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rch's blog http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/blog/30 en St. Patrick's Day http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2510 <div style="width: 150px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a href="/community/node/2510"><img src="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/files/images/Drinking and Driving_3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive" title="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive" class="image thumbnail" width="150" height="113" /></a></div> <p>Beer Manufacturers’ Campaign Promotes Excessive Drinking Under the Guise of<br /> Making St. Patrick’s Day a National Holiday</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2510">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2510#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:39:45 -0400 rch 2510 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Out of Action http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2282 <p>My Hunt and Peck won't get the job done in a good way. I cut my "pinkie" really bad and cannot use the keyboard that well. Got to wait for another two weeks. As for the rest of this month, I will be at Lee High School Feb. 26-27, and then at Stanton High School on February 28-29 for "Shattered Dreams".</p> <p>In the meantime, have a safe sober day.<br /> rch</p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2282#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:41:37 -0500 rch 2282 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Boost Treatment to Cut Prison Costs http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2178 <p>There is an increased concern in some regions that say community-based addiction treatment could help trim growing prison expenses. It may be that here in Midland, we are looking down the same path with our newly established "Drug Court".</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2178">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2178#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:37:29 -0500 rch 2178 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Health Benefit from Wine? http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2161 <div style="width: 99px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a href="/community/node/2161"><img src="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/files/images/Fatal Vision_1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="This could be you!" title="This could be you!" class="image thumbnail" width="99" height="150" /></a></div> <p>I hear it all the time, "But there is a health benefit from a glass of red wine a day." I see and hear people all the time attempting to reduce cardiovascular conditions by drinking red wine. Cutting out the high fat diet and adding some exercise to the daily routine is the real thing that works.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2161">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2161#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:49:08 -0500 rch 2161 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Alcohol Content in Wine Changing http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2159 <div style="width: 150px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a href="/community/node/2159"><img src="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/files/images/Drinking and Driving_2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive!" title="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive!" class="image thumbnail" width="150" height="113" /></a></div> <p>Some wine producers of the California vinyards are increasing the alcohol content in their products. It used to be that 12 percent alcohol content in wine was the norm. Then, over time, that increased to 14 percent, and is now (since the past three years) approaching 16 percent alcohol.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2159">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2159#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:34:38 -0500 rch 2159 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Beer and Cancer http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2157 <p>A special "brew" may be in the making. Seems an item called xanthohumol, rich in antioxidants, has been found and is added to beer. This ingredient is known to fight a cancer causing enzyme called, cytochrome P-4</p> <p>Currently, beer drinkers would have to down 60 beers at one setting to ingest a clinically effective amount of this cancer fighting substance to be effective.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2157">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2157#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:06:06 -0500 rch 2157 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Fast Food, Microwave Ready Meals, and Alcohol http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2156 <p>Let's face it! Our youth and young adults aren't as healthy as our forefathers were when they were in their 20s and 30s. We have an abundance of Junk-Fast food, and ready made meals which lack the nutrients of meals typically cooked by grandmas from older generations.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2156">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2156#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:56:05 -0500 rch 2156 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Texas College Kids Encouraged to Seek Help with Alcohol Emergencies http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2153 <p>Remember the article concerning Underage Drinking at the University of Texas a short while back? Here is a very promising and positive response to that issue.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2153">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2153#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:54:29 -0500 rch 2153 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Parking Lots and Barrel Racing http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2137 <div style="width: 150px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a href="/community/node/2137"><img src="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/files/images/BillBoard2.thumbnail.JPG" alt="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive!" title="Don&#039;t Drink and Drive!" class="image thumbnail" width="150" height="100" /></a></div> <p>Ever been to a Wal-Mart or downtown to the Post Office, or drive on Wadley lately?</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2137">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2137#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:59:58 -0500 rch 2137 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community Underage Drinking http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2133 <div style="width: 150px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a href="/community/node/2133"><img src="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/files/images/r_champagne.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Underage Drinking" title="Underage Drinking" class="image thumbnail" width="150" height="100" /></a></div> <p>Here is an article from CNN a short while back. "We taught them to drink in a civilized fashion, like a civilized human being," says Stanton Peele, psychologist and author of "Addiction-Proof Your Child."</p> <p><a href="http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2133">read more</a></p> http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community/node/2133#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:53:10 -0500 rch 2133 at http://www2.mywesttexas.com/community