(The quote from the photo above is from Rachel Hollis). Transparency+ God+Medical Assistance+Commitment=Freedom from addiction. This is the best formula to beat drug addiction. This is actually a repost from a few years ago, but I’ve had several people want a copy of the poem at the end so I thought I’d repost. Since I posted this in 2013, I think our United States has finally recognized the ongoing opiate problem we have and are trying to get laws into {Read More}
The Experience of Addiction~Broken for Others (Graffiti Summer)
19 June, 2013 by 12 Comments
I didn’t realize it at the time, but God allowed me to be broken for others…for seven years. At least it wasn’t forty years like Moses! For fourteen years I filled prescriptions for people and while I could tell them side effects, interactions, instructions, etc., I could not understand the desperation they felt for these medications. Prescriptions for insomnia, pain, depression, and anxiety. And then of course the prescriptions to get OFF of those meds. Addiction. Desperation. I really didn’t {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~Choosing to See Truth
16 June, 2012 by 1 Comment
As a pharmacist who became the patient for seven years, I gained quite the understanding on depression. If you’ve never experienced it, I’m rejoicing with you! It’s not a place you want to go. If you have experienced it…well, I’m right there with you. In the gloomy pit of despair and hopelessness that is depression, desperation is born. The desire to be out of that pit is overwhelming. We will do anything to get out. Prozac, one of the most {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~Do you have insomnia? Learn how to sleep!
11 February, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When God created the earth, he rested on the seventh day. Wouldn’t it be nice if we only had to rest once a week? It sure would free up time for my to-do list. But sleep doesn’t work that way. God created us to need sleep, and unfortunately, a little more than once a week. When I was in the midst of my seven years of hell, insomnia plagued me frequently. In my depression, all I wanted to do was {Read More}
Understanding the “Why” Behind Depression
12 January, 2012 by 2 Comments
During the process of writing my “Tips to a Happier You” series, I’ve thought about how I felt in the midst of my depression. Would I have been receptive to small, practical tips to help my depression? I can tell you the answer is no. There are just some lessons we have to learn the hard way. If I could have put some of these things into practice, I’m sure I would not have had to endure the hell I {Read More}
Help, I’m in pain!
14 October, 2011 by 3 Comments
Have you ever seen a house that was taken over by stray cats? It all starts with just one stray cat. You feed it. It has kittens. You feed them. They have kittens, and so on and so on and so on. You end up with around 50 cats living in, under, and around your house, waiting to be fed. You get more food because you are feeding more cats. It becomes an out of control situation. What {Read More}
A Whole Man
22 September, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Do you find yourself on a wild goose chase when you develop some sort of symptom you cannot figure out? That chase can lead to many painful years of you get trapped in it. I believe it’s time to take our health into our own hands (which are in God’s hands) to get the best possible care in medicine today. Creation: God created the heavens and the earth…light and dark, water and land, fish and birds, {Read More}
America on Drugs
4 August, 2011 by 3 Comments
Bear with me here guys, this is a long post, and this comes from years of being a pharmacist and the personal experience of being a patient…but for anyone on an antidepressant or other “brain” drug, you need to read this: Your Brain on Drugs…no, I won’t be showing you a picture of a fried egg, though I must say it’s a great analogy! We know street drugs fry your brain, that’s a no-brainer! (Sorry =o) I’m talking about prescription {Read More}
God’s Pharmacy
27 July, 2011 by 4 Comments
When God created the earth, it was good. So when he created man, we had everything we would ever need. Between the resources he gave us and the brain he equipped us with, mankind was all set. Until… Sin. Everything on this earth was created from, well, this earth. We started out with what God gave us, and that is all we have ever had. All resources we have ever needed were given to us when God created this earth. {Read More}
