‘The first casualty of any war, is truth” Drug wars-Neil Woods and Js Rafaeli In these difficult times, it is really difficult to separate the truth from fiction. Especially when it is possible to twist and distort the interpretation of what you have heard, and it can become uncomfortable when you are told something, and […]
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Never Give up – Blog 10 – Sabrina Hussain Mental Health Awareness Week – 18th – 24 May, 2020 “Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.” – Mason Cooley. The theme this year is “Kindness”. There are many uncertainties and unknowns at the moment and it is important […]
Letters from Lockdown Huseyin Djemil, Founder – Towards Recovery https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/letters-from-lockdown-huseyin-djemil-fcmi-fdap I love quotes from movies, and I’m sure we all have our own favourites, like when Al Pacino says, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” (The Godfather 3), I even like the Soprano’s version of that quote (series 1 […]
“you never lose until you actually give up.” -Mike Tyson ‘Shadow boxing’ There is a lot of talk around Recovery around and ‘not getting in the ring with it’. We don’t have to be an active participant with a person, or a situation, whether it be a drama, or a substance, when we have the […]
30 Years Drug Free I was sitting down today at my computer and could feel something niggling away at me. I couldn’t work out why the date of the lockdown was so significant and at the same time I was thinking about how comfortable I am with the lockdown and the isolation. Then it hit […]