Monthly Archives: August 2013

sweetest girl – Wyclef ft. Niia


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I have a Dream – fifty years on


Fifty years ago today,  28th August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr talking with  a few people on the Washington Mall. So,  it’s now five-score-and-fifty years of waiting:  and – despite much progress that has been made – the cheque that … Continue reading

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sign your own emancipation proclamation


I’ve come here tonight and plead with you : believe in yourself and believe that you’re somebody. I said to a group last night, Nobody else can’ do this for us. No document can do this for us. No Lincoln-ian … Continue reading

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Huffington Post Hears Voices – All Weekend


It’s Hearimg Voices Weekend at Huffington Post. Well, not quite but close enough. The whole weekend Huffpuff is featuring Eleanor Longden’s mind opening TED talk. There’s an op-ed by Eleanor – repeated below – and pieces by regular  Huffbloggers.  go … Continue reading

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World Hearing Voices Day – 2013


World Hearing Voices Day falls on Sat Sep 14th 2013. There’s lots to celebrate, come join us in Toronto on Friday 13th . This is a free community event brought to you by The Leadership Project. Your opportunity to connect locally … Continue reading

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Psychiatry: the Drug Pushers – Will Self


Writer Will Self knows a thing or two about drugs – he was once [in]famously sacked for admitting he had snorted heroine on the [UK] Prime Minister’s plane – so he likely  also knows how to spot a drug pusher: … Continue reading

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TopDog Talks Drugs


 A reblog today of  a recent piece by me ol’ mucka  TopDog Ashton, the voice only one person can hear.  TopDog gives us his voice-eye perspective on a question: is pills, drugs, meds a lifestyle choice? and on what it … Continue reading

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fuck you very very much – Lilly Allen


Look inside, Look inside your tiny mind Now look a bit harder Cause we’re so uninspired, so sick and tired of all the hatred you harbor Fuck you (fuck you) Fuck you very, very much Cause we hate what you … Continue reading

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where is the love? black eyed peas


What’s wrong with the world, mama People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas I think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things that’ll bring you trauma Madness is what you demonstrate And that’s exactly how … Continue reading

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voices inside my head – house music


This is post No 500 on recoverynetwork:Toronto mah na! maah nah maah nah nah nah nah maah nah nah nah nah maah nah nah nah nah nah nah voices voices inside my head echoes of things that you said

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