httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PtnSvGoNU

This tongue-in-cheek parable exploits the suffering of a headhunter who has harvested the head of an anthropologist.

DuWors, the one who created the scenario, reads into the camera. We hear of poor Charlie, who is frustrated when the head he tried to shrink comes out lop-sided, due to a procedural error on his part. We are then treated to a cross-cultural analysis of coping as the necessary response to a universal experience, frustration. We are then introduced to a formula from this culture that would apply across cultures, religions, and even non-religions. It is the common-sense principle embedded in the “Serenity Prayer.” Namely, that each human must face our problem, sorting it into two piles, that which I control and that which I don’t. Only then can we get on with the work of specifically reducing our frustration.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpaTDTVuwo

This segment describes five different forms of addictive craving. We begin with the two related to use itself — withdrawal craving and the “craving” described by AA as triggered by ingestion. Craving triggered by a reminder cue is compared to the “drooling” of Pavlov’s dogs. Craving for escape is tied to stress. Lastly, we discuss the “subliminal craving” which takes over thought and memory, without being felt.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYpyUQB-GI&feature=channel_page

We start with a simple definition: “Codependence” is taking responsibility for another’s problem instead of taking responsibility for my own. We then look at an analogy in which a person takes fanatical care of a fleet of rental cars, working eight hours for minimum wage and another four for free, only to drive off in a beater with bald tires and a cloud of smoke.