June 12, 2006

Me=Back

I returned from Washington, D.C. Saturday night and spent Sunday recovering and catching up on other nonsense. I had much fun in DC and have many leads to pursue. I doubt that I'll post much until tomorrow. But I did give a speech, one that was far more passionate than the one I had penned in advance. Shit happens and people seemed to like it. The only problem is I don't know exactly what I said. I hope to get a transcript up on this site someday.

I do plan to do near-future posts on Sen. Gordon Smith, Rep. Patrick Kennedy and, in response to reader requests, will delve into what works/worked for me in addressing bipolar disorder. Over and out.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at June 12, 2006 12:21 AM
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Looking forward to reading, and Congrats to you!

Posted by: Stephany at June 12, 2006 08:18 AM

Stephany,

Next year, you gotta go to the NMHA awards! All of the media award winners possessed the gift of gab. Each gave a good speech even a great acceptance speech at the awards, but only Dawdy was on fire! The crowd went wild as Dawdy spoke about his prize winning article--Good Cop, Sad Cop--and about the consequences of coming out of the mental illness closet for cops and everyone else.

Dawdy condemned "advocacy" groups that demonize the mentally ill to advance a forced commitment agenda. He rattled more than a few cages as you'll see when he blogs the speech transcript. Like no other speaker, Dawdy excited and rallied the conferees with his courageous plea for all to fight to build the movement to make mental health a priority in America.

I wish I'd taken better notes to share.

All the best,
Moira

Posted by: Moira Wait at June 12, 2006 02:02 PM

Moira,
Awesome! Thanks for writing about it, sounds amazing.:)

Posted by: Stephany at June 13, 2006 07:44 AM

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