OIBC Mental Health Team

05/01/2019

Our February 2019 Mental Health First Aid training at Park East Synagogue. Collaboration with the Board of Rabbis.

02/06/2019

Our next Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) at the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church 8712 Quincy Avenue. Our next 8 hour training will be on Tuesdays, March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th @ 6pm to 8pm. We cover depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use disorders. You will need to complete all (4) four sessions to receive your certificate of completion. If you are interested in attending please show up 15 minutes early to register.

If there are questions contact Rev. Karell T. McDaniel @ 216.408.9091.

12/29/2018

I put this on my page so that others will know that recovery is possible. With God’s help, in 2019, I will be working towards 32 years of uninterrupted sobriety from alcohol and other drugs....you can too

Watching someone you love, that has fought so hard to beat addiction, throw everything away and sink back onto a life that will most likely lead to jail or death, is one of the hardest things you will ever do. You want to help them back to a clean and sober life but you realize by doing this, as you have so many times before, will now just be enabling them because it will show them that you will always be there to bail them out. You want to grab and shake them and say "What are you doing" but at some point you realize that it wouldnt make a difference. So you sit back and watch the tradgey unfold, as if you are watching a movie. Feeling helpless to stop it, feeling like you haven't done enough to help, even though you know only the addict can help themselves.

Loving a drug addict or an active alcoholic is the hardest thing you will ever have to go through. I have friends and family who have gone through this battle.
Battling a drug and/or an alcohol addiction is a beast for the person addicted and the ones who love them. So l am asking you to stand with me in prayer for every family member and friend who has lost their battle with drugs and alcohol and those who continue to conquer it! Put this on your page for one hour if you know someone who has or had an addiction. Many will be hesitant to copy and paste this. Some of you won't paste this but I think I know the ones who will. And thanks in advance!

05/30/2018

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