I am tired of pretending I am okay all the time just to make other people comfortable. Truthfully, I feel everything deeply. Probably too deeply for this world sometimes. I carry pain, love, empathy, loneliness, hope, fear, passion, and sorrow all at the same damn time. Some people see intensity. I see humanity. I have […]
I went skiing
I have been adaptive skiing for the past 3-4 years. I have going 2-3 times per year. Today was my best performance skiing. I am pretty close to going totally independent. A special thanks to Mike and Robyn Corwin. I hope you can find hope in this story that whatever you do in life takes […]
Hope?
Hope is not logical and makes absolutely no sense.
The Stigma of Addiction
Chad Francour Stigmatizing Addiction Stigmatizing Addiction This is a three part series on how humans navigate this complex world. The first part of confronting stigma is dealing with drug addiction. I share some ideas on why we judge certain behaviors and conditions and how those judgments make it […]
Chapter 2 – Diagnoses
Footprints in the Sand One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of […]
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