[acb-hsp] Chocolate and Vicodin

[Sarah J. Blake]

As someone who has chronic headaches (I do mean headaches), I am quite 
interested in reading this book. In my personal therapy, one of my treatment 
goals was to learn to cope with my chronic pain without turning into a moody 
mess or ruining my relationships by lashing out at people and letting the 
pain govern my reactions to things. From a professional standpoint now in 
ministry, one of my goals is to assist people in finding healthy ways to 
cope with the impact of chronic pain on daily life and relationships. 
Another is to assist the church to learn to provide appropriate support to 
people living with chronic pain. If you say the word cancer, or something 
else that seems to have a foreseeable end, the church will step up because 
they perceive that they know how to offer support. Chronic illness is 
another animal; and it seems that people are very hesitant to get involved 
with situations where their involvement may turn out to be long-term.

Sarah J. Blake
Personal correspondence: sjblake at growingstrong.org
http://www.growingstrong.org

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