What happens when the mental health system you’ve relied on leaves you depleted instead of healed? Our guest, Cooper Davis, shares his decades-long journey from being diagnosed with ADD as a child and cycling through stimulants, benzodiazepines, and antidepressants to reaching a breaking point in his late twenties. A 12-step rehab program—meant for substance addiction, not psychiatric drug withdrawal—introduced him to community, mentorship, and coping skills outside the medical model. Today, through the Inner Compass Initiative, which he runs with his wife Laura Delano, Cooper champions a mutual-aid approach that helps people make informed choices about psychiatric drugs and tapering. This candid conversation offers a rare insider’s look at how one man transformed a personal crisis into a mission for mental health reform.
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