Conflict Assessment

So when I took a conflict assessment test I found out that I am very adept to handling conflict and do well with meditation, negotiation, and anger management. I am very approachable; people turn to me for advice about conflicts and their resolution... Now I never used to be like that at all, really I was the one who would be very confrontational towards everyone and was not very approachable at all. I remember someone telling me one time that when they first met me they were a little scared to talk to me only because my body language and the way I came off was a little too strong for them, but in the end when they got to know me a little better and they found out that I am a very sweet person and only look tough. Now the only reason why now I think that my attitude on life has changed and did a whole 180 degree turn for the better is because I look at life through a whole other set of eyes due to my sobriety. I am not that angry tough little girl who really was just scared of what you thought of her, and if you didn't like me than you were my enemy. I love my life now and only try to help people get that happiness that I wanted so badly when I first started to get sober and the happiness that I have today. I am so glad that I found it and I am hanging on for dear life to it. The funny thing is that it says I do well with meditation, well that is so true because I do this every morning when I wake up because I feel that when I do this my day goes better, and when I don't meditate before my day begins I tend to be in a very bad mood and I don't have a good day at all. I like to get up a little bit earlier in the morning so that I have time to do my meditation and if I don't get my meditation in before my day begins, I take the time to sit down and do it when I have free time during the day so that I have a better day after that. I love the way my life is now and I really would have never had got this inner peace that I have today if I was not sober and did not have the support that I have today, and for that I am eternally grateful.

Without a Trace...

I recently had the opportunity to read an article in Time magazine called Without a Trace. Now when I first read the title of this article I thought it was going to be about disappearance, or being gone without a trace never to be found. I was shocked to find out that the article was about an application for you cell phone called Tiger Text. Its basically an application for your phone that allows you to text someone a message than after a certain amount of time set by the person with the app automatically erases that message not only from your phone but also the other persons phone as well as any and all computers. The other person can not forward the message nor store it in their phone, the message never existed. Now the only reason why I think that this app would be use full to anyone would be for keeping secrets from someone or committing adultery, cheating in other words. "Our real concern was privacy," says Tiger Text founder Jeffrey Evans my opinion their real concern was teaching people how to keep secrets. Now lets say one of your kids has this app on their phone and they decided that they wanted to experiment with drugs or alcohol, the only way the parents are going to find out what kind of crowd their children are really hanging out with is if they are honest and that no secrets are kept between the parents and the child. With this app the children can talk to whoever they want about whatever they want without their parents finding out about it cause the message would be erased after a certain amount of time and then their is no stopping what kids will do. My parents used to look through my written letters to my friends to find out what was going on with me cause lets face it no teenager ever wants to talk to their parents about anything at that age, and you can't erase written letters. They other dis advantage to this app is lets say someone is being threatened by another person and the only proof they have is through the text messages. If the person has the tiger text app there is no way that they can prove that their life in in danger and, they could wind up dead or seriously injured. This app is nothing but bad in my eyes especially for those in relationships, think about it if your husband or boyfriend has this app on their phone you may want to think twice about why exactly they have this app. I encourage everyone to take warning to this app called Tiger Text it is for people who are trying to keep secrets and that can't and wont be honest with not only themselves, but with others around them.

Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamine

The next book that I would like to read is called Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamine. The reason why I would like to read this book is because I have had the great pleasure of reading his fathers book called Beautiful Boy and I absolutely loved it. The book Tweak is about a boy that grew up with an addiction to not only methamphetamine but also marijuana,alcohol,and other drugs as well. This book is about his journey through life suffering with all these addictions and how he overcame them through finding himself, now Tweak is his story and the book his father wrote Beautiful Boy was his fathers story about how he was living with a son who was a drug addict. It is two different perspectives from the opposite ends. What other have to say about this book is positive and negative as well, you get those who absolutely love what he wrote due to his honesty and bravery in talking to the younger generation about drug addiction and how it effects not only his life, but the lives of those around him as well. Then you have the other reviews of those who say that they thought that it was terrible due to the fact of him being so young and in experienced in writing a book. My opinion on the reviews of those who did not like the book is that they had read the fathers book Beautiful Boy and had the expectation of the son being a great writer as well and compared them which no reader should ever do, cause your just setting yourself up for disappointment. I can't wait to dive into this book cause if you have followed any of my other blogs that I have written then you know, that I have suffered and gone through the same addiction as well as the author has and would love to hear how he overcame this huge obstacle called addiction.