http://www.jamiemccall.com Veteran Navy Officer taking the helm of the USS Tinseltown! Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.jamiemccall.com/#comment-67 Jamie McCall Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59:47 +0000 http://www.jamiemccall.com/?page_id=12#comment-67 Thank you for sharing this Tina, and for your advocacy work and your service! We need more like you - keep fighting the good fight. All the best, ~jMc Thank you for sharing this Tina, and for your advocacy work and your service! We need more like you – keep fighting the good fight. All the best, ~jMc

]]> http://www.jamiemccall.com/#comment-61 Tina Walsh-Morgan Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:03:46 +0000 http://www.jamiemccall.com/?page_id=12#comment-61 Jamie: you and I have more than a little in common; my ex-husband and I lived on NSGA Sabana Seca from 1995 – 1998, and I suspect that you were coming in as we were leaving. The second commonality is that we are both advocates for those suffering from mental illness and substance abuse. My own personal story began at NSGA Sabana Seca where the base and island forgive my candidness was saturated with rum and moreover, there was really no help for those of us who needed help; no AA meetings and very little advocacy for those of us who were suffering. Since this time, I am considering going to law school to further the cause for therapeutic courts that help the chemically addicted and mentally ill; a population that we are going to have more of because of the traumatic events that this world is experiencing. If we continue to incarcerate and penalize those who are seriously ill and continue on the current path of custodial sentencing versus tolerance and treatment, we will be in a hamster wheel of expense and lost families. Wish you well in your endeavors and your career. Respectfully, Tina Jamie: you and I have more than a little in common; my ex-husband and I lived on NSGA Sabana Seca from 1995 – 1998, and I suspect that you were coming in as we were leaving. The second commonality is that we are both advocates for those suffering from mental illness and substance abuse. My own personal story began at NSGA Sabana Seca where the base and island forgive my candidness was saturated with rum and moreover, there was really no help for those of us who needed help; no AA meetings and very little advocacy for those of us who were suffering. Since this time, I am considering going to law school to further the cause for therapeutic courts that help the chemically addicted and mentally ill; a population that we are going to have more of because of the traumatic events that this world is experiencing. If we continue to incarcerate and penalize those who are seriously ill and continue on the current path of custodial sentencing versus tolerance and treatment, we will be in a hamster wheel of expense and lost families. Wish you well in your endeavors and your career. Respectfully, Tina

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