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Robin Cunningham

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posted 07/06/2008, comments (0)

Recovery and Functionality

At 3:30 in the afternoon on Sunday, April 8, 1956, Satan spoke to me for the first time. At 11:00 in the morning on Friday, April 13, 1956, I saw Dr. Levy, my first psychiatrist, for the first time. Within the hour, I had taken my first dosage of the only neuroleptic then available. Unbeknownst to me, at that moment, my... Read more Chevron

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David Robbins

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posted 07/06/2008, comment (1)

echoes in the canyon

I've heard voices for many years. I've never been able to describe them, until just now. I must admit it wasn't me it was the voices who told me. It's echoes in a canyon. Sounds bouncing around. Never knowing for what direction. Sometimes it's soft and gentle. Others times it's loud and harsh. Then there's times ( like now) when there's... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/04/2008, comments (2)

Related to Self-Image

This will not be a long post -- it is just that something occurred to me this morning that is doubtless crystal clear to others...but a new thought to me. I have worried for much of my life about my weight and other control issues. I have spent quite a lot of my time and effort trying to maintain at an artificially low... Read more Chevron

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Christina Bruni

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posted 07/04/2008, comments (0)

A New Promising Recovery Tool

At a NAMI 2008 convention workshop, Clarence Jordan and a colleague, Tom Lane, national director, consumer and recovery services for Magellan Health Services public sector division, spoke about self-directed care (SDC). It's a revolutionary concept yet to go mainstream. Self-directed care programs give people in recovery much... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/03/2008, comment (1)

Do Not Tell Me

Do Not Tell Me Do not tell me that you love me my beloved for I remember well the agony of the mornings When I would rather not have wakened when Four a.m. meant two three hours preciously Alone but knowing that it wouldn't last those singular Hours propping up God in the corner with my prayers I could have lit the candle with my... Read more Chevron

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