I so share your thing, Rick. I loved your piece because it grabs people by the shoulders and shakes them up, even though I had to deal with how sad it made me later. But I think you put it well, we are all entitled to hope, IF we recognize the deception that characterizes much of the systemic way we have been treated, and start being proactive as soon as possible. With eyes wide open, there is a lot of hope.

And I know what you mean about the other forum. It's like where do I begin, so I don't even try.

But I've said this many times, there is no such thing as false hope - hope is only that, not a promise. And for some people, medications that seem like poison to me are greatly beneficial for them, and I wouldn't want to take that away from anybody. At the same time, we have got to do something about the information that is suppressed, not understand, faulty assumptions made, interests highly conflicted, etc etc.