Bryan Callen

It needs to be delivered within a supportive therapeutic environment whereby you are within a community that is connected to your humanity where you have the ability to receive services that heal your mind, your body, and most importantly, your soul.

Is it all right if I talk about how I came to learn about this? I'm going to have to start at the beginning, and I will try to be as economical with the use of words as possible. I was raised in one of Virginia's five coal mining counties, Russell County, Virginia, which economically and culturally is much more similar to eastern Kentucky and

Is it all right if I talk about how I came to learn about this? I'm going to have to start at the beginning, and I will try to be as economical with the use of words as possible. I was raised in one of Virginia's five coal mining counties, Russell County, Virginia, which economically and culturally is much more similar to eastern Kentucky and

Is it all right if I talk about how I came to learn about this? I'm going to have to start at the beginning, and I will try to be as economical with the use of words as possible. I was raised in one of Virginia's five coal mining counties, Russell County, Virginia, which economically and culturally is much more similar to eastern Kentucky and

and southern West Virginia than it is to any other part of Virginia. I come out of a coal mining family. My grandfathers were both grade school educated. My father's father stopped attending school in the third grade. My mother's father stopped attending school in the sixth. Both of them are underground at the age of 16, and that's where they spent 40 years of their lives.

and southern West Virginia than it is to any other part of Virginia. I come out of a coal mining family. My grandfathers were both grade school educated. My father's father stopped attending school in the third grade. My mother's father stopped attending school in the sixth. Both of them are underground at the age of 16, and that's where they spent 40 years of their lives.

and southern West Virginia than it is to any other part of Virginia. I come out of a coal mining family. My grandfathers were both grade school educated. My father's father stopped attending school in the third grade. My mother's father stopped attending school in the sixth. Both of them are underground at the age of 16, and that's where they spent 40 years of their lives.

My family has been generationally devastated by profound effects of alcohol and substance abuse, as well as untreated mental illness. It has blighted us for as long as anyone can remember. This is the environment in which my parents grew up. They married early. My first memories as a child were of screaming, cussing, and chaos. I can remember my grandfathers who lived incredibly difficult lives.

My family has been generationally devastated by profound effects of alcohol and substance abuse, as well as untreated mental illness. It has blighted us for as long as anyone can remember. This is the environment in which my parents grew up. They married early. My first memories as a child were of screaming, cussing, and chaos. I can remember my grandfathers who lived incredibly difficult lives.

My family has been generationally devastated by profound effects of alcohol and substance abuse, as well as untreated mental illness. It has blighted us for as long as anyone can remember. This is the environment in which my parents grew up. They married early. My first memories as a child were of screaming, cussing, and chaos. I can remember my grandfathers who lived incredibly difficult lives.

My mother's father was one of 16, had a pair of shoes given to him once a year. My father's father was one of 11. Neither one of them had a full set of fingers. You could hear my dad's dad breathe. 50 feet away from the combined effects of black lung and tuberculosis that he contracted in the coal camp in which my father was raised.

My mother's father was one of 16, had a pair of shoes given to him once a year. My father's father was one of 11. Neither one of them had a full set of fingers. You could hear my dad's dad breathe. 50 feet away from the combined effects of black lung and tuberculosis that he contracted in the coal camp in which my father was raised.

My mother's father was one of 16, had a pair of shoes given to him once a year. My father's father was one of 11. Neither one of them had a full set of fingers. You could hear my dad's dad breathe. 50 feet away from the combined effects of black lung and tuberculosis that he contracted in the coal camp in which my father was raised.

When I was a young boy and I would go and visit them, each of them, separately and independently, would at some point pull me aside and they would say, Papaw knows that you're scared and that you're anxious, but you need to know a couple of things. Number one, Papaw loves you. Number two, and most importantly, God loves you.

When I was a young boy and I would go and visit them, each of them, separately and independently, would at some point pull me aside and they would say, Papaw knows that you're scared and that you're anxious, but you need to know a couple of things. Number one, Papaw loves you. Number two, and most importantly, God loves you.

When I was a young boy and I would go and visit them, each of them, separately and independently, would at some point pull me aside and they would say, Papaw knows that you're scared and that you're anxious, but you need to know a couple of things. Number one, Papaw loves you. Number two, and most importantly, God loves you.

You have a special and unique purpose to achieve with your life that has been handed to you from on high. And no matter how scared you get, no matter how rough you think things are, if you will have faith that God will take care of you, you're going to come through just fine.

You have a special and unique purpose to achieve with your life that has been handed to you from on high. And no matter how scared you get, no matter how rough you think things are, if you will have faith that God will take care of you, you're going to come through just fine.

You have a special and unique purpose to achieve with your life that has been handed to you from on high. And no matter how scared you get, no matter how rough you think things are, if you will have faith that God will take care of you, you're going to come through just fine.

If my grandfathers had not provided me in those very early years with sanctuary from that early chaos, the stability of their love, and an affirmation of my spiritual significance, the chances are if I were alive at all, I certainly would not be sitting here