Cody’s Gift

10/08/2026

Since we all know that mental health issues have a lot to do with self medication and substance use disorders we are now teaching coping skills, and using the phrase Brain Health to educate how to achieve mental, emotional and social well being . I think this also smart to replace the terms mental health issues, because it carry’s huge red flag stigmatism, which in turn makes people fearful of asking for help.

09/28/2026

Nice explanation of why people start using in a lot of cases, and why it becomes easy to stay on this path and then why when trying to recover it’s difficult and why relapse happens a lot. Pardon some of the language

09/27/2026

Not always a solution to a problem caused by trauma , it can be self medication for depression , anxiety, or brain disorders causing poor brain health

09/25/2026

15 years ago today still applies add guilt, and some shame and that’s the ingredients of the day

Pretty much on point , add to that the circumstances of losing one that you feel you should have prevented and you can times that by ten . That’s another reason I speak . I don’t want other kids or families to go through this .

09/25/2026

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