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‘One Gutsy Woman’ by Daisy Anderson
An inspiring, beautifully written story from Mad in America about being drugged by the biological psychiatry industry and a courageous battle through drug withdrawal to recovery ‘Part One: Becoming...
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20 Ways To Facilitate Indigenous Healing, Part 1
Some of you will know I also run the Sharing Culture website, which focuses on Indigenous healing. Today, I thought I would upload the same blog onto both websites. My action reflects the importance I...
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I Am Not Anonymous: Ellie, ‘Come With Me’
A Story from the excellent I Am Not Anonymous website is long overdue. Here is Ellie’s Story“: ‘When I was drinking, my life was ruled by shame. It’s exhausting, living a double life. On the outside I...
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‘5 Reasons Why I Could Get to Katahdin’ by Phil Valentine
I couldn’t resist putting up this Hooked on Recovery blog from Phil Valentine. [If you missed out on my blog yesterday about Phil’s amazing trip, please check it out.] “What, then, shall we say in...
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‘Healing is in Our Stories’ by Deron Drumm RIP
Here’s an excellent article by the late Deron Drumm about the importance of Stories in helping people recover and change the mental health system which appeared on Mad in America. ‘”It’s important that...
View ArticleClassic Blog: ‘Family Stories, Secrets and Survival’ by Dr. Judith Landau
This talk will provide you with insights into intergenerational trauma and how addiction arises as a coping response. It will show you a way forward to recovery and healing, through Story....
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‘I Am “Pro-Healing”’ by Hilary Bryant
“Yoga helped me explore and reconnect with the body I’d abandoned and abused for years. My pain and sadness had me living exclusively in my mind, my body nothing more than a battleground for my inner...
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‘From Surviving to Thriving: Unleashing Creativity’ by Madeline Goldstein
Many things can facilitate healing and people need to find what helps them to heal. Here is a beautiful story about the power of photography, and creativity in general, by Madeline Goldstein from Mad...
View ArticleClimbing Out of Addiction and Depression: Margo Talbot at TEDxCanmore
Great talk and pics and one hell of a recovery! I first posted this film in July 2014. ‘Current research suggests that addiction and depression are symptoms of emotional distress, not causes of it,...
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‘Hope is the Word That Can Free Us From Addiction’ by o2b3
One of the things I will be doing on this website is to ‘bring back’ some of the classic blogs from Wired In To Recovery. People who know me will tell you that I always keep banging on about hope....
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Learning from the Experts
When I was a teenager, I competed in chess competitions around the UK, including the British Under-18 championship on two occasions. I was my county junior champion. To be competitive, I had to study...
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The Power of Story: Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Counting down the days now to the release of my new eBook Our Recovery Stories: Journeys from Drug and Alcohol Addiction on Friday 9th April. The book is available via Apple, Amazon or Kobo (price:...
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My Friend Natalie
I first met Natalie in my early days of working in the addiction field in the community. I still remember clearly her telling me that when she was using heroin, she did not know how to stop. She could...
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‘Hope is the Word That Can Free Us From Addiction’ by o2b3
One of the things I will be doing over the coming months is to ‘bring back’ some of the classic blogs from our online community Wired In To Recovery, which ran from 2008 – 2012. People who know me will...
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On the Nature of Healing: Judy Atkinson
As some of you know, I was inspired to work in the healing trauma field in large part by Judy Atkinson’s wonderful book Trauma Trails: Recreating Song Lines – The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in...
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