Larry Winter

What is a Peer Specialist? If someone supports in a group session ten people with a mental health condition (depression, anxiety, bipolar, trauma, etc.) and addiction, and one does not show up does the Specialist not leave the nine in the group room and seek out the one that did not show up? And if […]

I attended a monthly gathering of writers earlier today. The founder of the group refers to us as the Inklings. During our time together we share writing samples of various genres we are working on. When I read the drafts of my work some of the members share their life stories and some of the

There are moments in my life when it takes everything within me not to become anxious and believe something awful is going to happen in my life. The 12 steps of Recovery calm the turmoil and live within me, I have no need to think I will fall off a cliff. The same power that

I remember when I had faith that I would always be depressed and sad. I did several things in an attempt to manage the degree of depression and anxiety I felt. I worked hard to achieve in the field of social work, exercise, and make things look as if I were the happiest guy on

Charles is a 50-year-old person who suffers from severe depression and alcoholism. Due to his inability to manage his behavior, Maggie divorced him after 25 years of marriage. The couple have a son and daughter in their early 20s. Maggie and the children harbored a lot of anger toward Charles because he was emotionally unavailable

Earlier today I was working with my publisher to upload my book on Ingram Spark. The neat thing about doing this is it will be available for libraries and bookstores across the country As we were inserting the information into Ingram it was loading very slowly. We have all experienced the gerbil wheel on our

A benefit of being an author is receiving comments on my book. Some of the comments are on Amazon (Remember if you read part or all of my book please leave a comment on Amazon), others are directly from people I see out in the community, and written notes that are sent to me. One

There are two people struggling to find hope, healing, and health in their lives. The first person believes they can do nothing to rectify their sadness, anxiety, and trauma. The second person is willing to try different options to find relief. The first person had a victim mentality. When this person tried going to a

The end of summer is fast approaching. The forest is holding the color of green between the trees and plants. The sky is full of fluffy white clouds with a sprinkling of blue allowing the sun to appear off and on. Out of the shadows of the forest, a kangaroo appears and is hopping with

Recovery is as if a person would spread miracle grow on the plants and nights and days would come and go, and the plants grow. How is this possible? The earth produces of itself, first the seed, then the stalk rises, and then the buds turn to leaves. Recovery requires adequate nutrition for our bodies