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hfritts21
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Pretending You Weren't Hurt by Katey Schormann
“You couldn’t heal because you kept pretending you weren’t hurt.” Denial is a defense mechanism that serves to protect us from fully...
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hfritts21
Feb 28, 20234 min read
Mindfulness by Katey Schormann
“When you pull your brain back from tomorrow and heart back from yesterday, you find peace in today.” Mindfulness is the mental practice...
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hfritts21
Feb 21, 20234 min read
Grieving Addiction by Katey Schormann
When viewing addiction as an outsider, the misery and turmoil that addiction causes would make sobriety seem like the obvious choice....
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hfritts21
Feb 15, 20235 min read
Grief in Recovery by Katey Schormann
Grief is the intense sadness that is often associated with the death of someone we love. Other losses can also provoke the same agonizing...
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hfritts21
May 8, 20226 min read
Grieving Mamas I Carry Your Heart in My Heart
On this beautiful Mother's Day, I reflect on the gift of being a mother and a daughter. I also reflect on the pain and sorrow of grief...
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hfritts21
Apr 13, 20225 min read
Running out of Gas
I've run out of gas twice, almost three times, since August 9th - the night of my son's first overdose. The first time was just a few...
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hfritts21
Apr 13, 20229 min read
The Opposite of Addiction is Connection...
Holding Friendships Close to Our Hearts Every time I watch the movie Beaches, I reminisce about the blessings of the beautiful...
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hfritts21
Feb 2, 20221 min read
CHAN Podcast Coming to You Soon...
We are currently interviewing, recording and drafting for the launch of our Podcast. Speakers from all walks of life, experiences, and...
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hfritts21
Feb 2, 20226 min read
Our Opioid Epidemic, Yours, Mine and Washington State's...
My beautiful son Chandler made an initial decision, sometime in his young teen life, to experiment with his first drug. I believe that...
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