Anxiety and Why Do I Keep Doing the Same Stupid Things?

Dateline: Threadgill’s Restaurant, Austin, Texas. The servers wear black T-Shirts with the caption “Dang!” The “motto” originated when one fellow gazed over the list of vegetables on the menu, stood, and said, “Dang!” Self-Defeating Behaviors or Why Diet Books Are Next to the Cookbooks at Barnes and Noble. Why would …

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Christmas Gift Winners: “Bacon Bowls, DNA Kits, Duck Dynasty Keepsakes, and a Black Lexus, for you Honey!”

Christmas Gift Winners:  “Bacon Bowls, DNA Kits, Duck Dynasty Keepsakes, and a Black Lexus, for you Honey!” Dateline: My body is in Threadgill’s across from the stage where Janis Joplin left her heart, but my mind staring out at the Sea of Cortes at the beach grille and swim up …

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Addiction, It Takes Two…Stress and Addiction, Final Episode

Dateline: San Antonio River Walk Patio Branch Office. Jennifer Lopez stood on the nearby bridge during the making of Selena. If you are new the story of Mr. and Mrs. Travis, Catch up with Episode One, Episode Two, and Episode Three. When the next football season came around, Mrs. Travis …

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Stress, the “It’s Just Thunder” Incident

Relationship Stress and the “It’s Just Thunder” Incident I’m Okay and You’re Okay… as Long as I’m With You– Dateline: Willie’s Roadhouse, Truck Stop Cafe in Abott, Texas. And, yes, the chicken-fried steaks lap over the edges of the plate. Note: This entry, along with the next introduce the series: “Las Vegas …

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Stress, Anxiety, and Videotapes

Anxiety and Stress in One Family’s Relationships Hear Ye!  Hear Ye! All ye people of the town within the sound of my voice, please lend me your ears! I have reason to believe I am being watched and videoed.  Therefore, any resemblance between a bleary-eyed, crazy blond chick you may see on …

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Stress: Woman Lost and Alone in Scary Alleyways of Istanbul

Stress on the Cool, Blue Mediterranean Stress and Group Think Invade Istanbul and Mexico City and a Cruise Ship in the Carribean, Part One Isn’t Taking a Vacation about Escaping Stress? The next three entries will be examples of ‘group think’ and pressure to conform from around the world. These situations …

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