The Lessons of Demi Moore
January 29, 2012 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Recent Posts
TweetI think most of us have heard about Demi Moore being rushed to the hospital this past week after some sort of substance usage reaction. This has followed weeks of speculation about her declining health following the breakup with Ashton Kutcher. The story for me is not all of the gossip about what caused the [...]
Domestic Abuse and Substance Abuse
June 4, 2011 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse, Recent Posts
TweetAs I read more and more stories about domestic abuse and talk to more and more people who are domestic abuse survivors or currently living in an abusive situation, I have found a common factor in all of them and that is that the abuser also abuses one or more substances. Now, I am not [...]
Mackenzie Phillips Shares Her Story of Abuse
September 26, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
TweetThis week, in conjunction with the release of her book, Mackenzie Phillips appeared on several shows to share her story about the years of sexual relations between her and her father. You can hear or read the story everywhere but the purpose of my writing about it is the reactions and comments that so many [...]
