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Committee on the Shelterless (COTS)

Author: John Records Executive Director of COTS

For years our staff has searched for cost-effective approaches to support those who struggle with the challenges of homelessness, mental illness, trauma and chemical dependency recovery. 
Integrative Restoration (iRest) has been wonderfully successful in providing the support we've been seeking for our program participants.

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Welcoming What Is

Author: Priya Bhogaonker

Spontaneously, the moment presented itself. A knowing that I must welcome the monster that I feared most. The unpredictable reality of sudden disability. Welcome it as a messenger, not a threat. Relax the defenses pushing it away and accept its paradoxical gift.

Living with Multiple Sclerosis is a mixed bag. Many great things come with the difficulties. Love, support, deeper relationships, courage, and faith along with fatigue, fear, injections, side effects, doubts and limitations.

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Len's Experience

Author: Reverand L. Everett Thomas Ph.D.

Len is a 40 year old male recent photography school grad living in Morehead City. He was recently hospitalized for nearly 6 weeks in the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, half of that time in critical care and half in a step-down unit. His primary diagnosis was acute pancreatitis. For the first two and a half weeks he was in acute DT's as well. During that time he was difficult to manage by the nursing staff because of continuous efforts to escape, pulling out tubes repeatedly and fighting day and night to escape. He was tied down hands and feet and across the abdomen, and yet pulled out the NG tubing many times.

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A Family’s Belief in America

Author: Cheryl LeClair

My husband Eric did his first tour in the Marine Corps when he enlisted and served from 1987-1991. After receiving an honorable discharge he re-entered civilian life and we married three years later in 1994. We lived in Chicago where I worked as a Systems Analyst for the Chicago Tribune. Eric taught martial arts.

After the events of 9/11 my husband’s fervent belief in America compelled him to re-enlist in the Marine Corps.

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