Music can change your mind, your mood and it may just save your life… “Music kept me from committing suicide as a kid.” ___ What is the name of that song in your playlist… you know, the one that moves you? The right song will hold you, heal you and help you to get on … More Music May Be The Best Medicine For Your Mental Health
What have you learned about mental illness that you would like to share with others? ___ This has been one of the most trying years of my life. But I’m not sure I would trade it for anything. Not that I enjoyed feeling the darkness cloud over me, the gloom, the isolation, and wanting the … More A Year with Clinical Depression has Made Me a Better Man
Completely incomplete. Your mind is completely incomplete. On the one hand, perfect and finished and on the other hand still growing and always stumbling (For more on this, see my post on how failure can teach you to do pretty much anything). My teenager thinks slow. He is not slow, it’s just that his brain fires … More Your Mind is Completely Incomplete
6 Ways to Bring Your Body With You in Your Recovery ___ Recovery begins when you reach a point of decision. For some of us, it is when we are at the end of ourselves when our health demands it, or when we realize we are heading down a path of certain destruction. Recovery begins when … More How to Recover Your Mind and Your Body
Recovery is an explosion of emotion. ___ Your emotions, your experience, your mind can explode in unimaginable fireworks. It does not look pretty. Recovery is raw and real, because life is just that: raw and real. Life explodes and people die Life can be injected and people get high Life will kick you and you … More Recovery is Being Raised by Wolves
You can learn from someone, even when we don’t appreciate what they do. ___ Last week, Prince died. While the details of his death are still to be determined, all that I see around me are articles about his life. I will say it once and clearly, I didn’t like his music. I’m not a hater, … More I Didn’t Like Prince, But I Learned a Lot From Him About Being a Man
Craig Lewis, author of the Better Days Recovery Workbook tells what he learned from his extreme moments. ___ “I didn’t expect to be alive at this age.” Bad Days: We’ve All Had Them Addiction, mental health, trauma or relationship distress can eat away at you. How do you face these things and still be a … More I Wanted To Die: What I Learned That Will Change Your Life
Getting High on Recovery 