Can Boundaries Save Lives?
Since I started my work with several clients in Peer Support, I have found that boundaries can often be a central issue…
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How I Entered Into Recovery
One of the most vexing aspects of caring for someone with mental illness is that you can’t MAKE them recover. We with our illnesses…
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How To Get Your Loved Ones Into Recovery
Quite possibly the most important and most frequently asked question I receive is “How can I get my loved one into Recovery like you are?”
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How To Fix The Hardest Problems
I’ve been open on this blog about my struggle to get to church. I tried many things to get to church, but it just felt like a struggle I couldn’t win for a while. I knew I’d get there, but I didn’t know how. Well, in the last couple months, I’ve not missed church a single time. Let me tell you how…
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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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The Opposite of Gossip
Everyone knows about gossip. Gossip is the bane of people who struggle with mental illness. But let met tell you about its polar oppostie…
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