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    CHOICES II-1 - Impediments to Acceptance 1A

      In my blog entitled CHOICES II-0 - Starting Over, posted today, 13 October 2008, I cited the mantra that "The point of departure for the journey of recovery is our acceptance of the fact that we have a mental illness."  This clique represents the collective wisdom of most providers, as well as many advocacy organizations and involved... Read moreChevron
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    CHOICES II-0 - Starting Over

      I started a series of blogs entitled Choices in Recovery on September 23, 2007.  This series was interrupted by a long series of blogs on coping mechanisms, another on finding and keeping a job, as well as various ad hoc blogs on special topics.   Given all the interruptions and entanglements above, and on the advice of my... Read moreChevron
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    Choices in Recovery - Summary of Past Submissions

      My mini-series of blogs focusing on Choices in Recovery was set aside temporarily when I was asked to write a series of blogs on the unusual Coping Skills that my first psychiatrist taught me some forty plus years ago.  The series of blogs on coping skills began with "Ad hoc Blog on Coping Skills" posted on 30 December 2007 and was... Read moreChevron
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    Personal Advocacy - Representation

      When someone mentions advocacy for the mentally ill, what comes to mind for most people are organizations focused on lobbying congress and educating the general public.  Each of these endeavors is worthy of lengthy discussion, but neither provide what I would consider to be "personal advocacy."   Personal advocacy is taking up... Read moreChevron
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    It's the Little Things that Count

      This week I'm resuming the series of Blogs called Choices in Recovery.   Like every other discipline of interest to mankind [at least in the English speaking world] that deals with specific issues of long standing, the field of mental illness and mental health, develop their own arcane terminology.  Schizophrenia,... Read moreChevron
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