{"id":1066,"date":"2025-08-28T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:15:54","slug":"you-can-do-it-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"You Can Do It (In 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a8cb3314e011&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a8cb3314e011\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"913\" data-attachment-id=\"1067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=1067\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Quarter.png?fit=1020%2C1411&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1020,1411\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=739\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here&#8217;s me expressing a similar sentiment four years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need help, and sometimes we all do, there are<a href=\"https:\/\/findtreatment.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;resources available<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline:\u00a01-800-662-HELP (4357)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24\/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and\/or substance use disorders.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/\">SAMHSA \u2013 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s me expressing a similar sentiment four years ago. If you need help, and sometimes we all do, there are&nbsp;resources available. SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline:\u00a01-800-662-HELP (4357) SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24\/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and\/or substance use disorders.SAMHSA \u2013 Substance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You Can Do It (In 2025)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-psa","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jh90-hc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":331,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=331","url_meta":{"origin":1066,"position":0},"title":"See That, LOCAL Employers? 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