Honest Talk with Jack

Do as I say, not as I do.

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As a young medical doctor, I lived by that notion. At 18 years old I was accepted into medical school and truly believed that nothing could take me down. I breezed through the rigors of the most difficult education one can pursue, and passed every board exam with ease, many times still feeling the effects from the party the night before. I was functioning, successfully, and was doing what I loved most, helping others. As a physician and psychiatrist at one of the busiest hospitals in the state, I was doing for others what I couldn’t do for myself. This could only last so long, and eventually I ran into a mile high wall I could not climb. I left medicine in pursuit of long term recovery and came to realize the most important factor in getting back on my feet was support. If you find yourself reading this, struggling with your own trials, support is here. Empathetic support that can’t be taught in a classroom or learned from a textbook, with all of the knowledge of evidence based practices.