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Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\r\n\r\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\r\n\r\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\r\n\r\nMary B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','publish','open','open','','yes-shes-one-of-us','','','2011-08-30 16:00:43','2011-08-30 16:00:43','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=58',0,'post','',2),(72,2,'2011-09-15 15:08:51','2011-09-15 15:08:51','Yesterday I got to meet a great group of people at the first Introduction to Recovery training that Recovery Connections has ever sponsored and the first one I\'ve ever helped facilitate.  Diana Fullem was my co-facilitator which was awesome.  Diana and I work really well together and that made my freshman run at this training that much easier.  I would say I had a ton of fun, but there is some really heavy material being presented so a more appropriate way to put it is to say it was a very moving experience with some fun moments.  I\'m really looking forward to conducting Part 2 next Wednesday.\n\nWith that being said, one of the most inspiring moments for me came at the beginning of the training where we ask the participants to write on a name tag a hurtful thing they had been labeled as in the past and then introduce themselves as that label.  The very first time I did this exercise I was a participant and didn\'t really get much out of it, but that was because most of the group choose not to dig deep into the really painful parts of our past choosing instead to use the safer insults like stupid, dork or nerd.  Not that these terms aren\'t hurtful, but yesterday I really emphasized for the group to go deeper than that and with almost no exception they delivered.  They dug into their painful pasts and shared labels such as \"Hi, I\'m Moose\", \"Hi, Im Useless\", and \"Hi, I\'m a Failure.\"  We do this exercise to demonstrate how harmful and hurtful stigmatizing someone with a negative label can be and how this stigma continues today toward individuals with a mental illness.  Immediately following this we do two different activities that focus on our inidividual strengths.  The shift in energy in the room was astonishing when we switched from negative labels to our strengths.  It was the perfect demonstration of the difference between the traditonal approach to treating mental illness which focusses on what the individual is not capable of and the recovery approach which foccuses on the whole person and what their individual strengths are.  It set the tone for the rest of the day and was only possible because each of the participants committed fully to participating.  For that I thank them.','Recovery Trainings','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision','','','2011-09-15 15:08:51','2011-09-15 15:08:51','',71,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=72',0,'revision','',0),(21,3,'2011-08-08 18:31:04','2011-08-08 18:31:04','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','15-revision','','','2011-08-08 18:31:04','2011-08-08 18:31:04','',15,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=21',0,'revision','',0),(22,3,'2011-08-18 19:27:49','2011-08-18 19:27:49','Glenn Koons, a peer support specialist and friend to the Lancaster recovery community, has been missing since July 20th. If you know where he is, contact the Sinking Spring police department at 610-678-1906. Here is one of many links to what\'s been found so far: http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Berks-County-man-missing-for-almost-a-month/E-XyjcCy4kefURV-wbLCSQ.cspx\r\n\r\nKnowing that Glenn Koons is lost somewhere is unnerving to me. He\'s been gone for almost a month, and there seems to be very little to go on. What seems to be known from press accounts is, he was released from Reading Hospital, and that he got into a cab and went home. He was last seen walking down a road in his neighborhood, wearing a black and silver striped shirt. Another account says that search dogs found his scent along a river. There are also statements about his condition, that he needed medication for “an undisclosed medical condition”, while a later article said he had bipolar disorder. How much is truth and how much is speculation is uncertain, but only one thing is sure – Glenn Koons is missing, and no one seems to know where he is.\r\n\r\nI\'m sure lots of things have gone through the minds of his family and friends, and that they are holding on to the hope that he is alive and well. I’m hoping that he will simply turn up and apologize for having been gone so long, that maybe he decided to take a trip to Hawaii or some other warm and tropical place and just wanted to have some time to chill out. I can imagine him in one of his colorful Hawaiian shirts, sunburned from the top of his head to the toes clinging on to his flip-flops. I’m also hoping he’ll come up with good pictures of his travels and a have a good story to go with them.\r\n\r\nAs the days pass though, grim thoughts have also crossed my mind. A phrase that I have heard from the substance abuse recovery community comes to mind, something about “jails, institutions and death” being the end of someone who is losing or has lost the battle against their addiction. I know the same can be said of those with mental health problems, as well as those who struggle with co-occurring (both addiction and mental health) problems. I’ve seen most of that phrase played out firsthand.\r\n\r\nI came to Lancaster many years ago at the invitation of a friend, one who struggled with alcoholism and bipolar disorder. In the nine months that I lived with him, he had spent time in jail, had been institutionalized twice, and often talked about wanting to die. At one point, he even wanted me to die with him. Although I was extremely depressed at the time, my will to live was stronger than my will to die, so I turned him down on that offer. After nine months I ended up leaving him to live at the Water Street Mission, and took out a PFA (protection from abuse order) against him, and didn’t see him again. One day, five years later, I opened up the Lancaster newspaper and found out that he finally got his wish to die fulfilled – he was murdered, and the speculation was that it was someone he met while he was in jail that was living with him.\r\n\r\nI also remember when I had a brief stay at Crispus Attucks when they had a homeless shelter, a young woman who slept in the bunk next to mine. She talked to people who weren’t there a lot, so I guessed that she might have had schizophrenia. She had a boyfriend who was very possessive of her, and seeing the two of them made me feel uneasy and scared. Once I left Crispus Attucks, I never saw her again, until years later I saw her mentioned in the local newspaper. I found out she was murdered by her boyfriend – he had poured gasoline on her and set her on fire. Before she died, she said who had done this to her to whatever police or rescue workers were there. She also lived two blocks away from me on the same street, and I had no idea she was there.\r\n\r\nNow someone I know from the mental health recovery community is missing, and I am very afraid.  I know that not everyone who has a mental illness goes to jail or lands in an institution, but I also know that for some people, it can be a death sentence, especially if it has been untreated for a long time or if a person decides to give up on treatment.\r\n\r\nI hope to God that Glenn is found alive and well. If he needs help, I pray that he will have the will to ask for it from people who can, and that he gets what he needs.','Looking for Glenn Koons','','publish','open','open','','looking-for-glenn-koons','','','2011-08-18 19:27:49','2011-08-18 19:27:49','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=22',0,'post','',37),(23,3,'2011-08-08 18:44:19','2011-08-08 18:44:19','The Journey Journal is an online, semi-personal journal offering the opinion and commentary of its authors. \r\n\r\nOur blog features thoughts on a wide range of issues affecting mental health, as well as stories and career experiences from our employees. We hope that our stories and experiences will help encourage individuals, families and communities as they seek to improve their mental health.  The opinions of the writers do not necessarily reflect the position of Recovery Connections on these subjects.  \r\n','Welcome to the Journey Journal!','','inherit','open','open','','15-revision-2','','','2011-08-08 18:44:19','2011-08-08 18:44:19','',15,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=23',0,'revision','',0),(24,3,'2011-08-08 18:44:59','2011-08-08 18:44:59','<strong>The Journey Journal is an online, semi-personal journal offering the opinion and commentary of its authors.</strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our blog features thoughts on a wide range of issues affecting mental health, as well as stories and career experiences from our employees. We hope that our stories and experiences will help encourage individuals, families and communities as they seek to improve their mental health. The opinions of the writers do not necessarily reflect the position of Recovery Connections on these subjects.</p>','Welcome to the Journey Journal!','','inherit','open','open','','15-revision-3','','','2011-08-08 18:44:59','2011-08-08 18:44:59','',15,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=24',0,'revision','',0),(71,2,'2011-09-15 15:09:45','2011-09-15 15:09:45','Yesterday I got to meet a great group of people at the first Introduction to Recovery training that Recovery Connections has ever sponsored and the first one I\'ve ever helped facilitate.  Diana Fullem was my co-facilitator which was awesome.  Diana and I work really well together and that made my freshman run at this training that much easier.  I would say I had a ton of fun, but there is some really heavy material being presented so a more appropriate way to put it is to say it was a very moving experience with some fun moments.  I\'m really looking forward to conducting Part 2 next Wednesday.\r\n\r\nWith that being said, one of the most inspiring moments for me came at the beginning of the training where we ask the participants to write on a name tag a hurtful thing they had been labeled as in the past and then introduce themselves as that label.  The very first time I did this exercise I was a participant and didn\'t really get much out of it, but that was because most of the group choose not to dig deep into the really painful parts of our past choosing instead to use the safer insults like stupid, dork or nerd.  Not that these terms aren\'t hurtful, but yesterday I really emphasized for the group to go deeper than that and with almost no exception they delivered.  They dug into their painful pasts and shared labels such as \"Hi, I\'m Moose\", \"Hi, Im Useless\", and \"Hi, I\'m a Failure.\"  We do this exercise to demonstrate how harmful and hurtful stigmatizing someone with a negative label can be and how this stigma continues today toward individuals with a mental illness.  Immediately following this we do two different activities that focus on our inidividual strengths.  The shift in energy in the room was astonishing when we switched from negative labels to our strengths.  It was the perfect demonstration of the difference between the traditonal approach to treating mental illness which focusses on what the individual is not capable of and the recovery approach which foccuses on the whole person and what their individual strengths are.  It set the tone for the rest of the day and was only possible because each of the participants committed fully to participating.  For that I thank them.','Recovery Trainings','','publish','open','open','','recovery-trainings','','','2011-09-15 15:09:45','2011-09-15 15:09:45','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=71',0,'post','',3),(26,2,'2011-08-08 18:45:15','2011-08-08 18:45:15','<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The Journey Journal is an online, semi-personal journal offering the opinion and commentary of its authors.</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our blog features thoughts on a wide range of issues affecting mental health, as well as stories and career experiences from our employees. We hope that our stories and experiences will help encourage individuals, families and communities as they seek to improve their mental health. The opinions of the writers do not necessarily reflect the position of Recovery Connections on these subjects.</p>','Welcome to the Journey Journal!','','inherit','open','open','','15-revision-4','','','2011-08-08 18:45:15','2011-08-08 18:45:15','',15,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=26',0,'revision','',0),(27,3,'2011-08-11 15:11:26','2011-08-11 15:11:26','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n\r\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\r\n\r\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\r\n\r\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\r\n\r\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n\r\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a             “circle of support” activity.\r\n\r\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n\r\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered,           working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\r\n\r\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways                    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing,   education and volunteering without taking over the process.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','publish','open','open','','introducing-recovery-trainings-from-recovery-connections','','','2011-08-11 15:11:26','2011-08-11 15:11:26','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=27',0,'post','',0),(28,3,'2011-08-11 14:42:38','2011-08-11 14:42:38','Hello,\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings developed by the\nLancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We are ready to roll out the first\nround of trainings.  The trainings will be at the Lancaster County Chamber\nof Commerce, 100 South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting\nRooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of\nrecovery principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\n\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to be\ntaken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n<strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.</li>\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths, preferences, goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a\nrisk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>\nUse\nlanguage which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an\nindividual in making choices about employment, housing, education and\nvolunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>Dates offered– </strong><strong></strong>\n\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room\n1\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision','','','2011-08-11 14:42:38','2011-08-11 14:42:38','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=28',0,'revision','',0),(29,3,'2011-08-11 14:46:22','2011-08-11 14:46:22','Hello,\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings developed           by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We are ready to roll out the     first round of trainings.  The trainings will be at the Lancaster County Chamber\nof Commerce, 100 South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting\nRooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\n\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.</li>\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths, preferences, goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-2','','','2011-08-11 14:46:22','2011-08-11 14:46:22','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=29',0,'revision','',0),(34,3,'2011-08-11 14:59:54','2011-08-11 14:59:54','<strong>Hello!</strong>\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\n\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\n\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person   instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.\n\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in           a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-7','','','2011-08-11 14:59:54','2011-08-11 14:59:54','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=34',0,'revision','',0),(30,3,'2011-08-11 14:53:23','2011-08-11 14:53:23','<strong>Hello!</strong>\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\n\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons,              and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based          language.</li>\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on              gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can                     treat individuals as  a whole person instead of a patient                        or psychiatric label.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with             recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create                    a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals,           lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice            using person-centered conversation and information gathering        tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in           a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-3','','','2011-08-11 14:53:23','2011-08-11 14:53:23','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=30',0,'revision','',0),(31,3,'2011-08-11 14:53:34','2011-08-11 14:53:34','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons,              and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based          language.</li>\r\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on              gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can                     treat individuals as  a whole person instead of a patient                        or psychiatric label.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\r\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with             recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create                    a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\r\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals,           lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice            using person-centered conversation and information gathering        tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in           a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\r\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\r\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-4','','','2011-08-11 14:53:34','2011-08-11 14:53:34','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=31',0,'revision','',0),(32,3,'2011-08-11 14:55:56','2011-08-11 14:55:56','<strong>Hello!</strong>\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\n\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering           persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and                    strengths-based language.</li>\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based              on              gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can                     treat individuals as  a whole person instead of a patient                        or psychiatric label.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with             recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create                    a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals,           lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice            using person-centered conversation and information gathering        tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in           a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-5','','','2011-08-11 14:55:56','2011-08-11 14:55:56','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=32',0,'revision','',0),(33,3,'2011-08-11 14:56:38','2011-08-11 14:56:38','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering           persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and                    strengths-based language.</li>\r\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based              on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we                       can treat individuals as  a whole person instead of a patient                  or psychiatric label.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nTuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\r\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with             recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create                    a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\r\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals,           lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice            using person-centered conversation and information gathering        tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in           a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\r\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\r\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-6','','','2011-08-11 14:56:38','2011-08-11 14:56:38','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=33',0,'revision','',0),(35,3,'2011-08-11 15:02:37','2011-08-11 15:02:37','<strong>Hello!</strong>\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\n\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person   instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered\nDecision Making and Choice</strong>\n\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.\n\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.\n\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\n\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-8','','','2011-08-11 15:02:37','2011-08-11 15:02:37','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=35',0,'revision','',0),(36,3,'2011-08-11 15:05:46','2011-08-11 15:05:46','<strong>Hello!</strong>\n\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\n\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\n\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\n\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\n\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\n\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete                       a “circle of support” activity.\n\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\n\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\n\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\n\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-9','','','2011-08-11 15:05:46','2011-08-11 15:05:46','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=36',0,'revision','',0),(37,3,'2011-08-11 15:06:20','2011-08-11 15:06:20','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n\r\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\r\n\r\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\r\n\r\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\r\n\r\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n\r\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete                       a “circle of support” activity.\r\n\r\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n\r\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered,           working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\r\n\r\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways                    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing,   education and volunteering without taking over the process.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-10','','','2011-08-11 15:06:20','2011-08-11 15:06:20','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=37',0,'revision','',0),(38,3,'2011-08-11 15:07:36','2011-08-11 15:07:36','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n\r\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\r\n\r\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\r\n\r\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\r\n\r\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n\r\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a             “circle of support” activity.\r\n\r\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n\r\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered,           working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\r\n\r\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways                    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing,   education and volunteering without taking over the process.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-11','','','2011-08-11 15:07:36','2011-08-11 15:07:36','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=38',0,'revision','',0),(39,3,'2011-08-11 15:08:20','2011-08-11 15:08:20','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n\r\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\r\n\r\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\r\n\r\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\r\n\r\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n\r\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a             “circle of support” activity.\r\n\r\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n\r\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered,           working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\r\n\r\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways                    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing,   education and volunteering without taking over the process.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-12','','','2011-08-11 15:08:20','2011-08-11 15:08:20','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=39',0,'revision','',0),(40,2,'2011-08-11 15:08:23','2011-08-11 15:08:23','<strong>Hello!</strong>\r\n\r\nRecently, Recovery Connections became the new home for the\r\nIntroduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings          developed by the Lancaster County Recovery Task Force.  We                         are ready to roll out the first round of trainings.  The trainings                          will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100               South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training,                     </strong><strong>day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Introduction to Recovery</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery           principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need\r\nfor and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 2 and</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 21<sup>st</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Modules </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive,\r\nin-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an\r\nindividual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to                    be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery\r\nbefore signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n\r\nDevelop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice             using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.\r\n\r\nRecognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture,      ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole             person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Tuesday, October 4<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision            Making and Choice</strong>\r\n\r\nCompare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based         person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own       words.\r\n\r\nLearn ways to incorporate strengths,preferences,goals, lifestyles and       interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community       Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n\r\nExplore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a          community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a             “circle of support” activity.\r\n\r\nIdentify resources to help individuals connect to their communities,               using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual\r\nPreferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\r\n\r\nLearn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered,           working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.\r\n\r\nUse language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways                    to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing,   education and volunteering without taking over the process.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<em>Wednesday, October 19<sup>th</sup>, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>,\r\nor e-mail at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\">mbowen@rc-pa.org</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Pricing</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for Provider;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em><strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 for Providers;\r\n$10 for Family Members and Students; Free to Consumers</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Introducing Recovery Trainings from Recovery Connections!','','inherit','open','open','','27-revision-13','','','2011-08-11 15:08:23','2011-08-11 15:08:23','',27,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=40',0,'revision','',0),(41,3,'2011-08-08 18:44:19','2011-08-08 18:44:19','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','22-revision','','','2011-08-08 18:44:19','2011-08-08 18:44:19','',22,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=41',0,'revision','',0),(46,6,'2011-08-30 15:56:52','2011-08-30 15:56:52','i was on a news website reading about gay couples on the rise in some states and people where allowed to post comments and the whole thing except a few comments was people whining about how its unnatural and all these negative hate filled comments. i am so sick of the way people as a society view people who are different i mean since when is it up to the public what two people do in there personal lives just saying its upsetting but i guess this is just part of life bulling never ends does it','why all the hate','','publish','open','open','','why-all-the-hate','','','2011-08-30 15:56:52','2011-08-30 15:56:52','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=46',0,'post','',1),(45,2,'2011-08-18 16:12:16','2011-08-18 16:12:16','Glenn Koons, a peer support specialist and friend to the Lancaster recovery community, has been missing since July 20th. If you know where he is, contact the Sinking Spring police department at 610-678-1906. Here is one of many links to what\'s been found so far: http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Berks-County-man-missing-for-almost-a-month/E-XyjcCy4kefURV-wbLCSQ.cspx\r\n\r\nKnowing that Glenn Koons is lost somewhere is unnerving to me.  He\'s been gone for almost a month, and there seems to be very little to go on.  What seems to be known from press accounts is, he was released from Reading Hospital, and that he got into a cab and went home.  He was last seen walking down a road in his neighborhood, wearing a black and silver striped shirt.  Another account says that search dogs found his scent along a river.  There are also statements about his condition, that he needed medication for “an undisclosed medical condition”, while a later article said he was bipolar.  How much is truth and how much is speculation is uncertain, but only one thing is sure – Glenn Koons is missing, and no one seems to know where he is.\r\n\r\nI\'m sure lots of things have gone through the minds of his family and friends, and that they are holding on to the hope that he is alive and well.  I’m hoping that he will simply turn up and apologize for having been gone so long, that maybe he decided to take a trip to Hawaii or some other warm and tropical place and just wanted to have some time to chill out.   I can imagine him in one of his colorful Hawaiian shirts, sunburned from the top of his head to the toes clinging on to his flip-flops.  I’m also hoping he’ll come up with good pictures of his travels and a have a good story to go with them.\r\n\r\nAs the days pass though, grim thoughts have also crossed my mind. A phrase that I have heard from the substance abuse recovery community comes to mind, something about “jails, institutions and death” being the end of someone who is losing or has lost the battle against their addiction.   I know the same can be said of those with mental health problems, as well as those who struggle with co-occurring (both addiction and mental health) problems, that sometimes they can run into jails, institutions and even death.  I’ve seen most of that phrase played out firsthand.\r\n\r\nI came to Lancaster many years ago at the invitation of a friend, one who struggled with alcoholism and bipolar disorder.  In the nine months that I lived with him, he had spent time in jail, had been institutionalized twice, and often talked about wanting to die.  At one point, he even wanted me to die with him.  Although I was extremely depressed at the time, my will to live was stronger than my will to die, so I turned him down on that offer.  After nine months I ended up leaving him to live at the Water Street Mission, and took out a PFA (protection from abuse order) against him, and didn’t see him again.  One day, five years later, I opened up the Lancaster newspaper and found out that he finally got his wish to die fulfilled – he was murdered, and the speculation was that it was someone he met while he was in jail that was living with him.\r\n\r\nI also remember when I had a brief stay at Crispus Attucks when they had a homeless shelter, a young woman who slept in the bunk next to mine.  She talked to people who weren’t there a lot, so I guessed that she might have had schizophrenia.   She had a boyfriend who was very possessive of her, and seeing the two of them made me feel uneasy and scared.  Once I left Crispus Attucks, I never saw her again, until years later I saw her mentioned in the local newspaper.  I found out she was murdered by her boyfriend – he had poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.  Before she died, she said who had done this to her to whatever police or rescue workers were there.  She also lived two blocks away from me on the same street, and I had no idea she was there.\r\n\r\nNow someone I know from the mental health recovery community is missing, and I am very afraid.  \r\nI know that not everyone who has a mental illness goes to jail or lands in an institution, but I also know that for some people, it can be a death sentence, especially if it has been untreated for a long time or if a person decides to give up on treatment.\r\n\r\nI hope to God that Glenn is found alive and well.  If he needs help, I pray that he will have the will to ask for it from people who can, and that he gets what he needs.  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','Looking for Glenn Koons','','inherit','open','open','','22-revision-2','','','2011-08-18 16:12:16','2011-08-18 16:12:16','',22,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=45',0,'revision','',0),(83,6,'2011-10-03 13:52:57','2011-10-03 13:52:57','I guess that even when celebrities do a public service announcement that using certain words is not cool like for instance using gay or fag or homo .These words do hurt they are cruel. They can cause someone to really be hurt. And when someone use\'s such words it can end in even death in some cases. Now I have faith in America not as much as some but wake up society as a whole and cant we just not.','why are people still using certain words','','publish','open','open','','why-are-people-still-using-certain-words','','','2011-10-03 13:52:57','2011-10-03 13:52:57','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=83',0,'post','',1),(82,6,'2011-09-16 15:13:30','2011-09-16 15:13:30','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','76-revision','','','2011-09-16 15:13:30','2011-09-16 15:13:30','',76,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=82',0,'revision','',0),(50,6,'2011-08-19 20:32:05','2011-08-19 20:32:05','no matter how your morning or your day goes or what happens in your week or even your month remember to see the brighter side of life your mishaps and ups and downs can be funny or even make you use your imagination such as getting locked out even our american president has gotten locked out so dont get all worked up cause eventually some one will come along and help and use there imagination to come up with ideas even when ur having your worst day ever you can look at the brighter side of things car brakes down and it is raining and you get splashed with muddy water think of the nice warm bubble bath you will get when you get home and always remember to keep a spare set of keys at all times','always look for the best in everyone','','publish','open','open','','always-look-for-the-best-in-everyone','','','2011-08-19 20:32:05','2011-08-19 20:32:05','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=50',0,'post','',2),(51,6,'2011-08-19 18:27:33','2011-08-19 18:27:33','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','50-revision','','','2011-08-19 18:27:33','2011-08-19 18:27:33','',50,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=51',0,'revision','',0),(52,2,'2011-08-19 20:31:54','2011-08-19 20:31:54','no matter how your morning or your day goes or what happens in your week or even your month remember to see the brighter side of life your mishaps and ups and downs can be funny or even make you use your imagination such as getting locked out even our american president has gotten locked out so dont get all worked up cause eventually some one will come along and help and use there imagination to come up with ideas even when ur having your worst day ever you can look at the brighter side of things car brakes down and it is raining and you get splashed with muddy water think of the nice warm bubble bath you will get when you get home and always remember to keep a spare set of keys at all times','always look for the best in everyone','','inherit','open','open','','50-autosave','','','2011-08-19 20:31:54','2011-08-19 20:31:54','',50,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=52',0,'revision','',0),(53,2,'2011-08-19 18:35:42','2011-08-19 18:35:42','no matter how your morning or your day goes or what happens in your week or even your month remember to see the brighter side of life your mishaps and ups and downs can be funny or even make you use your imagination such as getting locked out even our american president has gotten locked out so dont get all worked up cause eventually some one will come along and help and use there imagination to come up with ideas even when ur having your worst day ever you can look at the brighter side of things car brakes down and it is raining and you get splashed with muddy water think of the nice warm bubble bath you will get when you get home and always remember to keep a spare set of keys at all times','always look for the best in everyone','','inherit','open','open','','50-revision-2','','','2011-08-19 18:35:42','2011-08-19 18:35:42','',50,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=53',0,'revision','',0),(55,6,'2011-08-19 18:16:17','2011-08-19 18:16:17','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','46-revision','','','2011-08-19 18:16:17','2011-08-19 18:16:17','',46,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=55',0,'revision','',0),(59,3,'2011-08-29 20:18:23','2011-08-29 20:18:23','Whenever I hear Marsha Linehan\'s name mentioned, two things come to mind - borderline personality disorder, and DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am familiar with the mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills, as they have been helpful tools to me in treating my depression.  What I was not familiar with was the story about her personal experience, until one day I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times, \"<a title=\"Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;adxnnlx=1314644412-fnSpyu2suXGPZncBUWjSHA\" target=\"_blank\">Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight</a>\" by Benedict Carey, where Linehan \"comes out\" in June of this year as someone who has struggled with her own mental health challenges.\n\nIt was sobering to read that she started her recovery journey as a 17 year old who was locked in seclusion because of her major self-injury issues and the strong desire to die. Her family was at a loss as to what to do, and eventually she ended up at the Institute of Living.  At the time, her treatment was basically grasping at straws - the doctors, not knowing what she had, diagnosed her with schizophrenia, medicated her with powerful drugs, picked her brain with Freudian therapy and shocked the poor girl thirty times.  Twenty-six months later, she came out, traumatized, but with the desire to get out of her personal hell, and to one day be able to help others escape their own personal hell.  She eventually was able to find her own way out, go on to study psychology, earn her Ph.D.  and help others to move forward in their own recovery.\n\nOne of the most empowering things I read about her journey was a quote from Linehan, “I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself,” she said. “But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got.”  I realize that in using my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP, the DBT tools and the therapy I have received, I am doing the same thing - to provide for myself the things I need that in the past I never got.  Now I have these tools, and I am grateful.\n\nIn the past, when one of Marsha\'s patients would ask, while looking at the faded scars of Marsha\'s own wounds, \"Are you one of us?\", she would usually answer, \"You mean, have I suffered?\" and that would be the end of it.  Last spring, she was confronted with the same question, and the person asking pressed further. “No, Marsha,” the patient replied, “I mean one of us. Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\n\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\n\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','inherit','open','open','','58-revision','','','2011-08-29 20:18:23','2011-08-29 20:18:23','',58,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=59',0,'revision','',0),(60,3,'2011-08-29 20:19:22','2011-08-29 20:19:22','Whenever I hear Marsha Linehan\'s name mentioned, two things come to mind - borderline personality disorder, and DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am familiar with the mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills, as they have been helpful tools to me in treating my depression.  What I was not familiar with was the story about her personal experience, until one day I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times, \"<a title=\"Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;adxnnlx=1314644412-fnSpyu2suXGPZncBUWjSHA\" target=\"_blank\">Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight</a>\" by Benedict Carey, where Linehan \"comes out\" in June of this year as someone who has struggled with her own mental health challenges.\r\n\r\nIt was sobering to read that she started her recovery journey as a 17 year old who was locked in seclusion because of her major self-injury issues and the strong desire to die. Her family was at a loss as to what to do, and eventually she ended up at the Institute of Living.  At the time, her treatment was basically grasping at straws - the doctors, not knowing what she had, diagnosed her with schizophrenia, medicated her with powerful drugs, picked her brain with Freudian therapy and shocked the poor girl thirty times.  Twenty-six months later, she came out, traumatized, but with the desire to get out of her personal hell, and to one day be able to help others escape their own personal hell.  She eventually was able to find her own way out, go on to study psychology, earn her Ph.D.  and help others to move forward in their own recovery.\r\n\r\nOne of the most empowering things I read about her journey was a quote from Linehan, “I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself,” she said. “But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got.”  I realize that in using my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP, the DBT tools and the therapy I have received, I am doing the same thing - to provide for myself the things I need that in the past I never got.  Now I have these tools, and I am grateful.\r\n\r\nIn the past, when one of Marsha\'s patients would ask, while looking at the faded scars of Marsha\'s own wounds, \"Are you one of us?\", she would usually answer, \"You mean, have I suffered?\" and that would be the end of it.  Last spring, she was confronted with the same question, and the person asking pressed further. “No, Marsha,” the patient replied, “I mean one of us. Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\r\n\r\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\r\n\r\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\r\n\r\nMary B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','inherit','open','open','','58-revision-2','','','2011-08-29 20:19:22','2011-08-29 20:19:22','',58,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=60',0,'revision','',0),(61,3,'2011-08-29 20:19:26','2011-08-29 20:19:26','Whenever I hear Marsha Linehan\'s name mentioned, two things come to mind - borderline personality disorder, and DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am familiar with the mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills, as they have been helpful tools to me in treating my depression.  What I was not familiar with was the story about her personal experience, until one day I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times, \"<a title=\"Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;adxnnlx=1314644412-fnSpyu2suXGPZncBUWjSHA\" target=\"_blank\">Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight</a>\" by Benedict Carey, where Linehan \"comes out\" in June of this year as someone who has struggled with her own mental health challenges.\r\n\r\nIt was sobering to read that she started her recovery journey as a 17 year old who was locked in seclusion because of her major self-injury issues and the strong desire to die. Her family was at a loss as to what to do, and eventually she ended up at the Institute of Living.  At the time, her treatment was basically grasping at straws - the doctors, not knowing what she had, diagnosed her with schizophrenia, medicated her with powerful drugs, picked her brain with Freudian therapy and shocked the poor girl thirty times.  Twenty-six months later, she came out, traumatized, but with the desire to get out of her personal hell, and to one day be able to help others escape their own personal hell.  She eventually was able to find her own way out, go on to study psychology, earn her Ph.D.  and help others to move forward in their own recovery.\r\n\r\nOne of the most empowering things I read about her journey was a quote from Linehan, “I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself,” she said. “But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got.”  I realize that in using my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP, the DBT tools and the therapy I have received, I am doing the same thing - to provide for myself the things I need that in the past I never got.  Now I have these tools, and I am grateful.\r\n\r\nIn the past, when one of Marsha\'s patients would ask, while looking at the faded scars of Marsha\'s own wounds, \"Are you one of us?\", she would usually answer, \"You mean, have I suffered?\" and that would be the end of it.  Last spring, she was confronted with the same question, and the person asking pressed further. “No, Marsha,” the patient replied, “I mean one of us. Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\r\n\r\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\r\n\r\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\r\n\r\nMary B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','inherit','open','open','','58-revision-3','','','2011-08-29 20:19:26','2011-08-29 20:19:26','',58,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=61',0,'revision','',0),(62,3,'2011-08-29 20:20:55','2011-08-29 20:20:55','Whenever I hear Marsha Linehan\'s name mentioned, two things come to mind - borderline personality disorder, and DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am familiar with the mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills, as they have been helpful tools to me in treating my depression.  What I was not familiar with was the story about her personal experience, until one day I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times, \"<a title=\"Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;adxnnlx=1314644412-fnSpyu2suXGPZncBUWjSHA\" target=\"_blank\">Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight</a>\" by Benedict Carey, where Linehan \"comes out\" in June of this year as someone who has struggled with her own mental health challenges.\n\nIt was sobering to read that she started her recovery journey as a 17 year old who was locked in seclusion because of her major self-injury issues and the strong desire to die. Her family was at a loss as to what to do, and eventually she ended up at the Institute of Living.  At the time, her treatment was basically grasping at straws - the doctors, not knowing what she had, diagnosed her with schizophrenia, medicated her with powerful drugs, picked her brain with Freudian therapy and shocked the poor girl thirty times.  Twenty-six months later, she came out, traumatized, but with the desire to get out of her personal hell, and to one day be able to help others escape their own personal hell.  She eventually was able to find her own way out, go on to study psychology, earn her Ph.D.  and help others to move forward in their own recovery.\n\nOne of the most empowering things I read about her journey was a quote from Linehan, “I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself,” she said. “But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got.”  I realize that in using my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP, the DBT tools and the therapy I have received, I am doing the same thing - to provide for myself the things I need that in the past I never got.  Now I have these tools, and I am grateful.\n\nIn the past, when one of Marsha\'s patients would ask, while looking at the faded scars of Marsha\'s own wounds, \"Are you one of us?\", she would usually answer, \"You mean, have I suffered?\" and that would be the end of it.  Last spring, she was confronted with the same question, and the person asking pressed further. “No, Marsha,” the patient replied, “I mean one of us. Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\n\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\n\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\n\nMary B.\n\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','inherit','open','open','','58-autosave','','','2011-08-29 20:20:55','2011-08-29 20:20:55','',58,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=62',0,'revision','',0),(69,2,'2011-09-08 15:52:41','2011-09-08 15:52:41','I\'m not sure why I came in to the office today.  Most everything is closed and I am the only one here right now.  Rivers are rising to their highest points since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and roads are being closed left and right due to flood waters.  Yet here I sit.  I should probably go home while I still can.  Soon, perhaps, my home will be unreachable as there are several streams and rivers along the way.\n\nAnyway, I\'ve never considered myself a particularly adventurous individual.  I do push myself past my comfort level on occasion, however my threshhold for adventure is much lower than many.  Despite this, I tend to find these extreme weather events exciting.  I worry about other people\'s safety and I certainly don\'t want anyone to get hurt.  But for me personally, sometimes I feel as if life is simply a series of going through the motions... wake up, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, eat lunch, work a little more, go home, eat dinner, go to bed, repeat.  At times like this with rising river waters, or hurricane force winds as we had last week or during tonado warnings I seem to feel more alive.  Maybe its that when there is no real or perceived danger breathing simply becomes another part of the daily routine.  When a major event occurs and the routine is broken breathing becomes much more than just part of the routine, it then becomes a necessary part of survival.  I don\'t know... maybe I\'m a closeted adventurer.  Maybe I should take up sky diving, swimming with sharks, base jumping, cliff diving, wing walking, etc.  But, probably not.  Most likely I\'ll just continue to rely on Mother Nature to provide me with my thrills.  To each, his own I guess.\n\nAt any rate, no matter how thrilling it may or may not be to you, please be safe out there.  Take care...','Random Ramblings on a Wet Day','','inherit','open','open','','68-revision','','','2011-09-08 15:52:41','2011-09-08 15:52:41','',68,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=69',0,'revision','',0),(64,2,'2011-08-30 15:55:55','2011-08-30 15:55:55','i was on a news website reading about gay couples on the rise in some states and people where allowed to post comments and the whole thing except a few comments where people whining about how its unnatural and all these negative hate filled comments. i am so sick of the way people as a society view people who are different i mean since when is it up to the public what two people do in there personal lives just saying its upsetting but i guess this is just part of life bulling never ends does it','why all the hate','','inherit','open','open','','46-autosave','','','2011-08-30 15:55:55','2011-08-30 15:55:55','',46,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=64',0,'revision','',0),(65,2,'2011-08-26 00:06:26','2011-08-26 00:06:26','i was on a news website reading about gay couples on the rise in some states and people where aloud to post comments and the whole thing except a few comments where people whining about how its unnatural and all these negative hate filled comments. i am so sick of the way people as a society view people who are different i mean since when is it up to the public what two people do in there personal lives just saying its upsetting but i guess this is just part of life bulling never ends does it','why all the hate','','inherit','open','open','','46-revision-2','','','2011-08-26 00:06:26','2011-08-26 00:06:26','',46,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=65',0,'revision','',0),(66,2,'2011-08-29 20:19:53','2011-08-29 20:19:53','Whenever I hear Marsha Linehan\'s name mentioned, two things come to mind - borderline personality disorder, and DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am familiar with the mindfulness, distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills, as they have been helpful tools to me in treating my depression.  What I was not familiar with was the story about her personal experience, until one day I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times, \"<a title=\"Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;adxnnlx=1314644412-fnSpyu2suXGPZncBUWjSHA\" target=\"_blank\">Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight</a>\" by Benedict Carey, where Linehan \"comes out\" in June of this year as someone who has struggled with her own mental health challenges.\r\n\r\nIt was sobering to read that she started her recovery journey as a 17 year old who was locked in seclusion because of her major self-injury issues and the strong desire to die. Her family was at a loss as to what to do, and eventually she ended up at the Institute of Living.  At the time, her treatment was basically grasping at straws - the doctors, not knowing what she had, diagnosed her with schizophrenia, medicated her with powerful drugs, picked her brain with Freudian therapy and shocked the poor girl thirty times.  Twenty-six months later, she came out, traumatized, but with the desire to get out of her personal hell, and to one day be able to help others escape their own personal hell.  She eventually was able to find her own way out, go on to study psychology, earn her Ph.D.  and help others to move forward in their own recovery.\r\n\r\nOne of the most empowering things I read about her journey was a quote from Linehan, “I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself,” she said. “But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got.”  I realize that in using my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP, the DBT tools and the therapy I have received, I am doing the same thing - to provide for myself the things I need that in the past I never got.  Now I have these tools, and I am grateful.\r\n\r\nIn the past, when one of Marsha\'s patients would ask, while looking at the faded scars of Marsha\'s own wounds, \"Are you one of us?\", she would usually answer, \"You mean, have I suffered?\" and that would be the end of it.  Last spring, she was confronted with the same question, and the person asking pressed further. “No, Marsha,” the patient replied, “I mean one of us. Like us. Because if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.”\r\n\r\nI would like to think she said, \"Yes, I am, and I\'m here to walk with you.\"\r\n\r\nThanks Marsha Linehan, for helping others to realize that they can choose to live.\r\n\r\nMary B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Yes, she\'s one of us','','inherit','open','open','','58-revision-4','','','2011-08-29 20:19:53','2011-08-29 20:19:53','',58,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=66',0,'revision','',0),(68,2,'2011-09-08 15:54:28','2011-09-08 15:54:28','I\'m not sure why I came in to the office today.  Most everything is closed and I am the only one here right now.  Rivers are rising to their highest points since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and roads are being closed left and right due to flood waters.  Yet here I sit.  I should probably go home while I still can.  Soon, perhaps, my home will be unreachable as there are several streams and rivers along the way.\r\n\r\nAnyway, I\'ve never considered myself a particularly adventurous individual.  I do push myself past my comfort level on occasion, however my threshhold for adventure is much lower than many.  Despite this, I tend to find these extreme weather events exciting.  I worry about other people\'s safety and I certainly don\'t want anyone to get hurt.  But for me personally, sometimes I feel as if life is simply a series of going through the motions... wake up, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, eat lunch, work a little more, go home, eat dinner, go to bed, repeat.  At times like this with rising river waters, or hurricane force winds as we had last week or during tonado warnings I seem to feel more alive.  Maybe its that when there is no real or perceived danger breathing simply becomes another part of the daily routine.  When a major event occurs and the routine is broken breathing becomes much more than just part of the routine, it then becomes a necessary part of survival.  I don\'t know... maybe I\'m a closeted adventurer.  Maybe I should take up sky diving, swimming with sharks, base jumping, cliff diving, wing walking, splunking (caving), etc.  But, probably not.  Most likely I\'ll just continue to rely on Mother Nature to provide me with my thrills.  To each, his own I guess.\r\n\r\nAt any rate, no matter how thrilling it may or may not be to you, please be safe out there.  Take care...','Random Ramblings on a Wet Day','','publish','open','open','','random-ramblings-on-a-wet-day','','','2011-09-08 15:54:28','2011-09-08 15:54:28','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=68',0,'post','',1),(76,6,'2011-09-30 14:47:01','2011-09-30 14:47:01','i was wondering how the community would react in my neighborhood to something and this week i found out there is a sense of care no matter how much we as neighbors argue about things and have disagreements when it comes down to the end of the day we all care and last nite in lancaster pa i have seen how much people care about each other some lady hit a dog and everyone on the block came out and was very angery this puppy ran out into the street and got hit by speedy woman of course a few people got a little carried away but it shows how people do care in the end the pup only suffered a concussion so it all turned out all right','just open thoughts','','publish','open','open','','just-open-thoughts','','','2011-09-30 14:47:01','2011-09-30 14:47:01','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=76',0,'post','',2),(77,2,'2011-09-16 15:48:22','2011-09-16 15:48:22','i am very upset with police i have a friend who lives in our so called land of free who was at a vigil in his hometown on 9/11 and he is a respectful person who i care about a lot and i found out while he was there two officers approached this young man and had the nerve to ask him if he was arab and he looked at them and told them no he is of course indian-american and is a college student who lives and america and after the fact they continued to watch him as if he was part of a terrorist group this upset the poor guy and he went home i have read my friends post on facebook and he is very upset by all this as am i and several others in fact when 9/11 happened he was on his couch at home watching spongebob square pants i just do not understand why the need for this discrimination most people i know would not put up with this and infact if i was there i would of responded to the cops in a not so nice way i would of stood up for my friend and said hey you got a problem officer keep it moving were having a moment here ok leave us alone','post 9/11  discrimination','','inherit','open','open','','74-autosave','','','2011-09-16 15:48:22','2011-09-16 15:48:22','',74,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=77',0,'revision','',0),(78,2,'2011-09-16 15:13:30','2011-09-16 15:13:30','i am very upset with police i have a friend who lives in our so called land of free who was at a vigil in his hometown on 9/11 and he is a respectful person who i care about a lot and i found out while he was there two officers approached this young man and had the nerve to ask him if he was arab and he looked at them and told them no he is of course indian-american and is a college student who lives and america and after the fact they continued to watch him as if he was part of a terrorist group this upset the poor guy and he went home i have read my friends post on facebook and he is very upset by all this as am i and several others in fact when 9/11 happened he was on his couch at home watching spongebob square pants i just do not understand why the need for this discrimination most people i know would not put up with this and infact if i was there i would of responded to the cops in a not so nice way i would of stood up for my friend and said hey you got a problem officer keep it moving were having a moment here ok leave us alone','post 9/11  discrimination','','inherit','open','open','','74-revision-2','','','2011-09-16 15:13:30','2011-09-16 15:13:30','',74,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=78',0,'revision','',0),(85,2,'2011-09-30 14:46:57','2011-09-30 14:46:57','i was wondering how the community would react in my neighborhood to something and this week i found out there is a sense of care no matter how much we as neighbors argue about things and have disagreements when it comes down to the end of the day we all care and last nite in lancaster pa i have seen how much people care about each other some lady hit a dog and everyone on the block came out and was very angery this puppy ran out into the street and got hit by speedy woman of course a few people got a little carried away but it shows how people do care in the end the pup only suffered a concussion so it all turned out all right','just open thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','76-autosave','','','2011-09-30 14:46:57','2011-09-30 14:46:57','',76,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=85',0,'revision','',0),(84,2,'2011-10-07 19:39:46','2011-10-07 19:39:46','Almost everyday I am amazed by the people who work with me here at Recovery Connections.  That\'s all I have to say today.','RC Rocks','','publish','open','open','','rc-rocks','','','2011-10-07 19:39:46','2011-10-07 19:39:46','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=84',0,'post','',1),(86,2,'2011-09-30 14:00:22','2011-09-30 14:00:22','i was wondering how the community would react in my neighborhood to something and this week i found out there is a sense of care no matter how much we as neighbors argue about things and have disagreements when it comes down to the end of the day we all care and last nite in lancaster pa i have seen how much people care about each other some lady hit a dog and everyone on the block came out and was very angery this puppy ran out into the street and got hit by speedy woman of course a few people got a little carried away but it shows how people do care in the end the pup only suffered a concussion so it all turned out all right','just open thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','76-revision-2','','','2011-09-30 14:00:22','2011-09-30 14:00:22','',76,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=86',0,'revision','',0),(87,3,'2011-10-03 15:33:15','2011-10-03 15:33:15','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\r\n\r\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\r\n\r\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\r\n\r\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\r\n\r\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\r\n\r\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\r\n\r\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\r\n\r\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\r\n\r\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\r\n\r\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\r\n\r\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\r\n\r\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','publish','open','open','','a-different-view','','','2011-10-03 15:33:15','2011-10-03 15:33:15','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=87',0,'post','',5),(88,6,'2011-09-30 14:00:22','2011-09-30 14:00:22','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','83-revision','','','2011-09-30 14:00:22','2011-09-30 14:00:22','',83,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=88',0,'revision','',0),(89,6,'2011-10-03 13:53:49','2011-10-03 13:53:49','i have taken notice to some certain officers on the Lancaster city police force and i want them all to know i feel more comfortable knowing the way you have handled certain situations recently where you did not use force and were very understanding of the person who is a person with a mental illness i am proud to say i can now trust the cops in Lancaster city my home town the way they came out and handled the 302 was amazing the were respectful to the person and treated this person with respect and made sure they were comfortable i hope you two officers go far and be of great help to our society thank you','police responce ','','publish','open','open','','police-responce','','','2011-10-03 13:53:49','2011-10-03 13:53:49','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=89',0,'post','',2),(90,6,'2011-10-03 12:33:58','2011-10-03 12:33:58','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','89-revision','','','2011-10-03 12:33:58','2011-10-03 12:33:58','',89,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=90',0,'revision','',0),(114,3,'2011-10-13 18:39:48','2011-10-13 18:39:48','My dear friend Hugh tells me, “Columbus never actually set foot in North America.” and cites a web link as proof:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/11/11/1235290.htm\r\n\r\nInteresting...If I am a victim of revisionist history, and this article is true, then Columbus was not a murderer, but a man who is probably not the \"brightest banana in the bunch\". If I am not a victim of revisionist history, then my lack of enthusiasm for the holiday still stands. Either way, I still do not celebrate Columbus Day.\r\n\r\nEither way, I don\'t like Columbus Day. I don\'t like murderers, and I don\'t like someone who claims to \"discover\" a barren land when it is already inhabited.\r\n\r\nPeace out,\r\n\r\nMary','History lesson?','','publish','open','open','','history-lesson','','','2011-10-13 18:39:48','2011-10-13 18:39:48','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=114',0,'post','',2),(92,2,'2011-10-03 13:52:55','2011-10-03 13:52:55','I guess that even when celebrities do a public service announcement that using certain words is not cool like for instance using gay or fag or homo .These words do hurt they are cruel. They can cause someone to really be hurt. And when someone use\'s such words it can end in even death in some cases. Now I have faith in America not as much as some but wake up society as a whole and cant we just not.','why are people still using certain words','','inherit','open','open','','83-autosave','','','2011-10-03 13:52:55','2011-10-03 13:52:55','',83,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=92',0,'revision','',0),(93,2,'2011-10-03 12:33:58','2011-10-03 12:33:58',' \r\n     I guess that even when celebrities do a public service announcement that using certain words is not cool like for instance using gay or fag or homo .These words do hurt they are cruel. They can cause someone to really be hurt. And when someone use\'s such words it can end in even death in some cases. Now I have faith in America not as much as some but wake up society as a whole and cant we just not.','why are people still using certain words','','inherit','open','open','','83-revision-2','','','2011-10-03 12:33:58','2011-10-03 12:33:58','',83,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=93',0,'revision','',0),(94,2,'2011-10-03 12:38:40','2011-10-03 12:38:40','i have taken notice to some certain officers on the Lancaster city police force and i want them all to know i feel more comfortable knowing the way you have handled certain situations recently where you did not use force and were very understanding of the person who is a person with a mental illness i am proud to say i can now trust the cops in Lancaster city my home town the way they came out and handled the 302 was amazing the were respectful to the person and treated this person with respect and made sure they were comfortable i hope you two officers go far and be of great help to our society thank you','police responce ','','inherit','open','open','','89-revision-2','','','2011-10-03 12:38:40','2011-10-03 12:38:40','',89,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=94',0,'revision','',0),(95,2,'2011-10-03 13:55:44','2011-10-03 13:55:44','Yesterday I got to meet a great group of people at the first Introduction to Recovery training that Recovery Connections has ever sponsored and the first one I\'ve ever helped facilitate.  Diana Fullem was my co-facilitator which was awesome.  Diana and I work really well together and that made my freshman run at this training that much easier.  I would say I had a ton of fun, but there is some really heavy material being presented so a more appropriate way to put it is to say it was a very moving experience with some fun moments.  I\'m really looking forward to conducting Part 2 next Wednesday.\n\nWith that being said, one of the most inspiring moments for me came at the beginning of the training where we ask the participants to write on a name tag a hurtful thing they had been labeled as in the past and then introduce themselves as that label.  The very first time I did this exercise I was a participant and didn\'t really get much out of it, but that was because most of the group choose not to dig deep into the really painful parts of our past choosing instead to use the safer insults like stupid, dork or nerd.  Not that these terms aren\'t hurtful, but yesterday I really emphasized for the group to go deeper than that and with almost no exception they delivered.  They dug into their painful pasts and shared labels such as \"Hi, I\'m Moose\", \"Hi, Im Useless\", and \"Hi, I\'m a Failure.\"  We do this exercise to demonstrate how harmful and hurtful stigmatizing someone with a negative label can be and how this stigma continues today toward individuals with a mental illness.  Immediately following this we do two different activities that focus on our inidividual strengths.  The shift in energy in the room was astonishing when we switched from negative labels to our strengths.  It was the perfect demonstration of the difference between the traditonal approach to treating mental illness which focusses on what the individual is not capable of and the recovery approach which foccuses on the whole person and what their individual strengths are.  It set the tone for the rest of the day and was only possible because each of the participants committed fully to participating.  For that I thank them.','Recovery Trainings','','inherit','open','open','','71-autosave','','','2011-10-03 13:55:44','2011-10-03 13:55:44','',71,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=95',0,'revision','',0),(96,3,'2011-09-30 15:49:58','2011-09-30 15:49:58','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision','','','2011-09-30 15:49:58','2011-09-30 15:49:58','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=96',0,'revision','',0),(98,3,'2011-10-03 15:14:04','2011-10-03 15:14:04','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\n\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\n\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\n\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\n\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\n\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-2','','','2011-10-03 15:14:04','2011-10-03 15:14:04','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=98',0,'revision','',0),(97,3,'2011-10-10 14:04:54','2011-10-10 14:04:54','Today is World Mental Health Day, according to SAMHSA.gov. I just found out about this in my e-mail this morning, and I don\'t know if I\'m supposed to rush out to get a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" card, or throw a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" party. I do know that I\'m at Recovery Connections, which means I better be doing mental health recovery-related stuff, which is a good thing. I\'m ok with that.\r\n\r\nToday is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn\'t coming today, and that I\'m coming across a holiday I purposely don\'t celebrate.\r\n\r\nFrom what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it\'s just not \"kosher\". I\'m half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I\'m fully angry about that. I\'m not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I\'ll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of \"other-ness\" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.\r\n\r\nI think I\'ll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.','Monday morning thoughts','','publish','open','open','','monday-morning-thoughts','','','2011-10-10 14:04:54','2011-10-10 14:04:54','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=97',0,'post','',3),(99,3,'2011-10-03 15:15:04','2011-10-03 15:15:04','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\n\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\n\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\n\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\n\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\n\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\n\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\n\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\n\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\n\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\n\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-3','','','2011-10-03 15:15:04','2011-10-03 15:15:04','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=99',0,'revision','',0),(100,3,'2011-10-03 15:15:10','2011-10-03 15:15:10','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\r\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\r\n\r\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\r\n\r\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\r\n\r\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\r\n\r\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\r\n\r\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\r\n\r\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\r\n\r\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\r\n\r\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\r\n\r\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\r\n\r\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-4','','','2011-10-03 15:15:10','2011-10-03 15:15:10','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=100',0,'revision','',0),(101,3,'2011-10-03 15:15:33','2011-10-03 15:15:33','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\r\n\r\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\r\n\r\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\r\n\r\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\r\n\r\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\r\n\r\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\r\n\r\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\r\n\r\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\r\n\r\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\r\n\r\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\r\n\r\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\r\n\r\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-5','','','2011-10-03 15:15:33','2011-10-03 15:15:33','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=101',0,'revision','',0),(102,3,'2011-10-03 15:15:38','2011-10-03 15:15:38','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\r\n\r\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\r\n\r\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\r\n\r\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\r\n\r\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\r\n\r\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\r\n\r\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\r\n\r\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\r\n\r\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\r\n\r\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\r\n\r\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\r\n\r\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-6','','','2011-10-03 15:15:38','2011-10-03 15:15:38','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=102',0,'revision','',0),(103,2,'2011-10-03 15:29:20','2011-10-03 15:29:20','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\n\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\n\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\n\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\n\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\n\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\n\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\n\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\n\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\n\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\n\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\n\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-autosave','','','2011-10-03 15:29:20','2011-10-03 15:29:20','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=103',0,'revision','',0),(104,2,'2011-10-03 15:16:10','2011-10-03 15:16:10','There are two large windows in the Recovery Connections office, not counting the doors facing the outer lobby or the slit of glass in the back door. One window is between my boss and myself with the shade closed for privacy, and the other is a sliding glass door that faces the waiting area.\r\n\r\nIf my boss opened his window shade, mostly he would get to see my back of my head. The only time I ever see the back of my head is when I go to get my hair cut, and the barber gives me a hand mirror so I can look to see if she had done a good job. Usually it looks pretty good in the barber chair, but I have no idea how it looks after I’ve done my own hair. He might also see my work area in various states of chaos. Today, the chaos isn’t too bad, I hope.\r\n\r\nI’m sure he’d like to see something more, something different, like a view outside in nature and people running around in it. Can’t say I’d blame him - I’d want a similar view from time to time.\r\n\r\nEvery morning I open the other window, and with a click and a slide, there is air circulation, the sounds of buzzing activity from the office across the hall, and sometimes, the tantalizing smell of fresh coffee. There’s a sense of just a little more connectedness with the world with the window open.\r\n\r\nWhen I go online to post to Facebook or to the blog, I open a window of a different sort. There’s nature, there’s people, there’s music, there’s all sorts of other things to look at and interact with. There’s people out there who can touch your heart by the words, pictures and music they post, and it’s a form of connectedness, but not a full experience.\r\n\r\nThere were two days in September where I was able to view the issue of suicide from two perspectives – one day was spent with professionals who deal with those who attempt and/or complete suicide, and the other day was spent with survivors and family members. Both sides have a common goal – they want the people they care for who are contemplating suicide to contemplate living and surviving instead. I was quietly amazed at the reality before me, that I would be a part of helping people to consider living.\r\n\r\nSix years ago, I viewed life from a darkened window, contemplating suicide. Life sucked. My second marriage had tanked, my job was in peril because 9/11 had affected business terribly, my physical health was awful, and I lived isolated way out in the North Georgia mountains, leaving the house only to go to work, church on occasion, and grocery shopping. I went online to talk to people in support groups, but it wasn’t quite the same. Lonely and in physical, emotional and spiritual pain, I wanted out.\r\n\r\nOne day, contemplation was almost completion when I walked slowly and deliberately from the office where I worked to the street that ran in front of it. I stopped at the edge of the curb, staring at it, then at the traffic. I wanted something big to hit me when I would walk in front of it, to make sure that I had no chance of coming back. I felt like I was in a trance, seduced by the thought of the pain ending for good.\r\n\r\nA friend from church had stopped by the business next door, and when she came out, she saw me at the very moment one of my feet left the curb, and shouted “Hello!” That jarred me out of my trance, and good manners prevailed, so instead of saying goodbye, I said “hello” right back.\r\n\r\nIf it hadn’t been for her being there at that very moment, I wouldn’t be here, plain and simple.\r\n\r\nOn the day of the Suicide Symposium and the day of the Empty Shoe Memorial, both in Harrisburg, I heard stories of loss and survival. In hearing the stories, what struck me hard was that of those of us who survive, many of us were one person away from death. This is one of those things where one person really does make a difference in another’s life - anyone can provide a window of opportunity for a person to choose life by just being there for them.\r\n\r\nToday, I am in a different place, seeing life through a different window; I am working at a place that understands and promotes recovery, my health is improving as a result of taking charge of it, and I am slowly but surely working my way out of isolation. I like what I see these days – I see possibilities for change, I see people who are walking in the light of recovery, and most of all I see hope.','A Different View','','inherit','open','open','','87-revision-7','','','2011-10-03 15:16:10','2011-10-03 15:16:10','',87,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=104',0,'revision','',0),(105,2,'2011-09-30 14:45:38','2011-09-30 14:45:38','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','84-revision','','','2011-09-30 14:45:38','2011-09-30 14:45:38','',84,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=105',0,'revision','',0),(107,3,'2011-10-03 15:12:38','2011-10-03 15:12:38','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','97-revision','','','2011-10-03 15:12:38','2011-10-03 15:12:38','',97,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=107',0,'revision','',0),(108,3,'2011-10-12 18:01:47','2011-10-12 18:01:47','The MACC Committee of Recovery Connections is looking for a few good volunteers who are willing to help with marketing our recovery trainings and survey services. 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I\'m ok with that.\n\nToday is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn\'t coming today, and that I\'m coming across a holiday I purposely don\'t celebrate.\n\nFrom what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it\'s just not \"kosher\". I\'m half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I\'m fully angry about that. I\'m not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.\n\nMaybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I\'ll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of \"other-ness\" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.\n\nI think I\'ll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.','Monday morning thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','97-revision-2','','','2011-10-10 13:58:57','2011-10-10 13:58:57','',97,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=109',0,'revision','',0),(110,3,'2011-10-10 13:59:24','2011-10-10 13:59:24','Today is World Mental Health Day, according to SAMHSA.gov. I just found out about this in my e-mail this morning, and I don\'t know if I\'m supposed to rush out to get a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" card, or throw a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" party. I do know that I\'m at Recovery Connections, which means I better be doing mental health recovery-related stuff, which is a good thing. I\'m ok with that.\r\n\r\nToday is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn\'t coming today, and that I\'m coming across a holiday I purposely don\'t celebrate.\r\n\r\nFrom what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it\'s just not \"kosher\". I\'m half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I\'m fully angry about that. I\'m not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I\'ll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of \"other-ness\" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.\r\n\r\nI think I\'ll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.','Monday morning thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','97-revision-3','','','2011-10-10 13:59:24','2011-10-10 13:59:24','',97,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=110',0,'revision','',0),(111,3,'2011-10-10 13:59:30','2011-10-10 13:59:30','Today is World Mental Health Day, according to SAMHSA.gov. I just found out about this in my e-mail this morning, and I don\'t know if I\'m supposed to rush out to get a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" card, or throw a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" party. I do know that I\'m at Recovery Connections, which means I better be doing mental health recovery-related stuff, which is a good thing. I\'m ok with that.\r\n\r\nToday is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn\'t coming today, and that I\'m coming across a holiday I purposely don\'t celebrate.\r\n\r\nFrom what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it\'s just not \"kosher\". I\'m half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I\'m fully angry about that. I\'m not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I\'ll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of \"other-ness\" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.\r\n\r\nI think I\'ll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.','Monday morning thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','97-revision-4','','','2011-10-10 13:59:30','2011-10-10 13:59:30','',97,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=111',0,'revision','',0),(112,2,'2011-10-10 14:00:25','2011-10-10 14:00:25','Today is World Mental Health Day, according to SAMHSA.gov. I just found out about this in my e-mail this morning, and I don\'t know if I\'m supposed to rush out to get a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" card, or throw a \"Happy World Mental Health Day\" party. I do know that I\'m at Recovery Connections, which means I better be doing mental health recovery-related stuff, which is a good thing. I\'m ok with that.\r\n\r\nToday is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn\'t coming today, and that I\'m coming across a holiday I purposely don\'t celebrate.\r\n\r\nFrom what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it\'s just not \"kosher\". I\'m half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I\'m fully angry about that. I\'m not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I\'ll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of \"other-ness\" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.\r\n\r\nI think I\'ll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.','Monday morning thoughts','','inherit','open','open','','97-revision-5','','','2011-10-10 14:00:25','2011-10-10 14:00:25','',97,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=112',0,'revision','',0),(113,3,'2011-10-10 13:56:17','2011-10-10 13:56:17','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','108-revision','','','2011-10-10 13:56:17','2011-10-10 13:56:17','',108,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=113',0,'revision','',0),(115,3,'2011-10-10 20:34:19','2011-10-10 20:34:19','The MACC Committee of Recovery Connections is looking for a few good volunteers who are willing to help with marketing our recovery trainings and survey services. Come to our next MACC meeting on October 26th at 10:00 am to find out more. If you have questions about MACC, call Dave Measel at 717-397-0600.','Recovery Connections Looking for MACC Volunteers','','inherit','open','open','','108-revision-2','','','2011-10-10 20:34:19','2011-10-10 20:34:19','',108,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=115',0,'revision','',0),(166,6,'2011-12-01 19:38:47','2011-12-01 19:38:47','here are my thoughts on World AIDS Day i think that its not only a day of hope and remembrance of the ones we loved and lost over the years i hope that someday some time some where we will find a cure because i for one am tired of hearing about people losing the fight to this monster this does not just affect adults it affects kids and family\'s and even neighbors and close relatives we all need to work together to make this thing change and or end and i hope to be able to some day see a cure not a treatment or a cocktail but an actual cure it really hurts to see someone die from this no matter who the person is and we must show love and compassion for the ones who are fighting for there lives','world AIDS day','','publish','open','open','','world-aids-day','','','2011-12-01 19:38:47','2011-12-01 19:38:47','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=166',0,'post','',2),(165,2,'2011-11-17 16:12:53','2011-11-17 16:12:53','Here is a new way to support Recovery Connections.  Go to http://www.gooddining.com and register.  When you eat at participating restaurants and use a registered credit card we get a donation.  Thanks for your support.','Easiest Way Yet to Sopport RC','','inherit','open','open','','161-revision-2','','','2011-11-17 16:12:53','2011-11-17 16:12:53','',161,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=165',0,'revision','',0),(119,4,'2011-10-12 18:02:56','2011-10-12 18:02:56','I seem to recall George W. Bush being said to indicate Congress was behaving like spendthrift teens.  I see this as an illustration of my belief that people label others what they themselves have been called—misery loves company.\r\n\r\nRick Perry, to skewer global warming, “accuses climate scientists of lying for money”—spoken by a politician (as reported in the press).\r\n\r\nWho but the enlightened will we believe climate is in equilibrium—but fluctuating?  We may believe global warming will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">return</span>.  We may try to mitigate/avert it.  We ought to expect &amp; prepare/plan/project for it.  Intelligent life on Earth?  Omniscience certainly isn\'t pervasive.','Global Warming','','publish','open','open','','global-warming-2','','','2011-10-12 18:02:56','2011-10-12 18:02:56','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=119',0,'post','',3),(120,4,'2011-10-12 17:32:51','2011-10-12 17:32:51','I seem to recall George W. Bush being said to indicate Congress was behaving like spendthrift teens.  I see this as an illustration of my belief that people label others what they themselves have been called—misery loves company.\n\nRick Perry, to skewer global warming, “accuses climate scientists of lying for money”—spoken by a politician (as reported in the press).\n\nWho but the enlightened will we believe climate is in equilibrium—but fluctuating?  We may believe global warming will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">return</span>.  We may try to mitigate/avert it.  We ought to expect &amp; prepare/plan/project for it.  Intelligent life on Earth?  Omniscience certainly isn\'t pervasive.','Glo','','inherit','open','open','','119-revision','','','2011-10-12 17:32:51','2011-10-12 17:32:51','',119,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=120',0,'revision','',0),(167,6,'2011-12-01 17:55:04','2011-12-01 17:55:04','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','166-revision','','','2011-12-01 17:55:04','2011-12-01 17:55:04','',166,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=167',0,'revision','',0),(163,2,'2011-11-09 21:34:28','2011-11-09 21:34:28','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','161-revision','','','2011-11-09 21:34:28','2011-11-09 21:34:28','',161,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=163',0,'revision','',0),(122,2,'2011-10-10 20:34:46','2011-10-10 20:34:46','The MACC Committee of Recovery Connections is looking for a few good volunteers who are willing to help with marketing our recovery trainings and survey services. Come to our next MACC meeting on October 26th at 10:00 am to find out more. If you have questions about MACC, call Dave Measel at 717-397-0600.','Recovery Connections Looking for MACC Volunteers','','inherit','open','open','','108-revision-3','','','2011-10-10 20:34:46','2011-10-10 20:34:46','',108,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=122',0,'revision','',0),(123,2,'2011-10-12 17:33:10','2011-10-12 17:33:10','I seem to recall George W. Bush being said to indicate Congress was behaving like spendthrift teens.  I see this as an illustration of my belief that people label others what they themselves have been called—misery loves company.\r\n\r\nRick Perry, to skewer global warming, “accuses climate scientists of lying for money”—spoken by a politician (as reported in the press).\r\n\r\nWho but the enlightened will we believe climate is in equilibrium—but fluctuating?  We may believe global warming will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">return</span>.  We may try to mitigate/avert it.  We ought to expect &amp; prepare/plan/project for it.  Intelligent life on Earth?  Omniscience certainly isn\'t pervasive.','Global Warming','','inherit','open','open','','119-revision-2','','','2011-10-12 17:33:10','2011-10-12 17:33:10','',119,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=123',0,'revision','',0),(124,4,'2011-10-13 18:38:58','2011-10-13 18:38:58','For gender there is a push-pull of human development vs. cultural preferences.  If there is a question, pre-natal human development will prefer female.  If there is a question a birth, doctors will patch you up as male.  At puberty he discovers she grows to resemble mom.\r\n\r\nAs for proclamations of Lady Gaga being hermaphroditic, so far I only see grounds for conjecture of suspicion of ambiguous genitalia, of which I care not.  Moreover, \'intersexed\' is the euphemism, though somewhat vague--encompassing more possibilities.  You go girl; I\'ll listen.','of Gaga down under','','publish','open','open','','of-gaga-down-under','','','2011-10-13 18:38:58','2011-10-13 18:38:58','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=124',0,'post','',2),(125,3,'2011-10-10 20:34:19','2011-10-10 20:34:19','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','114-revision','','','2011-10-10 20:34:19','2011-10-10 20:34:19','',114,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=125',0,'revision','',0),(127,4,'2011-10-13 14:38:35','2011-10-13 14:38:35','For gender there is a push-pull of human development vs. cultural preferences.  If there is a question, pre-natal human development will prefer female.  If there is a question a birth, doctors will patch you up as male.  At puberty he discovers she grows to resemble mom.\n\nAs for proclamations of Lady Gaga being hermaphroditic, so far I only see grounds for conjecture of suspicion of ambiguous genitalia, of which I care not.  Moreover, \'intersexed\' is the euphemism, though somewhat vague--encompassing more possibilities.    You go girl; I\'ll listen.','of Gaga down under','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision','','','2011-10-13 14:38:35','2011-10-13 14:38:35','',124,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=127',0,'revision','',0),(128,3,'2011-10-13 14:38:26','2011-10-13 14:38:26',' My dear friend Hugh tells me, “Columbus never actually set foot in North America.” and cites a web link as proof:\r\n \r\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/11/11/1235290.htm\r\n\r\nInteresting...If I am a victim of revisionist history, and this article is true, then Columbus was not a murderer, but a man who is probably not the \"brightest banana in the bunch\".   If I am not a victim of revisionist history, then my lack of enthusiasm for the holiday still stands.  Either way, I still do not celebrate Columbus Day.\r\n\r\nPeace,\r\nMary\r\n\r\nEither way, I don\'t like Columbus Day.  I don\'t like murderers, and I don\'t like someone who claims to \"discover\" a barren land when it is already inhabited.','History lesson and correction','','inherit','open','open','','114-revision-2','','','2011-10-13 14:38:26','2011-10-13 14:38:26','',114,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=128',0,'revision','',0),(129,3,'2011-10-13 14:40:47','2011-10-13 14:40:47','My dear friend Hugh tells me, “Columbus never actually set foot in North America.” and cites a web link as proof:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/11/11/1235290.htm\r\n\r\nInteresting...If I am a victim of revisionist history, and this article is true, then Columbus was not a murderer, but a man who is probably not the \"brightest banana in the bunch\". If I am not a victim of revisionist history, then my lack of enthusiasm for the holiday still stands. Either way, I still do not celebrate Columbus Day. I don\'t like murderers, and I don\'t like someone who claims to \"discover\" a barren land when it is already inhabited.\r\n\r\nPeace out,\r\n\r\nMary','History lesson?','','inherit','open','open','','114-autosave','','','2011-10-13 14:40:47','2011-10-13 14:40:47','',114,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=129',0,'revision','',0),(130,3,'2011-10-13 14:39:34','2011-10-13 14:39:34','My dear friend Hugh tells me, “Columbus never actually set foot in North America.” and cites a web link as proof:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/11/11/1235290.htm\r\n\r\nInteresting...If I am a victim of revisionist history, and this article is true, then Columbus was not a murderer, but a man who is probably not the \"brightest banana in the bunch\". If I am not a victim of revisionist history, then my lack of enthusiasm for the holiday still stands. Either way, I still do not celebrate Columbus Day.\r\n\r\nEither way, I don\'t like Columbus Day. I don\'t like murderers, and I don\'t like someone who claims to \"discover\" a barren land when it is already inhabited.\r\n\r\nPeace out,\r\n\r\nMary','History lesson?','','inherit','open','open','','114-revision-3','','','2011-10-13 14:39:34','2011-10-13 14:39:34','',114,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=130',0,'revision','',0),(217,3,'2012-01-26 16:36:09','2012-01-26 16:36:09','Just thought I\'d check in to let everybody know I\'m ok. There\'s nothing happening that is earth-shattering that I really need to write about.\r\n\r\nWell, maybe that\'s something to write about, the fact that I\'m feeling kind of in \"lurk mode\". I don\'t have anything witty to say, so I just lurk in the kind of silence that happens in conversations, when people are in between subjects and are wondering what to say next.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I\'m yapping everywhere else; I\'m saying stuff at work, saying stuff with my friends, saying stuff on Facebook, saying stuff to my therapist...by the time I get here, I\'m all yapped out. All the people in my life that want or need to know anything about me at any given moment already have what they want or need to know, I think.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'m ok, I guess. There\'s not a \"poke\" button on here to get me to say\r\nsomething more substantial...maybe I\'ll come up with something another time.\r\nNamaste, y\'all.\r\nMary','Mental Health Check-up: I\'m ok, I guess.','','inherit','open','open','','206-autosave','','','2012-01-26 16:36:09','2012-01-26 16:36:09','',206,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=217',0,'revision','',0),(132,3,'2011-10-14 17:51:40','2011-10-14 17:51:40','I\'m not a die-hard Lady Gaga fan, but of the songs I\'ve heard so far, they kind of stick to me like glue in my head. \"Over the Edge\", the dance version, especially rocks.\r\n\r\nShe also pushes the boundaries in her creativity, which is cool - though the meat dress business is a bit, um...well...icky. Whether you agree with what she does as an artist or as a person, I\'ve got to admit, she does inspire discussion about things like sexuality and religion. Sure, there are a lot of artists who do that, but she takes it to another level.\r\n\r\nTake what works for you and leave behind what doesn\'t.\r\n\r\nMary','Not a \"little monster\", but I still think Gaga is grand','','publish','open','open','','not-a-little-monster-but-i-still-think-gaga-is-grand','','','2011-10-14 17:51:40','2011-10-14 17:51:40','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=132',0,'post','',2),(218,3,'2012-01-26 16:35:57','2012-01-26 16:35:57','Just thought I\'d check in to let everybody know I\'m ok. There\'s nothing happening that is earth-shattering that I really need to write about.\r\n\r\nWell, maybe that\'s something to write about, the fact that I\'m feeling kind of in \"lurk mode\". I don\'t have anything witty to say, so I just lurk in the kind of silence that happens in conversations, when people are in between subjects and are wondering what to say next.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I\'m yapping everywhere else; I\'m saying stuff at work, saying stuff with my friends, saying stuff on Facebook, saying stuff to my therapist...by the time I get here, I\'m all yapped out. All the people in my life that want or need to know anything about me at any given moment already have what they want or need to know, I think.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'m ok, I guess. There\'s not a \"poke\" button on here to get me to say\r\nsomething more substantial...maybe I\'ll come up with something another time.\r\nNamaste, y\'all.\r\nMary','Mental Health Check-up: I\'m ok, I guess.','','inherit','open','open','','206-revision-3','','','2012-01-26 16:35:57','2012-01-26 16:35:57','',206,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=218',0,'revision','',0),(135,4,'2011-10-13 18:40:31','2011-10-13 18:40:31','In my opinion, Walmart is a great place to spend money, but not to buy anything; sortof like duct tape which does everything, but nothing well--even ducts.  The employees are great though.','Walmart IMO','','publish','open','open','','walmart-imo','','','2011-10-13 18:40:31','2011-10-13 18:40:31','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=135',0,'post','',1),(136,4,'2011-10-13 18:11:18','2011-10-13 18:11:18','In my opinion, Walmart is a great place to spend money, but not to buy anything; sortof like duct tape which does everything, but nothing well--even ducts.  The employees are great though.','Walmart IMO','','inherit','open','open','','135-revision','','','2011-10-13 18:11:18','2011-10-13 18:11:18','',135,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=136',0,'revision','',0),(137,2,'2011-10-13 14:39:20','2011-10-13 14:39:20','For gender there is a push-pull of human development vs. cultural preferences.  If there is a question, pre-natal human development will prefer female.  If there is a question a birth, doctors will patch you up as male.  At puberty he discovers she grows to resemble mom.\r\n\r\nAs for proclamations of Lady Gaga being hermaphroditic, so far I only see grounds for conjecture of suspicion of ambiguous genitalia, of which I care not.  Moreover, \'intersexed\' is the euphemism, though somewhat vague--encompassing more possibilities.  You go girl; I\'ll listen.','of Gaga down under','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision-2','','','2011-10-13 14:39:20','2011-10-13 14:39:20','',124,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=137',0,'revision','',0),(138,2,'2011-10-13 14:41:12','2011-10-13 14:41:12','My dear friend Hugh tells me, “Columbus never actually set foot in North America.” and cites a web link as proof:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/11/11/1235290.htm\r\n\r\nInteresting...If I am a victim of revisionist history, and this article is true, then Columbus was not a murderer, but a man who is probably not the \"brightest banana in the bunch\". If I am not a victim of revisionist history, then my lack of enthusiasm for the holiday still stands. Either way, I still do not celebrate Columbus Day.\r\n\r\nEither way, I don\'t like Columbus Day. I don\'t like murderers, and I don\'t like someone who claims to \"discover\" a barren land when it is already inhabited.\r\n\r\nPeace out,\r\n\r\nMary','History lesson?','','inherit','open','open','','114-revision-4','','','2011-10-13 14:41:12','2011-10-13 14:41:12','',114,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=138',0,'revision','',0),(139,2,'2011-10-13 18:11:45','2011-10-13 18:11:45','In my opinion, Walmart is a great place to spend money, but not to buy anything; sortof like duct tape which does everything, but nothing well--even ducts.  The employees are great though.','Walmart IMO','','inherit','open','open','','135-revision-2','','','2011-10-13 18:11:45','2011-10-13 18:11:45','',135,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=139',0,'revision','',0),(140,6,'2011-10-14 17:50:11','2011-10-14 17:50:11','Westboro Baptist Church is the epitome of all that is not right with this country why can\'t they just go away and stop judging others what they are doing is a hate crime in a way its a hate crime againist our country and the people who live here these idiots really believe that they have the right to call people f@9s i mean serious get real wbbc wake up god loves all his children including me who just happens to be openly gay and proud of it so at some point when your up there on your stool leaders of west boro you know who you are look in the mirror you are no different from us and HE loves all not just the few or the selected but all of us including the ones who have died fighting for there country','Westboro Baptist Church','','publish','open','open','','westboro-baptist-church','','','2011-10-14 17:50:11','2011-10-14 17:50:11','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=140',0,'post','',8),(141,6,'2011-10-14 14:51:23','2011-10-14 14:51:23','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','140-revision','','','2011-10-14 14:51:23','2011-10-14 14:51:23','',140,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=141',0,'revision','',0),(143,3,'2011-10-13 16:28:04','2011-10-13 16:28:04','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','132-revision','','','2011-10-13 16:28:04','2011-10-13 16:28:04','',132,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=143',0,'revision','',0),(144,3,'2011-10-14 17:50:53','2011-10-14 17:50:53','Sometimes when I surf the Web, I find all kinds of interesting things, and some \"stick\" with me more than others. The folks that make Duck Brand duct tape have an awesome webpage called \"Stuck At Prom\", where students compete in making prom dresses and tuxedos out of duct tape! Check out this link:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.duckbrand.com/Promotions/stuck-at-prom.aspx\r\n\r\nWho says duct tape is totally useless? It\'s can be wearable and comes in awesome colors!','Duct Tape Can Be Beautiful','','publish','open','open','','duct-tape-can-be-beautiful','','','2011-10-14 17:50:53','2011-10-14 17:50:53','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=144',0,'post','',1),(145,3,'2011-10-14 16:12:31','2011-10-14 16:12:31','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','144-revision','','','2011-10-14 16:12:31','2011-10-14 16:12:31','',144,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=145',0,'revision','',0),(152,2,'2011-10-31 16:28:48','2011-10-31 16:28:48','Just a quick reminder to everyone that while Halloween can be a fun time of year with dressing up in costumes and all of the candy, it is also a time of year that some of societies most overt stigmatization of individuals with a mental health diagnosis occurs.  From the \"haunted asylum\" attractions to the costumes that incorporate straight jackets Halloween has become a time of year to fear for consumers of mental health services.  Along with the ghosts, goblins and ghouls many of the other sites that have become synonymous with Halloween act as a reminder that individuals with a mental illness are dangerous and should be feared.  This is hurtful and offensive to those individuals.\r\n\r\nDressing up in \"blackface\" or as someone with cancer would not be acceptable.  So why is it OK to stigmatize those with a mental illness?!?  This year, if you see attractions such as Field of Screams which has a \"Haunted Asylum\" don\'t support their prejudice, backward thinking by giving them your hard-earned money.  Find alternatives such as Jason\'s Woods.  And if you see someone dressed up in a way that belittles or humiliaties another human being talk to them about how this is unacceptable.\r\n\r\nHere\'s to wishing everyone a safe, fun and respectful Halloween.','Halloween','','publish','open','open','','halloween','','','2011-10-31 16:28:48','2011-10-31 16:28:48','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=152',0,'post','',1),(147,2,'2011-10-14 17:49:16','2011-10-14 17:49:16','Westboro Baptist Church is the epitome of all that is not right with this country why can\'t they just go away and stop judging others what they are doing is a hate crime in a way its a hate crime againist our country and the people who live here these idiots really believe that they have the right to call people f@9s i mean serious get real wbbc wake up god loves all his children including me who just happens to be openly gay and proud of it so at some point when your up there on your stool leaders of west boro you know who you are look in the mirror you are no different from us and HE loves all not just the few or the selected but all of us including the ones who have died fighting for there country','Westboro Baptist Church','','inherit','open','open','','140-autosave','','','2011-10-14 17:49:16','2011-10-14 17:49:16','',140,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=147',0,'revision','',0),(148,2,'2011-10-14 15:04:47','2011-10-14 15:04:47','Westboro Baptist Church is the epiphany of all that is not right with this country why can they just go away and stop judging others what they are doing is a hate crime in a way its a hate crime againist our country and the people who live here these idiots really believe that they have the right to call people f@9s i mean serious get real wbbc wake up god loves all his children including me who just happens to be openly gay and proud of it so at some point when your up there on your stool leaders of west boro you know who you are look in the mirror you are no different from us and HE loves all not just the few or the selected but all of us including the ones who have died fighting for there country ','Westboro Baptist Church','','inherit','open','open','','140-revision-2','','','2011-10-14 15:04:47','2011-10-14 15:04:47','',140,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=148',0,'revision','',0),(149,2,'2011-10-14 16:25:01','2011-10-14 16:25:01','Sometimes when I surf the Web, I find all kinds of interesting things, and some \"stick\" with me more than others.  The folks that make Duck Brand duct tape have an awesome webpage called \"Stuck At Prom\", where students compete in making prom dresses and tuxedos out of duct tape!  Check out this link:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.duckbrand.com/Promotions/stuck-at-prom.aspx\r\n\r\nWho says duct tape is totally useless?  It\'s can be wearable and comes in awesome colors!  \r\n','Duct Tape Can Be Beautiful','','inherit','open','open','','144-revision-2','','','2011-10-14 16:25:01','2011-10-14 16:25:01','',144,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=149',0,'revision','',0),(150,2,'2011-10-14 16:12:31','2011-10-14 16:12:31','I\'m not a die-hard Lady Gaga fan, but of the songs I\'ve heard so far, they kind of stick to me like glue in my head. \"Over the Edge\", the dance version, especially rocks.  \r\n\r\nShe also pushes the boundaries in her creativity, which is cool - though the meat dress business is a bit, um...well...icky.  Whether you agree with what she does as an artist or as a person, I\'ve got to admit, she does inspire discussion about things like sexuality and religion.  Sure, there are a lot of artists who do that, but she takes it to another level.\r\n\r\nTake what works for you and leave behind what doesn\'t.\r\n\r\nMary','Not a \"little monster\", but I still think Gaga is grand','','inherit','open','open','','132-revision-2','','','2011-10-14 16:12:31','2011-10-14 16:12:31','',132,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=150',0,'revision','',0),(214,3,'2012-01-11 17:41:03','2012-01-11 17:41:03','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','206-revision','','','2012-01-11 17:41:03','2012-01-11 17:41:03','',206,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=214',0,'revision','',0),(151,2,'2011-10-17 19:02:29','2011-10-17 19:02:29','I seem to recall George W. Bush being said to indicate Congress was behaving like spendthrift teens.  I see this as an illustration of my belief that people label others what they themselves have been called—misery loves company.\n\nRick Perry, to skewer global warming, “accuses climate scientists of lying for money”—spoken by a politician (as reported in the press).\n\nWho but the enlightened will we believe climate is in equilibrium—but fluctuating?  We may believe global warming will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">return</span>.  We may try to mitigate/avert it.  We ought to expect &amp; prepare/plan/project for it.  Intelligent life on Earth?  Omniscience certainly isn\'t pervasive.','Global Warming','','inherit','open','open','','119-autosave','','','2011-10-17 19:02:29','2011-10-17 19:02:29','',119,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=151',0,'revision','',0),(153,2,'2011-10-31 16:27:58','2011-10-31 16:27:58','Just a quick reminder to everyone that while Halloween can be a fun time of year with dressing up in costumes and all of the candy, it is also a time of year that some of societies most overt stigmatization of individuals with a mental health diagnosis occurs.  From the \"haunted asylum\" attractions to the costumes that incorporate straight jackets Halloween has become a time of year to fear for consumers of mental health services.  Along with the ghosts, goblins and ghouls many of the other sites that have become synonymous with Halloween act as a reminder that individuals with a mental illness are dangerous and should be feared.  This is hurtful and offensive to those individuals.\n\nDressing up in \"blackface\" or as someone with cancer would not be acceptable.  So why is it OK to stigmatize those with a mental illness?!?  This year, if you see attractions such as Field of Screams which has a \"Haunted Asylum\" don\'t support their prejudice, backward thinking by giving them your hard-earned money.  Find alternatives such as Jason\'s Woods.  And if you see someone dressed up in a way that belittles or humiliaties another human being talk to them about how this is unacceptable.\n\nHere\'s to wishing everyone a safe, fun and respectful Halloween.','Halloween','','inherit','open','open','','152-revision','','','2011-10-31 16:27:58','2011-10-31 16:27:58','',152,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=153',0,'revision','',0),(162,2,'2011-11-01 14:52:32','2011-11-01 14:52:32','I looked in the mirror yesterday and realized I didn\'t need one.  Getting older scares me enough!  Ra-ha-ha-haaaaah!\r\n\r\nHugh, his parents and myself went to visit his auntie yesterday.  We would have gone to visit her on Sunday, but the snowstorm changed things up a bit.  She\'s 100 and plenty sharp, and I enjoyed the time with her.\r\n\r\nOne of the best things she has taught me is to keep engaged in life and to always keep learning new things.  I think that\'s how she is able to live so long.  Her sight may be fading, but she uses a reader to keep reading anything she can get her hands on.  She also gets around the home she\'s in, instead of staying in her room.  She is a delight to the people who work there at the nursing home, and she was certainly in good spirits when we met with her.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if I want to live as long as she, but I do want to live as well.','My Halloween Costume','','inherit','open','open','','157-revision-4','','','2011-11-01 14:52:32','2011-11-01 14:52:32','',157,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=162',0,'revision','',0),(161,2,'2011-11-17 16:13:22','2011-11-17 16:13:22','Here is a new way to support Recovery Connections. Go to http://www.gooddining.com and register. When you eat at participating restaurants and use a registered credit card we get a donation. Thanks for your support.','Easiest Way Yet to Support RC','','publish','open','open','','easiest-way-yet-to-support-rc','','','2011-11-17 16:13:22','2011-11-17 16:13:22','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=161',0,'post','',0),(157,3,'2011-11-09 21:35:28','2011-11-09 21:35:28','I looked in the mirror yesterday and realized I didn\'t need one.  Getting older scares me enough!  Ra-ha-ha-haaaaah!\r\n\r\nHugh, his parents and myself went to visit his auntie yesterday.  We would have gone to visit her on Sunday, but the snowstorm changed things up a bit.  She\'s 100 and plenty sharp, and I enjoyed the time with her.\r\n\r\nOne of the best things she has taught me is to keep engaged in life and to always keep learning new things.  I think that\'s how she is able to live so long.  Her sight may be fading, but she uses a reader to keep reading anything she can get her hands on.  She also gets around the home she\'s in, instead of staying in her room.  She is a delight to the people who work there at 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After losing the umpteenth pen to the wiry mess that lives behind my desk, I decided to fetch not only that pen, but all the others that have fallen back there.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have one of those cool long-armed grabber things, so I used a metal rod that belonged to one of our old desks, and wrapped it with duct tape. Voila! McGyver would be proud! I was able to retrieve 10 pens, a letter opener, a Sharpie marker, a pad of 1\"x2\" sticky notes, and one or two odd notes.\r\n\r\nIt doesn\'t take much to make me happy these days. Thank God for duct tape!','See!  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After losing the umpteenth pen to the wiry mess that lives behind my desk, I decided to fetch not only that pen, but all the others that have fallen back there.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have one of those cool long-armed grabber things, so I used a metal rod that belonged to one of our old desks, and wrapped it with duct tape.  Voila!  McGyver would be proud!  I was able to retrieve 10 pens, a letter opener, a Sharpie marker, a pad of 1\"x2\" sticky notes, and one or two odd notes.\r\n\r\nIt doesn\'t take much to make me happy these days.  Thank God for duct tape!','See!  Duct tape is good for something else!','','inherit','open','open','','171-revision-2','','','2011-12-01 22:09:00','2011-12-01 22:09:00','',171,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=174',0,'revision','',0),(175,3,'2011-12-01 22:11:42','2011-12-01 22:11:42','Of all the odd things to share...but it\'s true. After losing the umpteenth pen to the wiry mess that lives behind my desk, I decided to fetch not only that pen, but all the others that have fallen back there.\n\nI didn\'t have one of those cool long-armed grabber things, so I used a metal rod that belonged to one of our old desks, and wrapped it with duct tape. Voila! McGyver would be proud! I was able to retrieve 10 pens, a letter opener, a Sharpie marker, a pad of 1\"x2\" sticky notes, and one or two odd notes.\n\nIt doesn\'t take much to make me happy these days. Thank God for duct tape!','See!  Duct tape is good for something else!','','inherit','open','open','','171-autosave','','','2011-12-01 22:11:42','2011-12-01 22:11:42','',171,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=175',0,'revision','',0),(176,2,'2011-12-01 22:10:40','2011-12-01 22:10:40','Of all the odd things to share...but it\'s true. After losing the umpteenth pen to the wiry mess that lives behind my desk, I decided to fetch not only that pen, but all the others that have fallen back there.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have one of those cool long-armed grabber things, so I used a metal rod that belonged to one of our old desks, and wrapped it with duct tape. Voila! McGyver would be proud! I was able to retrieve 10 pens, a letter opener, a Sharpie marker, a pad of 1\"x2\" sticky notes, and one or two odd notes.\r\n\r\nIt doesn\'t take much to make me happy these days. Thank God for duct tape!','See!  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Haven\'t heard anything yet...I\'m sure Dave\'s nervously playing Gem Drop while he\'s waiting :) - anyway, Sam is coming, and the RC staff is excited right along with you!','Sam is coming, Sam is coming!','','publish','open','open','','sam-is-coming-sam-is-coming','','','2011-12-29 20:35:55','2011-12-29 20:35:55','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=184',0,'post','',2),(183,2,'2011-12-09 16:43:47','2011-12-09 16:43:47','i always wondered why people who are gay made a big deal about coming out well here is your answer i myself found out it was like a new begining like the gates opened and i was free i am not sure how others felt after coming out but i felt like a huge weight had been lifted and to anyone out there who may be scared dont there is help if you need it and are ready it may be rough at first and some wont get it but they will adapt people do change it may take a little time but they will learn to love you for who you are','coming out','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-2','','','2011-12-09 16:43:47','2011-12-09 16:43:47','',178,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=183',0,'revision','',0),(215,3,'2012-01-31 18:04:57','2012-01-31 18:04:57','I\'ve been having stomach trouble lately, and I\'ve had to see specialists to see parts of me in the process.\r\n\r\nFirst, I have a therapist appointment, and I mention the stomach pain.  We talk about it a bit, but there\'s not much to be done other than what I\'m already doing emotionally.  Then I see my primary physician, who looks at me and says I\'m ok for the most part, but to get my stomach checked out by another doctor.  So I go to my bariatric doctor, because  I had surgery back in 2010 to drop a lot of weight.  He then writes up orders for some tests.  There\'s some speculation it might be my gallbladder, and the tests will show whether it\'s that or if there\'s something else going on.\r\n\r\nIt\'s mindboggling, this dance between doctors.  Sometimes I envy my car, and how for the most part, it only needs to see one person to fix most things, except for some body work that yet needs to be done.   It\'s also easier for it to get things corrected by getting them replaced.  The human body, not so much.','Treating the whole shebang','','publish','open','open','','treating-the-whole-shebang','','','2012-01-31 18:04:57','2012-01-31 18:04:57','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=215',0,'post','',1),(187,2,'2011-12-29 20:45:47','2011-12-29 20:45:47','A few days ago Mary wrote a post titled \"Sam is coming...\"  Well Sam has arrived.  He is, of course, adorable.  There isn\'t a whole lot to say except thank you to everyone for supporting me and caring.\r\n\r\nOn a slightly different subject, Sam was delivered 100% naturally.  I was in the delivery room and I could not believe how intense it got in there.  I don\'t think I would have had the strength to turn down more advanced medical aide in his delivery if it were me.  His mother was amazing in his delivery.  She had a nurse on one side, her mom (also a delivery nurse at a different hospital) on the other side and a midwife at the end of the bed.  Something just seemed so right and natural about a woman in labor surrounded by other women supporting her and coaching her.  It wouldn\'t have been right if there had been a man involved.  After having sat through this delivery I am convinced no man can ever fully understand the experience.  In that room there were women supporting another woman through an experience only mother\'s can completly know.  I\'m a different person for having the experience of simply watching him be born... I can only imagine how it has effected his mother.\r\n\r\nThanks again everyone.','Sam Arrived','','publish','open','open','','sam-arrived','','','2011-12-29 20:45:47','2011-12-29 20:45:47','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=187',0,'post','',3),(188,2,'2011-12-23 20:02:20','2011-12-23 20:02:20','Dave called me this morning to let me know he\'s not coming in - he\'s at the hospital, because Sam\'s mommy is in labor!  Haven\'t heard anything yet...I\'m sure Dave\'s nervously playing Gem Drop while he\'s waiting :) - anyway, Sam is coming, and the RC staff is excited right along with you!','Sam is coming, Sam is coming!','','inherit','open','open','','184-revision-2','','','2011-12-23 20:02:20','2011-12-23 20:02:20','',184,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=188',0,'revision','',0),(189,2,'2011-12-29 20:32:05','2011-12-29 20:32:05','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','187-revision','','','2011-12-29 20:32:05','2011-12-29 20:32:05','',187,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=189',0,'revision','',0),(216,3,'2012-01-26 16:35:06','2012-01-26 16:35:06','Just thought I\'d check in to let everybody know I\'m ok.  There\'s nothing happening that is earth-shattering that I really need to write about.               \r\n\r\nWell, maybe that\'s something to write about, the fact that I\'m feeling kind of in \"lurk mode\". I don\'t have anything witty to say, so I just lurk in a the kind of silence that happens in conversations, when people are in between subjects and are wondering what to say next.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I\'m yapping everywhere else; I\'m saying stuff at work, saying stuff with my friends, saying stuff on Facebook, saying stuff to my therapist...by the time I get here, I\'m all yapped out.  All the people in my life that want or need to know anything about me at any given moment already have what they want or need to know, I think.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'m ok, I guess.  There\'s not a \"poke\" button on here to get me to say\r\nsomething more substantial...maybe I\'ll come up with something another time.\r\nNamaste, y\'all.\r\nMary','Mental Health Check-up: I\'m ok, I guess.','','inherit','open','open','','206-revision-2','','','2012-01-26 16:35:06','2012-01-26 16:35:06','',206,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=216',0,'revision','',0),(191,2,'2011-12-29 20:47:03','2011-12-29 20:47:03','A few days ago Mary wrote a post titled \"Sam is coming...\" Well Sam has arrived. He is, of course, adorable. There isn\'t a whole lot to say except thank you to everyone for supporting me and caring.\n\nOn a slightly different subject, Sam was delivered 100% naturally. I was in the delivery room and I could not believe how intense it got in there. I don\'t think I would have had the strength to turn down more advanced medical aide in his delivery if it were me. His mother was amazing in his delivery. She had a nurse on one side, her mom (also a delivery nurse at a different hospital) on the other side and a midwife at the end of the bed. Something just seemed so right and natural about a woman in labor surrounded by other women supporting her and coaching her. It wouldn\'t have been right if there had been a man involved. After having sat through this delivery I am convinced no man can ever fully understand the experience. In that room there were women supporting another woman through an experience only mother\'s can completly know. I\'m a different person for having the experience of simply watching him be born... I can only imagine how it has effected his mother.\n\nThanks again everyone.','Sam Arrived','','inherit','open','open','','187-autosave','','','2011-12-29 20:47:03','2011-12-29 20:47:03','',187,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=191',0,'revision','',0),(193,4,'2012-01-03 16:51:26','2012-01-03 16:51:26','To say \'amateur ignorance\' doesn\'t tell me how the ignorance classifies between the two classic categories of ignorance: profound &amp; enlightened*.  By not identifying, it attacks the person, but not the problem(s).  The [ex-]speaker touts his great experience, however “...the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God...”, “for God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom,...”(1 Co 1:25&amp;3:19, NRSV)  “Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.”**( <a href=\"http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anonymous#N\">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anonymous#N</a> )\r\n\r\nMy latest conclusion is life\'s lessons are solely for us to realize that while there will always be things we don\'t know, we should (a) minimize our delusion that we do-know those things we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think</span> we know, &amp; (b) perceive the pain of God, by noting our behavioral motivations stemming from those qualities we\'ve in common with God (and note that not-looking-as-a-chimpanzee does not approach defining either God or our essential selves).  (From earlier,) the koan “Does a dog have Budda nature?” so far has me conclude I can neither deny no confirm such (but in the mean time I can be generous and maybe eventually I\'ll find he does not).\r\n\r\nI remember Chris\'s Buy &amp; Sell around here.  Maybe he took his pawn shop to Wall Street figuring he had years of experience buying &amp; selling, and discovered there was a quality/skill needed there he didn\'t have.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s amateur ignorance picking spouses...and not learning.  I believe Newt has picked three times (&amp; abandoned twice).  You cannot pick your Congress—you work with who you have.\r\n\r\nJust imagine where the chariot of passion could take this country.  I\'d prefer inspiration (from God) to passion (from fallible human senses).\r\n\r\n*Profound ignorance is when you do-not-know what you do not know, whereas the enlightened ignorant know what they do not know.\r\n\r\n**I understand the Titanic failed as it was operated incorrectly--not according to the intelligent-designers thought.  The operators decided to miss the obstacle rather than hit it straight on.  In seeking to avoid disturbing the occupants, they reduced the impulse*** but made a long stretch of damage, and sank the ship.  Isn\'t this the dynamic we get from Congress?\r\n\r\n***\'Impulse\' is a term found in physics, specifically mechanics.\r\n\r\nShalom','Newt Gingrich: ”Amateur Ignorance”','','publish','open','open','','newt-gingrich-%e2%80%9damateur-ignorance%e2%80%9d','','','2012-01-03 16:51:26','2012-01-03 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noting our behavioral motivations stemming from those qualities we\'ve in common with God (and note that not-looking-as-a-chimpanzee does not approach defining either God or our essential selves).  (From earlier,) the koan “Does a dog have Budda nature?” so far has me conclude I can neither deny no confirm such (but in the mean time I can be generous and maybe eventually I\'ll find he does not).\n\nI remember Chris\'s Buy &amp; Sell around here.  Maybe he took his pawn shop to Wall Street figuring he had years of experience buying &amp; selling, and discovered there was a quality/skill needed there he didn\'t have.\n\nAnd then there\'s amateur ignorance picking spouses...and not learning.  I believe Newt has picked three times (&amp; abandoned twice).  You cannot pick your Congress—you work with who you have.\n\nJust imagine where the chariot of passion could take this country.  I\'d prefer inspiration (from God) to passion (from fallible human senses).\n\n*Profound ignorance is when 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Not.\r\n\r\nI went to Walgreens on New Years Day to pick up an antibiotic and some syrup with codeine in it for a nasty case of tonsillitis.  Before my prescription came back, I noticed a large sign that said that they carded people up to age 40.  Geez, I thought.  Now kiddies are passing themselves off to be 40 now?  Or are 40-year-olds looking that much younger?  Well, the gray hairs on my head are real enough, I really did earn those.  No problem, right?\r\n\r\nWell, the pharmacist saw the birthdate on my driver\'s license, saw me and my budding crow\'s feet and gray hairs, and didn\'t bat an eye.  No problem getting the antibiotic.  However, my insurance company had a problem with giving me the codeine syrup for the pain.  On the handout they gave me, and it\'s no joke, the prescription was \"age inappropriate\", and they would not pay for it.  Eh????\r\n\r\nNow, if they just didn\'t feel like covering it for any other reason, I might be more prone to accept it, but age?  When am I old enough to take codeine?  Do I need a permission slip from my mother?  Do I need a hall pass from the teacher?  Do I need some kind of officer to accompany me to make sure I don\'t just pour the whole bottle down my throat or sell it to one of my young friends?  I\'m not a kiddie looking to party up with a prescription - I just want the pain in my throat to go away so I can swallow without yelping, be able to talk and be able to go to work on Tuesday without any trouble.  Is that too much to ask?\r\n\r\nI was able to get the syrup anyway, with a little help from my friend who was with me, but really...does this make any sense?\r\n\r\nSo, perhaps 40 is the new 18?  Does that mean I shouldn\'t have a midlife crisis until maybe 60 or so?  That maybe I need to wait a bit longer before I can rush out and get a convertible and a 40-year-old?\r\n\r\nSigh.  Whatever.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just go find myself a 70-year-old to fool around with and get myself a Cadillac STS.  That is, if I 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That is, if I don\'t mind competing with 80-year-old women and paying more for gas.  Yeah, right.\n\nWhat-the-hell-ever.\n\n&nbsp;','midlife crisis','','inherit','open','open','','196-revision-2','','','2012-01-03 16:18:02','2012-01-03 16:18:02','',196,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=198',0,'revision','',0),(199,2,'2012-01-03 16:50:13','2012-01-03 16:50:13','To say \'amateur ignorance\' doesn\'t tell me how the ignorance classifies between the two classic categories of ignorance: profound &amp; enlightened*.  By not identifying, it attacks the person, but not the problem(s).  The [ex-]speaker touts his great experience, however “...the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God...”, “for God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom,...”(1 Co 1:25&amp;3:19, NRSV)  “Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.”**( <a href=\"http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anonymous#N\">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anonymous#N</a> )\n\nMy latest conclusion is life\'s lessons are solely for 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God, by noting our behavioral motivations stemming from those qualities we\'ve in common with God (and note that not-looking-as-a-chimpanzee does not approach defining either God or our essential selves).  (From earlier,) the koan “Does a dog have Budda nature?” so far has me conclude I can neither deny no confirm such (but in the mean time I can be generous and maybe eventually I\'ll find he does not).\r\n\r\nI remember Chris\'s Buy &amp; Sell around here.  Maybe he took his pawn shop to Wall Street figuring he had years of experience buying &amp; selling, and discovered there was a quality/skill needed there he didn\'t have.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s amateur ignorance picking spouses...and not learning.  I believe Newt has picked three times (&amp; abandoned twice).  You cannot pick your Congress—you work with who you have.\r\n\r\nJust imagine where the chariot of passion could take this country.  I\'d prefer inspiration (from God) to passion (from fallible human 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prone to accept it, but age?  When am I old enough to take codeine?  Do I need a permission slip from my mother?  Do I need a hall pass from the teacher?  Do I need some kind of officer to accompany me to make sure I don\'t just pour the whole bottle down my throat or sell it to one of my young friends?  I\'m not a kiddie looking to party up with a prescription - I just want the pain in my throat to go away so I can swallow without yelping, be able to talk and be able to go to work on Tuesday without any trouble.  Is that too much to ask?\n\nI was able to get the syrup anyway, with a little help from my friend who was with me, but really...does this make any sense?\n\nSo, perhaps 40 is the new 18?  Does that mean I shouldn\'t have a midlife crisis until maybe 60 or so?  That maybe I need to wait a bit longer before I can rush out and get a convertible and a 40-year-old?\n\nSigh.  Whatever.\n\nMaybe I should just go find myself a 70-year-old to fool around with and get myself a Cadillac STS.  That is, if I don\'t mind competing with 80-year-old women and paying more for gas.  Yeah, right.\n\nWhat-the-hell-ever.\n\n&nbsp;','midlife crisis','','inherit','open','open','','196-autosave','','','2012-01-03 16:52:37','2012-01-03 16:52:37','',196,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=201',0,'revision','',0),(202,2,'2012-01-03 16:19:25','2012-01-03 16:19:25','Today is my 47th birthday.  This means I can have a midlife crisis, right?  Now I can be a \"cougar\" and trade in my old beau for a young one, and trade my Subie wagon for a really fast sports car!  Not.\r\n\r\nI went to Walgreens on New Years Day to pick up an antibiotic and some syrup with codeine in it for a nasty case of tonsillitis.  Before my prescription came back, I noticed a large sign that said that they carded people up to age 40.  Geez, I thought.  Now kiddies are passing themselves off to be 40 now?  Or are 40-year-olds looking that much younger?  Well, the gray hairs on my head are real enough, I really did earn those.  No problem, right?\r\n\r\nWell, the pharmacist saw the birthdate on my driver\'s license, saw me and my budding crow\'s feet and gray hairs, and didn\'t bat an eye.  No problem getting the antibiotic.  However, my insurance company had a problem with giving me the codeine syrup for the pain.  On the handout they gave me, and it\'s no joke, the prescription was \"age inappropriate\", and they would not pay for it.  Eh????\r\n\r\nNow, if they just didn\'t feel like covering it for any other reason, I might be more prone to accept it, but age?  When am I old enough to take codeine?  Do I need a permission slip from my mother?  Do I need a hall pass from the teacher?  Do I need some kind of officer to accompany me to make sure I don\'t just pour the whole bottle down my throat or sell it to one of my young friends?  I\'m not a kiddie looking to party up with a prescription - I just want the pain in my throat to go away so I can swallow without yelping, be able to talk and be able to go to work on Tuesday without any trouble.  Is that too much to ask?\r\n\r\nI was able to get the syrup anyway, with a little help from my friend who was with me, but really...does this make any sense?\r\n\r\nSo, perhaps 40 is the new 18?  Does that mean I shouldn\'t have a midlife crisis until maybe 60 or so?  That maybe I need to wait a bit longer before I can rush out and get a convertible and a 40-year-old?\r\n\r\nSigh.  Whatever.\r\n\r\nMaybe I should just go find myself a 70-year-old to fool around with and get myself a Cadillac STS.  That is, if I don\'t mind competing with 80-year-old women and paying more for gas.  Yeah, right.\r\n\r\nWhat-the-hell-ever.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','midlife crisis','','inherit','open','open','','196-revision-3','','','2012-01-03 16:19:25','2012-01-03 16:19:25','',196,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=202',0,'revision','',0),(311,4,'2012-05-28 13:07:09','2012-05-28 13:07:09','Some believe the existance of a relatively-Liberal Media.\nGiven the existance of a 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There\'s nothing happening that is earth-shattering that I really need to write about.\r\n\r\nWell, maybe that\'s something to write about, the fact that I\'m feeling kind of in \"lurk mode\". I don\'t have anything witty to say, so I just lurk in the kind of silence that happens in conversations, when people are in between subjects and are wondering what to say next.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I\'m yapping everywhere else; I\'m saying stuff at work, saying stuff with my friends, saying stuff on Facebook, saying stuff to my therapist...by the time I get here, I\'m all yapped out. All the people in my life that want or need to know anything about me at any given moment already have what they want or need to know, I think.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'m ok, I guess. There\'s not a \"poke\" button on here to get me to say\r\nsomething more substantial...maybe I\'ll come up with something another time.\r\nNamaste, y\'all.\r\nMary','Mental Health Check-In: I\'m ok, I guess.','','publish','open','open','','mental-health-check-in-im-ok-i-guess','','','2012-01-26 16:39:40','2012-01-26 16:39:40','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=206',0,'post','',2),(318,4,'2012-06-08 18:54:29','2012-06-08 18:54:29','<blockquote><strong>Pro-Life</strong>\r\nTom Smith is pro-life, period. He will work in the United States Senate to protect our most vulnerable citizens. He will not be afraid to hold officials in the Executive Branch and prospective judges accountable for their views and actions. ( http://tomsmithforsenate.com/issues )</blockquote>\r\nI\'ll entertain the un-born as citizens after you first reverse two precedents. (a) Only one person is allowed behind the wheel of a car, so from the moment of conception those that are pregnant cannot legally drive; roadside pee test anyone? and (b) the determination of bastard status has heretofore been determined at birth.\r\n\r\nBelow drinking age; no in utero alcohol—chargeable as giving alcohol to minors. Good thing they don\'t vote via parental-held proxy at their age.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll also need to issue social security numbers at conception. They\'re citizens after all. Dependents for tax purposes. Pee test at international-tourism departure &amp; entry points; tally all those conceived-here dual citizens. Just think of the identity theft for those who God spontaneously aborts.\r\n\r\nOur culture prefers “miscarriage”, in order to guilt the bearer, but \'spontaneous abortion\' is also usage established. If all abortions are to be illegal, go ahead, bar God from aborting as well. We\'re all equal under the law.','\"most vulnerable citizens\"','','publish','open','open','','most-vulnerable-citizens','','','2012-06-08 18:54:29','2012-06-08 18:54:29','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=318',0,'post','',0),(319,4,'2012-05-28 14:55:27','2012-05-28 14:55:27','<blockquote><strong>Pro-Life</strong>\nTom Smith is pro-life, period. He will work in the United States Senate to protect our most vulnerable citizens. He will not be afraid to hold officials in the Executive Branch and prospective judges accountable for their views and actions. ( http://tomsmithforsenate.com/issues )</blockquote>\nI\'ll entertain the un-born as citizens after you first reverse two precedents. (a) Only one person is allowed behind the wheel of a car, so from the moment of conception those that are pregnant cannot legally drive; roadside pee test anyone? and (b) the determination of bastard status has heretofore been determined at birth.\n\nBelow drinking age; no in utero alcohol—chargeable as giving alcohol to minors. Good thing they don\'t vote via parental-held proxy at their age.\n\nWe\'ll also need to issue social security numbers at conception. They\'re citizens after all. Dependents for tax purposes. Pee test at international-tourism departure &amp; entry points; tally all those conceived-here dual citizens. Just think of the identity theft for those who God spontaneously aborts.\n\nOur culture prefers “miscarriage”, in order to guilt the bearer, but \'spontaneous abortion\' is also usage established. If all abortions are to be illegal, go ahead, bar God from aborting as well. 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He will work in the United States Senate to protect our most vulnerable citizens. He will not be afraid to hold officials in the Executive Branch and prospective judges accountable for their views and actions. ( http://tomsmithforsenate.com/issues )</blockquote>\nI\'ll entertain the un-born as citizens after you first reverse two precedents. (a) Only one person is allowed behind the wheel of a car, so from the moment of conception those that are pregnant cannot legally drive; roadside pee test anyone? and (b) the determination of bastard status has heretofore been determined at birth.\n\nBelow drinking age; no in utero alcohol—chargeable as giving alcohol to minors. Good thing they don\'t vote via parental-held proxy at their age.\n\nWe\'ll also need to issue social security numbers at conception. They\'re citizens after all. Dependents for tax purposes. Pee test at international-tourism departure &amp; entry points; tally all those conceived-here dual citizens. Just think of the identity theft for those who God spontaneously aborts.\n\nOur culture prefers “miscarriage”, in order to guilt the bearer, but \'spontaneous abortion\' is also usage established. If all abortions are to be illegal, go ahead, bar God from aborting as well. We\'re all equal under the law.','\"most vulnerable citizens\"','','inherit','open','open','','318-autosave','','','2012-06-08 18:54:08','2012-06-08 18:54:08','',318,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=320',0,'revision','',0),(265,3,'2012-02-29 19:19:43','2012-02-29 19:19:43','“I dreamed I had a beehive inside my heart. And the golden bees were making combs and honey from my old failures”. – Antonio Machado\n\nI saw this quote in my online travels today, and when I read this one, I had this mental picture of a gleaming golden yet somehow transparent hive, shiny bees shimmering in the sun, flying about making gold leaf combs and honey that oozed out liquid gold.  Nothing in this picture looked like \"old failures\" - I guess everything was so transformed, that the old failures looked more like shiny building material and honey than whatever less shiny things they might have been before.  The light and the goldenness was so blinding in this vision that I couldn\'t see any dark corners, like one might find in a real hive.\n\nI suppose there are many things one could read into this quote, but all I could think of was the mental picture, and how warm and gentle it made me feel, and how richly sweet the honey must taste, and how fragile yet strong the combs were, and how the bees were simply doing the job of creating without a second thought.\n\nHow I wish the same for myself today, and wish this for anyone who longs for the presence of peace in their soul.','Making Gold','','inherit','open','open','','253-revision-2','','','2012-02-29 19:19:43','2012-02-29 19:19:43','',253,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=265',0,'revision','',0),(266,3,'2012-02-29 19:19:49','2012-02-29 19:19:49','“I dreamed I had a beehive inside my heart. And the golden bees were making combs and honey from my old failures”. – Antonio Machado\r\n\r\nI saw this quote in my online travels today, and when I read this one, I had this mental picture of a gleaming golden yet somehow transparent hive, shiny bees shimmering in the sun, flying about making gold leaf combs and honey that oozed out liquid gold.  Nothing in this picture looked like \"old failures\" - I guess everything was so transformed, that the old failures looked more like shiny building material and honey than whatever less shiny things they might have been before.  The light and the goldenness was so blinding in this vision that I couldn\'t see any dark corners, like one might find in a real hive.\r\n\r\nI suppose there are many things one could read into this quote, but all I could think of was the mental picture, and how warm and gentle it made me feel, and how richly sweet the honey must taste, and how fragile yet strong the combs were, and how the bees were simply doing the job of creating without a second thought.\r\n\r\nHow I wish the same for myself today, and wish this for anyone who longs for the presence of peace in their soul.','Making Gold','','inherit','open','open','','253-revision-3','','','2012-02-29 19:19:49','2012-02-29 19:19:49','',253,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=266',0,'revision','',0),(270,6,'2012-03-22 19:34:20','2012-03-22 19:34:20','Red Solo Cup song by Toby Keith a country singer or well a so called country singer i may be simple minded man myself but serious it must of too all of five minutes to write that jingle oh yeah i called it a jingle not even a song and not to mention that the cup you mention is not decomposable in 14 years well maybe with the right temps it can be but still what did you have a house party and decide get the camera lets make music video while getting drunk and by the way the only true line in that is freddie mac can kiss my ass lol that i agree with but who am i to judge a song by a country singer with so much talent','Mr Toby Keith on being simple','','publish','open','open','','mr-toby-keith-on-being-simple','','','2012-03-22 19:34:20','2012-03-22 19:34:20','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=270',0,'post','',0),(268,2,'2012-02-29 20:17:12','2012-02-29 20:17:12','“I dreamed I had a beehive inside my heart. And the golden bees were making combs and honey from my old failures”. – Antonio Machado\n\nI saw this quote in my online travels today, and when I read this one, I had this mental picture of a gleaming golden yet somehow transparent hive, shiny bees shimmering in the sun, flying about making gold leaf combs and honey that oozed out liquid gold.  Nothing in this picture looked like \"old failures\" - I guess everything was so transformed, that the old failures looked more like shiny building material and honey than whatever less shiny things they might have been before.  The light and the goldenness was so blinding in this vision that I couldn\'t see any dark corners, like one might find in a real hive.\n\nI suppose there are many things one could read into this quote, but all I could think of was the mental picture, and how warm and gentle it made me feel, and how richly sweet the honey must taste, and how fragile yet strong the combs were, and how the bees were simply doing the job of creating without a second thought.\n\nHow I wish the same for myself today, and wish this for anyone who longs for the presence of peace in their soul.','Making Gold','','inherit','open','open','','253-revision-4','','','2012-02-29 20:17:12','2012-02-29 20:17:12','',253,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=268',0,'revision','',0),(269,2,'2012-02-29 20:18:26','2012-02-29 20:18:26','“I dreamed I had a beehive inside my heart. And the golden bees were making combs and honey from my old failures”. – Antonio Machado\n\nI saw this quote in my online travels today, and when I read this one, I had this mental picture of a gleaming golden yet somehow transparent hive, shiny bees shimmering in the sun, flying about making gold leaf combs and honey that oozed out liquid gold.  Nothing in this picture looked like \"old failures\" - I guess everything was so transformed, that the old failures looked more like shiny building material and honey than whatever less shiny things they might have been before.  The light and the goldenness was so blinding in this vision that I couldn\'t see any dark corners, like one might find in a real hive.\n\nI suppose there are many things one could read into this quote, but all I could think of was the mental picture, and how warm and gentle it made me feel, and how richly sweet the honey must taste, and how fragile yet strong the combs were, and how the bees were simply doing the job of creating without a second thought.\n\nHow I wish the same for myself today, and wish this for anyone who longs for the presence of peace in their soul.','Making Gold','','inherit','open','open','','253-autosave','','','2012-02-29 20:18:26','2012-02-29 20:18:26','',253,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=269',0,'revision','',0),(280,4,'2012-03-29 19:25:09','2012-03-29 19:25:09','Newt &amp; 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There\'s nothing happening that is earth-shattering that I really need to write about.\r\n\r\nWell, maybe that\'s something to write about, the fact that I\'m feeling kind of in \"lurk mode\". I don\'t have anything witty to say, so I just lurk in the kind of silence that happens in conversations, when people are in between subjects and are wondering what to say next.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I\'m yapping everywhere else; I\'m saying stuff at work, saying stuff with my friends, saying stuff on Facebook, saying stuff to my therapist...by the time I get here, I\'m all yapped out. All the people in my life that want or need to know anything about me at any given moment already have what they want or need to know, I think.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'m ok, I guess. There\'s not a \"poke\" button on here to get me to say\r\nsomething more substantial...maybe I\'ll come up with something another time.\r\nNamaste, y\'all.\r\nMary','Mental Health Check-In: I\'m ok, I guess.','','inherit','open','open','','206-revision-4','','','2012-01-26 16:37:08','2012-01-26 16:37:08','',206,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=220',0,'revision','',0),(221,2,'2012-01-27 15:41:45','2012-01-27 15:41:45','I\'ve been having stomach trouble lately, and I\'ve had to see specialists to see parts of me in the process.\n\nFirst, I have a therapist appointment, and I mention the stomach pain.  We talk about it a bit, but there\'s not much to be done other than what I\'m already doing emotionally.  Then I see my primary physician, who looks at me and says I\'m ok for the most part, but to get my stomach checked out by another doctor.  So I go to my bariatric doctor, because  I had surgery back in 2010 to drop a lot of weight.  He then writes up orders for some tests.  There\'s some speculation it might be my gallbladder, and the tests will show whether it\'s that or if there\'s something else going on.\n\nIt\'s mindboggling, this dance between doctors.  Sometimes I envy my car, and how for the most part, it only needs to see one person to fix most things, except for some body work that yet needs to be done.   It\'s also easier for it to get things corrected by getting them replaced.  The human body, not so much.','Treating the whole shebang','','inherit','open','open','','215-revision','','','2012-01-27 15:41:45','2012-01-27 15:41:45','',215,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=221',0,'revision','',0),(222,3,'2012-02-02 15:18:19','2012-02-02 15:18:19','SAVE THE DATE!!!\r\nThe Lancaster County Community Support Program will again present the two-day training, “Serving On A Board of Directors” on Tuesday, April 17th and Thursday, April 19th from 9:00am to 3:00pm at Christ Lutheran Church, 407 Lafayette Street in Lancaster, PA. The training will include The Language and Vocabulary of a Board, Effective Communication, and How to Run a Meeting, and includes a “mock board meeting” to practice what you have learned. For Lancaster County residents, there is a $5 charge, and for those who are not residents of Lancaster County, there is a $20 charge, and lunch is included for both days. Space is limited, so register soon! To register, contact Mary Bowen at 717-397-0600.','\"Serving On A Board of Directors\" Training is coming in April!','','publish','open','open','','serving-on-a-board-of-directors-training-is-coming-in-april','','','2012-02-02 15:18:19','2012-02-02 15:18:19','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=222',0,'post','',1),(223,3,'2012-02-01 21:39:17','2012-02-01 21:39:17','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','222-revision','','','2012-02-01 21:39:17','2012-02-01 21:39:17','',222,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=223',0,'revision','',0),(224,3,'2012-02-03 20:32:04','2012-02-03 20:32:04','Hello,\r\n\r\nRecovery Connections is presenting the Introduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings for March and April of 2012.  The trainings will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100 South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>INTRODUCTION TO RECOVERY</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need for and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, March 21st from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1 and <strong></strong>\r\n\r\nThursday, March 29<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>INTERMEDIATE RECOVERY MODULES </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive, in-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an individual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery before signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.</li>\r\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\r\n\r\nThursday, April 5<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision Making and Choice</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\r\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths, preferences, goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered-</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThursday, April 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\r\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered-</strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, April 19<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual Preferences in Basic Life Resources</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\r\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered– </strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, April 25<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Space is limited, register soon!  To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>, or e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\"><strong>mbowen@rc-pa.org</strong></a><strong>.  </strong><strong><em>See </em></strong><a href=\"http://www.rc-pa.org\"><strong><em>www.rc-pa.org</em></strong></a><strong><em> for more information.</em></strong><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>PRICING</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for 2 days; 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I don\'t know if he was fixing it or wanted to acquire one like it. Shortly thereafter he left suddenly.  I looked at the doorknob\'s lock-setting.  He may intend to reappear.  Looking around it appeared he had left nothing.\r\n\r\nI seem to only dream of people once they\'ve gone from my life.  Until we meet again, I wish you well buddy.','Eric Eshleman experience','','publish','open','open','','eric-eshleman-experience','','','2012-02-02 15:19:41','2012-02-02 15:19:41','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=226',0,'post','',0),(227,4,'2012-02-02 14:17:37','2012-02-02 14:17:37','Whilst dreaming last night, I discovered Eric Eshleman seated in my home working on a (computer) processing system of mine.  I don\'t know how long he had been there. I don\'t know if he was fixing it or wanted to acquire one like it. Shortly thereafter he left suddenly.  I looked at the doorknob\'s lock-setting.  He may intend to reappear.  Looking around it appeared he had left nothing.\n\nI seem to only dream of people once they\'ve gone from my life.  Until we meet again, I wish you well buddy.','Eric Eshleman experience','','inherit','open','open','','226-revision','','','2012-02-02 14:17:37','2012-02-02 14:17:37','',226,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=227',0,'revision','',0),(228,4,'2012-02-02 15:20:40','2012-02-02 15:20:40','Considering Congress, I note I\'ve a more productive give-&amp;-take relationship with my toilet.   I guess the party on the bottom there doesn\'t just take all the distasteful waste (Waste of time, resources, goodwill.) it\'s given.','Scat-tered thought on the hill','','publish','open','open','','scat-tered-thought-on-the-hill','','','2012-02-02 15:20:40','2012-02-02 15:20:40','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=228',0,'post','',0),(229,4,'2012-02-02 14:23:24','2012-02-02 14:23:24','Considering Congress, I note I\'ve a more productive give-&amp;-take relationship with my toilet.   I guess the party on the bottom there doesn\'t just take all the distasteful waste (Waste of time, resources, goodwill.) it\'s given.','Scat-tered thought','','inherit','open','open','','228-revision','','','2012-02-02 14:23:24','2012-02-02 14:23:24','',228,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=229',0,'revision','',0),(230,4,'2012-02-02 15:22:25','2012-02-02 15:22:25','The way \'hell\' is used, hell seems to be superlative in all qualities (Hence the “everything in moderation” ideal?); 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The training will include The Language and Vocabulary of a Board, Effective Communication, and How to Run a Meeting, and includes a “mock board meeting” to practice what you have learned.  For Lancaster County residents, there is a $5 charge, and for those who are not residents of Lancaster County, there is a $20 charge, and lunch is included for both days.  Space is limited, so register soon!  To register, contact Mary Bowen at 717-397-0600.\r\n','\"Serving On A Board of Directors\" Training is coming in April!','','inherit','open','open','','222-revision-2','','','2012-02-01 21:40:34','2012-02-01 21:40:34','',222,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=234',0,'revision','',0),(235,2,'2012-02-02 15:19:32','2012-02-02 15:19:32','Whilst dreaming last night, I discovered Eric Eshleman seated in my home working on a (computer) processing system of mine.  I don\'t know how long he had been there. I don\'t know if he was fixing it or wanted to acquire one like it. Shortly thereafter he left suddenly.  I looked at the doorknob\'s lock-setting.  He may intend to reappear.  Looking around it appeared he had left nothing.\n\nI seem to only dream of people once they\'ve gone from my life.  Until we meet again, I wish you well buddy.','Eric Eshleman experience','','inherit','open','open','','226-autosave','','','2012-02-02 15:19:32','2012-02-02 15:19:32','',226,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=235',0,'revision','',0),(236,2,'2012-02-02 14:17:49','2012-02-02 14:17:49','Whilst dreaming last night, I discovered Eric Eshleman seated in my home working on a (computer) processing system of mine.  I don\'t know how long he had been there. I don\'t know if he was fixing it or wanted to acquire one like it. Shortly thereafter he left suddenly.  I looked at the doorknob\'s lock-setting.  He may intend to reappear.  Looking around it appeared he had left nothing.\r\n\r\nI seem to only dream of people once they\'ve gone from my life.  Until we meet again, I wish you well buddy.','Eric Eshleman experience','','inherit','open','open','','226-revision-2','','','2012-02-02 14:17:49','2012-02-02 14:17:49','',226,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=236',0,'revision','',0),(237,2,'2012-02-02 14:24:21','2012-02-02 14:24:21','Considering Congress, I note I\'ve a more productive give-&amp;-take relationship with my toilet.   I guess the party on the bottom there doesn\'t just take all the distasteful waste (Waste of time, resources, goodwill.) it\'s given.','Scat-tered thought on the hill','','inherit','open','open','','228-revision-2','','','2012-02-02 14:24:21','2012-02-02 14:24:21','',228,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=237',0,'revision','',0),(238,2,'2012-02-02 14:47:26','2012-02-02 14:47:26','The way \'hell\' is used, hell seems to be superlative in all qualities (Hence the “everything in moderation” ideal?); dictionary says it may be used as “an intensive”.  With this in mind, one could say LGH experiences are hellishly extraordinary every time.  They may, for example, be good as hell, bad as hell, smart as hell, stupid as hell, helpful as hell, neglectful as hell, etc..  While their goal\'s wording is open to this interpretation, one notes trauma-derived non-gray-area perception may contribute survey-shown achievement.  Overwhelming experiences put many in great hospitals.\r\n\r\nWhile we\'re on the subject of advertising (which we weren\'t until I titled the first part), how much advertising actually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">asserts</span> anything.  So much says nothing, once I tear it apart.  I don\'t yet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">have</span> a collection of real statements.  I cannot put enough time into analyzing advertizing.  I don\'t want to mortally depress myself with words that mean nothing, accept to the ones who profit by the ones who blithely listen, buy, &amp; die--or, \'are killed\' thereby.','Double-talk pitch may achieve','','inherit','open','open','','230-revision-3','','','2012-02-02 14:47:26','2012-02-02 14:47:26','',230,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=238',0,'revision','',0),(239,3,'2012-02-01 21:40:34','2012-02-01 21:40:34','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','224-revision','','','2012-02-01 21:40:34','2012-02-01 21:40:34','',224,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=239',0,'revision','',0),(253,3,'2012-02-29 20:17:23','2012-02-29 20:17:23','“I dreamed I had a beehive inside my heart. And the golden bees were making combs and honey from my old failures”. – Antonio Machado\r\n\r\nI saw this quote in my online travels today, and when I read this one, I had this mental picture of a gleaming golden yet somehow transparent hive, shiny bees shimmering in the sun, flying about making gold leaf combs and honey that oozed out liquid gold.  Nothing in this picture looked like \"old failures\" - I guess everything was so transformed, that the old failures looked more like shiny building material and honey than whatever less shiny things they might have been before.  The light and the goldenness was so blinding in this vision that I couldn\'t see any dark corners, like one might find in a real hive.\r\n\r\nI suppose there are many things one could read into this quote, but all I could think of was the mental picture, and how warm and gentle it made me feel, and how richly sweet the honey must taste, and how fragile yet strong the combs were, and how the bees were simply doing the job of creating without a second thought.\r\n\r\nHow I wish the same for myself today, and wish this for anyone who longs for the presence of peace in their soul.','Making Gold','','publish','open','open','','making-gold','','','2012-02-29 20:17:23','2012-02-29 20:17:23','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=253',0,'post','',0),(241,3,'2012-02-02 16:27:58','2012-02-02 16:27:58','Hello,\n\nRecovery Connections is presenting the Introduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings for March and April of 2012.  The trainings will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100 South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\n\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\n\n<strong>INTRODUCTION TO RECOVERY</strong>\n\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need for and importance of mental health recovery.\n\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\n\nWednesday, March 21st from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1 and <strong></strong>\n\nThursday, March 29<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>INTERMEDIATE RECOVERY MO </strong>\n\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive, in-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an individual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\n\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery before signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.</li>\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\n\nThursday, April 5<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision Making and Choice</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths, preferences, goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered-</strong></em>\n\nThursday, April 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; Social Relationships</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Explore the concept of community-the roles individuals play in a community, the value of belonging to a community-and complete a “circle of support” activity.</li>\n	<li>Identify resources to help individuals connect to their communities, using a Community Resource Guide and other resources.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered-</strong></em>\n\nWednesday, April 19<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Recovery Module 4: Supporting Individual Preferences in Basic Life Resources</em></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Learn a nine-step decision-making process that is person-centered, working with a risk/benefits tool that assists in choice-making.</li>\n	<li>Use language which encourages choice-making, and practice ways to support an individual in making choices about employment, housing, education and volunteering without taking over the process.</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>Dates offered– </strong></em>\n\nWednesday, April 25<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\n\n<strong>Space is limited, register soon!  To register</strong>, please contact Mary Bowen at <strong>717-397-0600</strong>, or e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:mbowen@rc-pa.org\"><strong>mbowen@rc-pa.org</strong></a><strong>.  </strong><strong><em>See </em></strong><a href=\"http://www.rc-pa.org\"><strong><em>www.rc-pa.org</em></strong></a><strong><em> for more information.</em></strong><strong></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>PRICING</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Introduction to Recovery: </em></strong><em>$55 for 2 days; special rates for consumers and family members<strong></strong></em>\n\n<strong><em>Intermediate Modules: </em></strong><em>$40 per module; special rates for consumers and family members</em>\n\n<strong>CEUs</strong>\n\n<strong><em>Additional NASW-PA fee for CEUs.                                                                  </em></strong>\n\n<strong><em>*NASW-PA Chapter is a co-sponsor of this workshop.  6 CEs (Intro) or 3 CEs (Modules) will be awarded for completion of this course.  NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapists (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage &amp; Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.</em></strong>\n\n&nbsp;','Recovery Connections Recovery Trainings, March &amp; April of 2012','','inherit','open','open','','224-revision-2','','','2012-02-02 16:27:58','2012-02-02 16:27:58','',224,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=241',0,'revision','',0),(245,6,'2012-02-03 16:19:51','2012-02-03 16:19:51','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','244-revision','','','2012-02-03 16:19:51','2012-02-03 16:19:51','',244,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=245',0,'revision','',0),(248,2,'2012-02-02 16:28:37','2012-02-02 16:28:37','Hello,\r\n\r\nRecovery Connections is presenting the Introduction to Recovery and Intermediate Recovery Trainings for March and April of 2012.  The trainings will be at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, 100 South Queen St., Lancaster, PA  17603, in their Meeting Rooms.\r\n\r\n<strong>A course description describing the goals of each training, day, dates and times are as follows:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>INTRODUCTION TO RECOVERY</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Introduction to Recovery is a detailed exploration of recovery principles, history and interactive exercises that reinforce the need for and importance of mental health recovery.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\r\n\r\nWednesday, March 21st from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1 and <strong></strong>\r\n\r\nThursday, March 29<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>INTERMEDIATE RECOVERY MODULES </strong>\r\n\r\nThe Intermediate Recovery Modules are a highly interactive, in-depth series of trainings that teach specific skills to support an individual’s journey of recovery.  All of the modules do not have to be taken sequentially; you can take them in any order.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>However, you need to take Introduction to Recovery before signing up for any Intermediate Recovery Modules.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 1: Validated Personhood</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Develop ways to be “welcoming” to recovering persons, and practice using recovery-oriented and strengths-based language.</li>\r\n	<li>Recognize ways we put people into “boxes” based on gender, culture, ethnicity, etc., and to list ways we can treat individuals as a whole person instead of a patient or psychiatric label.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered- </strong></em>\r\n\r\nThursday, April 5<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 2: Person-Centered Decision Making and Choice</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Compare and contrast “medical model” planning with recovery-based person-centered planning, and help create a plan in an individual’s own words.</li>\r\n	<li>Learn ways to incorporate strengths, preferences, goals, lifestyles and interests in the planning process, and practice using person-centered conversation and information gathering tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>Dates offered-</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThursday, April 12<sup>th</sup> from 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 1\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate Recovery Module 3:  Connection, Community Integration &amp; 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It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\r\n\r\nWe think we’ll live forever, and we don’t. Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age. However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\r\n\r\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality. It’s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle. And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\r\n\r\nThe people who go through the latter scenario are the ones who truly know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life. If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with. If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being “the answer”. If only, instead of saying, “I’m fine” as a blanket statement to “help other people feel better”, they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\r\n\r\nIt’s in times like these that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, “I don’t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do…”\r\n\r\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind…that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\r\n\r\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon…I don’t know if it was “just her time to go”, but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\r\n\r\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.','Tunnel vision','','publish','open','open','','tunnel-vision','','','2012-02-14 19:35:47','2012-02-14 19:35:47','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=254',0,'post','',0),(255,3,'2012-02-14 19:18:23','2012-02-14 19:18:23','<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\"They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon...\" - From \"Blazing Saddles\"</span>\n\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business.  It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.  We think we\'ll live forever, and we don\'t.  Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age.  However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.  Even though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality.  It\'s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle.  And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain. Only the people who go through the latter scenario really know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life.  If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with.  If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being \"the answer\".  If only, for once, instead of saying, \"I\'m fine\" as a blanket statement to help other people \"feel better\", they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\n\nIt\'s times like this that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, \"I don\'t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do...\"\n\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind...that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\n\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon.  I don\'t know if it was \"just her time to go\", but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\n\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision','','','2012-02-14 19:18:23','2012-02-14 19:18:23','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=255',0,'revision','',0),(256,3,'2012-02-14 19:21:54','2012-02-14 19:21:54','<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\"They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon...\" - From \"Blazing Saddles\"</span>\n\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business.  It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\n\nWe think we\'ll live forever, and we don\'t.  Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age.  However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\n\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality.  It\'s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle.  And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\n\nThe people who go through the latter scenario really know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life.  If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with.  If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being \"the answer\".  If only, for once, instead of saying, \"I\'m fine\" as a blanket statement to \"help other people feel better\", they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\n\nIt\'s times like this that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, \"I don\'t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do...\"\n\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind...that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\n\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon...I don\'t know if it was \"just her time to go\", but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\n\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision-2','','','2012-02-14 19:21:54','2012-02-14 19:21:54','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=256',0,'revision','',0),(258,3,'2012-02-14 19:28:01','2012-02-14 19:28:01','They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon…” - From “Blazing Saddles”\r\n\r\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business. It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\r\n\r\nWe think we’ll live forever, and we don’t. Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age. However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\r\n\r\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality. It’s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle. And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\r\n\r\nThe people who go through the latter scenario are the ones who truly know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life. If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with. If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being “the answer”. If only, instead of saying, “I’m fine” as a blanket statement to “help other people feel better”, they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\r\n\r\nIt’s in times like these that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, “I don’t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do…”\r\n\r\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind…that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\r\n\r\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon…I don’t know if it was “just her time to go”, but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\r\n\r\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.','Tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision-4','','','2012-02-14 19:28:01','2012-02-14 19:28:01','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=258',0,'revision','',0),(257,3,'2012-02-14 19:22:01','2012-02-14 19:22:01','<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\"They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon...\" - From \"Blazing Saddles\"</span>\r\n\r\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business.  It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\r\n\r\nWe think we\'ll live forever, and we don\'t.  Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age.  However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\r\n\r\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality.  It\'s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle.  And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\r\n\r\nThe people who go through the latter scenario really know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life.  If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with.  If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being \"the answer\".  If only, for once, instead of saying, \"I\'m fine\" as a blanket statement to \"help other people feel better\", they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\r\n\r\nIt\'s times like this that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, \"I don\'t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do...\"\r\n\r\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind...that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\r\n\r\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon...I don\'t know if it was \"just her time to go\", but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\r\n\r\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision-3','','','2012-02-14 19:22:01','2012-02-14 19:22:01','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=257',0,'revision','',0),(259,3,'2012-02-14 19:28:07','2012-02-14 19:28:07','They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon…” - From “Blazing Saddles”\r\n\r\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business. It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\r\n\r\nWe think we’ll live forever, and we don’t. Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age. However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\r\n\r\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality. It’s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle. And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\r\n\r\nThe people who go through the latter scenario are the ones who truly know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life. If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with. If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being “the answer”. If only, instead of saying, “I’m fine” as a blanket statement to “help other people feel better”, they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\r\n\r\nIt’s in times like these that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, “I don’t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do…”\r\n\r\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind…that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\r\n\r\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon…I don’t know if it was “just her time to go”, but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\r\n\r\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.','Tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision-5','','','2012-02-14 19:28:07','2012-02-14 19:28:07','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=259',0,'revision','',0),(260,1,'2012-02-14 19:34:34','2012-02-14 19:34:34','They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon…” - From “Blazing Saddles”\n\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business. It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\n\nWe think we’ll live forever, and we don’t. Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age. However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\n\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality. It’s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle. And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\n\nThe people who go through the latter scenario are the ones who truly know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life. If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with. If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being “the answer”. If only, instead of saying, “I’m fine” as a blanket statement to “help other people feel better”, they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\n\nIt’s in times like these that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, “I don’t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do…”\n\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind…that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\n\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon…I don’t know if it was “just her time to go”, but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\n\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.','Tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-autosave','','','2012-02-14 19:34:34','2012-02-14 19:34:34','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=260',0,'revision','',0),(261,1,'2012-02-14 19:29:29','2012-02-14 19:29:29','They go and they come and they come and they go, and always too soon…” - From “Blazing Saddles”\r\n\r\nThat could be said of Whitney Houston, and a whole bunch of other people in show business. It could also be said of friends, family, other people significant in life.\r\n\r\nWe think we’ll live forever, and we don’t. Or we think we will pass on quickly, but end up hanging on well into old age. However we live our lives or how tightly or loosely we hold on to life, we all have that final appointment.\r\n\r\nEven though deep down some of us know this, we like to live as if that were not a reality. It’s too scary, too painful, just too much to handle. And for those who find life too scary, too painful and too much to bear, they might think of their passing as something else, maybe a blessed release from the fear and the pain.\r\n\r\nThe people who go through the latter scenario are the ones who truly know what their thoughts, feelings and perception of reality was before they left this life. If only they were able to share this with someone who understood and could be able to help them to deal with what they are dealing with. If only they could step away from the tunnel vision of death being “the answer”. If only, instead of saying, “I’m fine” as a blanket statement to “help other people feel better”, they could somehow find someone safe in their hour of need to say what they are actually feeling, and maybe avert tragedy, at least for today or this hour or the next few minutes.\r\n\r\nIt’s in times like these that any one of us could be that friend, the one that takes the car keys, the one who stays with a friend because the person might do something to harm themselves, the one who says, “I don’t know what to do, but maybe we can find someone to help who does know what to do…”\r\n\r\nMaybe that is a life lesson for those of us left behind…that opportunities to be that friend are closer than we think, and that when that opportunity comes, we can do what we can to help.\r\n\r\nThey go and they come, and they come and they go, and always too soon…I don’t know if it was “just her time to go”, but for those who love her and miss her, she left too soon.\r\n\r\nGod bless you, Whitney, wherever you are.','Tunnel vision','','inherit','open','open','','254-revision-6','','','2012-02-14 19:29:29','2012-02-14 19:29:29','',254,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=261',0,'revision','',0),(271,6,'2012-03-16 15:29:01','2012-03-16 15:29:01','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','270-revision','','','2012-03-16 15:29:01','2012-03-16 15:29:01','',270,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=271',0,'revision','',0),(321,4,'2012-05-28 15:03:16','2012-05-28 15:03:16','<blockquote><strong>Pro-Life</strong>\r\nTom Smith is pro-life, period. He will work in the United States Senate to protect our most vulnerable citizens. He will not be afraid to hold officials in the Executive Branch and prospective judges accountable for their views and actions. ( http://tomsmithforsenate.com/issues )</blockquote>\r\nI\'ll entertain the un-born as citizens after you first reverse two precedents. (a) Only one person is allowed behind the wheel of a car, so from the moment of conception those that are pregnant cannot legally drive; roadside pee test anyone? and (b) the determination of bastard status has heretofore been determined at birth.\r\n\r\nBelow drinking age; no in utero alcohol—chargeable as giving alcohol to minors. Good thing they don\'t vote via parental-held proxy at their age.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll also need to issue social security numbers at conception. They\'re citizens after all. Dependents for tax purposes. Pee test at international-tourism departure &amp; entry points; tally all those conceived-here dual citizens. Just think of the identity theft for those who God spontaneously aborts.\r\n\r\nOur culture prefers “miscarriage”, in order to guilt the bearer, but \'spontaneous abortion\' is also usage established. If all abortions are to be illegal, go ahead, bar God from aborting as well. We\'re all equal under the law.','','','inherit','open','open','','318-revision-2','','','2012-05-28 15:03:16','2012-05-28 15:03:16','',318,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=321',0,'revision','',0),(324,2,'2012-05-28 13:33:58','2012-05-28 13:33:58','Some believe the existance of a relatively-Liberal Media.\r\nGiven the existance of a Liberal Media,\r\nthen there must exist a Conservative Media--we\'ll call it Red Bull.\r\n\r\nPaul Bunyan\'s blue ox, as a babe, did more useful--producing lasting good--work.','Conservative Media','','inherit','open','open','','309-revision-5','','','2012-05-28 13:33:58','2012-05-28 13:33:58','',309,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=324',0,'revision','',0),(325,2,'2012-05-28 15:05:22','2012-05-28 15:05:22','<blockquote><strong>Pro-Life</strong>\r\nTom Smith is pro-life, period. He will work in the United States Senate to protect our most vulnerable citizens. He will not be afraid to hold officials in the Executive Branch and prospective judges accountable for their views and actions. ( http://tomsmithforsenate.com/issues )</blockquote>\r\nI\'ll entertain the un-born as citizens after you first reverse two precedents. (a) Only one person is allowed behind the wheel of a car, so from the moment of conception those that are pregnant cannot legally drive; roadside pee test anyone? and (b) the determination of bastard status has heretofore been determined at birth.\r\n\r\nBelow drinking age; no in utero alcohol—chargeable as giving alcohol to minors. Good thing they don\'t vote via parental-held proxy at their age.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll also need to issue social security numbers at conception. They\'re citizens after all. Dependents for tax purposes. Pee test at international-tourism departure &amp; entry points; tally all those conceived-here dual citizens. Just think of the identity theft for those who God spontaneously aborts.\r\n\r\nOur culture prefers “miscarriage”, in order to guilt the bearer, but \'spontaneous abortion\' is also usage established. If all abortions are to be illegal, go ahead, bar God from aborting as well. We\'re all equal under the law.','\"most vulnerable citizens\"','','inherit','open','open','','318-revision-3','','','2012-05-28 15:05:22','2012-05-28 15:05:22','',318,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=325',0,'revision','',0),(310,4,'2012-05-28 12:20:35','2012-05-28 12:20:35','Some believe the existance of a relatively-Liberal Media.\nGiven the existance of a Liberal Media,\nthen there must exist a Conservative Media--we\'ll call it Red Bull.','Conservative Media','','inherit','open','open','','309-revision','','','2012-05-28 12:20:35','2012-05-28 12:20:35','',309,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=310',0,'revision','',0),(309,4,'2012-06-08 18:52:54','2012-06-08 18:52:54','Some believe the existance of a relatively-Liberal Media.\r\nGiven the existance of a Liberal Media,\r\nthen there must exist a Conservative Media--we\'ll call it Red Bull.\r\n\r\nPaul Bunyan\'s blue ox, as a babe, did more useful--producing lasting good--work.','Conservative Media','','publish','open','open','','conservative-media','','','2012-06-08 18:52:54','2012-06-08 18:52:54','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=309',0,'post','',1),(296,3,'2012-04-27 18:25:54','2012-04-27 18:25:54','Yesterday I went with one of my co-workers to visit an elderly lady to do a survey.  She was not at all interested in doing a survey, but she did want more than anything to talk to us, so we let her share what was on her mind and heart.\r\n\r\nIn conversation with her, it was kind of like talking to an older version of myself.  She even looked like how I imagined I might look...and it didn\'t scare me at all.  In fact, I had to smile inwardly, because she said things that I would most likely say if I were where she was.\r\n\r\nWhat most struck me is, she is determined to not let herself \"lay down and die\".  She gets up, she stays as active as she is able to, and she tries to keep her mind in a positive space.  She makes the most of her situation, even though it may not be her cup of tea at the moment. She\'s a fighter...kind of like what I hope to be when I get more gray hairs.','Reflection','','publish','open','open','','reflection','','','2012-04-27 18:25:54','2012-04-27 18:25:54','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=296',0,'post','',0),(297,3,'2012-04-27 15:52:35','2012-04-27 15:52:35','Yesterday I went with one of my co-workers to visit an elderly lady to do a survey.  She was not at all interested in doing a survey, but she did want more than anything to talk to us, so we let her share what was on her mind and heart.\n\nIn conversation with her, it was kind of like talking to an older version of myself.  She even looked like how I imagined I might look...and it didn\'t scare me at all.  In fact, I had to smile inwardly, because she said things that I would most likely say if I were where she was.\n\nWhat most struck me is, she is determined to not let herself \"lay down and die\".  She gets up, she stays as active as she is able to, and she tries to keep her mind in a positive space.  She makes the most of her situation, even though it She\'s a fighter...kind of like I hope to be when I get more gray hairs.','Reflection','','inherit','open','open','','296-revision','','','2012-04-27 15:52:35','2012-04-27 15:52:35','',296,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=297',0,'revision','',0),(298,3,'2012-04-27 15:53:20','2012-04-27 15:53:20','Yesterday I went with one of my co-workers to visit an elderly lady to do a survey.  She was not at all interested in doing a survey, but she did want more than anything to talk to us, so we let her share what was on her mind and heart.\r\n\r\nIn conversation with her, it was kind of like talking to an older version of myself.  She even looked like how I imagined I might look...and it didn\'t scare me at all.  In fact, I had to smile inwardly, because she said things that I would most likely say if I were where she was.\r\n\r\nWhat most struck me is, she is determined to not let herself \"lay down and die\".  She gets up, she stays as active as she is able to, and she tries to keep her mind in a positive space.  She makes the most of her situation, even though it may not be what she likes sometimes. 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She\'s a fighter...kind of like what I hope to be when I get more gray hairs.','Reflection','','inherit','open','open','','296-revision-6','','','2012-04-27 15:55:21','2012-04-27 15:55:21','',296,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=302',0,'revision','',0),(303,3,'2012-04-27 15:55:24','2012-04-27 15:55:24','Yesterday I went with one of my co-workers to visit an elderly lady to do a survey.  She was not at all interested in doing a survey, but she did want more than anything to talk to us, so we let her share what was on her mind and heart.\r\n\r\nIn conversation with her, it was kind of like talking to an older version of myself.  She even looked like how I imagined I might look...and it didn\'t scare me at all.  In fact, I had to smile inwardly, because she said things that I would most likely say if I were where she was.\r\n\r\nWhat most struck me is, she is determined to not let herself \"lay down and die\".  She gets up, she stays as active as she is able to, and she tries to keep her mind in a positive space.  She makes the most of her situation, even though it may not be her cup of tea at the moment. She\'s a fighter...kind of like what I hope to be when I get more gray hairs.','Reflection','','inherit','open','open','','296-revision-7','','','2012-04-27 15:55:24','2012-04-27 15:55:24','',296,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=303',0,'revision','',0),(345,3,'2012-07-27 19:14:39','2012-07-27 19:14:39','People who consider their fellow humans to be \"disposable\" and \"expendable\" or \"collateral damage\" reek far worse than durian.  Just saying.\r\n\r\nThe recovery movement should not die because some legislators decide that money is far more important than people.  The recovery movement shouldn\'t die even because there are some people who are misguided who think its not important at all.  If it dies, it will be because some of us who are in recovery who KNOW it works and know it IS worthwhile decide it isn\'t important enough to fight for.  And even then, if it dies anyway, it is better to go knowing you did all you know to do, then to lay down and say, \"oh well...\"\r\n\r\nThose are my thoughts.  Take what works for you and run with it, or not.','Durian has nothing on this.','','publish','open','open','','durian-has-nothing-on-this','','','2012-07-27 19:14:39','2012-07-27 19:14:39','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=345',0,'post','',0),(305,2,'2012-04-27 18:22:36','2012-04-27 18:22:36','Yesterday I went with one of my co-workers to visit an elderly lady to do a survey.  She was not at all interested in doing a survey, but she did want more than anything to talk to us, so we let her share what was on her mind and heart.\n\nIn conversation with her, it was kind of like talking to an older version of myself.  She even looked like how I imagined I might look...and it didn\'t scare me at all.  In fact, I had to smile inwardly, because she said things that I would most likely say if I were where she was.\n\nWhat most struck me is, she is determined to not let herself \"lay down and die\".  She gets up, she stays as active as she is able to, and she tries to keep her mind in a positive space.  She makes the most of her situation, even though it may not be her cup of tea at the moment. 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She\'s a fighter...kind of like what I hope to be when I get more gray hairs.','Reflection','','inherit','open','open','','296-revision-8','','','2012-04-27 15:56:20','2012-04-27 15:56:20','',296,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=306',0,'revision','',0),(336,3,'2012-07-13 14:29:46','2012-07-13 14:29:46','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\r\n\r\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\r\n\r\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\r\n\r\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\r\n\r\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\r\n\r\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','publish','open','open','','i-tried-a-durian-cookie-and-lived-to-tell-about-it','','','2012-07-13 14:29:46','2012-07-13 14:29:46','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=336',0,'post','',0),(338,3,'2012-07-13 14:25:36','2012-07-13 14:25:36','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\n\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\n\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\n\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\n\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\n\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\n\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','inherit','open','open','','336-revision','','','2012-07-13 14:25:36','2012-07-13 14:25:36','',336,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=338',0,'revision','',0),(339,3,'2012-07-13 14:26:21','2012-07-13 14:26:21','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\r\n\r\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\r\n\r\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\r\n\r\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\r\n\r\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\r\n\r\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','inherit','open','open','','336-revision-2','','','2012-07-13 14:26:21','2012-07-13 14:26:21','',336,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=339',0,'revision','',0),(340,3,'2012-07-13 14:26:25','2012-07-13 14:26:25','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\r\n\r\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\r\n\r\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\r\n\r\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\r\n\r\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\r\n\r\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','inherit','open','open','','336-revision-3','','','2012-07-13 14:26:25','2012-07-13 14:26:25','',336,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=340',0,'revision','',0),(341,3,'2012-07-13 14:28:40','2012-07-13 14:28:40','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\n\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\n\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\n\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\n\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\n\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\n\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','inherit','open','open','','336-autosave','','','2012-07-13 14:28:40','2012-07-13 14:28:40','',336,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=341',0,'revision','',0),(342,2,'2012-07-13 14:27:38','2012-07-13 14:27:38','Yesterday Dave brought over a special treat, related to a lunchtime conversation a while back between Dave, Hugh and myself.  I don\'t remember how we got to the subject, but we were talking about durian fruit, which is a large, round, very spiky-looking thing that on the inside has some pods of creamy-custardy stuff.  It looks like it could be yummy, but I\'ve heard that it smells horrid and tastes weird.\r\n\r\nAnyway, Dave didn\'t bring over a durian, but he did bring over some wafer cookies with durian in them.  Dave and I split a cookie, and Hugh had a whole cookie.\r\n\r\nGod help us...just opening the bag they were in was a preview of what fresh hell we were in for. A stench wafted from the bag that kind of reminded me of sewer gas, onions and garlic.  No one in their right mind would want to eat something that smelled like that I thought, but then, are we in our right minds to try something like this?\r\n\r\nStill, wary but somewhat undaunted, we all ate our respective pieces quickly, and no one was harmed...just grossed out.\r\n\r\nWhat I noticed first was the bouquet of sewer gas/fart/rotting cabbage, followed by a creamy oniony/garlicky flavor, followed by a bit of sweetness, with an aftertaste of raw garbage, or at least, it tasted like what raw garbage smells like.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of the day, I was able to keep it down, but occasionally I got a burp that tasted like sulfur and garbage.  Never again!  If the cookie is this bad, God only knows how evil the fruit must be \"in person\"!  It was like I willingly walked up to a dog who has been eating cabbage and let him fart in my mouth.\r\n\r\nDave put the rest of package into a Ziploc bag and it sat in his office briefly.  VERY briefly.  Unfortunately, the durian stench seeped through the seal of the bag and punched him in the nose, so he took the package out of the office and put it in his car.  I tried not to think about those things baking in the backseat or the trunk...or how he would deal with the ride home.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','I tried a durian cookie and lived to tell about it','','inherit','open','open','','336-revision-4','','','2012-07-13 14:27:38','2012-07-13 14:27:38','',336,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=342',0,'revision','',0),(346,3,'2012-07-27 19:01:39','2012-07-27 19:01:39','People who consider their fellow humans to be \"disposable\" and \"expendable\" or \"collateral damage\" reek far worse than durian.  Just saying.\n\nThe recovery movement should not die because some legislators decide that money is far more important than people.  The recovery movement shouldn\'t die even because there are some people are misguided who think its not important at all.  If it dies, it will be because some of us who are in recovery who KNOW it works and know it IS worthwhile decide it isn\'t important enough to fight for.  And even then, if it dies anyway, it is better to go knowing you did all you know to do, then to lay down and say, \"oh well...\"\n\nThose are my thoughts.  Take what works for you and run with it, or not.','Durian has nothing on this.','','inherit','open','open','','345-revision','','','2012-07-27 19:01:39','2012-07-27 19:01:39','',345,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=346',0,'revision','',0),(347,3,'2012-07-27 19:02:42','2012-07-27 19:02:42','People who consider their fellow humans to be \"disposable\" and \"expendable\" or \"collateral damage\" reek far worse than durian.  Just saying.\r\n\r\nThe recovery movement should not die because some legislators decide that money is far more important than people.  The recovery movement shouldn\'t die even because there are some people are misguided who think its not important at all.  If it dies, it will be because some of us who are in recovery who KNOW it works and know it IS worthwhile decide it isn\'t important enough to fight for.  And even then, if it dies anyway, it is better to go knowing you did all you know to do, then to lay down and say, \"oh well...\"\r\n\r\nThose are my thoughts.  Take what works for you and run with it, or not.','Durian has nothing on this.','','inherit','open','open','','345-revision-2','','','2012-07-27 19:02:42','2012-07-27 19:02:42','',345,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=347',0,'revision','',0),(348,3,'2012-07-27 19:02:47','2012-07-27 19:02:47','People who consider their fellow humans to be \"disposable\" and \"expendable\" or \"collateral damage\" reek far worse than durian.  Just saying.\r\n\r\nThe recovery movement should not die because some legislators decide that money is far more important than people.  The recovery movement shouldn\'t die even because there are some people are misguided who think its not important at all.  If it dies, it will be because some of us who are in recovery who KNOW it works and know it IS worthwhile decide it isn\'t important enough to fight for.  And even then, if it dies anyway, it is better to go knowing you did all you know to do, then to lay down and say, \"oh well...\"\r\n\r\nThose are my thoughts.  Take what works for you and run with it, or not.','Durian has nothing on this.','','inherit','open','open','','345-revision-3','','','2012-07-27 19:02:47','2012-07-27 19:02:47','',345,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=348',0,'revision','',0),(350,1,'2012-07-27 19:03:18','2012-07-27 19:03:18','People who consider their fellow humans to be \"disposable\" and \"expendable\" or \"collateral damage\" reek far worse than durian.  Just saying.\r\n\r\nThe recovery movement should not die because some legislators decide that money is far more important than people.  The recovery movement shouldn\'t die even because there are some people are misguided who think its not important at all.  If it dies, it will be because some of us who are in recovery who KNOW it works and know it IS worthwhile decide it isn\'t important enough to fight for.  And even then, if it dies anyway, it is better to go knowing you did all you know to do, then to lay down and say, \"oh well...\"\r\n\r\nThose are my thoughts.  Take what works for you and run with it, or not.','Durian has nothing on this.','','inherit','open','open','','345-revision-4','','','2012-07-27 19:03:18','2012-07-27 19:03:18','',345,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=350',0,'revision','',0),(353,4,'2012-08-02 12:55:01','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Mitt casts himself as a conservative, an agent-of-change who would seemingly reverse all changes since the GOP left the whitehouse, when the economy was in shambles.  Admirable?  Fool!','Mitt for change','','pending','open','open','','','','','2012-08-02 12:55:01','2012-08-02 12:55:01','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=353',0,'post','',0),(354,4,'2012-08-02 12:50:56','2012-08-02 12:50:56','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','353-revision','','','2012-08-02 12:50:56','2012-08-02 12:50:56','',353,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=354',0,'revision','',0),(357,3,'2012-08-03 15:27:51','0000-00-00 00:00:00','I\'ve been hearing rumbles from different people about the new DSM-V, the \"bible\" of mental health diagnoses, and so far, none of them have been good.  The rumbling that most concerns me is that when it comes to finding a mental health diagnosis, there is no uniformity in diagnosis of a person from doctor to doctor, with the result being that a person could receive treatment for something that is unnecessary or harmful, even downright dangerous.\r\n\r\nA recent <a title=\"Diagnosis Roulette\" href=\"http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-31/news/32942918_1_bipolar-disorder-dsm-5-mental-disorders\" target=\"_blank\">article </a>I read from the Philadelphia Inquirer reminds me of the struggle that many people have with this issue of finding a \"label\"for what ails them, and it is disappointing to know that an already difficult situation is about to get even trickier.  My own experience in finding my way to diagnoses of depression, anxiety and OCD has had its rocky patches but I know there are folks who have had experiences that would make for a terrifying horror movie.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','\"I don\'t know what I have, but I know something\'s wrong\".','','draft','open','open','','','','','2012-08-03 15:27:51','2012-08-03 15:27:51','',0,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=357',0,'post','',0),(358,3,'2012-08-03 15:03:32','2012-08-03 15:03:32','I\'ve been hearing rumbles from different people about the new DSM-V, the \"bible\" of mental health diagnoses, and so far, none of them have been good.  The rumbling that most concerns me is the fact that a person can go','\"I don\'t know what I have, but I know something\'s wrong\".','','inherit','open','open','','357-revision','','','2012-08-03 15:03:32','2012-08-03 15:03:32','',357,'http://rc-pa.org/blog/?p=358',0,'revision','',0),(359,3,'2012-08-03 15:20:34','2012-08-03 15:20:34','I\'ve been hearing rumbles from different people about the new DSM-V, the \"bible\" of mental health diagnoses, and so far, none of them have been good.  The rumbling that most concerns me is that when it comes to finding a mental health diagnosis, there is no uniformity in diagnosis of a person from doctor to doctor, with the result being that a person could receive treatment for something that is unnecessary or harmful, even downright dangerous.\n\nA recent <a title=\"Diagnosis Roulette\" href=\"http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-31/news/32942918_1_bipolar-disorder-dsm-5-mental-disorders\" target=\"_blank\">article </a>I read from the Philadelphia 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a person from doctor to doctor, with the result being that a person could receive treatment for something that is unnecessary or harmful, even downright dangerous.\r\n\r\nA recent <a title=\"Diagnosis Roulette\" href=\"http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-31/news/32942918_1_bipolar-disorder-dsm-5-mental-disorders\" target=\"_blank\">article </a>I read from the Philadelphia Inquirer reminds me of the struggle that many people have with this issue of finding a \"label\"for what ails them, and it is disappointing to know that an already difficult situation is about to get even trickier.  My own experience in dealing with depression, anxiety and OCD has had its rocky patches in regard to finding a good therapist, medication that works, and good natural supports, but I know there are folks who have had experiences that would make for a good horror movie.','\"I don\'t know what I have, but I know something\'s wrong\".','','inherit','open','open','','357-revision-3','','','2012-08-03 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