BlogSpace 1 - Don Carter

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Hi, my name is Don and I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri for almost 24 years now. (and I'm finally beginning to feel like I might know a little bit about the human condition!)

I created Internet-of-the-Mind.com in order to share some of what I've learned over the years, both personally and professionally. And as I often say -- my clients have been my best teachers.

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I'm hoping that this Website, along with these Forums and BlogSpaces will help to achieve my primary purpose in life -- to pass on the message of recovery & hope to others. I'm a therapist today because that's what God had planned for me. I believe the things I have experienced have made me better able to understand my clients. I grew up in a family where depression, rage, abuse, and suicide were the norm.

But no family dysfunctions all the time -- There were also times of closeness and love. I lost my mother to suicide when I was 18 years old and began a ten year addiction to alcohol and marijuana shortly afterward.

By the time I was 29 years old I was ready to go the way of my mother. The only thing that stopped me was a promise I'd made to myself that "I would never put a child of mine through that". I had two kids at the time -- 3 and 5 years old -- So I checked into a treatment center for my addictions on January 13, 1986.

That was 23 years ago and my life has been an incredible journey since then. By the grace of God I have been able to remain sober, complete two degree programs, had the privilege of helping thousands of adults, adolescents, and families get the help that they needed, and have experienced a connection with God that I had only dreamed of previously.

Don't get me wrong -- It's not always been easy and I've chosen to return to therapy several times over the past 24 years. I lost two younger siblings in the 1990's -- one to AIDS and the other to suicide. My first marriage did not survive my addictions. I was divorced two years after I got sober.

Even though hard things in life still happen, I can get through those times in healthy ways now. My passion is for helping others find what I have found in life. I've made it my business to learn everything I can that will help me be the best helper I can be.

All of this background and the gift of recovery I have received is the driving force behind the Website you are viewing right now -- I want this information to get out to as many people as possible and to be around long after I'm gone.

THANK YOU for helping me to achieve that by contributing at the Forums, the Serenity Cafe', and/or any other way you feel you can help.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to create this web page. It has really good information that I find very beneficial.

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