Gratitude Today & Every Day!

During this time of year we must reflect on things we are grateful for. The little things along with the bigger ones.  It is the perfect time to give someone we are grateful for a gift that shows love and offers hope.

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Narrator Note of HOW TO SURVIVE ADDICTION...

Narrator’s Note

Hi Listeners!

I hope you are enjoying Stephanie’s words of wisdom and have found her words as comforting and inspiration as so many others and I have.

We all know life isn’t easy – it feels downright impossible at times, but I know you can overcome any obstacle that comes your way.

Always remember that you deserve a better life and you can make that happen for yourself by taking control and following the tips in this useful guide and you will find the light and happiness at the end of the addiction tunnel.

As Stephanie says, you must never give up, gather up your inner strength and brace yourself against the storm mighty warrior.  You will be the victor in the end.

I wish you all the success and happiness in the world.

Sincerely,

Holly Holt

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Thrilling, Stunning, Tell All

Who I am

My name is Stephanie Anne Allen and I am a recovered mental health patient.  I suffer from symptoms of schizophrenia as well as, but not limited to, depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and schizoaffective disorder.

But I do not let my mental health define me.  I am so much more.  I am a kind, compassionate, empathetic, determined, brave, and courageous individual who just happens to be inflicted with mental illness.  I am not my illness.  What I have suffered has shaped and molded me into a much better version of myself.

What I do

I am a quickly emerging self-published author.  I have written 10 books on mental illness.  One of which is an intriguing memoir that is rising the charts.  The other 9 are self help books that offer insight inspiration, encouragement, and tips on how to cope.

Here is a list of all my works that have inspired readers worldwide:

·         My Mental Madness Memoir

·         How to Survive Depression

·         How to Survive Bipolar Disorder

·         How to Survive Schizophrenia

·         How to Survive Anxiety

·         How to Survive Borderline Personality Disorder

·         How to Survive PTSD

·         How to Survive Schizoaffective Disorder

·         How to Survive Eating Disorders

·         How to Survive Addiction

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A Troubled Past

I suffered mental illness from a very early and tender age of 14.   It presented itself first as clinical depression.  I went in and out of hospitals (about one time each year) to receive additional diagnoses.  I have been hospitalized over 20 times in my life for mental health issues.

At the hospital, the doctors would quickly put me on medications and release me.  So, I would go home, and the symptoms would return, and they seemed to get worse than the previous times.

It was so bad that I ended up being incarcerated.  Upon being there, I had no idea where I was.  I was living in a world I was completely detached from.  I had no basis for any sort of reality.

If you want to know in more detail about my past, please read My Mental Madness Memoir.

How I recovered

My recovery was a long and painful one.  Long because it took so many years to find a point where I was stable and wouldn’t relapse.  And painful because of all the hurt I endured due to the illness itself and a few mental health professionals who just didn’t seem to really care about those who were mentally ill. 

I always maintained a sense of hope.  I always told myself that it would get better.  I kept the faith in God and in myself.  I would never allow myself to quit.  I acknowledged that things would get better.  It wasn’t the end for me.  I had to trust in myself and the mental health professionals that surrounded me.

I am worthy!  I have purpose!  I have a reason to be alive!   I am not ever giving up!

My Message of Hope

Recovery may be extremely difficult, but it’s worth it.  Don’t give up.  It’s easy for some to say, but for someone like me it’s not, and it should be taken to heart.   Life will get better.  You may have relapses.  But continue to seek treatment.  And people may taunt and make fun of you but let them.  They have absolutely no idea who you are or what you have been though.  You were given your individual life because God has an ultimate plan for you.  He is making you stronger for your next mission in life.  Trust and Believe.

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EXCELLENT REVIEW of MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR

"The mentally ill do not belong in jails            
             

This memoir offers an insider's viewpoint on the author's insanity and details the striking incompetence of a system of psychiatric care which leads to her incarceration. For years, Stephanie is not allowed to stay in hospitals long enough to reach recovery, as her insurance will not pay, and her psychosis is allowed to continue. As she is released from hospitals again and again, still unwell, her psychosis worsens. Finally,...Read More

This memoir offers an insider's viewpoint on the author's insanity and details the striking incompetence of a system of psychiatric care which leads to her incarceration. For years, Stephanie is not allowed to stay in hospitals long enough to reach recovery, as her insurance will not pay, and her psychosis is allowed to continue. As she is released from hospitals again and again, still unwell, her psychosis worsens. Finally, as her psychosis comes to its climax, she believes she must set her apartment on fire to benefit those around her by killing "witches."

Following her arson, she spends a month in a hospital, psychotic and not improving. She is then transferred to jail where she lingers in solitary confinement for months, too psychotic to even know where she is, unaware that she is even incarcerated. She is then transferred to another hospital. It takes over a year in that psychiatric hospital, but Stephanie finally receives the care she needs, and finds a medication regimen that works for her. Her sanity is restored, and she resumes a normal life. The book ends with hope.

This book is eye-opening to the failure of the system of psychiatric care in America. There is need for change in the system of care where people like Stephanie fall through the cracks. Had she been hospitalized long enough at the beginning, and received the care that she so badly needed-- and deserved-- at the onset, she would never have committed a crime, or ended up behind bars."

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