Free Yourself

This is a place for self-help and support for all. I share my journey with Bipolar Disorder, Substance Abuse and being an Adult Child of an Alcoholic. I've learned to accept these things, so I’m now able to fully recover - and free myself.

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(via What It's Like to Grow Up with an Alcoholic Mom)

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“I want to go home, but I haven’t found it yet.”

[dicksturbed]

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How lovely 

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Let’s raise awareness and help spread the word with the Say It Forward Campaign. 

@InternationalBipolarFoundation

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Hear Demi Lovato's story of living with bipolar disorder, and start speaking up about mental health conditions. Be Vocal provides guidance for mental health advocacy and how to advocate for yourself.

Approximately 44 million adults – 1 in 5 Americans – are diagnosed with a mental health condition in any given year. It’s time we supported those individuals and the community. Join me in speaking up for mental health.

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Dignity in Mental Health

I just supported Dignity in Mental Health on @ThunderclapIt // @WMHDay

Support World Mental Health Day!

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If Only They Knew..

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How A Father’s Love Affects His Daughter’s Relationships

A father’s love, whether flooding or fleeting, is a defining variable in our love lives. Our experiences with intimate partners and most important, ourselves, is reliant on understanding this notion and accepting the soul-prescription(s) it needs to endure in an effort to remedy any negative symptoms. Pop-culture (and thousands of therapists) diagnose the pouring effects as “daddy issues”, but in…

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How A Father’s Love Affects His Daughter’s Relationships

A father’s love, whether flooding or fleeting, is a defining variable in our love lives. Our experiences with intimate partners and most important, ourselves, is reliant on understanding this notion and accepting the soul-prescription(s) it needs to endure in an effort to remedy any negative symptoms. Pop-culture (and thousands of therapists) diagnose the pouring effects as “daddy issues”, but in…

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Our pervasive demand for certainty in an uncertain world - for as we wait for certainty, our life passes us by.

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Free Yourself From The Chaos

Hey Callie, Here’s something about myself that I’ve known for a very long time – I’m impulsively impatient. By impulsively impatient, I mean that when I’m feeling impatient I say and do things that I wouldn’t normally say or do. And I always end up regretting what I’ve done. I’m not sure if it’s the New Yorker in me or if I was just born this way but I have to admit, it’s not a quality that I’m…

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One Day At A Time..

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Wednesday Wisdom "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?"

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Beautiful Kind of Pain I should be use to this by now. She's gone once again. I've become so immune to the lies and disappointments, Once again, addiction has taken the lead.

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Understanding My Diagnosis

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide – David J. Miklowitz, PhD

Bought this yesterday. I have a feeling it will be quite helpful! I’ll keep you posted. If you’ve already read it yourself, please share your thoughts:)

Happy Mother’s Day!

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