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Did they realize how horrible I felt about what I was doing to my unborn child? That I couldn’t stop on my own?

A zen parable tells the story of a mother and father who brought their daughter to a monk who lived in the desert. This story is an analogy of the experience of many who are suffering from mental health and substance use disorders.

To help eliminate stigma in the recovery community, we must change the language we all use to talk about recovery and our communities. What are these words and their associated impacts? Let’s look at a few examples.‍

For myself and many others like me—whose connection to this world can sometimes feel very tentative—it’s important to reflect and keep coming back to the people, joys, and memories that anchor us.

The reasons to discover what else life has in store are infinite. The reasons to say no to those suicidal feelings are infinite; the pain is not. There is hope, and I promise you, it’s worth sticking around for.

I have worked with many people experiencing crisis and thoughts of suicide... But for me, it was a very different feeling navigating the topic of suicide with someone I love.