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How much personal data did your cup of coffee cost you today?

A simple trip to your local coffee shop or visit to their website to browse or place a pick-up order can lead to divulging more personal information than you may have intended. Starting an account, signing up for a rewards program or simply completing a transaction will have you literally giving away your first and last name, email address, phone number, username, password, billing address, your birthday, your credit card number and who knows what else before you even taste your coffee.

I personally find it strange how willing we still are to give personal data for let’s say a free cup of coffee after making 10 purchases of $6.00 coffee. The rewards are generally so trivial and yet we act like we are trading one free thing for another of equal value. Why are we so inclined to divulge our most identifying information for such simple pleasures, when we can simply decline and really would not have lost a thing? Why are we so quick to press that yes button, instead of no. The simplest answer is convenience. It is so much easier to click the yes button and answer no follow up questions. If you do not just select yes, you usually have to choose other preferences. Other preferences will likely lead to follow up questions and require more reading to get to the no that you are truly looking for and that will preserve your personal data. It may take a couple more minutes of my time, but I sleep better at the end of the day.

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The Weakest Embedded Link

One of the most difficult vulnerabilities to overcome is human error. You cannot simply program your employees to only open specific emails or attachments and there is no guarantee that training will be effective. When it comes to phishing, you are only as strong as the weakest link at your organization and anyone with access to personal information is a potential vulnerability that could be exploited.

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Emails will regularly have embedded links to provide quick access to files, emails, or websites. Where malicious actors take advantage is that they embed links that appear legitimate but go to a false site where viruses or means to collect information, such as passwords and account info, are instead.

In the simplest form, imagine an email from your bank asking you to login and verify some questionable transactions. It seems reasonable and you go through the link, entering your information in what you think is a legitimate site. What really happens is that you just provided all your bank account login information to an unknown group.

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In many cases, businesses provide training to their employees, encouraging good behavior around email usage. Of course, we know that this is not a perfect solution because phishing attacks still occur and work.

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'He'll be an amazing brand ambassador': Scott Cohen takes innovation role at WMG

Scott Cohen has joined Warner Music Group in the newly created position of chief innovation officer, recorded music.

The appointment had been trailed ahead of today’s formal announcement.

Cohen, who co-founded The Orchard, reports to Max Lousada, WMG’s CEO, recorded music. In his new post, Cohen will help guide the long-term course of the company through both music and technology.

Lousada said: “Scott spots and champions emerging technology with the same level of passion, creativity and ambition that our A&Rs bring to artist development. A valuable addition to our senior team, he’ll be an amazing brand ambassador and thought-leader, who joins a great lineage of maverick entrepreneurs at the independent major.”

Cohen added: “It’s no longer enough for entertainment companies to merely embrace change, they need to create the future themselves. What attracted me to Warner was the sense that Max and his team are building an environment where truly original, disruptive ideas can flourish. Warner is uniquely positioned to take an agile but principled approach to growing the universe of opportunity for music.”

Cohen is a prominent public speaker and evangelist for new business models for the digital age, including AR, VR, blockchain and AI. He is also the co-founder of CyborgNest, a company exploring the interface of biological and digital intelligence.

Cohen began his music career in the late ‘80s in independent and major label artist management.

In 1997, Cohen and Richard Gottehrer (co-founder of WMG’s Sire Records label), started The Orchard to provide independent artists the ability to sell their music to mainstream audiences.

The Orchard came of age a few years later when it delivered the largest catalogue of independent music to the digital music consumer via iTunes. By 2004, it had become the first indie digital distributor to hit one million paid downloads.

The company is now owned by Sony Music and has operations in 40 global territories.

Cohen was on the BPI Council for many years and sits on the boards of tech companies.

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Winner of seven César Awards, including Best Film!

Xavier Giannoli’s headlong adaptation of a Balzac novel paints a timely picture of literary ambition and media corruption in 19th-century France, a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media. In some ways it is a very old-fashioned, supremely French movie, full of costumes and quill pens, sex and speechifying, and stylish acting even in the smallest roles. However, “Giannoli illuminates the dank frenzy of the 19th-century attention economy with an eye on our own post-truth era. If there’s any justice this movie will become a touchstone among the grasping, scheming denizens of the current media jungle.” ~ A. O. Scott, The New York Times.

Period-drama perfection. Acted with such terrific panache that not enjoying it is impossible. The film’s galloping momentum is exhilarating, and there is broad comedy in its elision of carnal desire and social ambition. Superb.” ~ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian


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Destiny 2: How to complete Sever – Catharsis

Time to put the squad together.

It's all been leading up to this. The final moments in Season of the Haunted's Bound in Sorrow 51-part quest chain. Bungie has been making serious improvements to the story-telling in Destiny 2 and the Sever series only hammers that point home. Let's dive into how to unlock it and bring our favorite team of characters back home.

How to unlock Sever - Catharsis in Destiny 2

Catharsis is the seventh mission in the Bound in Sorrow series. This season-long quest resumes at step 47.

  • Return to Eris at the Crown of Sorrow in the H.E.L.M.
  • Gather 500 Vestiges of Dread to power up your Nightmare Harvester
  • Complete tiers of the Nightmare Containment public event within the Derelict Leviathan and bind your Vestiges of Dread at the Nightmare Harvester after completing the final tier to create a Bound Presence
  • Board the Leviathan with Crow, Zavala, Caiatl, and Eris to stop Calus before it's too late
  • Return to Eris at the Crown of Sorrow in the H.E.L.M.

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Destiny 2: Sever - Catharsis Walkthrough

This is it! Everything we've done over the past month and a half plays out now!

  • Drop into the Derelict Leviathan and smash through Calus' paltry defenses while your fireteam plants their amplifiers
  • Follow the path forward until you reach Empress Caiatl
  • Plant the Rally Banner and laugh defiantly at Calus
  • Burn down the Nightmare of the Fanatic and return to Caiatl's side to survive Calus' onlslaught
  • Take out either Ghaul or Kethiks and return to Caiatl's side to survive Calus' onlslaught
  • Eliminate the remaining boss and relish your hard-won victory

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Hold Your Hankering Horses – Dead Deer

Hold Your Hankering Horses

The desire was too much to contain. Zoom in as everything else around that troublesome target loses focus, becomes fuzzy, indistinct and eventually disappears. Ceases to be. Hence it is that all around is torn down, laid to waste, gone to waste. Decaying or destroyed, it is all the same. A full-on desperate charge toward this fatal, foolish whim.

Inside, though, it is uncontrollable, unstoppable. Nothing, but nothing, matters. Everything and everyone can go to hell, and do.

Turning the corner, a corner like any other, out on the country path and suddenly face to face with it. Let us get on thing straight from the off; horses are big. This one had steam in its nostrils and blood in its mane. And it was angry. The shimmering, rock hard muscles rippled and strained as it reared and snarled.

“What did you do to contribute? To help?”

Can you respond? What did you do? Drink and complain? Rant and read? Did it help? Did any of it help? The distant sun revolves softly and gently sinks. You are left in the dark of the dusk and the silence of your soul. You failed. You know you have failed and all that is left is to stare at that realisation of who and what you are, amongst the bleak ruins of a longing that is long-lost. You did not make it, you see now, you did not hold back yet neither did you succeed.

A waste. What an all encompassing waste. Too much, too late.

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Smog in India and Pakistan Looks Even Worse from a Satellite

For the better part of a month, the subcontinent has been facing a severe smog that shows no signs of dying down.

Various cities in Pakistan and India have been affected, with people being asked to stay indoors due to poor visibility, safety and health concerns.

Experts believe that much of the smog is due to the burning of crops in northern India (about 35 tons of crops that is).

The smog has intensified due to dust and air pollution from factories and vehicles as well.

In Lahore, the situation has gotten so worse that many schools in Punjab have shut down and changed their timings. Motorists are told to not drive in poor visibility as well.

The air is so bad that it is more than the equivalent of smoking 50 cigarettes a day.

In the pictures below (taken by NASA satellites), you can the level of air pollution in Pakistan and India in a clear way. The darker shades of brown color show the areas most severely hit by the smog.

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  • Looks like nobody is bothered by this smog. I see minimal efforts by the government. Even civil society seems content with it.

    • > Even civil society seems content with it.

      The only pollution and air quality data we have for Lahore today is from a private citizen who set up monitoring systems in two locations in the city. The only seminar/workshop related to the smog and how to deal with it was held by private citizens recently.

      Read the posts in the “Citizens for Clean Air” group on Facebook and follow @LahoreSmog on Twitter for more examples.

  • Just wait till the outdated and practically banned world wide coal fired power plants get commisssioned in Punjab, the going away gift of the commission eaters of our Governmen.

  • Oh with Smog it is so much typical to leave the home. God Bless all the people living in both countries.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has activated provisions in the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that could make you eligible for tax benefits for certain relief payments. Learn more about IRC Section 139 and other applicable tax credits.

Section 139 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) outlines rules and guidelines for disaster-relief payments. As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, causing record unemployment numbers and business closures, this section of the tax code has been triggered.

Whether you’re an employer or individual, you could be eligible for certain tax deductions related to COVID-19. While the CARES Act has provided stimulus payments and other benefits to Americans and businesses, these additional tax credits offer further assistance for those struggling during the pandemic.

Here’s an overview of what you need to know about IRC Section 139, the FFCRA, and other tax credits related to COVID-19 that you could be eligible for.

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Section 139 outlines how employers can handle relief payments to employees during a disaster. Applicable payments are those made to staff members who have been directly impacted by the pandemic. This compensation is deductible for the employer and will also be excluded from the worker’s income.

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  • Reimbursement or pay for expenses to repair or rehabilitate a personal home or its contents, which are attributable to the pandemic

Qualifying payments will be free of income, payroll, and self-employment taxes.

Note that emergency relief payments made to employees from charitable organizations are covered under Section 139. This means that if a business makes disbursements through a controlled private foundation and other applicable guidelines are followed, payments will be tax-free.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) outlines how employers can provide paid sick leave or family and medical leave related to COVID-19. If eligible, business owners can claim tax credits on these leave payments made to employees if they had to take time off work because of COVID-19. These provisions are in place from April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020.

Eligible employers are businesses with fewer than 500 employees, and those required to pay qualified sick leave wages or family leave wages under the FFCRA.

The FFCRA covers employees for:

  • Two weeks or 80 hours of paid sick leave at the same rate of pay if the employee is quarantined or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
  • Two weeks or 80 hours of sick leave at two-thirds of their pay if they need to care for an individual who must quarantine or take care of a child who cannot attend school normally

Other COVID-19 tax benefits

If an individual has experienced significant impacts from COVID-19 and has an IRA, they can borrow up to $100,000 from the account and pay it back within three years of the date of withdrawal. This can all be done as if it is a tax-free rollover. There is also no limit on what can be done with the funds during the three years.

Another credit applicable to employers is the employee retention credit. This tax break encourages employers to keep their workers on the payroll during the pandemic. The credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in payments made by an employer impacted by COVID-19. Eligible employers include those whose business is wholly or partially suspended, or whose gross receipts are less than half of the comparable quarter in 2019. Once the receipts reach above 80% of the comparable quarter in 2019, they no longer qualify.

Additionally, the CARES Act allows for deferment of employment payroll taxes. Both self-employed workers and employers can defer social security tax to be paid at the end of 2021 and 2022.

Work with a tax professional to understand COVID-19 deductions

Still have questions about tax deductions related to COVID-19? These changing regulations can be complicated and confusing. Work with a tax professional who can ensure that you’re paying the least amount of tax legally possible. You must always be sure that you’re complying with all applicable laws while taking advantage of any deductions and credits for which you qualify.

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Chris Kanich: Privacy on the Modern Web

Billions of people use the Internet every day for all sorts of activities, from shopping to gambling to dating to academic research. For the vast majority of users, a browser is the primary interface between them and the world wide web. Yet the very fact that browser features are so ubiquitous makes them extremely vulnerable to privacy and security compromises. Not only browser history, but all sorts of data such as browser size, location and time of day could become extremely invaluable to third parties, whether they are Internet giants like Google, Facebook and Apple or more nefarious users. Companies such as Microsoft and Mozilla have tried to combat consumers’ privacy concerns by introducing private browsing modes, but it seems that even these may not be entirely foolproof ways of surfing the Internet anonymously.

This week on The Provocateur I talk to Chris Kanich, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to discuss the privacy and security issues raised by the modern web. We start by exploring the history of browser features since the mid-’90s, from hypermedia to JavaScript to the fully integrated browsers of today. Then we move onto the privacy and security vulnerabilities created by ubiquitous code such as that found on Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Finally we investigate a range of legal and ethical implications, from the EU’s directive on the ‘right to be forgotten’ to monitoring terrorism online and even the security complications of cloud computing.

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Eckersley, P. (2010) ‘How Unique is Your Web Browser?’ in Atallah, M. J. and N. Hopper (eds.) Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Proceedings of the 10th International PETS Symposium. Cham: Springer.

Snyder, P. et al. (2016) ‘Browser Feature Usage on the Modern Web’, Proceedings of the 2016 Internet Measurement Conference.


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Evil Prosecutors, Stupid Defendants

Alright, for those of you reading this site for the first time, a recap. Last fall I did a special circumstance trial. I was convinced that the defendant was innocent, and that they were charging the wrong person (this is a conclusion I almost never reach, I'm not a true believer who thinks everyone's innocent, the police always lie, and the system's so screwed up that everyone is getting the short end of the stick by being charged). There were two eyewitnesses who knew my client from before the shooting (they denied knowing him, but there was pretty compelling evidence that they at least knew who he was and discussed him prior to viewing a series of photos and picking him out as the shooter). The eyewitnesses insisted that they had never seen the shooter before. The decedant (who was with 3 of the other eyewitnesses) certainly knew my client, and never said anything during the incident which would indicate he knew who he was. A final eyewitness, a sort bizarre older guy who lived at the location insisted that my client didn't do the shooting, and picked someone out as the shooter, who, as it turns out, lives in the area and had been named in a tip as a suspect.

There was DNA found at the scene, and the prosecution never did anything to try and find out whether the DNA at the scene matched this 3rd person (my client was excluded from the DNA). The police did nothing to investigate this 3rd party until I startd making noises about him, and only then they did a half-assed job of it, and neither the police nor the prosecution ever tried to get his DNA to compare it to the sample at the scene, or ever try to run the sample through the state database.

The case hung, the guilty jurors said that as far as they were concerned, if two people came in and said my client did it, that was all they needed (I'll probably call an ID expert next time who can talk about how their IDs were tainted by discussing my client before making the ID, and how they would naturally pick out the most familiar face). My client was clearly a suspect because he had a prior record, but never for shooting anyone. He did have a few robberies from the early 1990s, though.

After the case hung, the DA has basically gone out to, no, not try and see if he really is the shooter and test that DNA, but to do whatever it takes to nail my client. Now she has filed a new case on him for possessing a shank in the jail. This is where I talk about stupid defendants. I don't know if he really did have the shank in the jail, but if he did, that would be incredibly stupid. You see, as the DA so gleefully pointed out in her message to me (she actually had a little laugh in her voice), my client is now looking at a 3rd strike possession of a shank case. This means he could be acquitted of the murder and freed on that case, and get 25 to life on the possession of the shank case. And let's face it, it's much easier to fight a murder case where the evidence your client did it is scant, than it is to fight the possession of a shank in jail case. I mean, he doesn't live in a mansion where someone could be stowing things around his house without his knowledge, this is a little jail cell (albeit one with 4 cellmates, so that's clearly an issue).

But think about this, last October/November I'm doing this special circumstance murder case, convinced I have an innocent client, it hangs (which is, I guess, a pretty good result), and now the DA may very well dismiss the murder, get 25 to life on him for the shank (and it would really be a life sentence, here in California, at least), and then hold the murder in abeyance over his head for the rest of his life on the off chance that the prison system ever lets him out or his case is reversed. I mean, he may have actually been wrongfully incarcerated for the last 2 years, but may never get out. In fact, they could now test that DNA, find it's not him, and still give him 25 to life on this case.

Absurd. I'm not even angry about this, I'm just exhausted. Give me a break already.

Monday, January 19, 2004

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Thursday, January 15, 2004

Hello Everyone.

I don't know what happened, but somehow I lost all of my comments, and so many of you had made good ones. I'm sorry about that, there was actually some very good discussion going on. I've always thought of myself as somewhat computer savvy, so I'm always astounded by how little I really know when I try to go and decode what's going on when I go through all of this HTML stuff.

If anyone knows how to revive my old comments, or to put the old ones here with the new commenting system, I'm happy to listen. Put the feedback on the comments, or email me.

I'll post something new soon. Something interesting is brewing with that special circumstance murder case I hung last November.

Thursday, January 08, 2004

Criminal Law is so much better than Civil Law.

Just about all of the bad reputuation that lawyers have comes as a result of civil lawyers. You see, there are so many lawyers out there that there is a great degree of anonymity in the practice of law. There is only a small chance that, unless you have a specialized area of practice or a certain type of repeating case, that you will have many cases with the same lawyer. Also, so few civil lawyers spend much time in court, and their cases get so little time and attention in court, that they rarely have to go and explain their actions to a judge in open court. The result of this anonymity, and lack of open vetting of their actions, means that civil lawyers have a far greater ability to be, well, uncivil, to eachother in their practice of law. They communicate by letter and fax, or phone, but rarely in person. As a result, they are frequently jerks. Their letters are frequently venemous, the phone calls are worse, and most letters are merely an attempt to recast the previous phone conversations in favorable manner to the letter writer. The end of every letter usually has some kind of statement like "if you disagree with this, I will expect a written disagreement within the next XXX days." Thus, they keep fighting back and forth over increasingly meaningless things.

This contrasts dramatically with the practice of Criminal law. I work in a very large city, one of the country's most populous, nad handle a large amount of cases. That being said, there are probably only about 4,000 lawyers who practice with any degree of regularlity in my area. When you start to break it down, there are even less, because many of them appear only infrequently in court. Many also do not work on felonies, which would be just about the only type of lawyer I deal with. As a result, in any particular courthouse, if you work there for more than a couple of weeks, everyone will know you. Go to another courthouse, and people will get to know you there as well.

But, guess what, they already will know you. This is because the DAs, Public Defenders, court staff, and Judges all have worked in other parts of the county, and they know people from other locations. So, if lawyer X comes into a court and starts causing a ruckus, it will quickly get around that courthouse. Some enterprising soul will quickly call to where that lawyer was last seen (not hard to figure out), and find out more about the person. Soon, people will know not only what kind of stuff that lawyer is known for pulling, but also the fact that his wife left him because he was bad in bed, and that he picks his nose, and that he really can't try a case if his life depended on it. You get my point, there is a far greater incentive to get along.

The Judges tend to know you as well. If you are always jumping up and down screaming the sky is falling, it gets around, and they tend to listen to you less. If you have a good reputation as one who fights hard, but more importantly, is courteous, polite, a good personality, intelligent and reasonable, you will be listened to far more. DAs will respect you when you make representations, and Judges will take you at your word without you having to confirm everything in writing.

The upshot of this is that things are done far more informally in criminal courts than in civil courts. You don't have to write confirming letters, and you almost never ask for santions, or do things of that sort. The stuff comes back to get you. Discovery tends to be resolved easily and informally, so that you don't spend your whole life writing motions to compel. Do we fight? You betcha, but we do it in what I think is the proper forum, Court, in front of a judge and, preferably, a jury.

This is one of the reasons that the practice of criminal law is so much more enjoyable than civil law. This is why, when people ask me "why don't you go private?" I am always skeptical. Sure, private criminal is fine, but then I'd have to do that icky civil stuff, and fight over who broke my pencil at the last deposition, and the fact that lawyer X kicked me under the table durnig a settlement conference, and since he didn't deny it in a letter he responded to my response to his response to my allegation, he must have admitted it. Ugh. Keep me fighting for people's lives rather than their money.


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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an obligate human pathogen capable of persisting in individual hosts for decades. We sequenced the genomes of 21 strains representative of the global diversity and six major lineages of the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) at 40- to 90-fold coverage using Illumina next-generation DNA sequencing. We constructed a genome-wide phylogeny based on these genome sequences. Comparative analyses of the sequences showed, as expected, that essential genes in MTBC were more evolutionarily conserved than nonessential genes. Notably, however, most of the 491 experimentally confirmed human T cell epitopes showed little sequence variation and had a lower ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous changes than seen in essential and nonessential genes. We confirmed these findings in an additional data set consisting of 16 antigens in 99 MTBC strains. These findings are consistent with strong purifying selection acting on these epitopes, implying that MTBC might benefit from recognition by human T cells.

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A silent mutation in mabA confers isoniazid resistance on Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mol Microbiol. 2014 Feb;91(3):538-47. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12476. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is caused by mutations in restricted regions of the genome. Mutations in katG, the promoter region of the mabA-inhA operon, and inhA are those most frequently responsible for isoniazid (INH) resistance. Several INH-resistant (INH(r) ) Mtb clinical isolates without mutations in these regions have been described, however, indicating that there are as yet undetermined mechanisms of INH resistance. We identified the mabA(g609a) silent mutation in a significant number of INH(r) Mtb clinical isolates without known INH resistance mutations. A laboratory strain, H37Rv, constructed with mabA(g609a) , was resistant to INH. We show here that the mabA(g609a) mutation resulted in the upregulation of inhA, a gene encoding a target for INH, converting the region adjacent to the mutation into an alternative promoter for inhA. The mabA(g609a) silent mutation results in a novel mechanism of INH resistance, filling in a missing piece of INH resistance in Mtb.

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MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Oxidoreductases / biosynthesis
  • Point Mutation*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Up-Regulation

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Oxidoreductases
  • InhA protein, Mycobacterium
  • Isoniazid

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I’ve been talking about Medicaid and the possibility of budget cuts. Now let me turn to another major health expense for NC that GOPers are already mentioning as a place for cuts – NC’s state employees’ health plan. The plan insures over half a million schoolteachers, snowplow drivers (some of my favorite people at the moment), highway patrol officers and others. Like other workers, health coverage is an important basic benefit for state employees. And costs in the state health plan continue to rise just like health care costs in private health insurance plans. This makes a nice talking point when legislators are looking an easy budget cut but are state health plan costs really out of line with other health plans?

This is a question with an answer. Last year a special study commissioned by the oversight committee of the state health plan was conducted by the private business group Aon Consulting to compare the costs of NC’s state health plan to the costs of the plans in Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee.

The findings? NC has the lowest – yes, lowest – cost per employee or family member insured of all states studied. Why? Aon Consulting suggested that the health plan was getting better rates from doctors, keeping state employees in local provider networks, and managing health risk better. Bottom line here is pretty simple. NC is already paying the lowest per employee for health coverage of any surrounding state. To cut more from the NC State Health Plan where cost sharing is already extremely high and many other cost saving measures are already clearly in place and working, is really going to hurt our state employees. Like many parts of state government that have seen billions of cuts over the last two years, it’s hard to cut more when cuts have already been deep and sustained.

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Colleague 1: Debby

    Being able to look at the different designs and choosing the right design for the information necessary to give an accurate accounting is imperative.  Looking at the variables and outcomes wanting to be measured is also an important part of choosing a statistical design.  The outcome of the design should be able to tell whether the goals of the client have been met (Dudley, 2014).  In the study Social Work Research: Chi Square (Plummer, Makris, & Brocksen, 2014b), the outcome of the client was the outcome data measured.

     The intervention provided by the organization was to rehabilitate recently paroled prison inmates and get these clients ready for full-time employment (Plummer, et. al., 2014b).  The design was to use a quasi-experimental research design and the program started with thirty recently paroled clients, the intervention group (Plummer, et. al., 2014b).  There was also another thirty recently paroled individuals that were waiting to enter the rehabilitation program, the comparison group (Plummer, et. al., 2014b).  The parole officers of each individual within both the intervention group as well as the comparison group were provided surveys regarding the employment and demographics of the individual (Plummer, et. al., 2014b).  The independent variable (rehabilitation program group) and the dependent variable (employment outcome), were measured using the Pearson chi-square and compared to the comparison group.

    This study found the difference in the two groups were highly significant with a p value of .003 which is beyond the usual alpha-level of .05 which is used by researchers to determine the significance of the design used (Plummer, et. al., 2014b).  This type of findings would give the organization reason to believe that the rehabilitation program could be effective when working with these clients in being able to obtain full-time employment (Plummer, et. al, 2014b).

Internal Validity

The validity of the rehabilitation program may be compromised by the two groups selected for the study.  For example, there was no random selection when choosing the groups.  Also, gaining employment may or may not prove that these individuals can maintain employment and for how long.  This type of study would need a random selection of the groups as well as follow-up for a specific amount of time in order to follow how these groups were able to maintain the full-time employment.  The individuals that did not find employment and the individuals that found part-time employment would also need to be followed to measure whether full-time employment was achieved after a period of time.  This type of study gives a basic measurement but in order to truly get a valid conclusion regarding the rehabilitation program and the ability to gain and maintain full-time employment, there would need to be further evaluation.

Dudley, J. R.  (2014).  Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do.  (2nd ed.).  Chicago, IL:

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Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S.  (Eds.).  (2014b).  Social work case studies:

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Colleague 2: Tammy

In the case study “Social Work Research: Chi Square”, Molly, an administrator with a regional organization asked a team of researchers to conduct an outcome evaluation of a new vocational rehabilitation program for recently paroled prison inmates (Plummer, Makris, & Brocksen, 2014). The findings of the chi square showed that the vocational rehabilitation intervention program is effective in increasing the employment status of participants. These conclusions come from two groups, which are the first 30 participants (intervention group) and the waiting list 30 participants (comparison group). The vocational rehabilitation intervention program is effective due to 18 or 60.0% that are a part of the intervention group, have full-time employment.  The Chi Square also shows that out of the comparison group, 6 or 20.7% have full-time employment, but 16 or 55.2% do not have employment, and are not participating in the program. However, if the non-employment levels from the comparison group were affected (in the program), then the study shows that there is a greater chance for full-time employment for participants.

The factors limiting the internal validity of this study is that the researcher of this study observed the comparison group and the 30 (wait list) participants were not affected by this study. Internal validity is only relevant in studies that try to establish a causal relationship and is not relevant in most observational or descriptive studies (Trochim, 2006). The intervention group was affected due to, they are already participating in the program and benefiting from the program. This group was also observed. Factors that limits the ability to draw conclusions regarding cause and effect relationships are that the test only describes the relationship between two variables, which are employment levels and treatment condition.  The study does not discuss anything prior to when the paroles where prison inmates. Employment level outcome effectiveness for recently paroled prison inmates are being studied. It doesn’t tell what was done for the program for the participants to gain full-time employment, which shows construct validity (Trochim, 2006).

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014b). Social work case studies: Concentration year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing.

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· Address a colleague’s post that differs from yours with regard to at least one cultural lens and expand upon the colleague’s interpretation of Paula’s needs.

· Explain whether you might use your colleague’s strategy for addressing multiple perspectives when treating clients, and explain why.

Colleague 1: Sandra

As a social worker, might interpret the needs of Paula Cortez, the client, through the two cultural lenses you selected.

Paula has many different needs and so as a social worker, I need to take a holistic approach in treating her. Paula is HIV positive, hepatitis C, she has multiple foot ulcers that need attention from medical providers, she is pregnant, she uses drugs, and she is also suicidal. Taking all of this into consideration from cultural lenses like socioeconomic and mental health  Paula has a quite a disadvantage. First, Paula is lacking in financial support she is not working and therefore she is unable to provide all her needs. She is unable to relocate even though she is living in fear of her baby’s father. She has easy access to the drugs and is constantly putting herself and her unborn child in danger. She also is estranged from her parents who could be her natural support as well as financial support.

I believe the Hispanic communities also have less access to healthcare and therefore she could be limited in choosing the best health care needs for, example, she will need an impatient. facility to treat her the comorbid problem she is facing once she is released from the psychiatric facility.  However, some facilities will not take her without insurance and if she is receiving Medicaid she will need prior approval and meeting other criteria. With health insurance, she could have more choices and access to faster services.

In working with the Latinos communities I understand there is a stigma associated with mental health and so she might be living in isolation afraid of what others might think. Paula is not being in compliance with her medication which is putting her more at risk for potentially harming herself and her unborn child. There are many barriers in mental health which include the usual public-health precedence agenda and its effect on funding. The difficulty of and struggle to the devolution of mental health services; challenges to implementation of mental health care in primary-care settings; the low numbers and few types of workers who are trained and supervised in mental health care; and the frequent shortage of public-health standpoints in mental health leadership.

Then, explain how, in general, you would incorporate multiple perspectives of a variety of stakeholders and/or human services professionals as you treat clients.

Paula’s team involves HIV doctor, psychiatrist, social worker, and OB nurse engaging all of these stakeholders with different perspectives we can enhance communication and promote the inclusion of underserved and under-deserved individuals. Each of these individuals has different perspectives but all are working for common goals to enhance the well-being of Paula. The Physician explained to Paula the importance of taking her medication and educating her about the treatment for the ulcers. The OB nurse is dealing with the pregnancies, the psychiatric speaks about her mental health and the importance of taking her medications.  The social worker can incorporate all these perspectives into Paula’s treatment and give her a better quality of life.

Chun-Chung Chow, J., & Austin, M. J. (2008). The culturally responsive social service agency: The application of an evolving definition to a case study. Administration in Social Work, 32(4), 39–64.

Northouse, P., G., (2013). Leadership. Theory and Practice (6th ED.). Los Angeles. Sage Publications.

Saraceno, B., van Ommeren, M., Batniji, R., Cohen, A., Gureje, O., Mahoney, J., & Underhill, C. (2007). Barriers to the improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet, 370(9593), 1164-1174.

Colleague 2: Randi

Each professional working with Paula was able to express their own concerns in regard to services that Paula required. Cultural awareness plays a major role in Paula’s case based on her current needs. “Beginning in the 1970s, concerted attention was given to helping agency staff members become more culturally aware” (Chun-Chung & Austin, 2008, p.40).  According to the information provided, the two cultural lenses that can be used to interpret Paula’s needs are through socioeconomic and mental health factors. At this time, Paula is pregnant and the professionals working with her are unsure if she will have a successful delivery due to many of her complications. It is important to address the multiple perspectives of a variety of stakeholders while assisting Paula. One source states that “prior responses to addressing issues of social inequalities and injustices have been inadequate due to the preoccupation with individual change, lack of power analysis, and stereotypical practice” Chun-Chung & Austin, 2008, p.42).

One of the concerns is Paula’s socioeconomic factors. Paula is long divorced, and according to the psychiatrist, “she has absolutely no support at all, outside of the treatment team, and would have no familial assistance to take care of this child” (Laureate Education, 2014a).The psychiatrist’s concerns are validated since Paula also has physical restraints that may cause her to need additional assistance during and after her pregnancy. For advice, the psychiatrist has suggested terminating the pregnancy. Also, the social worker feels that carrying through with the pregnancy may not be the best idea, but she believes that Paula should make that decision on her own. However, the OB/GYN seems very empowering in her approach. The nurse states that “While Paula clearly started to decompensate and exhibited some very risky behaviors recently, I think we should try and understand the stress she has been under. While it is not my place to tell the patient what she should do about a pregnancy, I don’t see that we would have to recommend termination” (Laureate Education, 2014a). The nurse seems to understand what being part of a multicultural human service organization (MHSO) entails. According to Leadership: Theory and Practice “a MHSO is committed to an empowerment perspective that appreciates, celebrates, and values client strengths, resources, needs, and cultural backgrounds” (Chun-Chung & Austin, 2008, p.43).

As the social worker, I would work on ways to provide economical support to Paula. The social worker in the case study mentions that “Our goal now is to help Paula make it safely through this pregnancy and work on a plan to help her care for this baby once it is born” (Laureate Education, 2014a). Although it is not mentioned in the references, being familiar with Paula’s case, I know that Paula is an artist and she loves to paint. To provide her with socioeconomic support, I would research local art groups that Paula can attend in her community. This way Paula can do something that she loves while possibly forming healthy relationships. As well, I would try and connect Paula to a local religious organization (preferably Spanish-speaking). Religious organizations have been known to help provide resources and emotional support to people in their communities. There, Paula may be able to receive free assistance when her baby is born.

Stakeholders may also have multiple perspectives concerning Paula’s mental health. Paula takes multiple medications for her depression and bipolar disease but has recently reported that she has stopped taking them. Paula has also recently been admitted for suicidal ideations. Paula’s psychiatrist recommends that for the safety of the baby, Paula be involuntarily hospitalized because she “cannot be trusted to take her medications”. The OB/GYN is concerned for the safety of the baby, yet, she continues to display a positive outlook by encouraging Paula to make her own decisions. As well, the social worker has taken the strength perspective concerning the recommendation of the psychiatrist. The social worker states “I don’t agree that she should be kept on the psychiatric unit for the next seven or eight months. Allowing Paula to play an active role in preparing for the baby is an important task, and she will need to be out in the community and in her home taking care of things. We have to show that we believe in her and her willingness to manage this situation to the best of her ability. We need to affirm her strengths and support her weaknesses” ” (Laureate Education, 2014a.

As a social worker, it would be important to work on Paul’s compliance with taking her medication. By allowing Paula to play an active role in preparing for the baby, Paula may be more cooperative during the process. For stakeholders, one source states that “they need to develop communication competencies that will enable them to articulate and implement their vision in a diverse workplace (Northouse, 2013, p.384). Taking this approach with Paula’s history of mental health mean allowing her to make her own decisions throughout this journey.

Northouse, P. G. (2013). Leadership: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications (pp. 383–421). Retrieved from

Chun-Chung Chow, J., & Austin, M. J. (2008). The culturally responsive social service agency: The application of an evolving definition to a case study. Administration in Social Work, 32(4), 39–64. Retrieved from

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014a). Cortez case study [Multimedia]. Retrieved from

Respond by to at least two colleagues who identified strategies and/or challenges that differ from the ones you posted, and respond in at least one of the following ways: State      whether you think the strategies your colleague identified would be      effective in advocating for social change through cultural competence, and      explain why. Identify      a strategy social work administrators might use to address one of the      challenges your colleague identified, and explain why this strategy might      be effective.

Colleague 1: Mashunda

Social Work Strategies used to Advocate for Social Change

Social workers need to develop communication competencies that will enable them to articulate and implement their vision in a diverse workplace (Northouse, ) and community to ensure that needed changes are understood by others that may be of different cultures. One of the strategies that could be used when advocating for social change is charismatic/value based behaviors. The social worker using this strategy would be a “visionary, inspirational, self-sacrificing, trustworthy, decisive, and performance oriented” (Northouse,). Another strategy that could be used to assist with advocacy in social work is Humane Oriented which demonstrates behaviors of “modesty and sensitivity to other people” (Northouse, ). Using these two strategies the social worker will be articulate, open-minded, capable of changing how others think or view change, be person-centered, and understanding of social change.

Challenges Administrators my Face in Developing Cultural Competency

Change within an agency/organization will most likely bring about challenges. One challenge could be making sure that the organization/agency is culturally competent (Chun-Chung Chow, 2008) to address the needs of the different groups/individuals that they will encounter. Another challenge that the administration will have to focus on is how the change will impact the organization/agency (Chun-Chung Chow, 2008) and the phases of change.

Chun-Chung Chow, J., & Austin, M. J. (2008). The culturally responsive social service agency: The application of an evolving definition to a case study. Administration in Social Work, 32(4), 39–64.

Northhouse, P. G. (2013). Introduction To Leadership Concepts and Practice. Sixth Edition. Los Angeles: Sage Publication

 Colleague 2: Daneilia

Strategies Social Workers May Use to Advocate for Social Change

            Social workers becoming advocates for social change through cultural competence have many options to do so.  Advocating for something usually takes knowledge in what one is advocating.  Thus, gaining an education is an essential component in the process of advocating.  Adler and Bartholomew (as cited in Northouse, 2013) discuss the competencies in cross-cultural awareness, and one of those competencies is comprehending cultural environments as well as the business and political parts.  The need for understanding these areas is a portion of understanding how everything acts and interacts with one another.  Therefore, making advocacy for social change less challenging as the knowledge supports the social change.

            Nevertheless, another strategy for social workers to use to become advocates for social change through cultural competency is to engross oneself into diversity.  The strategy may consist of surrounding oneself with culturally diverse people.  Whether working alongside diverse individuals or immersing into the community or various agencies/organizations, contributes to the knowledge and experience of diversity and numerous cultures.  Chun-Chung Chow and Austin (2008) elaborates on leaders to revolve themselves around diversity and therefore to have the ability to project that diversity through work.  The action of being involved with diversity and many cultures is the foundation of incorporating those experiences into advocacy for those different facets.

Two Challenges Administrators Face with Cultural Competency

            Administrators may face challenges in developing cultural competency within their organizations.  One of the challenges administrators face in the integration of cultural competency within the organization is the potential damage to the agency’s core culture (Chun-Chung Chow & Austin, 2008).  The culture of the agency forced to change to reflect diversity and culture of those the agency serves can create resistance and a bit of havoc because of disruption to the norm of the agency, with new and upcoming changes.

            Another challenge may consist of hindering the organization’s staff from acting less efficiently than before (Chun-Chung Chow & Austin, 2008).  The staff may lose motivation or feel less incorporated in the organization because of current development to foster a new culture and gain the necessary competency.  Frustration may ensue because of a misunderstanding of the direction the organization is trying to go.  However, taking precautionary actions to avoid these circumstances, it is best to include the staff on potential changes.  Therefore, taking better preparation before things are finalized.

Chun-Chung Chow, J., & Austin, M. J. (2008). The culturally responsive social service agency: The application of an evolving definition to a case study. Administration in Social Work, 32(4), 39–64.

Northouse, P. G. (2013). Leadership: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications


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After delays, new home for QU Poll complete

Melissa Moller

Last week marked the beginning of the end for construction of Quinnipiac’s new Polling Institute. After over a year of construction, the building, which is located adjacent to the Westwoods parking lot, finally received its certificate of occupancy from the town of Hamden. The certificate allows for people to legally enter the building.

Construction began as early as the summer of 2006 with an approximate finish date of July 2007, but after a series of unforeseen circumstances construction was delayed.

Joe Rubertone, the associate vice president for facilities administration, has overseen the project from the beginning and is displeased with the delay.

“I thought we should’ve finished it earlier but again you know. the university changed plans, we changed the size of the building,” Rubertone said. “The Polling Institute has been an interesting project because we were retro fitting it into an existing building. There have just been a series of unforeseen circumstances that have caused the delay and there are half a dozen of them, it’s not a matter of just one.”

Pending some minor detailing, the building should be ready to be moved into by the end of October.

“Some touching up still needs to be done. but the vital infrastructure of the building is working: the heat, the lights, all of the stairs, all exit signs, all of the emergency lighting, all of that, anything critical to the operation of the building,” Rubertone said.

April Radocchio, associate director of the Quinnipiac University Poll who oversees data collection and analysis, is eager to move into the new building.

“It’s a little bit of a disappointment, but it is construction and that’s the way construction goes. If you have any experience with it at all, you realize that and you go with it. We’re just working around it, planning around it, and very excited about getting in. We had a tour last week and it’s beautiful. It’s worth the wait,” Radocchio said.

The new building has a total of 155 polling stations, which doubles the current 76 stations the Polling Institute has. The increased number of stations will enable the institute to conduct more polls at one time and poll a larger sample for each poll.

“That’s the whole goal. We will have the ability to conduct four polls at a time,” Radocchio said.

And we will likely be doing that pretty much from the time we move in until the time of elections,”

Another key attribute of the new institution is size. The new building has two separate polling rooms, a conference room, a break room for employees and a second floor of offices.

“It’s bigger. We are doubling our capacity so we can do more polls with larger samples, larger questionnaires. If there’s a breaking news event it allows us to jump into the field even if we’re doing another poll,” said Doug Schwartz, director of the Quinnipiac Poll.

“The move will also bring us all together under one roof. Right now we poll in two different buildings,” Radocchio said.

The current Polling Institute is divided between two locations, the main building at 560 New Road and the second at 513 Mount Carmel Ave. Once the move into the new building is complete the New Road building will be turning into Quinnipiac’s new Hillel Center. 513 Mount Carmel Ave. already has students living in the second floor of the house, and once the basement is cleared out it will turn into an official university owned residence.

“[513 Mount Carmel] is a single family residence that happens to be on the campus. It’s not a separate piece of property. We’re going to want to call it a residence hall, once we name it – it will allow for more people to live there,” Rubertone said. “560 New Rd. will be the new Hillel center. WQUN has moved out already. They’re now located at 3085 Whitney Ave.”

Radocchio also said that with the move comes an upgrade with the software. “We will be conducting our surveys over the internet, all of the data collection will be web based and the interviewers will be working over the internet using voice over IP, so we will be an entirely web based calling center.”

With the increase in size, capability, and power comes an increase in the work force. The new institute is going be hiring a large amount of new employees. Radocchio said to maintain 155 stations they will probably need a total of 250 employees. They currently have about 150.

Even though delays caused some disheartening feelings among those waiting to move into the building, the architecture makes up for it. Wyeth Architects, the architect hired for this project, made sure the building had the important components necessary to function as well as aesthetic appeal.

“It’s beautiful. I mean you can see we’ve been working out of a basement here and the other place across campus is another basement. This is designed from the ground up, for us… so it’s very nice,” Radocchio said.

Director of the Quinnipiac poll agrees, “I haven’t seen the finished product but what I have seen looks great. We’re excited to be moving into the new facility. I think it will be great for us.”


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The Addict or Alcoholic Narcissist and Codependent, Toxic Relationships

The Addict or Alcoholic Narcissist and Codependent, Toxic Relationships

“Addiction isn’t about substance – you aren’t addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.” ~Susan Cheever

If you’re dealing with a narcissist who is also an addict, you’re likely under more pressure than most people – and there are plenty of good reasons for it. I’m going to give you a quick overview of what you can do to deal with a narcissist addict.

Dealing with an addict in the family

If you’ve ever dealt with an addict, you know it can be painful and difficult for all involved. I’ve put together this Q&A that offers a glimpse into what the families of addicts deal with, as well as some vital answers that you’ll need to know if you’re dealing with one now.

Addict or Alcoholic Narcissist? Symptoms to Look For

Alcoholism Symptoms

  • Feeling powerless to control one’s level of alcohol use
  • Declining to engage in social activities or hobbies that used to be of interest
  • Wanting to stop or decrease drinking but being unable to do so
  • Using alcohol in high-risk situations, such as while swimming or driving
  • Devoting significant time and resources to drinking
  • Developing a tolerance for alcohol (i.e., needing more alcohol over time to match the feelings from earlier use)
  • Experiencing cravings for alcohol when not drinking
  • Experiencing withdrawal symptoms when not drinking (e.g., cravings, sweating, shaking, and nausea)
  • Facing problems at work, home, or school because of alcohol use
  • Having to drink to feel better
  • Continuing to use alcohol even when it is leading to social, physical, relationship, and personal problems

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Traits

1. A grandiose sense of self-importance

2. A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

3. A belief that he or she is “special” and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)

4. A requirement for excessive admiration

5. A sense of entitlement – unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

6. Interpersonal exploitativeness – taking advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

7. A lack of empathy and an unwillingness to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

8. Enviousness of others – along with the belief that others are envious of him or her

9. A tendency to arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Source: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV

Start by Giving Yourself a Break

You are likely feeling a compendium of emotions right about now, teetering between wanting to love your addict better and wanting to run as far and fast away as possible. Feelings of love, hate, sorrow and even elation can cycle through you faster than the bad tuna you ate last week.

So let’s start here: there are only a few things you can really do to help an addict – and if the addict is also a toxic narcissist, the list is even shorter. But what you can do is educate yourself and make informed decisions.

Why Narcissists Might Become Alcoholics or Addicts

Since many narcissists seem to believe that they are special, and often times that they are above the law or that rules don’t apply to them, they often derive pleasure from engaging in reckless antisocial behavior, not to mention exploiting other people at times.

Often, they think they have the right to bully people, humiliate them and force them into taking responsibility for or covering for the narcissist’s bad behavior or choices.

Some narcissists are known for their risky activities such as drug and alcohol consumption in excess – and these types of things often fuel those narcissistic behaviors. Often, narcissists are in codependent relationships anyway, but when you add drug or alcohol addiction to the mix, the toxicity level is off the chart.

A lot of addicted narcissists will claim that their drug of choice enhances their lives or personalities, and they’ll swear that they have control over their addiction. And, since they’re narcissists and they believe they’re immune to such normal human issues as addiction or alcoholism, they aren’t concerned with any related health issues.

Plus, the addicted narcissist will almost always be in some kind of codependent relationship that is abusive or manipulative.

Addiction and Narcissistic Behavior

It’s a toxic combination, but according to researchers, as many as half of all people who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder also abuse alcohol and/or drugs – and many of them are doing it under the radar of the majority of the people in their lives. This puts their psychiatrists or other medical professionals in a tough spot – treating addiction along with something as difficult as narcissistic personality disorder can be tricky – and leaves professionals wondering which disease caused the other. (Was it narcissism that led to the addiction or the addiction that led to the narcissism?)

From what I’ve learned, often, one condition feeds the other – so you’re left with a “chicken or egg” kind of situation.

And as chronic drug use has been proven to make the symptoms of NPD and BPD more prominent and severe, the narcissist finds himself or herself looking for more drugs to self medicate.

They develop a tolerance for their drug of choice and they develop a dependence on it – and that leads to their addiction becoming fully established.

Since a lot of narcissists think they’re “above it all” – including the law and basic human ethics – it’ll be tough to actually help one get treatment. That’s because most narcissists won’t ever admit they actually need help. They make it almost impossible to help them, in fact.

This is even true when the addiction has completely taken over their lives – and their hostile attitude toward treatment may also become strangely competitive and aggressive.

Then, of course, as the narcissists they are, they will devalue and discard the value of both the treatment and the professionals who are trying to help them – in part, due to their natural urge to resist authority figures (outside of themselves, of course).

An interesting fact about narcissism and addiction…

Remember that in both narcissism and in addiction, there’s a common factor: shame. A lot of narcissists and alcoholics/addicts have had some kind of trauma between 18 months and 3 years old which could have caused or facilitated the condition, according to Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Development, stage 2. While it’s not always the truth in every case, it can be a good place to start trying to figure out the cause.

This video offers insight into the psychology of narcissism and addiction.

Are you an enabler? If you feel that you’re a victim of a narcissist who is also an alcoholic or addict, how do you know if you’re enabling it?

If you’re trying to help the narcissist hide the addiction, or if you’re helping him or her to procure the drugs/alcohol s/he needs to feed the addiction (even if it’s only to shut him/her up).

Often there are two or more enablers – one who helps the narcissist feel good about himself/herself, and another who encourages the addiction (knowingly or otherwise).

And for narcissistic addicts, their primary sources of narcissistic supply are often blind to the symptoms at first, or if they do see them, they’re told over and over again that they’re just wrong, or at the very least exaggerating the issue. Often, the well-meaning supply finds himself/herself believing that maybe they WERE wrong, after all. But in reality, the narc has just pulled yet another gaslighting job on them.

If you hope to get your narc into recovery, you have to first get him to admit there’s a problem and that he’s got an addiction he can’t control – and if you know narcissists, you know they might never get there.

But it’s an absolutely necessary step in any recovery process, so without it, there’s no hope. And if you get the narc to rehab, you’d better have a lot of money – or at least some darn good insurance – because most will require the highest-end facility within a reasonable travel distance (or unreasonable). They may abuse staff and cause trouble for other patients, and they may make group therapy impossible (or, at the very least, all about them).

How You Can Help the Addicted Narcissist in Your Life

Researchers say that since most narcissists need to see instant results (and expect others to agree that they’re fully recovered in an impossibly short amount of time), they rarely manage to actually do the steps necessary to recover – and doctors say this makes their prognosis for recovery very poor.

So, while you can’t necessarily always help a narcissist addict directly, you can recognize that his or her illusions of grandeur shouldn’t become your problem or your family’s problem – instead, you have to learn to avoid strengthening the narcissist’s false self-image and focus on the fact that, statistically speaking, a narc’s prognosis for recovery is not great.

These are some ways you can help the addict in your family, according to

  • Educate yourself on addiction and recovery.
  • Try not to accuse or judge. Avoid name-calling. This is a difficult time for both of you.
  • Provide a sober environment that reduces triggers for using.
  • Allow the addict time to go to meetings.
  • Understand that your lives will change. Do not wish for your old life back. Your old life to some extent is what got you here. You both need to create a new life where it is easier to not use alcohol or drugs.
  • Make sure that you both have time for fun. People use alcohol and drugs to relax, escape, and as a reward. The addict needs to find alternative ways to relax, escape, and as a reward otherwise, they will turn back to their addiction.
  • Do not enable. Do not provide excuses or cover up for the addict.
  • Do not shield the addict from the consequences of their addiction. People are more likely to change if they have suffered enough negative consequences.
  • Set boundaries that you all agree on. The goal of boundaries is to improve the health of the family as a whole. Do not use boundaries to punish or shame.
  • If you want to provide financial support, buy the goods and services the addict needs instead of giving them money that they might use to buy alcohol or drugs.
  • Recognize and acknowledge the potential the addict has within them.
  • Behave exactly as you would if your loved one had a serious illness. What would you do if they were diagnosed with heart disease or cancer?

Do you need help dealing with an addict in the family? Here is a list of resources to get you started on your path to family recovery.

  • ( For family members of alcoholics.
  • Nar-anon ( For family members of addicts.
  • Gam-anon ( For family members of gamblers.
  • ( For co-dependent individuals.
  • ( For adult children of alcoholics and addicts.

Now it’s your turn – I want to know your thoughts.

Are you dealing with an addicted narcissist in the family, or have you in the past? What would you say your biggest struggles are or were?

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