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Faces after Suicide: Lindsay Doolittle

Podcast 37: Positive Connections Radio
Faces after Suicide
Lindsay Doolittle

Lindsay Doolittle was married to a police officer who died by suicide. Brett Doolittle and was a Sergeant for the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department. Lindsay discovered his death and describes the suffering she endured afterwards by the lack of support, respect and common decency from the ones who worked closely with Brett.
Lindsay was stuck in shame and was alone. The Coroner’s conclusion that Brett’s suicide was largely to blame from a broken marriage caused by Lindsay herself helped her to have a moment of clarity.
Lindsay got help and began attending support groups for suicide survivors that led her to drawing to better focus and feel less stressed during these meetings. Lindsay began drawing the faces of other group members and began an art exhibit that gives respect and honor to all suffering from losing a loved one to suicide.
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Melbourne, Australia-Meets San Diego Peers at PSPSA: Senior Sergeant Greg Dean: Victoria Police

Sgt Greg Dean is a 30-year police veteran currently working as a manager of Victoria Police’s Welfare Services who provide 24/7/365 confidential wellbeing support to all 20,000 Victoria Police as well as their immediate family. Greg was recently awarded the Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship that allowed him to travel to the USA, Canada and the UK to research and investigate early intervention into mental health in serving police and peer support for former police employees.
Today I met with Sgt. Greg Dean at PSPSA, Public Safety Peer Support Association 2019. We talked about peer support in Australia and how we can work together to help end the stigma of mental health issues among First Responders.
Sgt. Dean stated, “We’re about sharing and working together as a unified force to get rid of this beast” (Stigma).
Please contact Sgt. Greg Dean with any questions or comments: Greg.Dean@Police.Vic.Gov.AU
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Alcohol Recovery: How Successful Are 12-Step Meetings? Is There Medical Treatment?

The Sober Truth is a book that talks about the evidence for success in 12-step programs in alcohol use disorder recovery. Unfortunately, the results are not great. It is important for people who suffer from alcoholism to be aware of the fact that there is medical treatment for alcohol addiction and it is consistent with the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

Strength-from-Within: Mindy Andrade

PCR Podcast 35. Strength from Within
Mindy Andrade
Overdosing at one-and-a-half years old, growing up addicted and using with her mother, street gangs, dropping out of 8th grade. Turning her life around at 15, becoming a successful business woman and mother and using her life experience to give back. An extraordinary woman with an incredible story of survival and a message of hope. Her passion for life and helping others needs to be shared.
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Dr. Eben Alexander On Addiction And Connecting To Universal Consciousness With Sound

After decades as a physician and teacher at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, renowned academic neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander thought he knew how the brain, mind, and consciousness worked. A transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection changed all of that – completely. Memories of his life had been completely deleted, yet he awoke with memories of a fantastic odyssey deep into another realm – more real than this earthly one!

Since his 2008 NDE he has been reconciling his rich spiritual experience with contemporary physics and cosmology. We are conscious in spite of our brain. By probing deeply into our own consciousness, we transcend the limits of the human brain, and of the physical-material realm. His story offers a crucial key to the understanding of reality and human consciousness.

A pioneering scientist and thought leader in consciousness studies, Dr. Alexander has been a guest on Dr. Oz, Oprah, and many other media programs. His most recent book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness, (co-authored with Karen Newell) has garnered accolades from many scientists around the world who study the mind body question and the nature of consciousness. His earlier books, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife and The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife, have collectively spent more than two years atop the New York Times and international bestseller lists.

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“When a Child Dies”: Dr. Anne Bisek

PCR Podcast 34. “When a Child Dies”
Dr. Anne Bisek
One of the most difficult situations, if not the most difficult, is responding to a death of a child. Dr. Bisek gives her perspective and shares her experience dealing with those who handle these tragedies on a daily basis. She offers positive coping mechanisms and shares a breathing exercise to help anyone focus and get through a stressful moment.

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My Story: The Hole of Hope: Michael Koch

In this episode I describe one of my darkest moments after losing it all to addiction and what I did to survive.

From Due date to court date

All Network Episodes, Trauma Redefined

Joe and Mike discuss a very controversial topic in between recordings. Should pregnant women be charged criminally if they abuse substances while pregnant?

Cops Understand Cops: 1-800-COPLine

Stephanie Samuels (Director of COPLine) along with Emily Eng and John Sierega discuss this confidential support line for police officers. COPLine is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving law enforcement officers and their families by providing 24/7 trained peer support for crisis intervention along with referrals to specifically skilled mental health professionals for follow up and continued assistance.
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Mark Astor: An Addiction Attorney, Helping Families To Get Help For Addicted Family Members.

Mark Astor is an attorney who specializes in providing legal help to people who struggle with addiction. He often provides help through family members such as a parent or spouse. His specialty includes The Marchman Act, a Florida law that makes it possible to compel an addicted individual to go to treatment for up to six months. He also deals with the Baker Act and other legal tools that can make it possible to help an addicted family member for up to a full year, providing the necessary support to maximize the chance of long-term recovery.

I had the privilege of being a guest on Mark Astor’s video podcast. With his permission, I am publishing the audio from our conversation here. I think that it is important for patients and their families to be aware of their options in seeking treatment for addiction. We also spoke at length about MAT (medication-assisted treatment) of opioid addiction. We addressed the use of medications, such as methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), and naltrexone.

To learn more about the law practice of Mark Astor and how to contact him, please visit his website here: https://drugandalcoholattorneys.com/about-mark-astor/

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