People know I mix drinks and thus, when they find a type of liquor they like, something they buy it for me or ask me to make a drink with it. So, we have acquired quite the collection.
I was making this drink and thought “ this would be good with Cointreau and Brandy, we have both maybe good brandy we have cognac, wait someone already thought of that, Grand Mariner, which we also have. Pretty soon I will be able to make anything and then I will take over the world, mmmmmwwwwahahahahahaha! Until then, there are some problems I can not solve, such as what goes with absinthe and the way persons are treated in the mental health system in the US.
Our psychiatric systems are a mess, people who do not want care have it forced upon them and people who desperately want it can’t get it. The availability and quality of treatments is detrained by your zip code, insurance and ability to pay out of pocket. Abuse is rampant Like any illness “ no conversations about us, without us” should apply, however, systems refuse to see psychiatric survivors has the experts of their own experiences.
Judi Chamberlin worked to change conversations around mental health, autonomy and patient centered care. Helped to found the Mad Pride movement. She brought attention to the experiences of those who have been abused in psychiatric systems.
Picture taken during moving chaos
Judi Chamberlin
Sparkling red wine ( regular would be fine, just won’t be as fizzy
7-up
Grand Mariner
Cherries because of who I am as a person.
In a chilled glass, 1/3 7up,2/3 wine, one shot Grand Mariner.
Drink well ranting about the devalued autonomy of psychiatric patients.