Pushing Forward
Sometimes there’s nothing to be done about a situation. Sometimes you can’t directly affect what’s going on in any way. So what […]
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Religion in Peer Support Work
Always branching into new topics, I intend to share things I’ve learned about how to use my story to help others. Religion is particularly difficult to manage in peer support work, but it can be done, and I think it’s better done carefully than not done at all. It’s worth the risk…
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He’s One of Us
I was in a conversation with a man at church today and found myself saying to him “I knew you were one of us”. This got me thinking. Who is “One of us”? Is it a good or a bad thing to be one of us. I hope I didn’t just insult him…
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Managing Medication Side Effects
I’ve mentioned before that the side effects from medications can be extreme and life altering. Yet when people look at me, they are often amazed at how normal I seem…
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Living in the Present Step Two – Don’t Live in the Past
So we talked about how not to live in the future, but for a lot of people, that’s the easier part. Now I’ll talk about how not to live in the past…
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Living in the Present Step One – Don’t Live in the Future
It seems almost a cliche to talk of “Living in the present” And yet, with a bit of training, this is one of the best tools in my inventory for handling hard situations…
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Introspection 201 – Stages of Change
Some time ago, I was taught how to evaluate someone’s recovery in terms of “Stages of change”. I found the information extremely useful to my own life…
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