Should our incarcerated persons be sheltered from the elements? If you answered, “no” please move on. For those of you who believe they...

A typical prison cell in the United States is about 6 by 8 feet and contains a bed, toilet, and sink. Newer prisons may have doors with a...

September is suicide awareness/prevention month. I’m grateful that there’s a month to bring awareness to this problem that affects the...

The pain of losing a child can be physical. That first year, in addition to the emotional pain, I had an ache in my heart that was a constan

And here’s the part that sends fury through my veins: Even if they WANTED HELP, there is so little help available,

A year ago (3/28/23) I wrote a blog post titled “The Illusion of Accessible Mental Health Care”. It’s an 8 minute rant about how here in...

I share this humiliating story to make two points: 1) Any family member of someone who has substance use disorder is dealing with so much...

Keven, Anthony, "Kelly" For many years I had a blog called "The Needle and the Damage Done" (yes, I stole that title from Neil Young's...

Chapter 19 of “Talk to Me I’m Grieving” is called “Grieving the Living” it begins with this: “Sometimes we grieve for a person who’s...

The loss of my son in 2020 changed me. Aside from the devastating heartbreak, there were some positive changes. The things I did...

I just found this, I had written it a little over two weeks before my sister, Therese, passed away as a result of her liver disease and...

It’s been 7.5 weeks since I lost my sister, Therese. Last week we had the Celebration of Life for her and since then the pain has been so...

WOW. I decided it was time to write a blog post about losing my sister, Therese. When I opened my folder to type one, I found this! I...

When someone we love chooses to end their life, we experience all the normal feelings associated with grief, but there are some that are...

Here's one of the biggest problems for someone with substance abuse disorder. To begin with, there is a saying that goes like this:...

I lost Keven to suicide in August during Drug Overdose Awareness Month. I lost Anthony to overdose in September during Suicide Awareness...

"You're so strong and brave." "How do you do it?" "Why do you do it?" "You didn't grieve very long before you started doing it." These...

I thought my days of visiting someone in jail were over, but they weren’t. Tomorrow I will go to Theo Lacy jail here in Orange County to...

Raise your hand if you’ve tried any of the many Chat GPT apps! I’ve tried some and, frankly, it kinda scares me on two levels: Will...