This is going to be a very stressful week. I have one week left to prepare for my GRE. GRE – Graduate Records Exam. I have to take this test to get into graduate school next fall. I am finishing up the classes this semester that I need, except for statistics to be ready to […]
The Jed Foundation is offering a $2,000 scholarship for a video based on a current student’s experience with mental health and breaking the stigma and dealing with the issues. The prize also comes with a trip to NYC in June of 2009 and an appearance on MTVU. The Jed Foundation works to reduce the rate […]
Here is a New Year. A new beginning in many ways. This country has had some setbacks. This whole world has had some. But we can still be going on one day at a time, working on our recovery. No matter how bad things get, it isn’t bad enough to give up on your recovery. […]
Thanksgiving is over now. The holiday shopping season has officially begun. Black Friday sales have hit everyone’s wallets. It is very easy for some people with mental illness to hit a mania during the holidays and go shopping crazy. Especially with those little plastic things called credit cards. Please be careful. Watch yourself during this […]
I wish to wish each of you a day filled with recovery and happy thoughts. I wish great food and good blessings for each of you. May this day be filled with happy times with family and friends. May each of you find just what you need this day. Remember to thank your Higher Power […]
I am going to take a little step out of the topic of recovery today. I am going to talk about the passing of time. It seems that as you get older, it passes quicker. It seems like it was just yesterday that it was turning 2008, and now it is almost 2009. Since I […]
I have mentioned that I am a recovering alcoholic. I am in a 12 Step Recovery Program. This weekend I spent in service in an Area Assembly Meeting in Washington. Long meetings and voting on motions insued. It was great. I was able to show two of my friends how the program worked behind the […]
The Regional 1 Mental Health Recovery Conference went off with flying colors. Paul Jones “Bipolar Boy” spoke as one of the speakers, as did Lizzy Simon. If you ever have the opportunity to hear them, take it. They are very good. Bipolar Boy is very funny. He makes you think of the stigma of mental […]
Tomorrow is the annual Mental Health Recovery Conference for Regional 1 in Northern Idaho. I will be a panel speaker. I will be giving my personal story of recovery, along with three others in the morning and afternoon. If you live in the North Idaho area, stop by and meet me. It is supposed to […]
According to psychologists, motivation is anything that might energize and direct an organism’s actions. What is your motivation? Is it good grades, if you are in school? Money at a job? Your kids? In the material that I have studied on motivation over the past year, I have learned that motivation is tied in with […]