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January 4th - Word of the Day - Stigma

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stig·ma

[stig-muh]
noun, pluralstig·ma·ta [stig-muh-tuh, stig-mah-tuh, -mat-uh]

noun
1. a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation.

2. Medicine/Medical .
     a. a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: the stigmata of leprosy.
     b. a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.

3. Zoology .
     a. a small mark, spot, or pore on an animal or organ.
     b. the eyespot of a protozoan.
     c. an entrance into the respiratory system of insects.
4. Botany . the part of a pistil that receives the pollen.

5. stigmata, marks resembling the wounds of the crucified body of Christ, said to be supernaturally impressed on the bodies of certain persons, especially nuns, tertiaries, and monastics.

6. Archaic . a mark made by a branding iron on the skin of a criminal or slave.
Source: dictionary.reference.com
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January 4th - In Thought

Word of the Day - Stigma

The social stigma attached to being an addict may keep many of us from coming into recovery.  Today we have scientific proof that addiction is a treatable disease.  However, society still views those suffering from addictions as weak or that they have a moral deficiency.  Because of this we hide our problem from our loved ones and others we are in contact with; going into isolation as our disease progresses.  

The stigmatized are often rejected by society.  Coming into recovery we gain new coping skills to deal with the rejection that often produces feelings of shame, guilt and low self-esteem.  We begin by actively listening to how other recovering addicts, that have had similar feelings of not fitting the mold of society’s ‘norm’, live their lives on life’s terms. We learn that we can not control how those who do not understand addictions feel about us but we can control how we react to being stigmatized.  Through self-honesty; admitting to ourselves that we suffer from the disease of addiction.  Empowering ourselves by accepting this and taking action to treat our chronic illness whether through self-help fellowships and/or professional mental health service we begin the work to free ourselves from active addiction; bringing us out of isolation and closer to being productive members of society.

“I am a recovering addict and what you think of me is none of my business.”  

We have many advocates in recovery that are helping to reduce stigma and increase treatment for those with addiction.  Your best advocate in recovery to reduce stigma is your own recovery by empowering yourself with the tools to keep you from returning to active addiction and finding a new way to live and helping others to do the same.  

It will take time to and it will take work.  At first we may not see the change in ourselves but with continued work on our recovery; others will see the change in us.  We are not bad people trying to be good; we are sick people trying to well -  one day at a time.

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January 4th - Word of the Day - Stigma

stig·ma
[stig-muh]
noun, plural stig·ma·ta [stig-muh-tuh, stig-mah-tuh, -mat-uh]

noun
1. a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation.

2. Medicine/Medical .
     a. a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: the stigmata of leprosy.
     b. a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.

3. Zoology .
     a. a small mark, spot, or pore on an animal or organ.
     b. the eyespot of a protozoan.
     c. an entrance into the respiratory system of insects.
4. Botany . the part of a pistil that receives the pollen.

5. stigmata, marks resembling the wounds of the crucified body of Christ, said to be supernaturally impressed on the bodies of certain persons, especially nuns, tertiaries, and monastics.

6. Archaic . a mark made by a branding iron on the skin of a criminal or slave.
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January 13th - Word of the Day - Experience

ex·pe·ri·ence
[ik-speer-ee-uh’ns]
noun, verb, -enced, -enc·ing.

noun
1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.

2. the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something: business experience.

3. the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time: to learn from experience; the range of human experience.

4. knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone: a man of experience.

5. Philosophy . the totality of the cognitions given by perception; all that is perceived, understood, andremembered.


verb (used with object)
6. to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel: to experience nausea.

7. to learn byexperience.


Idiom
8. experience religion, to undergo a spiritual conversion by which one gains or regains faith in God.  
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Word of the Day - Decision

de·ci·sion

[dih-sizh-uh n]

–noun

1.the act or process of deciding;  determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.

2.the act of or need for making up one’s mind: This is a difficult decision.

3.something that is decided; resolution: He made a poor decision.

4.a judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court.

5.the quality of being decided;  firmness: He spoke with decision.

6.the final score in any sport or contest: The decision was 5 to 4 in favor of the home team.

7.Boxing . the awarding of a victory in a match not decided  by a knockout or technical knockout, usually through a vote of the referee and judges.

–verb (used with object)
8.Boxing . to win a victory over (one’s opponent) by a point score rather than a knockout.
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September 22nd - Word of the Day - Unseemly

un·seem·ly
[uhn-seem-lee]
adjective, -li·er, -li·est, adverb

adjective
1. not seemly;  not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.: an unseemly act; unseemly behavior.

2. inappropriate for time or place: an unseemly hour.

adverb
3. in an unseemly manner.

Synonyms
1.  unbefitting, inappropriate. See improper.

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Word of the Day - Family

fam·i·ly
[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee]

noun
1. a. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
    b. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.

2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.

3. the spouse and children of one person: We’re taking the family on vacation next week.

4. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.

5. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.

6. Chiefly British . approved lineage, especially noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.

7. a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.

8. the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family.

9. a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.

10. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.

11. a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.

12. Biology . the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.

13. Slang . a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.

14. Linguistics . the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages. Compare stock ( def. 12 ) , subfamily ( def. 2 ) .

15. Mathematics .
     a. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation.
     b. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter.
     c. a set.

adjective
16. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.

17. belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.

18. suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.

19. not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.

Idiom
20. in a / the family way, pregnant.

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