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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:35:11 -0700

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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:38:48 -0700

Don't think of the above logo as chain links holding you down with stigma, bonds of slavery, bonds of the old practice of chaining the mentally ill to their beds. Don't ask why we meet at a church rather than some other space.

"Our mission is to provide advocacy, peer support, and outreach to adults with psychiatric and emotional illnesses. We offer a drop-in center where consumers can socialize, support groups, w/mental health education and training sessions."

Thousands were raped in church's. OOOPG meets in Church's why?

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH will never shake free of the Scandal the actual extent of which will never be known. It would be a mistake to underestimate abuse in other churches, since most are indistinguishable from cults. People suspend normal reason and choose to believe in fantasy and shared delusional states. Kids are indoctrinated at a young age, they even set up there own schools and shelter their members from the media and news of the world. Shameful that OOO of PGC is forced to meet at a church/cult location.

ABUSED MEN/BOYS related books
http://www.themenscenter.com/National/national01.htm

"If you have a few hundred followers, and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you 'Pope.' It's like, if you can't pay your mortgage, you're a deadbeat. But if you can't pay a million mortgages, you're Bear Stearns and we bail you out. And that is who the Catholic Church is: the Bear Stearns of organized pedophilia -- too big, too fat." -Bill Maher

"And that's the Church's attitude: 'We're here, we're queer, get used to it,' which is fine, far be it from me to criticize religion. But just remember one thing: If the Pope was -- instead of a religious figure -- merely the CEO of a nationwide chain of day care centers, where thousands of employees had been caught molesting kids and then covering it up, he'd be arrested faster than you can say 'who wants to touch Mr. Wiggle?'" -Bill Maher

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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:29:07 -0700

Our mission is to promote recovery by providing a safe, consumer-run alternative for the purpose of socialization, self-help, advocacy, recreation, support, and education. We operate primarily during the time traditional providers of mental health services are closed, such as holidays and Saturdays. We employ consumers of mental health services as staff with the belief that they can provide services for individuals. Our staff provides a safe haven for people, making their own lives more productive and meaningful, while enriching the lives of others.

Feeling Red, Blue, Violet, Purple or Green? Hang out, meet some peers!

Bethesda Beatnik Dinner Club, Now in its eighth year.

is by far the largest and most successful dinner club for mental health consumers, their family members and friends in North America. We meet at Alfio's Trattoria Italian restaurant in Friendship Heights, Maryland, right on the D.C. border, on the second and fourth Wednesday nights of each month for dinner, conversation and prominent after-dinner speakers.

Pastafarianism is just as valid as Christianity or any other religion. Maybe more so.

In fact, spaghetti is tangible. And if you throw a handful of it through the air you can watch it fly ! There's some verifiable evidence here. ...and you don't have to worry about going to Hell for being a glutton ! Hallelujah ! Praise the pasta !

"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion,
however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan

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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:05:20 -0700

Silver Spring Drop-In Center

This is a forum for mental health consumers, advocates, family members, providers, and other interested 'stakeholders' to find resources and post about their experiences. At present, anyone can add comments, and comments are now UN-moderated, to see if that would encourage posting. Welcome!
http://www.silverspringdropincenter.blogspot.com/

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Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:10:09 -0700

The right to practice religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. This essential freedom is protected by keeping the government out of religion is guaranteed to all Americans.

Empower yourself and others, find a peer to peer program in your area and plug in!

On Our Own of Roanoke Valley, Inc. is a Drop-in Center that strives to improve the quality of life of mental health consumers by sponsoring self-help groups ...
http://www.rvonourown.com/Services.aspx

On Our Own of Charlottesville developed after a core group of consumers came together to discuss the unmet needs of individuals in the Charlottesville area ...
http://avenue.org/onourown/ONOUROWN.HTML

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:58:08 -0700

Public perceptions of mental health issues have changed dramatically over the last fifteen years, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the rampant over medication of ordinary Americans. In 2006, 227 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, more than any other class of medication; in that same year, the United States accounted for 66 percent of the global antidepressant market. In Comfortably Numb, Charles Barber provides a much-needed context for this disturbing phenomenon.

Girl died as parents prayed instead of seeking help.
TOWN OF WESTON -- An 11-year-old town of Weston girl died Sunday from a treatable form of diabetes after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical treatment, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said this afternoon. Vergin said the girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, believe she died because they apparently didn't have enough faith.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20958/madeline-neumann

Congregations embrace disabled members

At the same time, people with disabilities have grown more visible and vocal about inclusion. Disability theology has flourished as a framework for both disabled and religious communities to talk about inclusion. While the landmark 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act provides certain exemptions for religious institutions, many faith communities have heeded a moral mandate to welcome all. Those who haven't face questions from a more empowered community of people with disabilities.
http://www.religionlink.org/tip_071022.php

Debunking Christianity... This Blog has been created for the purpose of debunking Evangelical Christianity. We are ex-Christians, ex-ministers, and even ex-apologists for the Christian faith. We are now freethinkers, skeptics, agnostics, and atheists. With the diversity of our combined strengths we seek to debunk Christianity.
http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/
"The Bible is Bullshit" Song (With No Apologies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6CNNWT4yFc&eurl=http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/