MANY OF OUR CURRENT THOUGHTS, BEHAVIORS, AND ACTIONS, WHICH SEEM NEW, AND SEEM TO BE RELATED TO CURRENT EVENTS, IN REALITY ARE NOT NEW, AND HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN OUR PASTS.
5 years ago
We do not have as much free will as we think that we have.
Our pasts NUDGE us into repeated patterns of thoughts, behaviors and actions.
Charles Tadros, M.D.
November 3, 2021
Saint Louis, Missouri
A SAYING GOES,”THE TERM ‘NON-FOR-PROFIT’ IS AN IRS DESIGNATION. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS PLAN.” MAYBE IT WOULD NUDGE US INTO MORE THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES IF WE RAN ENTITIES AS IF THEY HAD TO BE FINANCIALLY SELF- SUSTAINING. Date May 26, 2021 In relation to non-for-profit FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE ADDICTIONS, THE ADDICTIONS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS, FEEL LIKE BREATHING: AUTOMATIC, CYCLIC, THOUGHTLESS, NATURAL, AND NEEDED FOR LIFE. THIS IS WHY, WHEN AN ADDICT PROMISES THEMSELVES, AND OTHERS, THAT THEY CAN QUIT (and that they will quit, when they are, “good and ready”), IT IS AS IF THEY HAVE PROMISED TO HOLD THEIR BREATH. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR A WHILE, BUT, EVENTUALLY, EVERY SEVERE ADDICT WILL RELAPSE. THEY HAVE TO BREATHE. Date November 26, 2021 In relation to addictions Recognizing some of the most common pre-suicide thoughts, behaviors, and actions… Date November 19, 2022 In relation to 988
