INNOVATION, SELF, ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH.

The Addictions & Restrictions 2.0

When you have a combination of addictions your perception and decision making becomes erratic at best and on reflection idiotic.

Life isn’t measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.

The Addicts Mindset.

You think you’re morally entitled to be bailed out and supported by whoever you think will help you because you are an addict.

When a nightmare becomes a reality.

Upon arrival at my reality check-in. I seemed to be under the impression thoughtless as ever, (5stars all-inclusive, even a cuddle and a bedtime story too!!!in my cut off from reality thought box) that I will borrow yet more money and then be able to get my life back on track.

This all changed when everywhere I looked nobody was there. My phone stopped ringing and my moral compass just kept spinning around. I had also realized very quickly that its not a team game.

Addicts suit themselves.

People would, and did throw you to the wolves to save their skin.

• Loyalty is not in an addicts dictionary or thesaurus.
• You can try Grammarly & Hemmingway extensions to.
• If you ask Alexa she asks you to leave a message, never even replies.
• Siri & Cortana just giggled.

Life Quotes. & Reality Checks.

Little life quote that I picked up;

He/She is not your friend.

They are drug dealers and couldn’t care about you at all. It’s not like you get a monthly bonus or some loyalty card points in an email “well done Brian you spent £500 on cocaine and lost £700 gambling you are the biggest loser!”.

Reality Checks.

Two words are standout keywords for addicts:

Biggest Loser, also you can add Ignorance .

The infamous throwaway sayings

“IT’S NOT MY FAULT!” “I’M AN ADDICT”.

I also remember that all of a sudden I didn’t know anyone.

I was in a strange and toxic environment.

Have you guessed it yet?

Look someones coming to say alright mate “what’s happening”?

Oh I seemed to be licking the concrete floor whilst someone is playing keep ups with the rest of my bedraggled body!

Arrivals Lounge. (No Duty-Free.)

Congratulations at the back!! you guessed it.

I had arrived at HMP LIVERPOOL, and nobody gave two fucks about you or anyone else, because it is survival time.

There are no rules. A brutal daily existence is a good day.

It’s a constantly evolving and expanding experience.

You can’t walk away. No fear, don’t back down.

Never a moment goes bye when you’re able to turn your back from what’s unravelling because personal space is on the same page as loyalty.

Weaknesses are manipulated into advantages creating relentless bullying and torture.

I don’t need to draw you a picture. Its three years I can never replace.

It’s ruined and spoilt all that meant the most to me.

It’s something that haunts you forevermore.

Departure Lounge. (Souvenir Shop. Didn’t Catch On.)

So fast forward three years and I came home to quickly realize! ?

Come on then let us ask Marco.

“ THEY’RE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.

THEY ARE DRUG DEALERS”.

Well done Marco!

Proud of you.

Sustained Awareness.

One of the main reasons I wanted my piece of content placed in a publication.

Is to gain an opportunity to keep raising awareness in a high-quality reading zone to give these extremely important issues a good platform.

I have experienced first hand the pain & suffering which suicide brings.

I am not ashamed to mention the fact, that I myself made an attempt on my own life in March 2019. People have varied opinions about this.

Which they are fully entitled to have. My point is; if me being the equivalent of an open book by sharing my personal life in the public domain can save a person’s life that would be amazing.

Imagine if six more people wanted the same outcome.

Seven lives a week over a year is 365 survivors.

Over a decade this is 3,650 lives still going strong.

If we continued on an upward curve of 20% into the next decade that is an extra 730 lives saved by following a preventable methodology stopping suicide attempts.

Hope & Communication.

The continued raising of awareness is imperative to help break the vast cycle of suffering.

OneTeam. OneDream. Illumination.

Brian Anthony Cumberlidge.