What is up with me? I'm sure you're all wondering. I wrote this post a long time ago without outing who treated me. At the time I still thought they might actually be honest people who had simply erred in ignorance. That is still probably true for the majority of the staff, but I have... Continue Reading →
Freedom Center is out of money please help—spread the word if that is all you can do
You can donate tax-deductibly via cash or check by mailing a donation to: Freedom Center/CHOICES and mail to Freedom Center, P.O. Box 623, Northampton, MA 01061. Or you can donate tax-dedictibly via paypal by going to the DONATE NOW section of our website http://www.freedom-center.org. Also we have a Facebook Cause here. To all who have... Continue Reading →
Quote of the day
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. --- Alice Walker
The new drug of choice for children–Risperdal
From CBS news here is a video I could not watch because my wireless is screwed right now. Please let me know what it says. Here is a comment from an email group reporting on it: Just watched coverage on mainstream media (CBS Evening News tonight) of dangers of Risperdal to address behavioral problems in... Continue Reading →
Recovery from withdrawal affirmation
Sent to me from a recovered benzo friend. Though this is a positive affirmative prayer for any withdrawal from any drug. From this website: I may not understand this complex withdrawal process, but I accept that positive changes are taking place. I trust that the outcome will be full recovery of my nervous system. In... Continue Reading →
Keener’s odyssey (part 3)
Here is part 3 of Keener's journey. The rest of this post is her words: This part of the tale charts how I struggled to find a footing in the world and to find joy in it. However the ‘happy ever after’ part ultimately became somewhat delayed as I made a slight detour into utter... Continue Reading →
About debilitating chronic illness (including protracted psych drug withdrawal)
Update 2026: as a piece of internet history I will remind folks that in 2009 we were only beginning to understand what the internet could do. at that point the networking that was happening had never happened before and it was thrilling. I found this written by a woman name Ricky Buchanan. I've discovered by... Continue Reading →
Confessions of an admittedly evil drug rep
From reality blurred last year: At one point, Corinne insisted, “I have no moral compass.” The most damning illustration has to do with her (now former) job as a pharmaceutical sales rep, where she said she knowingly sold drugs to physicicans that she knew would kill people. “Selling drugs is a lie. I sold drugs... Continue Reading →
Quote of the day
As we strive to develop compassion for ourselves, it’s important to avoid making “letting go of desire” or “developing compassion for yourself” into new objects of compulsive desire. Becoming obsessive about quickly seeing big results from our efforts is a sign that deluded desire rather than compassion is driving our efforts. Real progress derives from... Continue Reading →
Comments back on for now
I'm going to turn comments back on, but I am limited in how much I can respond, so please be aware of that. I'm mostly turning them back on because come tomorrow I'll be posting some great guest pieces and I want people to be able to converse. The thing is because I'm not well... Continue Reading →
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