The Bible: A Story of Mental Illness
First, A Caveat about the Bible There are very few times in one’s life that are as dark as the place of mental illness. Whether it be depression, anxiety, obsessive…
Category: Addiction Journey
Shifting the Shame and Why I gave up on Preaching.
Where Shame is, there is also fear. – John Milton Shifting the Shame I was at a meeting recently when someone said, “I have had to learn to shift the…
My Night of Insanity
The disease of addiction dictates that I will lose all the things that I love in time and the “rule of threes” dictates a grim long term prognosis (jail, institution,…
Unlovable.
“Love; it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you. It will set you free.” -Mumford and Sons All the things that she’d suspected I’d expected her to fear…
Stuck and Unable to Change
“Views change. People change. Experiences require a change of view or conversely, digging one’s heels into the ground, never to move again.” When I was a teenager, I was a…
Guest Post – The Legal Professional and Alcohol
A friend of mine, who became a good friend and support during my time in Outpatient treatment has written a fantastic article regarding the legal profession and alcohol. In 2016,…
