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THE DAILY ASTORIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Self-medication worries sister Tomorrow’s horoscope
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
Dear Annie: My sister lives with
my father. She is supposed to be
helping him, but she has a problem
with depression and self-medicates
with marijuana and alcohol.
Do you have any recommenda-
tions as to how to handle her? She is
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some sources of advice. — Fourth
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Dear Fourth: You must have
been absent from school on the day
we said that AARP offers some won-
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“Relationships” in the menu. You
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him. — Grateful to Be Alive
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Alone you’ll get
stuck on a project, but with a partner you’ll ac-
complish what you both can be proud of. Keep
with the same partner you started with. Your
loyalty will be rewarded.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Living the easy
life gives you no joy today. There’s something
in you that needs to contribute in a way your
heart deems worthwhile. If you can make
someone else’s life better, that’s what will give
you joy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re the only
one holding you back. Today, the recognition of
this may inspire complicated emotions that will
fill the entirety of your emotional wheelhouse.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t al-
ways wish to be spoiled by great waves of ad-
miration and affection, and yet, once in a while,
it’s nice to feel the rush of power that comes
with knowing that someone is absolutely crazy
about you!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Follow the bright
lights and noise of the crowd. There’s some-
thing in the mix that will speak to you. Valiant
and creative, you defeat the odds and carry at
least one other forward into victory.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your best efforts
will be richly rewarded. Unfortunately, some
efforts that wouldn’t even make your top-10 list
will also be richly rewarded, so you’ll be faced
with the challenge of being extremely honest
with yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is always
an element of unconscious material at work
in the situation. However, now it’s bursting
through your awareness in such a way that
you can no longer ignore it, at least inwardly. It
may still be inappropriate to talk about.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). While you are
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won over by positive thinking, you are quite
skeptical of those who seem to be operating
from a state of chronic denial. While you don’t
want to burst anyone’s bubble, neither do you
want to co-habitate inside of it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Not all
attention is love. Those with a victim mentality
get that wrong. They also tend to confuse love
with what others can do for or give to them.
You’ll show real love by believing in a person’s
ability to help himself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your day-
dreams will be powerful, so this is the perfect
time to imagine yourself as the healthy, suc-
cessful, happy person you want to be, doing
the vibrantly exciting things of which you know
you’re capable.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A system
you put in place long ago is still up and running
and helping you (and others!) get smoothly
through life. Let it be an inspiration to you as
you go forward in creating a new system this
weekend.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You want your
loved ones to feel your love, so you demon-
strate it in the way you think they would most
like to receive it. It is worth mentioning that this
may be very different from how you’d most like
to give it.
FRIDAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 11). It’s sim-
ple really — you meet people you would love
to spend more time with, then you make that
happen. Ambitions will be fired up over the
next six weeks. Your commitment to a job will
attract the heavy hitters who can help you
excel beyond your expectations. July and No-
vember represent landmark agreements. Leo
and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 1, 3, 33, 38 and 41.