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Marlatt teaches a technique called "urge surfing" as a way to cope. "The urge is like a wave," he says. "It goes up and down. You don't try to get rid of it, but accept it and let it pass." People tend to think that urges will escalate infinitely if they don't yield to them - but in fact, like a wave, they rise to a peak and then fall. That is, even if you don't give in, the urge dissipates...
...study by researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City suggests a biological explanation for why certain people tend to live life on the edge - it involves the neurotransmitter dopamine, the brain's feel-good chemical. (See the Year in Health, from...
Drops in wealth do seem to reduce happiness, but even that is short-lived. The American Enterprise Institute's Arthur Brooks, who wrote Gross National Happiness, says our moods tend to adjust to new economic realities quickly. "We do find in poor economic times, you get dips in happiness, but they don't last long," says Brooks. "Money may buy happiness, but not very much...
...feeling down, don't worry. You've got company. Economists and psychologists say that recessions tend to make nearly everyone less happy...
...Even though these stands don't stray from his predecessor's, we tend to remember John Paul more for his globetrotting, crowd-pleasing ways. Benedict, more a thinking-man's Pope, tends to make news with his words rather than actions...