Dominica Applegate

Morphine is a powerful narcotic pain medication used to treat mild, moderate and severe pain. It causes one to feel very relaxed and euphoric, and it has the potential for abuse. It’s also habit-forming for those who aren’t abusing it but taking it as prescribed. People who have had a history of drug abuse or addiction sometimes fall into the trap of becoming addicted to morphine. Overcoming such an addiction can be challenging on your own, and frequently requires help from a treatment center...

If you’re involved in any type of content marketing or blog articles, you’ll want to know what evergreen content is and how to use it as a valuable tool for your business. With such a variety of information online, evergreen content oftentimes gets overlooked or ignored.
Today, we’ll discuss what evergreen content is and how it can increase the success of your business blog.
What Is Evergreen Content?
Are you familiar with evergreen trees? They’re the type of trees that keep their leaves all ...

As one Alcoholics Anonymous adage goes, "You're only as sick as your secrets." What this means is that holding onto the skeletons in your closet will affect you in negative ways. After all, addiction in and of itself is something many sufferers hide, which can certainly take its mental, emotional and physical toll over time.
If you’re in recovery from alcoholism or addiction, the inability to process the things that have occurred in your life due to a desire to bury them can actually turn int...

It was the kind of text that made my shoulders slump. A friend of a friend had asked me to write a short e-book for her business

I didn’t really discover I was an introvert until I hit my 40s. If I run into you at the store and you want to strike up a conversation, I apologize ahead of time. I mean, I am genuinely happy to greet you, but I’m not thrilled about carrying on a conversation. Also, if we are on the elevator heading up 10 floors, just so you know, I prefer pin-drop quiet....

I was at a birthday gathering last night having a great conversation with a friend of mine. A retired therapist and spiritual mentor, she’s very wise. At one point, she grabbed my hand, looked me square in the eyes, and said something to the effect of:
“Before we came on this planet, each one of us chose a mother based on the amount of, “I am not enoughness” we needed to heal.”
I was mentally chewing on that all night. Now, I’ve heard a lot about the “core wound of unworthiness” through the y...

There are some men and women who decide to get sober when they hit middle age, oftentimes having drank a good part of their adult lives. Although getting into recovery at any age is wonderful, it can lead to some feelings of guilt about the past or apprehension about truly getting a fresh start. Although some men and women begin drinking in middle age, many times to cope with loneliness, divorce or feeling a lack of purpose, others who have been drinking all along find themselves itching for a new life in sobriety.

With the surge in foreclosures over the past five years, there has been a significant increase in real estate investing. Investors have taken advantage of the down market in order to snatch up rental properti...

If you’re dealing with a narcissist, chances are you’re left feeling defeated more times than you’d like. You’re walking on eggshells, feeling inadequate, and likely exhausted from making darn sure their ego is having a good trip.
But there’s good news honey; this can change!
What is a narcissist?
In short, a narcissist is an extremely self-centered person who needs affirmed and admired all the time. They feel entitled to everything good, hate criticism, and need to be surrounded by those who...

“You’re such a frickin’ idiot! Is their something wrong with your brain?”

I know, right? How rude!

This type of verbal bashing, along with plenty of other toxic behaviors, shouldn’t be tolerated in any relationship. The reality, however, is that plenty of us allow some toxicity to rule the roost, whether by parent, friend, sibling, boss, or lover.

I can totally relate, because in my last relationship, I tolerated plenty of toxic behaviors. Sometimes I failed to recognize they were toxic and o...

“You’re too sensitive!” She said, slamming the door as she left.

Well, you’re an IN-sensitive a**hole, I thought to myself, not having the nerve to actually say it out loud.

Welcome to the world of being highly sensitive in a world that still lacks in understanding.

Within the past few years I’ve come to the awareness that I’m a highly sensitive person (HSP). No. This does not mean I’m psychic (though I’m working on that). A person who is highly sensitive has a significantly fine-tuned nervous system—an energetic over-achiever, I suppose.

It’s fairly normal to worry about our teens when it comes to alcohol and drugs. As most of us parents know, many teens end up experimenting with such substances sooner or later. We may hear about the two million teens who are struggling with substance abuse addiction and wonder if our teen will somehow become part of that number. We may see them hanging out with a friend who we think is shady, so we worry that he/she will be a bad influence.
In other words, we tend to worry more than we’d lik...

If you’ve ever suffered through some time in an unhealthy relationship, you’ll completely appreciate the following tips for a super-duper, exciting, healthy, and SANE relationship. I mean, toxic relationships totally suck every bit of positive energy you’ve got, leaving both of you bone dry. I’m sure you want your relationship...

I certainly didn’t always feel this way. In fact, for much of my life I hid away in my musty, dark closet because I didn’t want to come out for fear that I would be...well. Rejected.
SMH, for sure.
I figured out I was a lesbian when I was 17 and just out of high school. That summer I happened to meet my very first lesbian crowd and before long, I had my very first lesbian crush. You must know, though, that this occurred more than 20 years ago.
You know, when homosexuality was like the plague?...

The hot, honeymoon phase certainly rocks. It’s purely magical and intoxicating. Now, are you going to do what it takes to keep it that way or are you going to f*ck it up like over 50% of couples? It’s your call. Like it or not, it really is up to you and your sexy boo...