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Patrick Bailey is a professional writer mainly in the fields of mental health, addiction, and living in recovery. He attempts to stay on top of the latest news in the addiction and the mental health world and enjoy writing about these topics to break the stigma associated with them.

Prayer: The Best Way to Keep Your Mental Health

Posted on January 15, 2019 Written by Patrick Bailey Leave a Comment

While it would be foolhardy to expect to cure mental illness or drug addiction purely through petitioning the Lord, it can be an important part of the overall treatment plan.

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How to Help People with a Substance Abuse Problem through the Bible

Posted on August 8, 2018 Written by Patrick Bailey Leave a Comment

This is a quest post by Patrick Bailey. If you would like to contribute a post to Attempts at Honesty, please read the guest post guidelines and get in contact with me if you feel that you can work within those guidelines to submit a post. Note that there is a link in this post […]

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Merry Go Round

Getting off the merry-go-round

I am forced to admit that I made the chains binding me to the merry-go-round. They are of my own manufacture. But they no longer need to bind me.

Traffic Light

Wanted: A Point of Reference

When you are sitting at a stop light in your car and see motion out of the corner of your eye, there are two responses. The first is to push harder on the brake pedal and the second is to look at a lamp post, building or some other stationary object to see if your […]

Paracites

Parasites vs. Producers – From Nebuchadnezzar to Wall Street

There have always been human parasites. God hates injustice and the church needs to know that parasites gather around political power.

Sheep with Shepherd

Irresponsible Shepherds Bring Desolation

Ed Stetzer recently wrote an article regarding the decline of the United Methodists. This decline is not unique to that denomination, other “main-line” denominations share this experience. These denominations have been in the news for abandonment of standards that held sway in Christendom for 2000 years. For example, The Presbyterian Church USA recently enacted rules […]

He will deliver

These verses are on my mind as I write this post: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.” Psalm 120:1–2, ESV The psalmist starts with the understanding that his prayer is heard. What is his prayer? His prayer is […]

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