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a painful breakthrough The armed security guard returned to his station and the orderlies put me in a small in-take room, removed the zipties and left. Across the desk was a middle-aged, stereotypical nurse. White shoes, uniform and hat. Her clothes made the nylon swooshing sound when she walked around the room. She took my vitals and then handed me a medicine cup containing five little pills of various shapes and colors without saying a word. “Excuse me, I’m sorry…,” I said, “I think there’s been a big mistake.” 42
“Mr. Thompson, you need to take these. It will help you relax.” she replied. I was quickly realizing that I had no rights. It would be useless to resist or refuse. I knew that if I did, it would sound like any other patient refusing to cooperate and I could make things worse for myself. I found out later that the pills were designed to counteract any ill effects from any recent alcohol or drug consumption. A large portion of the patients who are admitted to the psych ward are under the influence of some reality altering substance. It was standard procedure. She began to enter my medical history into the computer. The questions were routine and my answers were brief. Finally, she left the room and returned with a hospital issue of four hand towels, a pair of yellow pajamas, rubber flip-flops and a robe… with no belt. The nurse then escorted me to my room accompanied by an orderly. As we walked down the hallway I had my first opportunity to observe other patients. In one of the hallways, a man resembling a thin Italian was pacing up and down. Facing the wall, his hands flat against it, he was rubbing and searching for an opening in 43
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Page 3 and 4: my best life the discovery of a suc
Page 5 and 6: For my mother, Dolores. You were al
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Page 9 and 10: introduction I had a profound exper
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Page 13 and 14: I had created a successful marketin
Page 15 and 16: The wolf was at the door. The banks
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Page 21 and 22: About 80% of small businesses in Am
Page 23 and 24: a frozen exile Arriving in Ohio was
Page 25 and 26: I had not been employed for years,
Page 27 and 28: legally. I was running out of time,
Page 29 and 30: the storm It was late one night and
Page 31 and 32: I was ready to die. I reached into
Page 33 and 34: the discovery When I arrived in the
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Page 37 and 38: He had returned with an armed secur
Page 39 and 40: Like stepping in hidden quicksand,
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Page 45 and 46: I took off my gown and threw it on
Page 47 and 48: curved the corner of her mouth. She
Page 49 and 50: Let me say that again… it’s bec
Page 51 and 52: When I arrived at my room, a nurse
Page 53 and 54: The dining area was a collection of
Page 55 and 56: Pinning me to the floor, I tried to
Page 57 and 58: “Please, Mr. Thompson,” he said
Page 59 and 60: He theorized that vitae (life) is c
Page 61 and 62: discharged Folding my pajamas, I la
Page 63 and 64: I waited about an hour, slowly sipp
Page 65 and 66: paper. I scribbled a quick note on
Page 67 and 68: First, I took the original formula
Page 69 and 70: However, I realized that the origin
Page 71 and 72: esult. From a psychiatric perspecti
Page 73 and 74: Specifically, NORMAL can't mean wha
Page 75 and 76: According to a new study published
Page 77 and 78: epigenetics All of us are a genetic
Page 79 and 80: In 1996, Dr. Marcus Pembrey, a Brit
Page 81 and 82: that your great-grand-mother had in
Page 83 and 84: So, how does all this effect the pr
Page 85 and 86: three intelligences When the origin
Page 87 and 88: Referring back to CASE STUDY #2 in
Page 89 and 90: Certainly, what you receive at BIRT
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There is so much that needs to be d
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In China, when the students come to
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