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Candace Plattor, M.A.Registered Clinical Counsellor
Candace Plattor, M.A.
Registered Clinical Counsellor
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

Robin Williams

August 12, 2014 by Candace Plattor

Robin Williams, Dead at 63: Words No One Ever Wanted to Hear

“Robin Williams: Dead, Apparent Suicide”   How could this happen? We are asking ourselves this question today as we shake our heads in disbelief. Robin Williams, the uproariously funny comedian, dead? Apparent suicide?How can this be??Yes, we all knew he had problems with addiction—he’d bravely allowed that to be common knowledge, probably in the hope that his struggle could also help others. He carried the message in the true spirit of one who was walking the walk of addiction recovery, and I … [Read more...] about Robin Williams, Dead at 63: Words No One Ever Wanted to Hear

Filed Under: mental illness, Recovery from addiction, stigma of mental illness Tagged With: dual diagnosis of addiction and mental illness, mental illness, Recovery from addiction, remembering Robin Williams, Robin Williams, staying clean and sober takes work, stigma of mental illness

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