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National Novel Writing Month. Na No Wri Mo. NaNoWriMo. It started out as something of a dare among friends with too much time on their hands and grew to a world wide internet event.

I believe they have a connection to Lulu.com and or Amazon to help you publish your book.

You receive a certificate declaring you did it. That is nice. The prize for me is that when my first wife died I was had a novel almost completed. I never finished it. I started another novel after she passed away. I never finished it either. Since then I have started a book to be co...

Sorry! I meant to get back sooner. What a person doesn't realize when they get involved with this is that it takes up all your spare time after work. What you don't realize while you are doing it is all the other -- read IMPORTANT things -- are NOT getting done. Like checking to...

thank you, everybody, I wrote almost 20,000 words the past two days. I need a shower and a sleep. I have to be to work at 5am. should be able to be on AllDeaf tuesday night.

I finished my NaNoWriMo novel today coming in at 51,928 words. It is one strange novel, and I can not say I wasn't influenced by some of our conversations on AllDeaf because I was. I had no idea where the novel was going or what all the characters were doing in it until yesterday when I...

So if we upped the game just a little bit -- Not a whole lot, mind you, just a tad, and instituted group therapy for ALL inmates twice a day, morning and evening (Under a trained and qualified counselor of course) -- would that not be a BIG step in the right direction? Thus giving those...

Not all drug addicts are liars. I can think of at least two who NEVER lie. People wish they did.

We could always start with the most obvious and work our way down. For instance I have noticed that lack of self respect is a big factor for addicts, especially the more self destructive ones. Thus the POS syndrome. These are the addicts that are most apt to wind up in jail. Where...

This response kind of lost me. The only people I know who can spot an addict with certainty is another addict. On the other hand people tell me the damnedest things about themselves. Probably because I don't care what they did, what they are doing, or what they are going to do so long...

I think my last post also holds a clue to why drugs are so attractive you young people. We go through a stage in our childhood development where PEOPLE - That is our friends and peers nowadays - are more important to us than any other factor in our lives. At one time this meant family...

Insulating factors. I think personality has far more to do with the issue than is usually accredited. Certain things I noticed in drug addicts but not always in alcoholics. Refusal to accept responsibility for their part in any of their problems or anything that happens. Lack of...

This becomes self fulfilling prophecy. Especially seen as addicts tend to blame EVERYONE and EVERYTHING for their problems. Every family has some type of a problem. Every family has at least one member who is not going to go with the flow in one way or another. Every family has at least...

I think the problem here is a confusion of subjects. Two definitions: That which is a crime. And That which is criminal behavior. Unfortunately there is only one definition of a crime. That which is illegal and you can be arrested for. That which is criminal behavior posits an...

Not universal. Not even in the U.S. Depends on your religion, culture, etc. You definition is really and ideal, and like most ideals almost unattainable. If you happen to have parents who represent all of these traits that is NO guarantee the children will share them. You seem to...

I have never gone through treatment. But some of the people I love have. Some of them are still a part of my life. Others I have had to refuse to associate with any longer. And some have died.

To me one of the biggest social ills is the desire of Americans to legally take away the rights of others "For Their Own Good." or "For Their Safety." or "To Help Them Live Normal Lives." When someone can't be the person they want to be it is easier to look at drug addiction, or even suicide...

Interesting point. Problem is "What is a loving, balanced family?" Often this is a cultural concept, not a realistic one. As an outsider to the family what you believe to be a wonderful family could be a horrible experience for the individuals behind closed doors. Bigger problem...

Predisposition or no predisposition, here are the facts. Some addicts have concomitant traits that are socially destructive, others do not. Some addicts will use the rent money, their children's lunch money, and sell everything in the house to support their addiction. Others are...

However illegalizing drugs does cause problems of its own and I do believe legalizing anything that can be grown in your backyard would be a step in the right direction. What laws might be made that would reduce drug addiction? Oddly it would be eliminating and/or altering laws that have...