http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/08/minds-on-the-edge-facing-mental-illness/ Specializing in research and information on alcohol related issues, including the latest brain research, underage drinking, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, secondhand drinking, dual diagnosis, impacts of a loved one's drinking on family members (codependency issues) and more... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/08/minds-on-the-edge-facing-mental-illness/#comment-4612 LisaF Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:38:44 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1173#comment-4612 Hi Mike...thanks for your comment. I'm not sure what is the best way. An approach I'm trying is that of the secondhand smoke campaign. Once society started tackling secondhand smoke impacts there was a shift in America's smoking culture. I think the same could be true if we tackle secondhand drinking impacts similarly. I also think the efforts by groups such as Faces of Recovery and NAMI's Peer-to-Peer and Family-to-Family programs are excellent -- giving a 'face' to persons with these brain diseases helps people see they are people with complicated but treatable diseases, not bad people who lack willpower or a desire to stop. Lisa Hi Mike…thanks for your comment. I’m not sure what is the best way. An approach I’m trying is that of the secondhand smoke campaign. Once society started tackling secondhand smoke impacts there was a shift in America’s smoking culture. I think the same could be true if we tackle secondhand drinking impacts similarly. I also think the efforts by groups such as Faces of Recovery and NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer and Family-to-Family programs are excellent — giving a ‘face’ to persons with these brain diseases helps people see they are people with complicated but treatable diseases, not bad people who lack willpower or a desire to stop. Lisa

]]> http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/08/minds-on-the-edge-facing-mental-illness/#comment-4611 Mike Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:46 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1173#comment-4611 thanks for the post. the stat at the beginning is accurate for sure. I think that most people don't know anything about what doesn't directly affect them. HIV/AIDS, Addiction, or Mental Illness. What's the best way to educate them? thanks for the post.
the stat at the beginning is accurate for sure. I think that most people don’t know anything about what doesn’t directly affect them. HIV/AIDS, Addiction, or Mental Illness.
What’s the best way to educate them?

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