- Life Is Worth Living Because...
- “Life Is Worth Living Because Of: Kids, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Sisters, Good Friends, Pets etc… The goose bumps you get when hearing a great song for the first time – and anything else that gives you goose bump or those good kinds of shivers... The pleasures of a good meal – something to enjoy everyday, 3 times a day (or 4….) Those times when you come away from a book, film, song or piece of art feeling somehow moved or enlightened – getting that magical feeling of connectedness to the human condition”
- My Story
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“After wrapping things up at school with an undergraduate degree in psychology from Carleton University I set off for a bit of fun on a trip to Asia – not knowing at that time that my trip would extend to a decade and more and that I’d find myself a new home country in tropical Thailand
A little bit of teaching soon led to the opening of a small restaurant, which ultimately led to the opening of a slightly bigger one – which I still have to this day. At the same time, also a number of years ago, I started working as a freelance writer, eventually coming to specialize in mental health and addiction writing.
For the last 5 years or so I have authored and researched hundreds of articles and blog postings on addiction and mental health, have authored ebooks on finding care and, for a short time, even ran a free help line out of my own home to answer questions about addiction and treatment and to help people in need connect with treatment they could afford.”
John Lee's Most Recent Activity on Choose Help
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Facebook Share on Twitter 12:41 - Apr 15, 2024 For Teens: How to Quit Marijuana on Your Own
If you prepare yourself for high-risk situations and learn strategies to prevent relapse you have a great chance of being able to quit on your own – learn how to succeed here.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 12:40 - Apr 15, 2024 Adolescent Mental Health: When to Get Help
How can you differentiate between normal adolescent behaviors and those that indicate a more serious problem? Here are some guidelines from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry on when to seek help and what warning signs to be on ...
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Facebook Share on Twitter 12:38 - Apr 15, 2024 Alcohol Addiction - the Straight Facts
The difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction (alcoholism), what puts you at risk of becoming an alcoholic and what to do once you’ve crossed that invisible line to addiction.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 11:09 - Jul 23, 2023 Friends and Family Supply Most Pills to Drug Abusers
The overwhelming majority of those who abuse opiates or become addicted get the medications from friends or family and have previously used drugs, such as cocaine.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 11:04 - Jul 23, 2023 Study: Depression Risk Is Contagious
At certain periods in life, living with a person who uses maladaptive thinking styles increases your risk of depression. Fortunately, the opposite is also true.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 11:04 - Jul 23, 2023 4 Months of Opiate Use Increases Risk of Impotence by 50%
Here’s one very compelling reason to quit opiates sooner rather than later.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 12:00 - Jul 10, 2023 Depression, Chronic Pain & Opioid Misuse
Learn how opioids can lead to depression, how depression worsens pain and what to do when you have both pain and depression.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 04:22 - Jun 06, 2023 The "Addiction Severity" Self-Test
Know you have a problem but not sure how serious it is or if you need treatment? Take this 1 minute addiction severity self test and learn how your level of addiction ranks.
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Facebook Share on Twitter 03:25 - Jun 06, 2023 Does Your Lifestyle Match Your Values?
Overcoming ambivalence: How does the ‘ideal you’ compare with the ‘current you’? Not sure? Well, take a few minutes to complete the following exercise and find out how far you’ve strayed from the life you’d love to have. If your lifestyle strays too ...
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Facebook Share on Twitter 08:13 - May 07, 2023 Recovering Teens: 7 Ways to Improve Communication
Parental support is a necessary component of teen addiction recovery, but you can’t have full support until you build real communication; learn how to improve your parent-teen communication skills in 7 easy steps.