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Mental health awareness month observed each year during May.

May is Mental Health Month

It is wonderful that we have dedicated a month to increasing awareness of the many issues millions of Americans suffer from daily. It has been 50 years since I met with my first mental health case, an alcoholic with various mental health issues.  He was sitting in front of a diner in St. Louis, asking for…

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Marijuana and Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults Reaches All Time High

Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached a time-high in 2021 NIH-supported study also found that past-month vaping levels rebound after an early pandemic drop August 22, 2022 Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching…

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July 4th, 2020

July 4th, 2020 A Life is composed of a number of years, a number of days, and a number of moments.  Over the course of a lifetime, we tend to remember “moments”.   If I asked you to remember your oldest memory, it would be the moment of an event, a birthday, a vacation, or tragically for…

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What Do We Do?

I attended a Plano Chamber of Commerce social recently and several people asked me “what do you do?” I love the question but it does present some difficulty answering. My simple answer is, “we save lives.” Of course then they want to know how we do that. I explain that we help people recover from…

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The Miracle of New Technology

Wonderful Article by Ms. Noonan, one of my favorite journalist. I hope you find comfort in it no matter what your religious inclinations. The Miracle of Technology Peggy Noonan Here I will tell a story that I suppose is rather personal but what the heck, today’s not a bad day for the personal. Yesterday I went to St.…

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So Many Getting Help

I am so excited about our facilities. My office is in the Plano Treatment Facility and every time I walk in the door, the rooms are filled with folks getting help in the Intensive Outpatient Program, Supportive Outpatient Program, visiting with their counselor, getting evaluations to see what kind of help they need. It’s amazing.…

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