Arts Medicine for Hope & Healing Initiative Founder and Director, Diane Kaufman, MD
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"Desperate Love" ~ The Price of Addiction 

3/13/2016

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"I think that the “Desperate Love” video poem performance portrayed by real people gives a vital message to and about addicts trying to change their lives.  The love addict’s crave can't be realized in a quick tryst or a brief relationship any more than can heroin be a long term cure for loneliness and depression.  There is no quick answer for attaining lasting happiness.  “Chasing that love all over the place” portrays the lessons in futility facing active addicts.  The words and phrases in this beautiful poetic rendering are so essential for the recovering person to grasp during the long-term process of recovery.  Phrases such as, “learn from the mistakes of others,” “admit the truth,” “stop being afraid,” and “be true to yourself,” are quintessential elements for an addict to achieve a durable clean and sober lifestyle.  I commend poet and psychiatrist, Diane Kaufman, MD, for her artistic portrayal of a problem that plagues people all over the world." 
Dave Kerr
Founder Integrity House, 1968
and in retirement, the Recovery Advisory Group, 2012 

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    As a child, Diane Kaufman wrote in her grade school composition that when she grew up she wanted to be a "medical doctor or a medical drawer." Her passion as expressed in poetry, story, and art seeks to inspire positive transformation, to help "humanize" our life experiences, to increase our connection with each other, and bring awareness of Arts Medicine as valuable in promoting and nurturing health, healing and well being. 

    Dedication:
    ​I write this blog to express and release my thoughts and feelings, to heal myself and others. The world is full of suffering. I want to do my part to heal the despairing wound. I want to do my part to comfort the crying baby, the lost child, and the all too often hurt and hurting adult. I have named my Arts Medicine for Health & Healing blog, Poetry Baby, and she calls upon me to give voice and share her spirit: to write, create, be courageous, and most importantly, to have abiding faith in the Almighty Mystery and Power of the Universe to spin the world into loving care and compassion. Our hearts and hands can make this be so. 

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