SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION: ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY TREATMENT PLAN

My official treatment plan with my mental health providers wisely includes a section in which they gave me a choice to include: Spirituality/Religion (I don't separate the two as some people do but that is just me.)
Way back when I was last treated in a restraint-free mental health recovery facility, the woman (who is a Protestant Christian I believe) that gave me a chance to live and heal under her facility's roof, reviewed my case periodically to see if I was keeping my word and attending church services regularly and getting involved in my faith community's life.
I started with attending Mass again with my father and went from there. I now sing in the choir and am a member of the Knights of Columbus again. I actually just played bocce with the K of C's team for the first time last night. A lot of fun.
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My point: Don't be afraid to take direction from peoples of other faiths or denominations or even from people that adhere to no faith or denomination. I sensed when I entered that facility that they placed a very high importance on having some kind of faith or spirituality to lean on and guide you in good times and bad.
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My parents and my friends at NAMI (The National Alliance of the Mentally Ill) also say that religion and spirituality are important parts of a sound recovery. My parents taught their Family to Family course and I taught their B.R.I.D.G.E.S. peer education course some years ago. We took it seriously.