UPBEAT - POSITIVE - FULFILLING - ENERGIZING - REFRESHING - EXCITING - ENLIGHTENING
www.hopeshot.com

Dedicated to anyone in recovery from anything...!

"I had depression... I didn't know it... and I nearly died."

Mission: bring positive attention to behavioral health issues through the use of music.
Music attracts attention, music maintains attention, music helps carry the message.

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"From somewhere around the world... to somewhere around you."

Easy listening, acoustic rock, pop, folk, and some love songs.

"Songs you've loved 100 times before, and you want to love 100 times more."

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Hi, I'm Teek, I play & sing
popular songs in support of:

-  Depression Awareness  -

-  Drug & Alcohol Awareness  -

-  Suicide Prevention  -

Having depression and being depressed,
are as different as having a cold and being cold.
One condition is an illness, one condition is a feeling.

A depression filled mind is dangerous.
Add drugs or alcohol, and it can become deadly.

Perhaps 99% of all alcohol & drug users exhibit signs of depression.

Suicide is a permanent non-solution for a temporary problem.

People with depression have a disease that can be managed,
with some diseases people do not have that choice.

(Thinking of suicide? 1-800-273-TALK)

Read this suicide prevention .pdf file.

At times I've got to just let my mind go where it will.
There's no stopping it from its own journey.
But music can take it to a nice place every time.

For those in drug/alcohol recovery, try to associate songs
to the here & now as opposed to thoughts of the past.
When a person relates songs to the present tense
it can eliminate any thoughts of alcohol and drug use the
songs may have previously evoked. Try it.

Alcohol abuse does NOT need to be a 'rite of passage'  for younger
people, yet it appears to be an accepted and widely practiced activity.

A girl said to me once:
"I had a razor blade in one hand and the phone in the other hand.
I thought about something you said and made a phone call."

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            How does hopeshot work?

            Teek plays guitar and sings popular songs.   
            People are (hopefully) attracted to the performance.
            People are encouraged to learn about behavioral health.
            There is literature & information available on the topic.
            People read the literature and absorb the information.
            Someday a life is possibly saved, maybe someone you know.

"I didn't know anything about depression, and I suffered from it. Some knowledge on the
subject could have spared me a lot of pain & time. I encourage people to learn about
depression not for themselves, but to possibly make someone else's life better. Anyone
can get depression, and they may not know that have it. Learn the warning signs,
know how to potentially recognize this illness in others. Maybe save a life."