Recovery

Breaking the stigma

Today I gave a speech in Toastmasters about mental illness. Everyone replied positively about it. I was very nervous. They couldn’t tell until I picked up my last page of […]

Leading cause of disability

In developed countries, mental illness is the leading cause of disability. This is my topic for my third speech in Toastmasters coming up this next Wednesday. I joined Toastmasters for […]

Helping someone mentally ill

Suppose you know someone who is exhibiting signs of mental illness, but is not getting help. What do you do? First, do not shame or blame them. According to the […]

Fear removed

I am finally back from the writer’s conference. I had a great time. I met with some editors who wanted to see more of my work. I am writing a […]

Going to conference

I will be gone for a week to a writer’s conference. I will resume posting when I get back. I just want you to know that this conference is a […]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

I have talked about the stigma of mental illness before. It is a shame that we can go to the Dr for having a common cold, but we can’t admit […]

Boundaries

I received a phone call at 6:30 am this morning. Now I keep my phone on almost all the time with instructions to people in the program they can call […]

Isolation

Yesterday we met for the first time with our new women’s group for AA. There were only four of us, but it was a very good meeting. We discussed isolation. […]

Moving ahead in recovery

Recovery is wonderful. Today was an interesting day. Full and busy. First I went to my Toastmasters meeting where I met one of the state’s Senator canidates. He found out […]

Positive thinking

It is still snowing on April 22, 2008 in Northern ID. We had two days of warm 70 degree temperature and now it is winter again. I am trying to […]