Rising from the ashes of a toxic ideology.

Rising from the ashes of a toxic ideology.

By Charles CouseyAll of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.—attributed to Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662By the time I graduated high school, I was mentally ill — and I knew it. Eighteen years of constant hellfire and brimstone “Christian” fundamentalist indoctrination will do that to you. Especially when the church is pretty much the core of your family’s social circle in a small Texas town with a culture that…