Tag Archives: choice

you are not alone…

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

This post is, in part, a response to an excellent article in Asylum magazine in which Akiko Hart expresses some concerns about the nature of the discourse in “mental health”, and makes a call for less concern with being right … Continue reading →

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what limits our freedom?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Now, I don’t know if this is something that she said or wrote, nor do I know if it simply Wes Cecil reporting his idea of her ideas or his idea of  the general idea of the group known as … Continue reading →

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100 ways to support recovery

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

This is the 100th posting on recoverynetwork:toronto. so it seems an appropriate time to share this…. one hundred ways to support recovery … find link to pdf at bottom of this post rethink.org is the biggest membership-based mental health charity in … Continue reading →

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self-nonmedication

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Writer Bruce Stutz tells the story of how he decided he was ready to unmedicate himself, and his  experience of discontinuing pychiatric medications. Stutz didn’t just stop – he researched how the meds he was taking were supposed to work, and  what changes … Continue reading →

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recovery – with attitude

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

Recovery is more about living than defining how we should live. It’s about being who we can be, about me living the life  I can live rather than the life you want me to live so that you can feel comfortable. It’s … Continue reading →

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