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Profound thoughts about some things

12/04/2021

Cathy Brownfield

Sometimes, do you sit with your cuppa, staring into but not seeing your surroundings, and ask yourself profound questions like, “Does everyone on Spaceship Earth think we are living in a test tube?” Or, “Can anyone else remember a time when they consciously thought, ‘I do not want to be a statistic?’ Or, “Do people know what it feels like to not be good enough, achieve well enough, or just be enough?”

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The truth about holiday spirits

11/27/2021

Cathy Brownfield

He tells the story about a much younger man who was stationed in the military in Illinois. It was a hot, summer evening. The bar was air-conditioned. He had been drinking. When he finally cut himself off, he left the air-conditioned environment. He recalls walking back to the base, but he can’t tell you how he got from the gate to his quarters, how he found his clothes and boots neatly put away when he woke the next day. He cannot say if he got himself into his upper bunk after he put his belongings away or if someone helped him. But he knows he drank too much that night because the guard just shook his head when the young man passed by.

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Public health concern: Antibiotic resistance

11/20/2021

Cathy Brownfield

Antibiotic resistance has been a topic of discussion for years. It, like other long-lived public conditions, has grown worse with the passage of time. In fact, in 2015 the World Health Assembly endorsed “a global action plan on antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance,” the intent of which is “to ensure prevention and treatment of infectious diseases with safe and effective medicines.”

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Understanding: Diseases of despair

11/13/2021

Cathy Brownfield

These are the diseases or deaths of despair … what can happen when one has no hope, when they feel completely lost.

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Getting enough sleep?

11/06/2021

Cathy Brownfield

Tonight, we turn the clocks back an hour, as if we all grumble enough about not feeling rested when our feet hit the floor in the morning and we begin another day. How many of us will take several days to get our internal clocks reset?

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Gratitude for public support of FRC’s mission

12/23/2023

Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. As we approach the culmination of the year, I extend sincere holiday greetings on behalf of the Family Recovery Center.

Changes

11/4/2023

Things change. People change. Faces change. I have heard that change is the only thing that is consistent in life. Changes may be bad, risky, negative. But they also can become good, healthy and positive again. I do not know how my supervisor at FRC is going to feel about this column, but being the sentimental person that I am … I am an introvert. I write much better than I speak. And I write from the heart. So, maybe Eloise will be OK with these words.

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