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An essay on the subject of “What is Recovery” raises, for me, the question of what is Addiction. Since everyone of us has an idea, our own idea, of what Addiction is, we'll also have our own answer to “What is Recovery?”

Since we don’t have agreement in our field on what Addiction is, I doubt that we can come up with an easy agreement on what recovery is. I could just tell you my definition of both but my goal is not for us to have a debate over which we can come to a resolution. My goal is that we all look at ourselves and how we got to this question. It may be, that after examining ourselves, we may choose to change the question we ask.

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Why the Paperless Society Isn't Realistic

Columns - Management Corner: Technology Trends

Written by Jim Mays

Friday, 05 October 2007

In the future, people will use less paper, as computers with their electronic documents become more commonplace — at least, that’s what the experts used to say.

The exact opposite has happened. A 2004 study at the University of California-Berkeley found that printed e-mails alone account for about 10 percent of the total paper used each year.
There are very few legitimate reasons to print an e-mail. In most cases, the content of the e-mail is readily available online or in local storage. Yet, the use of printed e-mails and other electronic documents continues to grow.

I admit it. I am one of those people who feels inclined to print “important” e-mails. I used to think it was because of my age. I thought people who are exposed to computers and electronic documents at a younger age would be more comfortable viewing things on-screen, but the UC Berkeley study, which surveyed students, seems to prove this theory wrong.

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