At the end of the tour, the blind guide made an offer: Ask me any question you want. Hold nothing back. Nothing is off the table.

I had a question, but I held back. Until the very end.

Until we came into the light, slowly at first, and adjusting to the brightness I set my eyes on our guide for the first time.

The Israeli Children's Museum in Holon houses an exhibit called Dialogue in the Dark.  The concept is as genius as it is simple: enter a world completely like your own, except that you can’t see. The exhibit  is completely and utterly absent of light.

If you’re taking a prescription medication, there’s a chance that you’re taking a drug that has the potential of developing dependence. Now, we’re not talking about Lipitor! Drugs types like painkillers, sleep aids, anti-anxiety medications, and ADHD treatments (among others) are what we could call “addictive medications”. That is, they have the ability and tendency to cause users to develop an unhealthy level of dependency.

Do you have addictive medications in your house? Are you sure? Keep reading. You may be surprised.

Medications are great when they’re used appropriately, but they can be dangerous when they’re not. This is a real problem. In a 2010 study, approximately 16 million Americans reported using a prescription drug for nonmedical reasons sometime within the past 12 months. And 7 million Americans reported doing so in the past month.