I have 20 questions to ask no one in particular, but would like an answer some day. I’m sure I’m not the only one asking these questions. Some of them are serious and some of them are trivial. So, here goes.

* The first 5 of 20 Questions
* Why is it that I’m always left with one odd sock after sorting the laundry?
* Why are there no tea bags left when we come back from vacation?
* Why does the phone stop ringing just as I get there, having run in from the garden?
* Why does my computer crash when I’m racing for a deadline?
* Why are the yummy foods like ice cream, burgers and fries bad for me?

Here are the next 5 of 20 Questions
* Why is there never a police officer around when you need one?
* Why do the tax people demand money from me straight away but keep my tax refunds for months?
* Why can’t I sleep at two in the morning and fall asleep next lunchtime?
* Why do sales people always call when I’m in the middle of having dinner?
* Why can I fill a crossword puzzle except for one last clue?

Here are the next 5 of 20 Questions
      Why are soldiers trained to kill, called peacekeepers?
* Why did the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King die and certain other people survive?
Why do people put inserts into magazines, for them to fall on the floor?
* Why do crazy people believe we didn’t really land on the moon?
* Why do people keep constructing homes on flood belts?

Here are the next 5 of 20 Questions
* Why isn’t Michael Moore President of the United States?
* Why isn’t Lisa Simpson the Vice President?
* Why doesn’t a life sentence mean a life sentence?
* Why is it so easy to buy a gun in the US?
* Why does the key on the corned beef can always break?

Strangely, I bet it’s the more silly questions people relate to. As we rush around each day, it’s the little niggling things which get you down. I guess we think the big issues will take care of themselves and it’s the pen we can’t find that drives us mad!

I would swap a debate on gun laws with anyone if they volunteer to come and defrost my freezer.

 

What do you know about the human body? It is such a complex unit. No, it’s the most complex vessel every to grace the earth’s surface. When it comes to the human body and mind, we hardly have a grasp on things.

Heck, even the professionals who study these things their entire lives, still don’t know a great deal. That just goes to show how intricate and complex we humans are. Take healing for example. Do you have any idea how to heal the inside of your body?

Sure, it’s a synch to slap a Band-Aid over a cut, or put some gauze on a burn, but do you know what to do if your internal chamber is out of whack? Most of us do not. This is why we go to the doctors for answers and remedies.

However, most physicians here in the west don’t rely too much on methods such as acupunture. Didn’t they go to acupunture school? Maybe it’s just what they need.

Have you ever considered acupunture school? This would seriously teach you a lot about the human body and the way it works. Although I have never been to an acupunture school, I was fortunate enough to learn some about acupuncture from my kung fu teacher.

He vaguely explained to me how the human body has different meridians. Each meridian is connected to organs. Now, since there is a constant flow of energy throughout these meridians in your body, it is essential that it doesn’t get interrupted or blocked.

When it does, this is where your knowledge from acupunture school would come in handy. You basically place heated needles in certain points, which act to relieve the blockage. It helps the flow of energy to get back to normal. This should in return feel like a load of stress has been lifted from your every limb and core. That is the way acupuncture works.

Are you ready to attend that acupunture school yet? Maybe it’s time you learned about needles and their powerful herbal remedies. If you are interested or merely intrigued by acupunture school, then it is time you checked out what’s available on your home computer.

Get online today and see what acupunture school or schools are in your area. You may even find that this is something you wish to pursue for a living.

Depending on what statistics you come across on any given day, an average of one in every four women will at some point in their lives be involved in an abusive relationship.

That abuse could be extremely violent or completely emotionally, but abusive relationships in any form cause scars that can and will last a lifetime. I’ve seen women who have been beaten so badly that you wince just glancing in their direction. I’ve listened to women cry over the verbal abuse that has left them wondering if they will ever be able to regain their self-esteem.

Abusive relationships can happen to anyone at any age and it doesn’t choose what race or gender it can appear in. I’ve seem some teenage girls who have the misfortune of experiencing their first true relationship and it turns out to be abusive. That first abusive relationship sets the standards for her next relationship as well. It could turn into a neverending cycle.

I have also, more uncommonly, talked to husbands who are ashamed to say that their wives are abusing them. They have come to my office hanging their heads in complete shame.

The worst kind of abusive relationships are those in which both physical and mental abuse are occurring simultaneously. It is usually those abusive relationships that are much more difficult to safely remove yourself from. Sadly, some of the worst of abusive relationships end in tragic manners that make front page headlines.

We all wonder what we could have done to help them or react differently by saying that we would never have let our own selves get into a relationship like that. I can tell you, that is much easier said than done. More often than not, you find yourself caught up in an abusive relationship that has gotten out of control slowly. People do not choose to get into an abusive relationship. It isn’t something that they just wake up one morning and decide they will involve themselves in.

Abusive relationships, for the most part, evolve slowly. It can start with small comments that are degrading. Perhaps your partner tells you that an outfit makes you look fat or that you are stupid. Those small
comments lead to occurring more frequently and bring about other degrading comments.

Before too long, those harsh comments fly out of their mouths sharply and bitterly and the verbal abuse has escalated to a level that completely strips the victim of their self-esteem.

Physical abuse can also start in the same slow manner. Perhaps that begins with a small slap or push. The partner quickly apologizes and promises that it will not happen again. Before too long, it does happen again. The victim of that abusive relationship soon finds themselves making up excuses for the bruises that continue to draw stares.

It can be more than difficult to leave an abusive relationship. The victims have to be strong enough to leave. If you know or suspect that someone is a victim of an abusive relationship, guide them towards getting some help before it’s too late.

The 12 step program is an extremely popular and often effective route to seek support or treatment for any number of conditions.  There are dozens if not hundreds of different kinds of support group style meetings that follow the 12 step program model today. 

The 12 step model is for most people easy to follow, and is virtually guaranteed to produce at least some positive effects in your life if you tackle it seriously.

The first, biggest, and most famous 12 step program is of course Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA.  AA began in the 1930s when two guys suffering from alcoholism got together and decided they would to whatever they could to assist each other in getting and staying sober. 

 These two guys were Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, often referred to as Bill and Bob, and little did they know the impact their 12 step program would have on the world of the future. 

The early 12 step program associated with AA was heavily focused on religion.  If you pickup a copy of the AA ‘big book’ (a clear reference to the Bible) you’ll see that it’s filled with religious wording and references to God, the Father. 

The religion associated with the 12 step program was of course Christianity, and the model itself is loosely based on a Christian fellowship called the Oxford Group. 

The Oxford Group emphasized a method involving self-reflection, surrender to God, admission of character defects, and restitution for harm done to others in order to recover from behavioral illnesses including addictions.  The method that Bill and Bob put together was largely influenced by the Oxford Group, and would become the same 12 step model followed in 12 step programs today. 

12 step programs still therefore usually encourage religion or at least spirituality.  For this reason, atheists, agnostics, and non-Christians are often turned off from 12 step programs due to their strong Christian roots.  However, most 12 step programs today offer meetings specifically designed for atheist or non-Christian members. 

Even in the regular meetings, it is rare for there to be any specific denomination emphasized or even mentioned in any religious discussion.

Today there are 12 step programs to help people struggling from addictions of any kind you can imagine, eating disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, as well as many other mental illnesses and traumatic experiences. 

Tried and tested, the 12 step program is always a good place to start if you are suffering from any of the conditions that there are programs for.