We are happy to be welcoming a new contributor to Recovery Talks, Sylvie Bouchard, who provides family peer support in Emergency at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The first position of its kind at the Douglas, Sylvie’s is an invaluable role; supporting families as one who has also experienced firsthand what can be involved [...]
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When it Hurts to even Hope…
We can easily understand a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy in life is an adult who is afraid of the light.-Plato Every now and then, it seems like I keep having the same conversation; and lately a number of folks have shared with me their fears about recovery; how they [...]
