Just wanted to remind you all that the regularly scheduled DBSA group will proceed as scheduled on Halloween (today). I know there was some confusion over that & I just wanted to clear that up. Additionally, I will be bringing some candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of individuals in the group & possibly entice some still on the fence about coming to the group 😉
Whether or not you can make it tonight, I wish all a Super Samhain!
Next Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 at 6 to (just before) 7pm we will be holding a support group on the topic of chronic pain & how it affects our mental health. It has become a common theme of discussion in our regular meetings so we’ve decided to give the topic its own time slot so we can delve deeper into it. If you have any questions about this you may ask at me (Josh) at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576‬.
We are doing this on a trial basis for right now, so if this does interest you, please try to attend or let us know a day & time that might work better for you. We would like to keep this on the same night as a regular meeting night, although this will not affect our regular scheduled DBSA support groups.
In the mean time, stay strong & know you are not alone. Special thanks to Facilitator Sarah for taking the initiative to start this up.
Here is our spiffy new flyer that we are using to try to boost our group attendance because we feel there’s a lot more people out there that we could be helping with our groups. With the Capital Region having over 1.17 Million residents & the national average of adults (18 & over) struggling with either major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder being 9.8%, I don’t need to do the math to tell you that is a very significant number of people that we can be helping out there so feel free to print or send out this flyer to anyone you think it might help. I will be bringing copies of these flyers to meetings and posting lots on them on posting boards around the Capital Region. Feel free to do the same (just make sure you ask if it is OK to post this flyer on their board). Thanks for helping to spread the word, friends.