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May 05 2022

Changing The Focus

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The Daily Six is my award-winning book that reveals six simple concepts everyone can embody, no matter how busy they are. By re-engineering their lives and renewing their connections to people, they can experience success and inner satisfaction.

My name is John Chappelear. I grew up thinking my potential and my happiness were things that were out there, somewhere up ahead. It took losing everything that was important to me — my wife, my kids, my home, my money, and all of the things that I thought made me who I was — to realize that I needed to rebuild my life on a different set of concepts…

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May 05 2022

Professionals Perspective

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Professionals Perspective by Mike McGuire, MS, LMHC, MCAP, ICADC, CRPS
McGuire Counseling and Psychotherapy

When should I seek professional help for my grief?

Losing someone to overdose is highly traumatic due to the sudden nature of the event. The effect that it has on the family and friends is unpredictable. There is no way to anticipate how someone will react after that event. Honestly, this is something that should probably always be walked through with a professional, but there are telltale signs that, if happening, make it a must. These signs include, but are certainly not limited to nightmares, flashbacks, scattered thinking or inability to concentrate, and when you are unable to preform activities of daily living (bathing, preparing food and eating, getting dressed, etc).

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April 04 2022

Alcohol is a drug

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Jim Griffis’ Story

I was born in 1944 in Daytona Beach, Florida.   My father was in the Navy when I was born and then after the war he became a policeman in Daytona Beach.   I had a brother who was six years older than me.  And I also had a brother six years younger. 

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