Living Sober

AUGUST 30, 2023

"Many people in early recovery find they lack a “volume knob” for emotions and this can feel out of control. Things often feel like they get worse before they get better."

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There were subtle clues that something was up; it was a different room to my normal visits, my handsome doctor looked much more serious than usual, and he seemed to have a gathered a crowd for some sort of party to celebrate the seriousness of the situation although his guest list was a bit limited. I thought. Okay, yep, I can do that.

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Social Work Synergy

APRIL 15, 2020

Editor’s note: This letter was written by Melanie in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and originally posted on LinkedIn on April 9, 2020. It has received over 80,000 views, dozens of tweets and Facebook posts and has been reblogged twice. by Melanie Sage, LCSW, PhD. We have re-published it here with her permission. It’s not clear.

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My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Today’s guest post is written by Rachael, who runs the amazing Call On Courage podcast. Where mental health is concerned, it’s vital; we label and frame our diagnosis around the language of recovery. My flavour of depression goes hand in hand with burnout. Have you experienced burnout before?

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I occupied a special secure room, a safe place.

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