Helping to Break Stigma against Mental Illness and Abuse; One Window at a Time. Stigma Hurts! I Only Have Your Picture. By Guest Writer, Helen Mercer-Luffman. We miss you more than words can say. No time can ease our pain. To live each day without you. Is like grass without the rain. A fish without a river. The cold without a blanket. This thought just makes me shiver. To have your arms around me. To feel warm again inside. To have you sit beside me.

Addiction, trauma and mental health. One in three people suffer from an addiction. It breaks up families, damages communities and destroys lives. In some way it touches us all. An addiction is defined as a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity. It can therefore refer to more than just alcohol, drugs and nicotine.