At the foundational floor of my core oracle is truth. I have lived to learn only by way of truth do I truly live. Sharing the learned truths of life, I attempt to help us all...all my sisters, all my brothers. My need to help arose after watching my mother try to survive as a homeless mentally incapacitated bag lady on the streets of Baltimore. I try...I try to share, I try to be authentic, and I try to help everyone without imposing assumptions, judgments, or blame upon them. I try to help…
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Look for my books on Amazon. 1. My memoir LIES BETWEEN US 2. The addict book "DADDY, WHY WERE YOU A DRUG ADDICT?" By Roger Ray Bird The word "addict" is horribly stigmatized, therefore the book will likely not initially show up in your search. Query for the full name Roger Ray Bird, or search for the addict book by its ISBN number: 979-8218286651 Roger's complete social directory can be found at…
I don't know anyone who doesn't aspire to become a better listener. For over a decade I experimented, endeavored, and endured great efforts to actively hear people correctly. It was much harder than I ever anticipated. Then I wrote it down. Then I published it in a book. Now I read it out loud so we can all perhaps benefit. Please leave me a note on one of my social media channels at RogerRayBird…
Time and again I am blessed with the gift of support. This being friends who guide me, lift me, and comfort me when I need it most. These people did not owe me anything, nor did I ask for their assistance. Yet still they showed up on my doorstep when I was entirely unable or disinterested in helping myself. Quite literally without these humans, I would not be alive today. One such person is Scott…
Elias Snyder is having a day. Maybe it's going to be a good day, maybe a not-so good day, but he's having a day! It is, of course, his day to live, and to love, and to bare himself honestly with the world. Eli shares his very new, and his very critical lessons on recovery, the non-negotiable dynamic of change, and finding the truth abottom of our dysfunction. Essential for Eli is being in nature…
Anthony Signorelli, aka Tony, endured the poor mental health of his wife, until her death due to cancer. With two young daughters at home the challenge was beyond the ability to function. Tony shares his story of trying to support and help his wife during this horrific experience, while running a business and keeping the household together. Tony also share his experience of being adopted at birth,…
This topic here feels way too big to even address, dang, it’s huge. Earlier this week I planned a half-hearted attempt to do something about it, but then stopped. With the subject looming overhead, I tried to just move on with my daily activities, you know, staying busy and trying not to think about it. Alas I could not escape, I had no choice. A few days ago I started to do something about it, I…
How do we even begin to define depression? Well, from where I sit it appears to be an unsettled emotional state that crosses over into a physical ailment, brought on by a belief of being held down or pushed aside. Under mild conditions we are perhaps agitated, self-loathing, and unhopeful. Advancing then to moderate levels, a helplessness arrives, we seem to seek shelter in the negative, and even…
Without a functional mother that is. There is so much adhesive hardship in life, aka trauma. Within this vibrant episode, my dear gal pal Shequila and I discuss substance abuse, poor mental health, and more. Shequila knows the all-consuming grip of addiction too-too well, having witnessed her mother's struggle with abusing heroin and other substances for three decades. She shouldered the role of…
The complete CHAPTER TWO audio recording, read by Roger. CHAPTER ONE can be found in the previous pod episode #23. Chapter Two excerpt: (a poem) Mirror-Mirror Why Do You Hate Me So? Yes I see, yes Mirror I see the glass is clear yes I see… Yet Mirror, why always same-same the seeing? Storm clouds shower thy under-roof’s nest Sans shelter, sans safety, sans calm A rare outing, apart thy guardian’s…
Over 100 friends packed the room, and in excess of 250 joined the FB livestream for the live event in Madison Wisconsin, Garver Feed Mill 11/15/23. Without discussion, we sit amidst an opioid and fentanyl epidemic. National suicide rates have reached true crisis levels. Alas, addiction and poor mental health casts their anguish upon us all. Eager to transcend the torment, chiefly we lack the…