Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psy. IT WAS FOUR IN the afternoon. I was driving along the river in my home town. It was the fourth decade of my struggle with active addiction. Overwhelmed with thoughts of utter failure, rabid hypocrisy and complete hopelessness, I started ruminating about the idea of suicide. Why not? It …
Mental Health and Addiction
The first section of this post is taken from the blog of Sophia Majlessi, National Council for Behavioral Health Released January 8, 2020 Voters More Likely to Support a Candidate Who Promises to Address Mental Health and Addiction, According to New Polling from the National Council for Behavioral Health Released Ahead of December 16 New …
Regarding Christian Theology and Psychology in Treating Mental Illness
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. —Frederick Buechner GOD CALLS PEOPLE. It might not be the calling of Abraham to leave the land of Ur and go forth into wilderness he knew nothing about, or the calling of Moses, confronted with the …
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Mental Illness and the Christian
Most of us know someone who is in counseling, on medication, or who has even taken or attempted to take his or her own life as a result of mental illness. Among the many topics high on the list that trouble Christians today, mental health would most likely be at or near the top. Ed …
Pale As Milk
I live in a constellation of memories of visits to Grandpa Roy and rides on his bulldozer, visits to the hospitals where Uncle Jeff insisted on illness for the free room, free meals, the free cable TV, visits through the phone line after midnight when Uncle Culby wanted to play me a song by The …
The Psychology of Dual Diagnosis
I am powerless over my mental disorder. I am powerless over my addiction. It has taken me a long time to admit these facts. Before I was able to admit my powerlessness, my life was unmanageable. I was unable to handle life without drugs and alcohol or to take care of my mental health. I …