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Weston Times (1966), 20 Oct 1966, p. 11

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~Recovery Inc." Helps Nervous Or |._ Former Mental Patients Stay Well to & self help program of care for nervous people, and recovered mental patients is now operating in the Etobicokeâ€" Weston area. _‘The group is under the leaderâ€" Recovery Inc. was founded about 30 years ago by the late Dr. Abraâ€" ham A. Low, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Illinois Medical School. Local units are now estabâ€" lished in 38 states of the U.S.A. and in several Canadian provinces. have begun operation, the most recent being the Etobicokeâ€"Weston These groups meet on a regular weekly basis providing people with a systematic method of self help and after care treatment. It in no way supplants the physician. No diagnosis or treatment, or adâ€" vice or counseling is offered. The patient is expected to follow the authority of his doctor or other professional. However, it is not necessary to have been hospitalized or to be under the care of a psychiatrist in order to take part founded about seven years ago. group which is also open to memâ€" bership from Lakeshore residents. in the Recovery meetings. What is the Recovery Method? Another Opening, Another Show, of this Nationwide Transmission Service at 724 The Queensway! On October 17, our location joined the 250 shops throughout Canada and the United States to offer you a convenient transmission service for the west end. If that transmission has caused some worries, why not inquire EASTEND: 2410 LAWRENCE AVE., E. TELEPHONE : 751â€"7240 MON. TO SAT. 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. WEST END: 724 THE QUEENSWAY TELEPHONE : 259â€"4251 MON. TO FRI. 7 AM. TO 7 PM. SATURDAY 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M. Basically it is composed of three parts. First, studying Dr. Low‘s nervous reactions, their effect upon the individual, and the selfâ€" help techniques the individual can use to help himself practice self leadership. Second, attendance at panel metings. At these meetings, panel members help each other to more effectively apply the basic principles of self help, as explained by Dr. Low in his book. Third, the application by each individual of self help principles, carefully developed by Dr. Low, in his or her daily life. book, "Mental Health Through Will Training." In this book, and in the other Recovery literature and recordings by Dr. Low are found countless explanations of Another feature of the Reâ€" covery Group is the supportive help given patients between meetâ€" ings by the use of brief phone calls to other members. Recovery is non sectarian. Reâ€" ligion is never discussed. People of all faiths meet together in the social rooms of churches, synaâ€" gogues, and other public places in the community. Membership in Recovery is composed of a varied group. Well over 10,000 people from all walks of life, men and women, attend the weekly panel meetings in various cities and towns. There is never a charge for attending these meetings; there is simply a free will offerâ€" ing. But those who attend reguâ€" larly usually become paid members. What kind of people become members of Recovery Groups? Mainly they are persons suffering from different forms of nervous "Sylvia," leader of the Etobiâ€" coke â€" Weston group, says: "I have had years of psychotherapy. My doctor never labelled my difficulâ€" ties so I don‘t know if I come under any one category of emoâ€" tional imbalance. However, the crippling feature in my case was an almost complete inability to relate to people, and a paralyzing vecovered mental patients, afte: their release from hospitals, often suffer residual symptoms similar to those with nervous complaints. ‘The Recovery technioues work preventing relapse in former mental patients and chronicity in fooled most of my acquaintances. But anyone looking closely would have seen the pattern of withâ€" drawal that took place repeatedly. I never could belong to any orâ€" ganization for more than two or three months at a time. After high school I never formed close friendships. The only relationship I really understood was the parentâ€" dependent child relationship, which took over and colored all my other relationships." fear and awe of people. I went through the motions of normal "Now at last, in Recovery, I am learning to let people accept me as I really am, and I‘m learnâ€" ing to accept them. True, this is partly the process of growing up, but when one has reached the forties without accomplishing it, the need for outside help does suggest itself." Sylvia also explained to The about our $60 overhaul; then there is our lifeâ€" time guarantee, 1 day service, easy terms, free towing and the many other things that go with being Canada‘s largest transmission service. C€ottman danger and insecurity, or the underlying fearful or angry temâ€" to act in spite of their feelings burden to their families and themâ€" selves. Anyone interested in finding out more about the Recovery self help method is invited to attend the Thursday night meetings at St. Andrew‘s Church. Or they can write to Recovery Inc., P.O. Box 127, Station K, Toronto. The incugural meeting and election of officers of the Prog Conservative Riding Association for the new Federal riding of ETOBICOKE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th, 8 p.m. ST. GEORGE‘S PUBLIC SCHOOL 70 Princess Anne Cres. Speaker: TERRY NEWGENT, M.P., Edmonton â€" Strathcone NOTICE Skills Of Sewing patterns. Today‘s average home sewer may pay up to $5 for a pattern, and knows when it is "made up" she has a gown that would retail at twice the price. 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