENDENCE -

STAGES OF ADDICTION AND RECOVERY

Wheee, “Ain't This Fun (- Aside From Destroyed Relationships, Brain Cells, Liver Cells, Pancreas Cells, Functioning As A Human Being, Etc.!)!?

Arousal Levels

Payback

Signs And Symptoms Of AOD Abuse

Stages Of Addiction And Alcoholism

Initial Crisis Or Relapse Warning Signs And Stages

The "ISM" In Alcoholism

Self-Diagnosis

The Drug Ritual

Goals Along The Path Toward Recovery

What Is Alcoholics Anonymous (= "AA")?

What To Do If You Are Hooked

What To Do If Another Is Hooked

 

SECTION 8 - ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DEPENDENCE -

THE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE CACHE

Pathetic Thinking Seldom Increases Cash

Obsessive Pathetic Thinking

Path - Or Pathology?

Loop De Loop

Addictive Clutter

Obsessive-Compulsive Clutter

Stressful Clutter

 

SECTION 9 - CO-DEPENDENCY

Do This And You Do In Others - And Yourself

Co-Dependency

Pulling Up Your Covers

Enabling

How To Overcome It

Surviving The Alcoholic

System Dynamics Of The Alcoholic Family

Family Crisis Stages

 

SECTION 10 - HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE

Do This And You Do In Others - And Yourself - Again!

What's It All About, Alfie?

Key Federal Legislation

Key State And Local Legislation

What Should Or Must An Employer Do?

How To Overcome “It”

 

SECTION 11 - WILL YOU TAKE MORE THAN YOU GIVE?

Will Your Life Be A Deficit Of Selfishness - Or A Surplus Of Having Meant Much, Much More - Both To Others And Yourself?

Will You Take More Than You Give?