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From Toxic Life as a Lawyer to One Centered in Self-Care

A heart monitor showed 231 beats per minute. Paul Richmond on the practice that was killing him, and what he changed.

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September marks both Suicide Prevention and Recovery Awareness Month. Leslie Hagin on why the two belong together for lawyers.

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Two national campaigns, one message: more good days together. What those mottos get right about lawyer mental health.

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A Washington attorney and problem-gambling board member on why confidential, independent peer support matters here.

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Sober for a decade, then law school. One lawyer on what running gave him, what it could not, and the support missing.

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Tokyo Bar Association leaders came to meet WaLAL's board. What Japan wanted to learn from a Washington peer support model.

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“I am an alcoholic, a drug addict, and a lawyer.” A functional attorney on when bullet-proof stopped working.

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A volunteer peer counselor on why helping other lawyers recover keeps strengthening his own recovery.

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Thirty years of practice, 24 years sober, one THC gummy taken by mistake. David Huber on what happened next.