The book is called “About Natalie, A Daughter’s Addiction, a mothers love, finding their way back to each other.” CHRISTINE NAMAN is the author of Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11, Faces of Hope: Ten Years Later,

Faces of Hope at Eighteen, Caterpillar Kisses, Christmas Lights, The Novena, and The Believers.

She then took her abilities as an author to write a book about her struggles in dealing with a daughter who abused drugs. Her daughter, Natalie, participated in writing poems that are included in the book.

Love is very unique in terms of defining it. Is it a feeling defined as an emotional state or reaction. Maybe an emotion as a state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood. The problem with those are that they come and go and change and aren’t factually based. But love can’t work the same otherwise I could love you today, maybe tomorrow and then lose it later. We know that the part of the brain where our emotional control center is located which is in the limbic system. Which is a piece of the old part of our brain.

We tend to identify love most often with euphoria, but that isn’t the only emotion we feel that is tied to love. We do know that other feelings are created based on love

Ecstasy, compassion, surprise, anxiety, anger, jealousy, despair: we can fly all over the place as we swing from high to low all within this love.

Love almost has bi-polar qualities as a cyclic mood disorder.

What about love being defined as a drive?

There have been studies within brain scans that have shown where they believe this motivational drive comes from. Love is a need, and a drive. Like all drives, love is orchestrated in the reward system, in the old brain where the limbic system is, but also further back in the brain stem.

This is involuntary reflexes like breathing and heart rate.

The part of the brain that has no cognitive function which may be why it’s nearly impossible to control this primitive passion.

Maybe this insight can actually help us understand why love gets removed from the equation when we are abusing drugs. It also can cause us to see the real correlation with a dependency on the need for love.

If that part of the brain sounds familiar, its because it should.

The Primitive and old part of our brain is where drugs and alcohol and all behavioral addictions have their effect.

If drugs hijack that part of the brain, that drug almost seems to become love and since our brain has limits, love for others may get tossed aside.

Please check out her website at:

https://aboutnatalieaddictioncomfort.com/

Janey Lee Grace is an author, commentator, and is the popular holistic co-host on Steve Wright in the afternoon on BBC Radio 2.

She is the author of five books on Holistic living including the #1 Amazon best seller Imperfectly Natural Woman and currently writes columns for many magazines, and runs training workshops and consultations on Media Breakthrough for holistic businesses.

She hosts a podcast called "Alcohol free life," and gave a TED talk called "Sobriety rocks-who knew!" She runs "The Sober Club" inspiring others to focus on optimum health and wellbeing underpinned by sobriety.

Her newest book is "Happy Healthy Sober: Ditch the booze and take control of your life."

Sobriety refers to a decision to stay away from alcohol but in the context of the recovery world today is used interchangeably with any substance use.

The reasons why people make this decision varies across the board and as a counselor in the substance abuse field, I am always curious on those reasons because that motivation will literally make them or break them.

Whatever brought you to that decision is perfect in the beginning but as I have said many times that people get sober because of what they do not want but stay sober because of what they do want.

Join me as we reach out to the U.K. and discuss the substance problem in other areas of the world.

Janey Lee Grace: Author, Commentator, Singer, Radio Personality, and Podcast Host

https://www.thesoberclub.com/

Radio Station

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1LMy9nL32P7QmQBHdT1bbn9/janey-lee-grace

https://twitter.com/janeyleegrace?lang=en

Richard Kaufman is the author of “A hero’s journey, from darkness to light.”

He is the host of a podcast called, “Success: your why, powers your how.” Richard Kaufman has served in our military and was medically retired after 23 years of service.

One of his mission's was to support Operation Enduring freedom.

In 2001, George W. Bush, our president at that time, issued Operation Enduring freedom which were airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan as a direct response to 9/11. This began on Oct 7, 2001 and actually lasted until Dec 31, 2014.

He also fits well with this podcast as he has struggled with substance abuse, homelessness, and alcohol abuse.

Memorial day was about a week ago where we honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. The military should have a place in all of our hearts. In November, we have veterans day where we celebrate those that have and are fighting for our freedom.

Richard Kaufman is still fighting by "HELPING PEOPLE GET THEIR LIVES BACK."

He is known as the "comeback coach" and offers free services to those in need.

He is a hero who puts his hands out to anybody in need and emphasizes personal responsibility.

Richard Kaufman, " The Comeback Coach" is a Man of True Service. Author of "A Hero's Journey"

#thecomebackcoach

https://www.richardkaufman.net/

Podcast: "Success: Your Why Powers Your How"

Anthony Torres is an author of a new book “Letters to my people, thoughts of a recovering addict.” He is the lead pastor of Mountain View church in New Mexico. He has a lot of similarities to me and many of our listeners. He battled with drug addiction, suffered those same questions of our existence and walked away with many scars and then became a man of faith.

Faith is something that we all struggle with, whether it be faith in you child, your boss, or even faith that we will live until tomorrow. Faith is believing in something that we do not truly understand such as motives, agendas, or anything we can’t judge through our senses. What we see can even be altered requiring a certain amount of faith to believe that it is real. Faith in my judgment or even my feelings since they really are not always accurate.

The bible is by far the most inspirational book ever written whether you believe in it or not. Anthony is a man of love, compassion, and empathy.

Humility is what will save us in this world and it is also very appealing.

The book, “Pain, Failure and Misery are the Stepping Stones to Success,” and even though I didn’t create this based on this quote but “psalms 119 verse 71 says "It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees."

The greatest advocates out there fighting for the good of mankind had to suffer to spread their message of love. Anthony Torres is that example.

Anthony Torres. An Ex-Drug Abuser Who Became A Pastor. Who Would Have Thought? And, an Author

Please check out his book, “Letters to my people, thoughts of a recovering addict.”

https://www.amazon.com/Letters-My-People-Thoughts-Recovering/dp/057889758X/ref=pd_ybh_a_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N0PF65R9Q6WE5B0ST8K0

You can see his sermons at:

https://www.mvcalamo.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/anthony.torres.9887