Hope Unlimited - San Diego Medical Cannabis Support Group

Hope Unlimited Holiday Pot Luck Dinner Thursday December 17, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:31:00 +0000

The Hope Unlimited Support Group and Farm Associated Collective is having a holiday potluck dinner. Medical cannabis patients, friends, family are invited to come share in the spirit of the season. Good food, Good People, Good Times.

Please bring an item of food, or water to share if you like. Cups, napkins, utensils, are welcomed. If everyone brings an item we can have a real holiday potluck with many choices for a great dinner.

Let us remember that the core purpose of the group is to provide a safe place for medical cannabis patients to learn from each other.

Let nothing get in the way of our healing!

We deserve a friendly place to be ourselves and share openly and honestly what we are going through.

It is ok to be yourself at Hope!

The Hope Group strives to create an environment of healing and tolerance. Together we can help each other learn and grow.

The last hope meeting really helped me in many ways. .

Share your experience and give your personal input, meet other patients, growers, caregivers, friends and family of the San Diego medical cannabis community!

Responsible onsite use of medication is allowed.

6070 Mount Alifan

4th Floor

Clairmont area of San Diego

RSVP 414 418 o14o or hopeisunlimited@gmail.com

Life Strategies for Surviving and Thriving with Depression or BiPolar Disorder

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Life Strategies for Depression and BiPolar Disorder

An Evening with

Aaron Lloyd Klein

The Old Mille Cafe

3949 North Ohio Street

San Diego, CA 92104

January 14th @7pm

Suggested Donation $10

Call or email now to reserve your seat!

414 418 0140 hopeisunlimited@gmail.com

Do you suffer from chronic depression or

BiPolar Disorder?

You may have more control over your condition than you think. It is possible for people with disabilities to lead healthy and meaningful lives.

My name is Aaron Klein. I know what it is like to suffer with chronic depression. I have been there. I have been through hundreds of hours of therapy. I have taken therapeutic drugs for the last ten years. I struggled for many years because of the Bipolar Disorder. I am excited to share what I have learned about managing moods, overcoming depression, and improving the quality of my life in many ways.

This Life Strategies for Depression and BiPolar Disorder Seminar will teach you how to use mood charting to discover some of the reasons why you are depressed. Mood charting will give you the information you need to better manage your symptoms.

Once you know how you feel, you can work out why you feel that way and what you can do to feel better. The seminar also covers the following topics:

Five main areas of life which affect a person's mood that can be changed.
The importance of exercise and nutrition as the foundation of any mood management plan.

Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to gain more control over your moods. CBT can help you re-wire your subconscious automatic thoughts from negative to positive.
Full Spectrum Light Therapy
Talking with your Doctor can often be intimidating and awkward. The Life strategies seminar will teach you how to effectively communicate your feelings and needs to your Dr.
The psychology behind the benefits of having a pet to love and care for.

Family and friends are encouraged to attend. Family and friends are a BiPolar or Depressed person's most precious resource. I believe we need to cherish our relationships with people.

Once someone can manage their own mental health and well being, they can begin life to the fullest.

Hope Unlimited Holiday Food for the Homeless Event

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:17:00 +0000

Hope Unlimited and Farm Associated Collective friends and family will be making sandwhiches and passing out food and water to the homeless on December 22nd. We will meet at noon at the old mille cafe on 3949 North Ohio Street, -prepare the food- and Drive downtown. There are many parts of Downtown San Diego with dozens of homeless people who could use some water, food, and compassion. Hope unlimited is proud to positively impact the San Diego community. Take an hour out of your Holiday and reach out and help someone less fortunate than you. That is the true spirit of California Prop 215.

Please bring chips, bottled water, sandwhiches, hand sanitizer for us to prepare sanitary food, granola bars or fruit.

It is the Hope and Farm Groups honor and responsibility to offer help and the Hope group is proud to make a difference in many San Diegans life this Holiday Season.

Please email or call to let the Hope Group know if you would like to volunteer.

414 418 0140

hopeisunlimited@gmail.com

Aaron Klein

2nd Annual Thanksgiving Day Hope Unlimited Project Feed the Homeless

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:25:00 +0000

For the second year in a row, Hope Unlimited members will be making sandwhiches and passing out food and water to the homeless on Thanksgiving Day. On November 26th we will meet at 1pm at the old mille cafe on 3949 North Ohio Street, -prepare the food- and Drive downtown. There are many people that could use a meal and some compassion and understanding. Hope unlimited is proud to positively impact the San Diego community. Take an hour out of your Thanksgiving and reach out and help someone less fortunate than you. That is the true spirit of California Prop 215.

Please bring chips, bottled water, sandwhiches, granola bars or fruit.

It is the Hope Group's honor and responsibility to offer help and Hope will make a difference in many San Diegans life this Thanksgiving Day.

See you at the next hope meeting on November 19th.

Aaron

Come share in good food and spirit

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:06:00 +0000

Come share in good food and spirit.

For those of you who don't have family in the area let this

be a chance to be around good people and have a

Hope Thanksgiving Dinner

Anyone want to bring a turkey feel free-there is actually some anti-depressant anti anxiety effects from Turkey.

Good ole' Tryptophan. Make you snooze.

I want to personally thank everyone at the last meeting who helped me heal. You were there for me and didn't judge me.

Hope Unlimited Thanksgiving PotLuck Dinner

6070 Mount Alifan

4th Floor

11/19/09 @7pm

Greeter will be present.

Bring a friend or family member.

Let's be thankful for what we have. And use our positive energy

to help each other make it through these tough times.

Bring some food to share if you like. Cups, Soda, Ice, Juice, Veggies, etc. are welcomed!

Bringing Dignity to BiPolar: An Evening with Aaron Klein

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Bringing Dignity to BiPolar, An Evening with Aaron Lloyd Klein

The Old Mille Cafe

3949 North Ohio Street

San Diego, CA 92104

December 3rd @7pm

Suggested Donation $10

I have been there. I have been strapped to the bed in the Quiet Room. I have been through hundreds of hours of therapy. I have taken therapeutic drugs for the last ten years. I've been in the hospital many times because of my Bipolar Disorder. Can you tell a difference between myself and any other successful professional? Absolutely not, and I'll explain why: I know the secrets to beating the disease. I know how to push through all the pain. I know what patients need most when they are really hurting. And I know that when someone is sitting in the hospital, looking for some answers, they need to speak with someone like me - so I developed the Bringing Dignity to BiPolar Disorder.Seminar. It contains all the information that a patient needs. The Bringing Dignity Seminar explains how to successfully complete a hospital stay, how to get back into the school/work routine, how to use a support system, how to get enough sleep, how to take medication and go to therapy, and most of all, it teaches patients how to stay alive!!!

There is more to Bipolar than just moodswings and some ups and downs. During and Evening with Aaron Klein you will learn to identify triggers which cause emotional upsets, as well as manage mood swings with changes in sleep, diet, exercise, and enviroment. You will learn about side effects of popular prescription drugs to treat this disorder, and natural therapies now available. You will be able to help care for a loved one or family member with these simple guidelines as well as recognizing when hospitalization may be in order. You will also learn about the effects on children and how they differ from adults.

This is a powerful story of transfomation. It is a story of ego and esteem, arrogance, and confidence, entitlement, and purpose, death, immortality of spirit, love and nurturing. It is a story that will reach the inner child.

Hope Unlimited Pot Luck Dinner November 5th@7pm

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:58:00 +0000

Greetings to my fellow medical cannabis patients, friends, and family! HopePot Luck is Thursday Nobember 5th at 7pm.

6070 Mount Alifan Fourth Floor

In order for the meeting to function and be an environment of healing, it is more important than ever we medical cannabis patients remember to treat each other with kindness and respect. We are building an informed, caring community of medical patients. We are helping to support each other as we go through the ups and downs of life. This isn't about money, or status. This is about healing and remembering that we are not alone on this journey! There are other patients who care and want to hear your story.

Let us remember that the core purpose of the group is to provide a safe place for medical cannabis patients to learn from each other.

Let nothing get in the way of our healing!

We deserve a friendly place to be ourselves and share openly and honestly what we are going through.

It is ok to be yourself at Hope!

Please bring extra chairs if you have them just in case. Any hope members that have an extra folding table (card table) please let the group know.

All are welcome at the Hope Support Pot-Luck Dinner

Bring a dish of food to share with the group. If everyone brings something to eat we can have a big feast. Even a bag of chips or a 2 Liter of soda is an item.

I know we have a few chefs in the group!

The Hope Group strives to create an environment of healing and tolerance. Together we can help each other learn and grow.

The last hope meeting really helped me in many ways. .

Share your experience and give your personal input, meet other patients, growers, caregivers, friends and family of the San Diego medical cannabis community!

This is a relaxed, "chill" place, to make new friends, share your story with others who care and want to listen, and learn about San Diego cannabis politics.

Anyone with an IPOD or MP3 player with some Reggae, Chill Marley music please bring we can hook it up to some speakers we have!

The Hope Group could use some chill music to help us socialize and make new friends.

Onsite medicaing is allowed for medical patients. There will be an area where patients may use their medication. Please be responsible with your cannabis use.

Please bring your Dr.'s Recommendation with you for your protection as well as the group.

Although we do practice free speech, and may refer you to a cannabis club, WE ARE NOT A DISPENSARY, OR A DISTRIBUTION CENTER!

Strain identification class. Learn more about what types of medical cannabis may work for your condition!

Please keep these ten guidelines in mind when attending a Hope Unlimited support group:

Hope Unlimited provides a safe environment where you can share thoughts and feelings.
Everything is confidential—what’s said in the group stays in the group.
Always remember to display kindness, courtesy and consideration for your fellow group members.
Don’t interrupt when others are speaking.
Give everyone a chance to talk.
Shut off all cell phones and pagers during the group.
We are all doing the best we can with the tools we have. Some of us our sicker than others.
Speak in reference to yourself; i.e.- “what works for me.”
Nobody has to share. It is totally cool to just come and absorb the good energy.
Support each other by sharing experiences.

Benefits of attending a Hope Unlimited Support group Meeting:

Provide a forum for mutual acceptance, understanding, and self-discovery.
Offer an opportunity to reach out to others and benefit from the experience of those who have “been there”.
Help those attending understand that a disease/chronic medical condition does not define who we are.
Motivate attendees to follow treatment plans.
Create a group that can make a difference in your community, maybe even save a life.
Offer the consumer’s perspective to legislators and the local medical community.
Remind ourselves that health and healing is possible!

Open Letter to Todd Gloria San Diego City Council District 3

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Hi Todd,
We recently had a hope member pass on. I have changed the focus away from politics. I have turned hope back into a social support network of patients. We have a UCSD Nurse, and a UCSD Physician on our advisory board. I recently joined the UCSD advisory board. I am a liason between hundreds of bipolar patients and the UCSD medical staff. Politics only infuriates my bipolar. When it comes down to it, it is all about the patients. I want to let you know now that the clubs are closed down many of hope members are going to the street and black market for their medicine. Until the task force makes their recommendations and things change-patients will have to visit the black market. It doesn't take a genuis to figure out that the medical cannabis patients are increasing drug dealer and street thug demand. That means the street will rise to meet that demand. Right now thousands of dollars a day that could be taxed by the city are now being funneled right into the hands of the street dealer. I know you know I am a smart guy. I know whats going on. We get no support from any elected officials. We are on our own. Hope fills a very crucial role that the city chooses to ignore. But that won't stop me. I never thought I would get any support. I do this for survival. period.
peace and love dude
Aaron

Hope Unlimited Old Mille Cafe In North Park 10/8/09

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Hope Unlimited Meeting #68 October 8th, 2009 Thursday

Old Mille Cafe

3949 North Ohio Street (On Corner of Ohio and University)

San Diego, CA 92104

Learning, Sharing, Coping, Supporting, Growing, Surviving

Have you recently been diagnosed with a serious illness? Are you a medical cannabis patient?

Hope Unlimited is a place for people to give and receive both emotional and practical support as well as to exchange information. People with chronic health conditions, as well as their friends and families find Hope Unlimited to be a valuable resource — a place where people can share medical information, get confirmation that their feelings are "normal," educate others, or just let off steam.

The Hope Group is made up of people with common interests and experiences. Medical Cannabis patients who have been through, or are going through, a similar circumstance can do more than sympathize with you — they can relate to what you are going through and keep you from feeling like you are alone.

Please keep these ten guidelines in mind when attending a Hope Unlimited support group:

Hope Unlimited provides a safe environment where you can share thoughts and feelings.
Everything is confidential—what’s said in the group stays in the group.
Always remember to display kindness, courtesy and consideration for your fellow group members.
Don’t interrupt when others are speaking.
Give everyone a chance to talk.
Shut off all cell phones and pagers during the group.
We are all doing the best we can with the tools we have. Some of us our sicker than others.
Speak in reference to yourself; i.e.- “what works for me.”
Nobody has to share. It is totally cool to just come and absorb the good energy.
Support each other by sharing experiences.

Benefits of attending a Hope Unlimited Support group Meeting:

Provide a forum for mutual acceptance, understanding, and self-discovery.
Offer an opportunity to reach out to others and benefit from the experience of those who have “been there”.
Help those attending understand that a disease/chronic medical condition does not define who we are.
Motivate attendees to follow treatment plans.
Create a group that can make a difference in your community, maybe even save a life.
Offer the consumer’s perspective to legislators and the local medical community.
Remind ourselves that health and healing is possible!

Hope Unlimited Pot Luck Gathering 9/17/09 @7pm

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Good People, Good Food, Good Times

Hope Put Luck, Feel free to Bring a Dish, Some Soda, Chips, Ice, Desert, etc.

Together we can make a feast. Veggies, Grilling out this time. Brats, Burgers, Buns,

Ketchup. Yummy. Share your experience and give your personal input, meet other

patients, growers, caregivers, friends and family of the San Diego medical cannabis

community! This is a relaxed, "chill" place, to make new friends, share your story

with others who care and want to listen, and learn about San Diego cannabis politics.

Host:Hope Unlimited

Time:7:00PM Thursday, September 17th

Location:6070 Mount Alifan Third Floor

Good Food, Good People, Good Times at Hope Potluck Grill Out #3

noreply@blogger.com (Hopehead) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:32:00 +0000

Greetings to my fellow medical cannabis patients, friends, and family! Hope Pot Luck #3 is Thursday August 27th at 7pm.

I expect possibly the largest group we have ever had. In order for the meeting to function and be an environment of healing, it is more important than ever we medical cannabis patients remember to treat each other with kindness and respect. We are building an informed, caring community of medical patients. We are helping to support each other as we go through the ups and downs of life. This isn't about money, or status. This is about healing and remembering that we are not alone on this journey! There are other patients who care and want to hear your story.

Let us remember that the core purpose of the group is to provide a safe place for medical cannabis patients to learn from each other.

Let nothing get in the way of our healing!

We deserve a friendly place to be ourselves and share openly and honestly what we are going through.

It is ok to be yourself at Hope!

Please bring extra chairs if you have them just in case. Any hope members that have an extra folding table (card table) please let the group know.

All are welcome at the Hope Support Pot-Luck Dinner

Bring a dish of food to share with the group. If everyone brings something to eat we can have a big feast. If only a few people bring food thereis no way we can possibly feed 75 patients! Even a bag of chips or a 2 Liter of soda is an item.