Author Archives: Christopher Robin

‘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 […]

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 […]

Power Power plays an integral role in the life of a human being.  It is experienced from an early age, when the child or young person will not have the emotional intelligence to fully understand its dynamics, and may instead be more concerned with developing their survival instincts. Childhood provides many examples of the power […]

Broken Window Theory Part 2 ‘Change your focus from what you can’t do to what you can do and others will see your change, you won’t have to prove yourself or convince them, they will simply see it.’ In the last blog, we ended with an invitation to focus on what is possible and positive […]

Hello Everyone I have to send sincere apologies to everyone who has replied to my blogs on my website. Yesterday, I realized that my word press on my site was not configured properly. Because of this, all the feedback that was being sent through to me, I did not receive. I have now noticed that […]

he Broken Window Theory  The “Broken Window Theory” is a sociology theory originally created in 1982 by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelly.  It became a popular theory in the 1990s, when it was used as a means to understand crime and disorder in America. In essence the theory states that when we see […]