Recipe for Relapse

1. Add 5 pounds of self-righteous anger to a pot of hot water.

2. Mix in equal amounts of self-pride, arrogance, and self-pity.

3. Sprinkle liberal amounts of unrealistic expectations for yourself and others.

4. Stir with the spoon of isolation until all the ingredients are mixed well.

5. Turn up the flame until you get a nice boiling resentment

6. Put the lid of denial on the boiling pot.

7. Wait for as long as it takes the lid to blow off the pot. Scrape the mixture off the walls and all the people in your life onto a colorful dish.

8. Garnish with guilt, shame, and remorse.

Let the mixture cool before eating. This is a dish best served cold.

This meal is best complemented by a desert of humble pie.

Enjoy!

Of course if this recipe is not to your liking you can go on a special diet.

This diet consists of 12 servings of gratitude a day. At least 8 servings of honesty are recommended. Humility must be consumed with every meal. Selfishness, self-pity, self-righteous anger, and resentments are strictly forbidden. If you are hungry between meals you may snack on unlimited quantities of meetings and service work. Fellowship will help ease the hunger pains associated with the first few months of this diet.

Nicholas Messina M.D.

Dr. Messina became a Board Certified Family Practitioner in 1985. He was in solo practice until 1994.He then helped form a group Family Practice in which he served as Vice President.

He left group practice in 1997 and became the Medical Director of a Wellness Center. He was responsible for coordinating the efforts of nutritionists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, exercise physiologists, and Chinese medicine practitioners into integrated medical care plans that were individualized to the patient.

He became the Medical Director of an independent clinical research facility in 2000. He has been the Principal Investigator in over 50 clinical trials involving osteoarthritis, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, dry eye, migraine, and diabetes prevention.

He has served as consultant to a nutritional company, and has formulated nutritional supplements.

By way of his website,his vision is to provide a road map for healthy living in today's hectic world.

As the site grows, information on diet, exercise, nutritional supplements, and stress reduction will be provided. Common illnesses will be explained, as well as their treatments.

He will continue to formulate and make available healthy, reliable, nutritional supplements.

Through the miracle of technology, he hopes to spend the same quality time with the many as he now does with the few.

He intends to accomplish this through the addition of free content on medical illnesses, a free newsletter, and eventually the addition of e-books and e-courses on specific topics.