The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church : Alcohol and Other Drugs

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MR. GETZ: 

JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE COURT AND LET THE JUDGE KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO CONSIDER.

THE WITNESS: 

MARY HINKLE.  

AS YOU CONSIDER SENTENCING MR. AVERY, I HOPE YOU WILL REVIEW THE STATEMENTS THAT MR. GETZ HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSIDER THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ENDURED MR. AVERY'S SIGNAGE AND DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. THROUGH HIS SIGNAGE, BEHAVIORS, E-MAILS, AND BLOGS, HE HAS SHOWN US CONTEMPT, VILLIFIED OUR LEADERS, AND THREATENED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DO NOT COME BEFORE YOU IN A CAPRICIOUS OR LIGHTHEARTED MANNER BUT WITH A HEAVY HEART. WE CAN NO LONGER DEAL WITH OUR NEIGHBOR BY OURSELVES. WE NEED YOUR HELP AND SO DOES HE.

SINCE THIS IS A CODE-VIOLATION TRIAL, OUR VIEW IS THIS. WHEN PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BECOME PROPERTY OWNERS IN DEKALB COUNTY, THEY INHERENTLY ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LIVING WITHIN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COUNTY.  THIS CODE SETS FORTH JUST THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT WE AS
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW FOR PROPERTY USE AND HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT WE EXPECT OUR NEIGHBORS TO FOLLOW. EVEN IF, AS IN THE CASE OF MR. AVERY, WE BECOME ANGRY AT COUNTY GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS --

THE DEFENDANT:

(INDISCERNIBLE)

MISS HINKLE: 

-- OR OUR NEIGHBORS, WE ARE EXPECTED TO ADHERE TO THESE ORDINANCES AND CONDUCT OUR BEHAVIOR ACCORDINGLY.

FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, MR. AVERY HAS VIOLATED THE CODE CONTINUOUSLY TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  HIS SIGNAGE AND BEHAVIORS HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS' PROPERTY VALUES AND OUR EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS DESCRIBED IN THE STATEMENTS. MOREOVER, HE HAS FLAUNTED HIS COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY CONTINUALLY MOUNTING AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND INFLATABLES ON A DAILY BASIS IN SPITE OF RECEIVING NUMEROUS CITATIONS.

HIS BLOG AND E-MAILS SUGGEST THAT HE FINDS ALL OF THIS HUMOROUS AND THAT HE IS, QUOTE, "PLAYING A GAME WITH US." WELL, WE DO NOT VIEW HIS SADISTIC AND ANTAGONISTIC BEHAVIOR AS A GAME NOR DO WE FIND IT HUMOROUS. WE ASK
THAT THE COURT SENTENCE HIM IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL ENSURE HIS ADHERENCE TO THE CODE --

THE DEFENDANT:

SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME.

THE WITNESS: 

-- AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO ASK FOR A SENTENCE THAT WILL GUARANTEE HIS FACING MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF HE CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE CODE AND THREATEN OUR RESIDENTS.



(APPLAUSE FROM THE GALLERY)

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SEVEN DAYS!

THIRTY DAYS!

SIXTY DAYS...

THERE OUR DEKALB COUNTY JAIL AND BACK!

NOW, I UNDERSTAND SAGGING!

PLATO'S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

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Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church

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 Alcohol and Other Drugs

As God’s children and participants in the gift of abundant life, we recognize the need to respond to those who know brokenness from the widespread abuse of alcohol and other drugs in our world. The experience of God’s saving grace offers wholeness to each individual. In light of the reality of alcohol and other drug abuse, the church has a responsibility to recognize brokenness and to be an instrument of education, healing, and restoration. First, we must be committed to confronting the denial within ourselves that keeps individuals and nations from overcoming their struggle with alcohol and other drug abuse. Second, the alcohol and other drug problem must be understood as a social, economic, spiritual, and health problem. Third, the church has a fundamental role in reorienting the public debate on alcohol and other drugs by shifting the focus from punishment to prevention and treatment. This is rooted in the Christian belief in the ongoing possibilities for transformation in the life of each individual and in our world.

The alcohol and other drug crisis has reached global proportions. More alcohol and other drugs are produced and consumed than ever before. In consuming countries, with their attendant problems of poverty, racism, domestic violence, hopelessness, and material despair, alcohol and other drug abuse is a part of a continuing cycle of economic and spiritual turmoil.

Abuse of legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals) remains a leading cause of disease and death around the world. While recreational use of illegal drugs in the United States has declined, the use of drugs remains socially acceptable as levels of addiction and abuse continue to rise.

Growing numbers of cities, small towns, and rural areas around the world are caught in a web of escalating alcohol and other drug-related violence. As the findings of the regional hearings in the United States stressed: “Drug addiction crosses all ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.” Social systems are dangerously strained under the heavy weight of alcohol and other drug-related health and social problems. Meanwhile, the supply of drugs from developing countries continues to grow in response to high demand from the developed countries.

International strategies should reflect the need for balanced, equitable economic growth and stable democratic governments in drug-producing developing countries. Most importantly, any alternative strategy must be rooted in local communities. The most creative and effective approaches to the present crisis begin at the local level.

The United States policy response to the drug crisis has focused almost exclusively on law enforcement and military solutions. This policy, in some cases, has led to erosion of precious civil liberties and human rights, especially for poor and minority communities.

The United Methodist Church has long opposed abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In 1916, the General Conference authorized the formation of a Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals “to make more effectual the efforts of the church to create public sentiment and crystallize the same into successful opposition to the organized traffic in intoxicating liquors.”

During the 1988-92 quadrennium, The United Methodist Church launched a comprehensive Bishops’ Initiative on Drugs and Drug Violence, which, through regional hearings across the United States, deepened the denomination’s awareness of alcohol and other drug problems. The report of these hearings concluded: “Therefore, The United Methodist Church must play a key role in confronting drug and alcohol addiction. . . .” Today, The United Methodist Church remains committed to curbing drug traffic and the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.

In response to the alcohol and other drug crisis, The United Methodist Church commits itself to a holistic approach, which emphasizes prevention, intervention, treatment, community organization, public advocacy, and abstinence. Out of love for God and our neighbors, the church must have a positive role by offering a renewed spiritual perspective on this crisis. We commend local congregations, annual conferences, and general agencies and seminaries to take action in the areas of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

I. Alcohol

Alcohol is a drug, which presents special problems because of its widespread social acceptance. We affirm our long-standing conviction and recommendation that abstinence from alcoholic beverages is a faithful witness to God’s liberating and redeeming love.

This witness is especially relevant because excessive, harmful, and dangerous drinking patterns are uncritically accepted and practiced. Society glamorizes drinking, and youthful immaturity can be exploited for personal gain. The costs associated with alcohol use/abuse are more than the costs associated with all illegal drugs combined. Worldwide, millions of individuals and their families suffer as a result of alcoholism. The medical consequences of alcohol abuse include fetal alcohol syndrome—which is a preventable cause of mental retardation, cardiac defects, and pre- and postnatal growth retardation. Chronic alcohol consumption can have a damaging effect on every body organ, including brain, liver, heart, stomach, intestines, and mouth. Alcohol is a factor in many other social problems such as crime, poverty, and family disorder. The societal costs of alcohol abuse include lost productivity, increased health-care costs, loss of lives in vehicular accidents, and criminal activity.

Thus, The United Methodist Church bases its recommendation of abstinence on critical appraisal of the personal and societal costs in the use of alcohol. The church recognizes the freedom of the Christian to make responsible decisions and calls upon each member to consider seriously and prayerfully the witness of abstinence as part of his or her Christian commitment. Persons who practice abstinence should avoid attitudes of self-righteousness that express moral superiority and condemnatory attitudes toward those who do not choose to abstain. Because Christian love in human relationships is primary, abstinence is an instrument of love and sacrifice and always subject to the requirements of love.

Our love for our neighbor obligates us to seek healing, justice, and the alleviation of the social conditions that create and perpetuate alcohol abuse.

Therefore:

1. We urge individuals and local congregations to demonstrate active concern for alcohol abusers and their families. We encourage churches to support the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of problem drinkers.

2. We urge churches to include the problems of alcohol and the value of abstinence as a part of Christian education.

3. We encourage individuals and local congregations to develop prevention education for family, church, and community. We encourage sound empirical research on the social effects of alcohol.

4. We oppose the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within the confines of United Methodist Church facilities and recommend that it be prohibited.

5. We ask individuals and local congregations to study and discuss the problem of driving while intoxicated and impaired by alcohol or other drugs, and we support legislation to reduce such activity.

6. We direct the General Board of Discipleship and The United Methodist Publishing House to incorporate educational material on alcohol and other drug problems, including the material on prevention, intervention, treatment, and the value of abstinence throughout its graded literature.

7. We expect United Methodist-related hospitals to treat the alcoholic person with the attention and consideration all patients deserve. We urge the worldwide health-care delivery system to follow this example.

8. We urge all legislative bodies and health-care systems and processes to focus on and implement measures to help meet the special needs of those disproportionately affected by alcohol use.

9. We favor laws to eliminate all advertising and promoting of alcoholic beverages. We urge the General Board of Church and Society and local churches to increase efforts to remove all advertising of alcoholic beverages from the media. We urge special attention to curbing promotions of alcoholic beverages on college campuses as well as racial minority communities.

10. We urge the US Federal Trade Commission and agencies of other governments to continue developing better health hazard warning statements concerning the use of alcohol.

11. We urge the United States government to improve interagency coordination of drug and alcohol abuse efforts so that there are uniform policies and regulations, and we urge the cooperation of all governments in these areas.

II. Tobacco

The use of tobacco is another form of drug abuse, even though it is legal. Overwhelming evidence links cigarette-smoking with lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. In addition, cigarette-smoking can negatively affect a developing fetus, and secondary smoke is a known carcinogen. The United Methodist Church discourages all persons, particularly children, youths and young adults, from using any form of tobacco.

We commend the suspension of cigarette advertising on radio and television. We are concerned about other advertisements that associate smoking with physical and social maturity, attractiveness, and success, especially those targeted at youth, racial minorities, and women. We support the rules of the US Federal Trade Commission and agencies of other governments requiring health warning statements in cigarette packaging. We are also concerned that the tobacco industry is marketing tobacco in developing countries.

Therefore:

1. We recommend that tobacco use be banned in all church facilities.

2. We recommend a tobacco-free environment in all public areas.

3. We recommend the prohibition of all commercial advertising of tobacco products.

4. We support expanded research to discover the specific mechanisms of addiction to nicotine. We urge the development of educational methods that effectively discourage the use of tobacco and methods to assist those who wish to stop using tobacco.

5. We urge the Department of Agriculture and other government agencies to plan for and assist the orderly economic transition of the tobacco industry—tobacco growers, processors, and distributors—into industries more compatible with the general welfare of the people.

6. We support comprehensive tobacco control policies and legislation that includes provisions to: a) support The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Global Tobacco Treaty and its provisions; b) reduce the rate of youth smoking by increasing the price of cigarettes; c) protect tobacco farmers by helping them shift from tobacco to other crops; d) give the US Food and Drug Administration full authority to regulate nicotine as a drug in the United States; and e) fund anti-tobacco research and advertising, as well as education and prevention campaigns.

III. Drugs

Pharmacologically, a drug is any substance that by its chemical nature alters the structure or function of any living organism. This broad definition encompasses a wide range of substances, many of which are psychoactive and have the potential for abuse. These include marijuana, narcotics, sedatives and stimulants, psychedelics, and hallucinogens. Additionally, commonly used products such as glue, paint thinners, and gasoline have the potential to be abused as inhalants. The United Methodist Church grieves the widespread misuse of drugs and other commonly used products that alter mood, perception, consciousness, and behavior of persons among all ages, classes, and segments of our society.

A. Marijuana

Like alcohol and tobacco, marijuana is frequently a precursor to the use of other drugs. The active ingredient is THC, which affects the user by temporarily producing feelings of euphoria or relaxation. An altered sense of body image and bouts of exaggerated laughter are commonly reported. However, studies reveal that marijuana impairs short-term memory, altering sense of time and reducing the ability to perform tasks requiring concentration, swift reactions, and coordination. Some countries permit the use of marijuana in medicines. Recently, some states in the United States have passed legislation permitting the medical use of marijuana. Some studies indicate circumstances in which marijuana can have an important palliative medicinal effect unavailable through other means. The medical use of any drug, however, should not be seen as encouraging recreational use of it. We urge all persons to abstain from all use of marijuana, unless it has been legally prescribed in a form appropriate for treating a particular medical condition.

B. Sedatives and Stimulants

Sedatives, which include barbiturates and tranquilizers, are prescribed appropriately for treatment of anxiety. These legally prescribed drugs need to be taken only under appropriate medical supervision. The use of this class of drugs can result in dependence.

Severe physical dependence on barbiturates can develop at doses higher than therapeutic doses, and withdrawal is severe and dangerous. The combination of alcohol and barbiturates is potentially lethal.

Stimulants range from amphetamines such as methamphetamine (“crystal meth”) to mild stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine. Prescribed for obesity, sleep disorders, hyperactivity, fatigue, and depression, stimulants produce a temporary sense of vitality, alertness, and energy.

Unlike other stimulants, cocaine has limited medical uses. When the powder form is inhaled, cocaine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant that heightens the body’s natural response to pleasure and creates a euphoric high, and has the potential to be extremely lethal. “Crack,” a crystallized form of cocaine, is readily available because of its lesser cost. Addiction often comes from one use of the substance.

C. Psychedelics or Hallucinogens

Psychedelics or hallucinogens, which include LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, PCP, and DMT, produce changes in perception and altered states of consciousness. Not only is medical use of psychedelics or hallucinogens limited, if present at all, but the use of these drugs may result in permanent psychiatric problems.

D. Narcotics

Narcotics are prescribed for the relief of pain, but the risk of physical and psychological dependencies is well documented. Derived from the opium plant, natural narcotics include heroin, morphine, codeine, and Percodan, while synthetic narcotics include oxycodone, methadone, and meperidine.

Therefore, as The United Methodist Church:

1. We oppose the use of all drugs, except in cases of appropriate medical supervision.

2. We encourage the church to develop honest, objective, and factual drug education for children, youths, and adults as part of a comprehensive prevention education program.

3. We urge the church to coordinate its efforts with ecumenical, interfaith, and community groups in prevention, rehabilitation, and policy statements.

4. We encourage the annual conferences to recognize the unique impact of drugs and its related violence upon urban and rural areas and provide appropriate ministries and resources.

5. We strongly encourage annual conferences to develop leadership training opportunities and resources for local church pastors and laity to help them with counseling individuals and families who have alcohol- and other drug-related problems; counseling those bereaved by alcohol- and other drug-related deaths and violence; and teaching stress management to church workers in communities with high alcohol and other drug activity.

6. We support comprehensive tobacco control policies and legislation that includes provisions to: a) reduce the rate of youth smoking by increasing the price of cigarettes; b) protect tobacco farmers by helping them shift from tobacco to other crops; c) give the US Food and Drug Administration full authority to regulate nicotine as a drug in the United States; d) fund anti-tobacco research and advertising, as well as education and prevention campaigns.

7. We urge redevelopment of more effective methods of treatment of drug abuse and addiction.

8. We support government policies that restrict access to over-the-counter drugs such as ephedrine derivatives that can be converted to illegal and addictive drugs; for example, “crystal meth.”

9. We support government policies concerning drugs that are compatible with our Christian beliefs about the potential transformation of all individuals.

10. We urge all United Methodist churches to work for a minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one years in their respective states/nations.

11. We support strong, humane law-enforcement efforts against the illegal sale of all drugs, and we urge that those arrested for possession and use of illegally procured drugs be subject to education and rehabilitation.

12. We note with deep concern that law enforcement against possession and use of illegally procured drugs has resulted in a dramatic increase in jail and prison populations, often consisting disproportionally of poor, minority, young persons, often due to huge sentencing disparities between possession of “crack” cocaine (the cheaper form, used more by poor minorities, where possession of only 5 grams is subject to a five-year mandatory minimum sentence) and possession of powder cocaine (the more expensive and purer form where possession of 500 grams or more is necessary to invoke a five-year mandatory minimum sentence), even though the two forms are pharmacologically identical, and therefore call for fairness in sentencing through reform of sentencing guidelines governing the possession and use of powder and crack cocaine

ADOPTED 1996

AMENDED AND READOPTED 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016

RESOLUTION #3042, 2008, 2012 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION #83, 2004 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION #73, 2000 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS

1. Performance Resource Press, Inc., Troy, Michigan.

From The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church - 2016. Copyright © 2016 by The United Methodist Publishing House. 

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Subject:	RE: Court Ordered Evaluation for Substance Abuse
From:	Carol Pitts (CPitts@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Cc:	JHDAVIS@DEKALBCOUNTYGA.GOV;
Date:	Friday, August 25, 2017 3:11 PM

James,

You are being referred to Winn Way Mental Health Center, 445 Winn Way, Decatur, 30030 for an evaluation.  You can call them for a substance abuse evaluation at 404-508-7700.  We are not equipped to provide what you need.

Dr. Pitts

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Subject:	RE: Defendant of 1840 Mason Mill Road Court Ordered Clinical Evaluation for Substance Abuse..?
From:	Carol Pitts (CPitts@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net; kaspinwall@cccgeorgia.org; jhdavis@dekalbcountyga.gov; IJMCGAUG@DEKALBCOUNTYGA.GOV; cssaari@dekalbcountyga.gov;
Date:	Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:59 PM

Mr. Avery, DVM,

If you do not want to go to Winn Way, you may choose to go elsewhere, such as AACS -- info@aacsatlanta.comor 404-594-1770.  AACS also has an office in Decatur at 534 Medlock Road, Suite 201.  Here is the website: https://aacsatlanta.com/#evaluations

Given the complexities of your situation, and your prior expressed dissatisfaction with CCCG and some of its employees, we believe that it would be appropriate for you to be seen at another facility.

Best,

Dr. Pitts

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Anonymous Letter November 6th, 2017 - Tan Grand Cherokee

 

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Nov 2, 2017  About 4:45 PM      Passed By About 3:45

Jim,

I drive down Mason Mill regularly and always look for your signs as well as you standing at the end of your
driveway protesting one issue or another. I always wave to you whenever I see you because in some ways we seem to be quite similar based on what I've read about you online. I've often wanted to stop to chat with you but my timid nature prevents me from doing so (in that respect we are very different). Like you I am also gay and totally frustrated by the hypocrisy and indifference of various people and organizations that boast so
loudly of their greatness while balking at showing anything remotely resembling what they advocate. From
some of your signs over the years it would appear that we have both had issues with some of the same
organizations such as Emory and various churches among others.

It would now appear that once again our thoughts were along the same track at the same moment in time.
Such coincidences sure do seem to have been a large part of my life over the years. I just passed by about an hour ago and saw you standing out there holding a sign saying "CCCG". Only one minute earlier I had passed that place at the corner of Clairmont and made a mental note to myself that perhaps I should go talk to them about a lifetime of abuse that nobody cares to hear about despite grandiose claims of being so caring and accepting. The latest violators have been two churches and one other counselor over a period of only one month, all of whom have simply ignored my emails. I would be very interested in seeing what that sign you were holding said and will be looking for it again in the future. As it turned out, I passed by too quickly to have time to read anymore than that acronym. You were facing the downhill direction at that moment watching the,Emory afternoon rush hour traffic approaching so you didn't notice me either. Anyhow, your sign did serve a good purpose in telling me that maybe I should look before I leap. Of course as far as I know you may have been praising them since I wasn't able to read the whole sign. This seems so unlikely though considering the way that ALL businesses are only interested in what they can take from people instead of what they can offer.

Keep up the good work and maybe someday we will have a chance to chat. For what it's worth, I am the same guy who sent you another supportive anonymous letter about 2 1/2 years ago suggesting additional ways in which you could spread your message such as WiFi messages etc. I moved last year and now live not too far from you. The apartment complex where I used to live got taken over by crooks who systematically forced long-time residents out so they could do renovations to justify jacking up the rent by 25% for nothing more than showy items that nobody needed or wanted. It was nothing but elitist greed. I saw it coming after they booted an elderly disabled couple and later told an entire building to get out by a certain date regardless of their leases including a 75 year old teacher who had sold his house to move to that complex. So I moved out just before they could lower the boom on me and found a much better place to live. That same company now owns two complexes on NDH Rd. Their Google reviews were so low that the company apparently strong-armed Google into removing them from their website because the reviews told the truth. There sure is a whole lot of corruption, crookery and indifference in this world, isn't there?

Tan Grand Cherokee

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Hello CCCG: Do you, or do you not, offer court mandated clinical evaluation for substance abuse?

Carol Pitts Ph.D., LPC, LMFT, CPCS Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Director of Counseling Clinical Director Carol Pitts is the Director of Counseling and Clinical Director of the Care and Counseling Center of Georgia. She has been affiliated with CCCG since 1990 and has been on the clinical staff since Jan. 1, 1993. Carol is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor. As Director of Counseling, she supervisors the Counseling Program, Counselor Training Program, Spiritual Direction Program, and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). She has served as Director of Counseling since January 2012, and Clinical Director since September 2008. She has been supervising for 22 years and has been a counselor for 26 years. In her leadership, supervision, and counseling, she works from an integrated, holistic, person-centered philosophy. She has a passion for helping others in need and for training persons also committed to this work. In addition to her leadership at CCCG, she has a full supervision practice and enjoys therapy work with individuals, couples, and families, and she leads groups for women. She also facilitates clergy consultation groups and serves as faculty and supervisor for the resident training program, which prepares students for licensure as professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, or clinical social workers. Carol received her BA in journalism from Drake University in 1981, her M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1989, her M.A. in psychology from Duquesne University in 1990, and her Ph.D. from Emory University in 1995. She is ordained as a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, relaxing, and being outdoors. Contact Information: 404-636-1457 ext. 406 cpitts@cccgeorgia.org

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Subject:	Drug Addiction Treatment Program
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	cpitts@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:37 PM

Carol,

 

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Georgia.

 

A while back, we spoke over the telephone; you returning a message I had left for you earlier that same day.

 

Would you be kind enough to return an email reiterating what we discussed during this phone call?  As much details as you can remember would be greatly appreciated.  As it was a short phone call, shouldn't be to much.

 

I'm having problem with the 12 steps programs for the same reason Care and Counseling Center of Georgia most likely would not work out. 

 

This email, if including our conversation the way I remember it, would help some, hopefully, explaining my plight with our people of faith; this ecumenical spirit.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

James E. Avery, DVM

 

p.s.  Penny for you thoughts regarding my latest "expressive art therapy"?

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Subject:	Drug Addiction Programs
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	cpitts@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:32 PM

 Carol,

 

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Gerogia.

A while back, we spoke over the telephone; you returning a message I had left for you earlier that same day.

Would you be kind enough to return an email reiterating what we discussed during this phone call? As much details as you can remember would be greatly appreciated. As it was a short phone call, shouldn't be to much trouble.

I'm having problems with the 12 steps programs for the same reason Care and Counseling Center of Georgia most likely would not work out as well.

This email, if including our conversation the way I remember it, would help some, hopefully, explaining my plight with our people of faith; this ecumenical spirit.

I've done research on the 12 steps program and have since found out that their emphasis on faith in a higher power, first, limits the universal availability of the 12 steps program of helping others. Also discovered, once you delete the high failure rate from the statistics, the 12 step program mainly benefit the sponsors more than the sponsee in helping them to be more motivated staying "sober". This is strictly survivors bias; nothing more, nothing less. And congeniality bias plays a heavy hand as well. Again, survivors bias; nothing to do with a higher power.

Well I believe in a lower power, pale blue dot; the only thing we all have in common. Factor in time, the fourth dimension; our commonality can be narrowed down even more to the very center of the earth.

 

 

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷ Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

 

 

Every time I try explaining my faith, in an attempt weaning out the weak hearted one in order for me to find an appropriate sponsor, I get shut down;  very similar to the way the Bob and Janet Gary are behaving.

 

I'm even more convinced, John 3:16 is nothing more than a cognitive dissonance/dissonance reduction chant.  No wonder Robin Williams the Episcopalian committed suicide!  Same ritual; half the guilt.

 

I've also discovered through my research on the 12 steps programs, different groups are allowed to alter the wording of the 12 steps.  Isn't it interesting that gamblers anonymous deletes all reference to a higher power.  However, I'm sure I will be made to feel just as much a deviant stigma among deviant stigmata as I was made to feel by those people of faith within the crystal meths anonymous meetings.

 

As roughly 80% of America is made up of our Christians alone, I'm pretty sure this is nothing more and a marketing ploy trying to appeal/help that largest majority; nothing more, nothing less.

 

Trading in one dope for another is definitely not the answer to my problem with the crystal meths.  And the dope you push is definitely not the answer to the problems our world faces.  Are you aware, because of the Gary's, I'm not even able trying to solicit a support group from within the same church I was raised first eighteen years of my life; the most impressionable years of my life?

 

What's is the difference between someone who is a good Christian, someone who is a bad Christian, and someone who is not a Christian?  Or what is it they have in common?

 

$130.00 per hour...maybe?

 

"Oh we're not that kind of Christian!" said Janet the first day we met as neighbors; Janet crossing over to my side of the street, first, just to tell me all about them having been approached by property developers offering them twice the value of their lot to sell.

 

And all I said when she was done talking, "Well my name is James Avery. I am a veterinarian who lives in this house.  Not only am I gay; I'm atheist as well."

 

So much for:

 

VIVA LA ECUMENISM! 

 

Again, a returned email detailing our phone conversation regarding me seeking help for my crystal meths addiction at Care and Counseling Center of Georgia would help some, I hope, explaining my plight with our people of faith.

 

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, DVM

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Subject:	DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND TWELVE STEPS
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	cpitts@cccgeorgia.org;
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Date:	Monday, December 22, 2014 12:21 AM

Carol,

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Georgia.

A while back, we spoke over the telephone; you returning a message I had left for you earlier that same day.

Would you be kind enough to return an email reiterating what we discussed during this phone call? As much details as you can remember would be greatly appreciated. As it was a short phone call, shouldn't be too much trouble.

I'm having problems with the 12 steps programs for the same reason Care and Counseling Center of Georgia most likely would not work out as well, either.

This email, if including our conversation the way I remember it, would help some, hopefully, explaining my plight with our people of faith; this ecumenical spirit.

I've done research on the 12 steps program and have since found out that their emphasis on faith in a higher power, first, limits the universal availability of the 12 steps program of helping others. Also discovered, once you delete the high failure rate from the statistics, the 12 step program mainly benefit the sponsors more than the sponsee in helping them to be more motivated staying "sober". This is strictly survivors bias; nothing more, nothing less. And congeniality bias plays a heavy hand as well.   Again, survivors bias; success having nothing to do with a higher power.

 

ECUMENISM... INCLUSIVE OR EXCLUSIVE? 

Well I believe in a lower power, pale blue dot; the only thing we all have in common. Factor in time, the fourth dimension, and our commonality can be narrowed down even more to the very center of the earth.

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷ Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Every time I try explaining my faith, in an attempt weaning out the weak earthed one in order for me to find an appropriate sponsor, I get shut down; and this is very similar to the way Bob and Janet Gary are behaving as well as Congregation Glenn Memorial and Emory University.

I'm even more convinced, John 3:16 is nothing more than a cognitive dissonance/dissonance reduction chant. No wonder Robin Williams the Episcopalian committed suicide!

 

Same ritual; half the guilt.

I've also discovered through my research on the 12 steps programs, different groups are allowed to alter the wording of the 12 steps. Isn't it interesting that gamblers anonymous deletes all reference to a higher power. However, I'm sure I will be made to feel just as much a deviant stigma among deviant stigmata as I was made to feel by those people of faith within the crystal meths anonymous meetings;  as if the hearing impairment wasn't isolating enough.

As roughly 80% of America is made up of our Christians alone, I'm pretty sure this is nothing more and a marketing ploy trying to attract/help that largest majority; nothing more, nothing less.

 

However, at the Galano Club, they actually do have a 12 steps program for atheist and agnostics; but I had to discover this on my own quite by accident, walking around the building reading everything on the walls one evening.  When I went back to the crystal meth meeting in an attempt offering to the female who chairs this one group, what I thought should have been viewed as constructive criticism for not suggesting this atheist group to me in the first place first time around when I pulled her off to the side after the very first meeting I attended at the Galano Club in an attempt explaining my special needs (or any of the meetings since), the unnecessary stress this could have avoid for someone else in the future having a similar predicament, she became upset; walking away from me saying she wasn't going to listen.  

 

I'm guessing, it going against her faith, recommending an atheist group to an atheist?

 

Then I stayed for an alcoholic anonymous meeting, checking them out.  Although I had a nice conversation with an older black man after this meeting, had already decided during this meeting, saving any comments I had for the atheist/agnostic group's once a week meeting coming up the following week.

 

"Yeah!" I thought after attending this atheist group for the first time.  There was one who even had everybody laughing, but me, during his monologue rant about some Christian football player's comment after a game.  When I went up to him, after this meeting over, asking him the name of this football player, it wasn't even our miracle baby Tebow; some guy named Manning.  Had not a fucking clue who this was, so I shared my gripe, privately,  with him about Tebow instead. 

 

He behaved as if we had nothing in common.  Not even if he shared my opinion of Tebow or not.

 

Tried another one. This one behaved somewhat the same way; but not as bad.  But he replied when trying to show him some of my collage creations of obvious atheist themes (expressive art therapy), "I'll be glad to sit down with you and look at these when you are sober."

 

"As if this would make a difference," I said having given up and just leaving, thinking to myself as I did so, "What a dumb fuck!  This is alcoholic anonymous, remember?!   I am sober!  Remember me telling you that alcohol was not a problem of mine?  Remember, you asking me if I was high on the crystal meths now?  Remember, after I already told you how, after a while, crystal  meths becomes only an hour charger?  Remember, after me telling you how I went to work everyday under these conditions roughly from 1999 until having to do my own intervention Thanksgiving 2010; starting with the neighbors living across the street from me?  Remember, after me telling you some about my Arkansan family? Remember any of this?" 

 

All my life I have been made to feel as if a subculture of a subculture of a subculture; an uber multi-culture identity deviant sigma.

 

And what the God Damn Fuck is a "seasoned professional Christian educator".  Working the same way as opinions do in how they put others of a different opinion in the awkward position of feeling the need expressing their opinions,  sounds like another multi-culture identity deviant stigma?  Ought to be anyway!   I want to meet that wife of James Wagner! She might work?

Trading in one dope for another is definitely not the answer to my problem with the crystal meths. And the dope you push is definitely not the answer to the problems our world faces. Are you aware, because of the Gary's, I'm not even able trying to solicit a support group from within the same church I was raised first eighteen years of my life; the most impressionable years of my life?  So much for their purpose being, "LOVING GOD. LOVING NEIGHBOR." 

 

THE ROLE OF A SHEPHERD: MOTHERHOOD DENIED?

So what...IS...the difference between someone who is a good Christian, someone who is a bad Christian, and someone who is not a Christian? Or what is it they have in common?

$130.00 per hour...maybe?

"Oh we're not that kind of Christian!" said Janet the first day we met as neighbors; Janet crossing over to my side of the street, first, just to tell me all about them having been approached by property developers offering them twice the value of their lot to sell.

And all I said when she was done talking, "Well my name is James Avery. I am a veterinarian who lives in this house. Not only am I gay; I'm atheist as well."

  

So much for:

VIVA LA ECUMENISM!

Again, a returned email detailing our phone conversation regarding me seeking help for my crystal meths addiction at Care and Counseling Center of Georgia would help some, I hope, explaining my plight with our people of faith.

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, DVM

***

Subject:	CAROL B. PITTS, PH.D., LMFT, LPC CLINICAL DIRECTOR CARE AND COUNSELING CENTER OF GEORGIA
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	cpitts@cccgeorgia.org;
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Date:	Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:28 AM

Carol,

 

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Georgia. 

 

Included in this email are the two emails I've sent to you this past December requesting from you, hoping at least anyway, you would provided me with some type of verification I'm able using as proof that I had contacted Care And Counseling Center of Georgia and spoken with you briefly about me seeking some counseling at your clinic. 

 

Guess I'm just needing to keep this email short and asking if you have even received these emails ...first?

 

So far...have not received or been told anything in response to these emails.

  

Any information would be most helpful.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

James E. Avery, D.V.M.  

  

 

 ***

 

Sent:  December 22, 1014

 

Carol,

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Georgia.

A while back, we spoke over the telephone; you returning a message I had left for you earlier that same day.

Would you be kind enough to return an email reiterating what we discussed during this phone call? As much details as you can remember would be greatly appreciated. As it was a short phone call, shouldn't be too much trouble.

I'm having problems with the 12 steps programs for the same reason Care and Counseling Center of Georgia most likely would not work out as well, either.

This email, if including our conversation the way I remember it, would help some, hopefully, explaining my plight with our people of faith; this ecumenical spirit.

I've done research on the 12 steps program and have since found out that their emphasis on faith in a higher power, first, limits the universal availability of the 12 steps program of helping others. Also discovered, once you delete the high failure rate from the statistics, the 12 step program mainly benefit the sponsors more than the sponsee in helping them to be more motivated staying "sober". This is strictly survivors bias; nothing more, nothing less. And congeniality bias plays a heavy hand as well. Again, survivors bias; success having nothing to do with a higher power.

ECUMENISM... INCLUSIVE OR EXCLUSIVE?

Well I believe in a lower power, pale blue dot; the only thing we all have in common. Factor in time, the fourth dimension, and our commonality can be narrowed down even more to the very center of the earth.

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷ Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence itcometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Every time I try explaining my faith, in an attempt weaning out the weak earthed one in order for me to find an appropriate sponsor, I get shut down; and this is very similar to the way Bob and Janet Gary are behaving as well as Congregation Glenn Memorial and Emory University.

I'm even more convinced, John 3:16 is nothing more than a cognitive dissonance/dissonance reduction chant. No wonder Robin Williams the Episcopalian committed suicide!

Same ritual; half the guilt.

I've also discovered through my research on the 12 steps programs, different groups are allowed to alter the wording of the 12 steps. Isn't it interesting that gamblers anonymous deletes all reference to a higher power. However, I'm sure I will be made to feel just as much a deviant stigma among deviant stigmata as I was made to feel by those people of faith within the crystal meths anonymous meetings; as if the hearing impairment wasn't isolating enough.

As roughly 80% of America is made up of our Christians alone, I'm pretty sure this is nothing more and a marketing ploy trying to attract/help that largest majority; nothing more, nothing less.

However, at the Galano Club, they actually do have a 12 steps program for atheist and agnostics; but I had to discover this on my own quite by accident, walking around the building reading everything on the walls one evening. When I went back to the crystal meths meeting in an attempt offering to the female who chairs this one group, what I thought should have been viewed as constructive criticism for not suggesting this atheist group to me in the first place first time around when I pulled her off to the side after the very first meeting I attended at the Galano Club in an attempt explaining my special needs (or any of the meetings since), the unnecessary stress this could have avoid for someone else in the future having a similar predicament, she became upset; walking away from me saying she wasn't going to listen.

I'm guessing, it going against her faith, recommending an atheist group to an atheist?

Then I stayed for an alcoholic anonymous meeting, checking them out. Although I had a nice conversation with an older black man after this meeting, had already decided during this meeting, saving any comments I had for the atheist/agnostic group's once a week meeting coming up the following week.

"Yeah!" I thought after attending this atheist group for the first time. There was one who even had everybody laughing, but me, during his monologue rant about some Christian football player's comment after a game. When I went up to him, after this meeting over, asking him the name of this football player, it wasn't even our miracle baby Tebow; some guy named Manning. Had not a fucking clue who this was, so I shared my gripe, privately, with him about Tebow instead.

He behaved as if we had nothing in common. Not even if he shared my opinion of Tebow or not.

Tried another one. This one behaved somewhat the same way; but not as bad. But he replied when trying to show him some of my collage creations of obvious atheist themes (expressive art therapy), "I'll be glad to sit down with you and look at these when you are sober."

"As if this would make a difference," I said having given up and just leaving, thinking to myself as I did so, "What a dumb fuck! This is alcoholic anonymous, remember?! I am sober! 

Remember me telling you that alcohol was not a problem of mine? Remember, you asking me if I was high on the crystal meths now? Remember, after I already told you how, after a while, crystal meths becomes only an hour charger? Remember, after me telling you how I went to work everyday under these conditions roughly from 1999 until having to do my own intervention Thanksgiving 2010; starting with the neighbors living across the street from me? Remember, after me telling you some about my Arkansan family? Remember any of this?"

All my life I have been made to feel as if a subculture of a subculture of a subculture; an uber multi-culture identity deviant sigma.

And what the God Damn Fuck is a "seasoned professional Christian educator". Working the same way as opinions do in how they put others of a different opinion in the awkward position of feeling the need expressing their opinions, sounds like another multi-culture identity deviant stigma? Ought to be anyway! I want to meet that wife of James Wagner! She might work?

Trading in one dope for another is definitely not the answer to my problem with the crystal meths. And the dope you push is definitely not the answer to the problems our world faces. Are you aware, because of the Gary's, I'm not even able trying to solicit a support group from within the same church I was raised first eighteen years of my life; the most impressionable years of my life? So much for their purpose being, "LOVING GOD. LOVING NEIGHBOR."

THE ROLE OF A SHEPHERD: MOTHERHOOD DENIED?

So what...IS...the difference between someone who is a good Christian, someone who is a bad Christian, and someone who is not a Christian? Or what is it they have in common?

$130.00 per hour...maybe?

"Oh we're not that kind of Christian!" said Janet the first day we met as neighbors; Janet crossing over to my side of the street, first, just to tell me all about them having been approached by property developers offering them twice the value of their lot to sell.

And all I said when she was done talking, "Well my name is James Avery. I am a veterinarian who lives in this house. Not only am I gay; I'm atheist as well."

So much for:

VIVA LA ECUMENISM!

Again, a returned email detailing our phone conversation regarding me seeking help for my crystal meths addiction at Care and Counseling Center of Georgia would help some, I hope, explaining my plight with our people of faith.

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, DVM

 

 

***

 

 

Sent:  December 18th, 2014

 

 

Carol,

This is James Avery, resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the road from Care and Counseling Center of Georgia.

A while back, we spoke over the telephone; you returning a message I had left for you earlier that same day.

Would you be kind enough to return an email reiterating what we discussed during this phone call? As much details as you can remember would be greatly appreciated. As it was a short phone call, shouldn't be to much trouble.

I'm having problems with the 12 steps programs for the same reason Care and Counseling Center of Georgia most likely would not work out as well.

This email, if including our conversation the way I remember it, would help some, hopefully, explaining my plight with our people of faith; this ecumenical spirit.

I've done research on the 12 steps program and have since found out that their emphasis on faith in a higher power, first, limits the universal availability of the 12 steps program of helping others. Also discovered, once you delete the high failure rate from the statistics, the 12 step program mainly benefit the sponsors more than the sponsee in helping them to be more motivated staying "sober". This is strictly survivors bias; nothing more, nothing less. And congeniality bias plays a heavy hand as well. Again, survivors bias; nothing to do with a higher power.

Well I believe in a lower power, pale blue dot; the only thing we all have in common. Factor in time, the fourth dimension; our commonality can be narrowed down even more to the very center of the earth.

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷ Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence itcometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Every time I try explaining my faith, in an attempt weaning out the weak hearted one in order for me to find an appropriate sponsor, I get shut down; very similar to the way the Bob and Janet Gary are behaving.

I'm even more convinced, John 3:16 is nothing more than a cognitive dissonance/dissonance reduction chant. No wonder Robin Williams the Episcopalian committed suicide! Same ritual; half the guilt.

I've also discovered through my research on the 12 steps programs, different groups are allowed to alter the wording of the 12 steps. Isn't it interesting that gamblers anonymous deletes all reference to a higher power. However, I'm sure I will be made to feel just as much a deviant stigma among deviant stigmata as I was made to feel by those people of faith within the crysta meths anonymous meetings.

As roughly 80% of America is made up of our Christians alone, I'm pretty sure this is nothing more and a marketing ploy trying to appeal/help that largest majority; nothing more, nothing less.

Trading in one dope for another is definitely not the answer to my problem with the crystal meths. And the dope you push is definitely not the answer to the problems our world faces. Are you aware, because of the Gary's, I'm not even able trying to solicit a support group from within the same church I was raised first eighteen years of my life; the most impressionable years of my life?

What's is the difference between someone who is a good Christian, someone who is a bad Christian, and someone who is not a Christian? Or what is it they have in common?

$130.00 per hour...maybe?

"Oh we're not that kind of Christian!" said Janet the first day we met as neighbors; Janet crossing over to my side of the street, first, just to tell me all about them having been approached by property developers offering them twice the value of their lot to sell.

And all I said when she was done talking, "Well my name is James Avery. I am a veterinarian who lives in this house. Not only am I gay; I'm atheist as well."

So much for:

VIVA LA ECUMENISM!

Again, a returned email detailing our phone conversation regarding me seeking help for my crystal meths addiction at Care and Counseling Center of Georgia would help some, I hope, explaining my plight with our people of faith.

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, DVM

***

Subject:	RE: CAROL B. PITTS, PH.D., LMFT, LPC CLINICAL DIRECTOR CARE AND  COUNSELING CENTER OF GEORGIA
From:	Carol Pitts (CPitts@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Date:	Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:40 PM

 

James,

 

I would be happy to set you up with a therapist here for individual counseling.

Carol

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Subject:	WHAT DOES GOD'S SILENCE IN THE PENULTIMACY MEAN AND DO FOR YOU?
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
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Date:	Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:27 PM

Carol,

 

Thank you for replying back to me so quickly.   Did not know whether to assume you were receiving my emails and choosing not to answer them, or, actually having trouble receiving your emails as well;  so the story goes...?

 

This is going to be another quick email like the last one.  

 

And...

I'm just wanting to let you know that... I HAVE... decided taking you up on your offer setting me up with a therapist at Care and Counseling Center of Georgia;  individual counseling.

 

However, have more I'm wanting to say, first, before us scheduling my first session; but this email is taking longer than I was expecting. 

 

Just giving you heads up that you won't like it;  however, not the same as meaning you didn't need hearing it.

 

Until receiving this email,  may want to consider answer(s) to question(s) I have made the "SUBJECT" title of this email.

 

I really do believe I'm being over and beyond...fair. 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

James E. Avery, DVM

***

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From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
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Date:	Sunday, June 12, 2016 1:27 AM

Hello Carol,

I just signed the petition "Dekalb county: DeKalb County: Enforce Code of Ordinances at 1840 Mason Mill Road." and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.

Our (My) goal is to reach 500 signatures (actually more like 7 billion) and we (so do I) need more (lots more) support. You can read more (please do) and sign ( I did) the petition here:

https://www.change.org/p/dekalb-county-dekalb-county-enforce-code-of-ordinances-at-1840-mason-mill-road?recruiter=544165202&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

(The best way to read my postings, responding to comments by others, to this petition, is to scroll down to the bottom of page and click on "read all comments". Then scroll back up to the top of comments section and click on "most recent comments". You really do need to read these postings of mine as they do reflect on the character/reputation of (Pastoral) Care and Counseling Center of Georgia.)

Thanks!

James E. Avery, D.V.M.

TAO~g(Methodist Fag the Political Catalyst)d~Og

P.S.

Here's the odd thing about this petition: first it was reaching a goal of 100 signature, then raised to 200 after reaching 100 signature, now having a new goal of 500 signatures. They certainly do seem to be a fickle bunch.

Well I've solved that problem...kinda. But the petition really isn't about me; it's about our Code Enforcers not enforcing DeKalb County's Code. And...I really have no intention of arguing my case in court again.

And can you believe this; not only is Rev.(MDiv) Dr.(ThD) George Robert Gary's Son-In-Law (husband to Senior Pastor Rev. Susan Gary Landry of Mt. Zion UMC) claiming he has seen me sitting...NAKED.. in my front yard in a lawn chair, Rev.(MDiv) Dr.(ThD) George Robert Gary's son ,Bert (Pastor of Owl Rock Methodist Church), is claiming:

SUPPORTER COMMENT

My family owns 1841 Mason Mill Rd. directly across the street from 1840. The owner of 1840 has harassed my family personally and online for years without provocation. My parents moved out as a result. We may never be able to sell property with the psychotic, drug-induced behaviors and outrageous, profane displays in the front yard of 1840. Be advised that he is a relentless, sadistic provocateur who enjoys notoriety and confrontation. Thank you for your prompt action.

Bert Gary, Atlanta, GA  5 days ago

"Relentless", "sadistic" provocateur?

Provocateur!

"My name is James Avery, I'm a veterinarian who lives in this house. Not only am i gay; I'm atheist as well."

~(Jim Ed)~

"OH WE'RE NOT THAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN!"

~(Janet Claire Seger Gary: The day Bob's bitch got off her short leash and crossed over to my side of the street first)~

Isn't that...ILLEGAL?!

I'm perfectly content losing as this is all about our laws favoring the "cautious"; those having a surplus better able controlling their circumstances. And anyone willing taking the time reading these comments posted up to this petition, I mean really really taking the time reading these posting will be able seeing this. But that the problem. And I see you, Carol, party to this conspiracy.

I've gone blind recently my right eye with a 15% chance of same thing happening with the left eye. 

Already a patient within Emory Healthcare's maze of clinics; also in the process of setting up an appointment with Emory Healthcare for psychiatric evaluation.

 But... already they've told me that I won't be able scheduling anything before November. 

 However...they did tell me they could set up a referral elsewhere.

How about we start with a one hour session with your:

Bob Gary

Th.D, Member AAPC

Specialties: Individuals, Couples, Families, Groups, Church/Organizational Consultant, Pastoral Consultant, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Grief, Anxiety,Transitions, Depression

Contact Information:
404-636-1457 ext. 425
bgary@cccgeorgia.org

Counseling Centers:
CCCG Main Office – Decatur (Decatur, GA)

"Clergy Sexual Abuse" sounds like a great place to start; with or without Bert and/or Susan present.

I do know that you have a right to choose your patients; but it would really be best, in the interest of all, you work with me on this instead of against me. Everything in my yard had less to do with "Freedom of Speech" and far more to do with needing "A Right to be Heard" by the "Right People  Needing to Hear It".

Day after day. Day after day.

We stuck, nor breath nor motion.

As idle as a painted ship,

upon a painted ocean.

I do hope this can be arranged.

He prayeth best who loveth best

all things both great and small.

For the dear God who loveth us

he made and loveth all.

If not sign the petition anyway in an attempt ensuring DeKalb County enforces our Green Laws. Still allowing for the removal of five trees per year; still a lost cause.

Water water everywhere,

and all the boards did shrink.

Water water everywhere,

nor any drop to drink.

So why not?

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, D.V.M

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Subject:	Defendant of 1840 Mason Mill Road Court Ordered Clinical Evaluation for Substance Abuse..?
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	kaspinwall@cccgeorgia.org; cpitts@cccgeorgia.org; jhdavis@dekalbcountyga.gov; IJMCGAUG@DEKALBCOUNTYGA.GOV; cssaari@dekalbcountyga.gov; vasserbarber@centurytel.net;
Cc:	jladams@dekalbcountyga.gov; THEALLUMS5@GMAIL.COM; fred@clairmonthills.org; jerryB390@aol.com; cboone@ajc.com; billb@prumc.org; engjmb@emory.edu; BCLARK@GTLA.ORG; ROBINCLARK@GATRIALLAWYERS.NET; tonzaclark@dekalbcountyga.gov; donna.devine@sbcglobal.net; denise.dillon@foxtv.com; ROBERTD@DEKCSB.ORG; bev@stbartsatlanta.org; celliot@emory.edu; office@emorypresbyterian.org; rabbi@bethjacobatlanta.org; menahem2@012.net.il; Prescottfumc@centurylink.net; rabbiy@bethjacobatlanta.org; kgannon@dekalbcountyga.gov; wgibbs@dekalbcountyga.gov; Robert.givens@mac.com; ChosenOfTheLordAndPrecious@wbcstuff.com; jhansen@stmarkumc.org; john.c.harper@emory.edu; hinkelfamily21380@earthlink.net; Mhousworth@dekalbcountyga.gov; prescottfumc@centurylink.net; BHUCKABY@GLENNUMC.ORG; tracye.hutchins@cbs46.com; SUSAN.HYLEN@EMORY.EDU; mkellum@dekalbcountyga.gov; bethlp@stmarkumc.org; JMLEMON@EMORY.EDU; RAMALLARD@MINDSPRING.COM; wwhittaker1@bellsouth.net; memaloney@dekalbcountyga.gov; tmanns@emory.edu; civicassn@masonmill.org; mdmeeks@emory.edu; jnoblitt@stmarkumc.org; Patrick.Noonan@emory.edu; blorena@dekalbcountyga.gov; mmo@mmolaw.com; elena@elenaparent.com; kim.passoth@cbs46.com; SPINSON@GLENNUMC.ORG; mathew.pinson@emory.edu; Fred@clairmonthills.org; kaitlyn.pratt@foxtv.com; jrader@dekalbcountyga.gov; dante.renzulli@cbs46.com; AROGERS@GLENNUMC.ORG; CAROLYN.ROPER@YMAIL.COM; LIBCGR@EMORY.EDU; psaunders@thegavoice.com; BSETNOR@GLENNUMC.ORG; jsilver@dekalbcountyga.gov; bskarda@phumc.com; KENDALL.SOULEN@EMORY.EDU; dcsctdinfo@dekalbcountyga.gov; sstephens@stmarkumc.org; owen@clairmontpres.org; kimmy@clairmontpres.org; BRENT.STRAWN@EMORY.EDU; mac@stbartsatlanta.org; bczellars@dekalbcountyga.gov;
Date:	Tuesday, October 3, 2017 3:46 PM

Hello Carol,

Recently sent you an email (enclosed) requesting a more detailed explanation as to why CCCG is referring me to Winn Way Mental Health Service?   

And I've yet to hear from you? 

So I'm going to keep this email short, simple, brief, terse....

Clinical Evaluation and Court Ordered Services

We offer DUI Clinical Evaluations, Alcohol/Drug Evaluations and Interventions. These assessments may be mandated through the court, state, and/or probation officer, suggested by a lawyer, or requested by family members. The evaluations are used as a tool to determine one’s need for treatment. After the evaluation, recommendations are given as to the level of care needed.

Do you, or do you not, offer court mandated clinical evaluation for substance abuse?  

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, D.V.M.

(enclosed email)

Subject:	Fw: "TERSE" PITTS - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	jhdavis@dekalbcountyga.gov; IJMCGAUG@DEKALBCOUNTYGA.GOV;
Cc:	jladams@dekalbcountyga.gov; THEALLUMS5@GMAIL.COM; kaspinwall@cccgeorgia.org; fred@clairmonthills.org; jerryB390@aol.com; cboone@ajc.com; billb@prumc.org; engjmb@emory.edu; BCLARK@GTLA.ORG; ROBINCLARK@GATRIALLAWYERS.NET; tonzaclark@dekalbcountyga.gov; donna.devine@sbcglobal.net; denise.dillon@foxtv.com; ROBERTD@DEKCSB.ORG; bev@stbartsatlanta.org; celliot@emory.edu; office@emorypresbyterian.org; rabbi@bethjacobatlanta.org; menahem2@012.net.il; Prescottfumc@centurylink.net; kgannon@dekalbcountyga.gov; editor@thegavoice.com; wgibbs@dekalbcountyga.gov; Robert.givens@mac.com; ChosenOfTheLordAndPrecious@wbcstuff.com; jhansen@stmarkumc.org; john.c.harper@emory.edu; hinkelfamily21380@earthlink.net; Mhousworth@dekalbcountyga.gov; prescottfumc@centurylink.net; BHUCKABY@GLENNUMC.ORG; tracye.hutchins@cbs46.com; SUSAN.HYLEN@EMORY.EDU; mkellum@dekalbcountyga.gov; bethlp@stmarkumc.org; JMLEMON@EMORY.EDU; wwhittaker1@bellsouth.net; memaloney@dekalbcountyga.gov; tmanns@emory.edu; civicassn@masonmill.org; mdmeeks@emory.edu; jnoblitt@stmarkumc.org; Patrick.Noonan@emory.edu; blorena@dekalbcountyga.gov; mmo@mmolaw.com; elena@elenaparent.com; kim.passoth@cbs46.com; SPINSON@GLENNUMC.ORG; mathew.pinson@emory.edu; cpitts@cccgeorgia.org; kaitlyn.pratt@foxtv.com; jrader@dekalbcountyga.gov; dante.renzulli@cbs46.com; AROGERS@GLENNUMC.ORG; CAROLYN.ROPER@YMAIL.COM; LIBCGR@EMORY.EDU; cssaari@dekalbcountyga.gov; psaunders@thegavoice.com; BSETNOR@GLENNUMC.ORG; jsilver@dekalbcountyga.gov; bskarda@phumc.com; KENDALL.SOULEN@EMORY.EDU; lstadalius@dekalbcountyga.gov; dcsctdinfo@dekalbcountyga.gov; sstephens@stmarkumc.org; owen@clairmontpres.org; kimmy@clairmontpres.org; BRENT.STRAWN@EMORY.EDU; mac@stbartsatlanta.org; vasserbarber@centurytel.net; bczellars@dekalbcountyga.gov;
Date:	Saturday, September 16, 2017 4:21 PM

On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 6:58 PM, James Avery <jeaverydvm87@att.net> wrote:

Hello Carol,

Would you be so kind as to expand on why I'm am being referred to Winn Way Mental Health Center?   In what way is Winn Way Mental Health Center better equipped providing the help I need than our Care and Counseling Center of Georgia just up the street from where I live? Really!  Would rather keep it in the neighborhood.  

Please do keep in mind that I've already been on that side of Georgia's health care three times.  And if I'm having to pay for it, I'd rather seek this court ordered substance abuse evaluation the place of my choosing.  And I'm able seeing no reason why we can't at least start with Care and  Counseling Center of Georgia?  All I'm needing before my next code compliance hearing October 17, 2017 is a hard copy clinical evaluation report able putting in Judge Matthew McCoyd's hand.  Maybe you are already able writing one up for our Judge McCoyd just being my neighbor up the street from me?  God  knows you certainly have no excuse not knowing way more about the circumstances involving defendant 1840 Mason Mill Road than Winn Way Mental Health Center. 

Would this be asking too much our Care and Counseling Center of Georgia's clinical director?

Sincerely yours,

James E. Avery, D.V.M.

P.S.  It definitely would be far more therapeutic for me being able sharing my deepest thoughts with someone of my choosing than someone else choosing.  Surely this isn't an unreasonable request?

And one more thing,  about a week ago, George Robert Gary, Sr. MDiv, ThD loops around the driveway of his daughter's property directly across the street from my home, and without stopping says to me, "You are doing exactly what you want to do."   Until Bob Gary or any one of you "Master?of?Divinities" stop putting up barriers and start talking to me,  I'm having no idea what it is you guys are thinking I'm wanting to do?  That's something I'm thinking Care and Counseling Center of Georgia far better equipped providing the help I'm needing more than anything Winn Way Mental Health Center having to offer?

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Subject:	RE: Defendant of 1840 Mason Mill Road Court Ordered Clinical Evaluation for Substance Abuse..?
From:	Carol Pitts (CPitts@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net; kaspinwall@cccgeorgia.org; jhdavis@dekalbcountyga.gov; IJMCGAUG@DEKALBCOUNTYGA.GOV; cssaari@dekalbcountyga.gov;
Date:	Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:59 PM

Mr. Avery, DVM,

If you do not want to go to Winn Way, you may choose to go elsewhere, such as AACS -- info@aacsatlanta.comor 404-594-1770.  AACS also has an office in Decatur at 534 Medlock Road, Suite 201.  Here is the website: https://aacsatlanta.com/#evaluations

Given the complexities of your situation, and your prior expressed dissatisfaction with CCCG and some of its employees, we believe that it would be appropriate for you to be seen at another facility.

Best,

Dr. Pitts

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Subject:	Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Road
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	cpe@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Thursday, October 5, 2017 6:01 PM

Hello MaryBeth,

Hello Marybeth,

Are you the same person who stopped one day and chatted with me about the signs in my yard?

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Marybeth HAYES 1 yr ago

It is offensive to drive down the street, he at times seems to threaten cars and yells when you try to walk by. It is a shame that we cannot walk sown the street. 
I actually looked at buying a house on this street and did not because of him.

Sandra Mullins 1 yr ago

We are concerned with the message on the signs and pictures used on the signs of our staff with threatening comments.

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At the time, you claimed you had not posted anything up to my next door, not so next door, NEXTDOOR.COM neighbor's HOLLYWOOD HOUSE PETITION..?  But you did say that you were with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program and that Sandra Mullins was your boss.  

We also talked some about Bert Gary's connection to CCCG through a girlfriend of his and how people at CCCG really didn't know what they were signing?  

After listening to me complaining about how I felt I had been burned by the Garys , you also said something about speaking with them at CCCG on my behalf?

Or is there another Marybeth that works with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program?

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Avery, DVM 

(per CCCG's Clinical Director "Terse" Pitts) 

P.S.  We're now down to $8,000.00!

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Sandra Mullins MDiv. Chief Executive Officer Sandra Mullins is the CEO of Care and Counseling Center of Georgia, a position she has held since 2009. Sandra has 34 years of experience working with the church and nonprofit organizations. She has set forth her life purpose and calling in finding ways to provide care for those in need. She is excited to be with such an outstanding organization like CCCG which offers healing, wholeness, and hope to those in need and educates others for that service. She is interested in expanding the services at CCCG to meet more of the need in the community. CCCG has more than 17 locations and more than 10 partnerships in the metropolitan Atlanta area. She leads the organization using a person-centered approach. Sandra has served on the Georgia Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council for 12 years. Appointed by the governor, she is Chair-elect and looks forward to expanding her work through other councils and organizations. Sandra earned her Master of Divinity degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, and she is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She was the chaplain at Southern Christian Home and Laurel Heights Hospital for four years in the early 1980s, providing pastoral care to children, adolescents, and staff. This began her journey and her passion to find or develop better behavioral health services for anyone in need of care. Sandra served as the founding Executive Director of Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA) for 11 years, an affiliate of Episcopal Migration Ministries and Church World Service. She worked with a staff of 43 professionals to provide a safe haven for refugees and victims of human trafficking. Sandra enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling the world, and dancing whenever possible. Contact Information: 404-636-1457 ext. 401 smullins@cccgeorgia.org

	MaryBeth Hayes MDiv, ACPE Supervisor Director of Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education MaryBeth Hayes is the Director of Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). She is a CPE Supervisor certified by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. (ACPE). She has served as Director of Spiritual Care in both psychiatric hospitals and general hospitals, and was most recently the Executive Director of The Chaplaincy Center in Providence, RI, an organization similar in structure to the CPE program at CCCG. MaryBeth graduated from Oklahoma State University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. She completed mediation training at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, and did most of her Systems Centered Training in Philadelphia. Born and raised in the Congregational Church of New England, she has returned to her heritage after being ordained a Southern Baptist in 1989. She currently holds ministerial credentials in the United Church of Christ. She served as an acute hospital chaplain in the 1980s as well as a youth minister. She served as Director of Spiritual Care at Terrell State Hospital within the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in the 1990s, and was the Executive Director of The Chaplaincy Center from 2000–2015. During her time in New England, she also served as pastor of Newport Congregational Church. She has a passion for ACPE education, psychiatric ministry, and work with youth. MaryBeth loves building, painting, woodcarving, and outdoor activities, and her favorite place is either the Hill Country of Texas or the Lakes Region of Maine, depending upon the time of year. She is the oldest of three and enjoys spending time with her niece and nephew in Colorado. She travels regularly to Connecticut and Maine to be with her parents and to vacation in the small community of Bridgeton, where she and her family have built a retirement home. She has four children ranging in age from 16–30. Contact Information: 404-636-1457 ext. 411 cpe@cccgeorgia.org

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Subject:	Re: Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Road
From:	CPE (CPE@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Date:	Friday, October 6, 2017 8:18 AM

Hi James,

My name is Trey Morrison. I am the administrator for the CPE program here at Care and Counseling Center.

 I have no idea what you are talking about or to what any of this is in reference.  Are you wanting information about clinical pastoral education?  Did you perhaps send an email intended for someone else by mistake?

Deep Peace, Great Joy!

Rev. Trey Morrison

CPE Administrator and Supervisory Candidate

Center for Chaplaincy and CPE

Care and Counseling Center of Georgia

1814 Clairmont Road

Decatur, GA 30033

404-636-1457 ext. 414

Fax: 404-636-7449 Attn: CPE

cpe@cccgeorgia.org

www.cccgeorgia.org

On Oct 5, 2017, at 6:01 PM, James Avery <jeaverydvm87@att.net> wrote:

Hello MaryBeth,

Hello Marybeth,

Are you the same person who stopped one day and chatted with me about the signs in my yard?

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Marybeth HAYES 1 yr ago

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I actually looked at buying a house on this street and did not because of him.

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At the time, you claimed you had not posted anything up to my next door, not so next door, NEXTDOOR.COM neighbor's HOLLYWOOD HOUSE PETITION..?  But you did say that you were with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program and that Sandra Mullins was your boss.  

We also talked some about Bert Gary's connection to CCCG through a girlfriend of his and how people at CCCG really didn't know what they were signing?  

After listening to me complaining about how I felt I had been burned by the Garys , you also said something about speaking with them at CCCG on my behalf?

Or is there another Marybeth that works with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program?

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Avery, DVM 

(per CCCG's Clinical Director "Terse" Pitts) 

P.S.  We're now down to $8,000.00!

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Subject:	Re: Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Road
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	CPE@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Friday, October 6, 2017 9:44 PM

Hello Trey,

My name is James E. Avery, the mentally disturbed resident 1840 Mason Mill Road just down the street from CCCG with all the signs in his front yard.  It's also the house directly across the street from where George R. Gary, Sr. MDiv, ThD (one of your counselors until recently) lived with his wife Janet Claire Segers Gary up until moving in large parts due to my strange behavior.  

Anyway, I was actually trying to get in touch with Marybeth Hayes.  And this email address is the one listed with her name under CCCG Leadership.  I've since found a different email address for Maybeth Hayes listed under Faculty.  I will just resend this email to her using this email address instead.  

Thank you for replying back to me so quickly.

Sincerely yours,

Not Defined, Undefined, Unidentified~g(8!0)d~James E. Avery, Herd Health Medicine

P.S.  I don't know why the email didn't send the way I typed it.  As I'm uploading all emails to my blog, you can read the email (including this one) the way I intended it reading by clicking on the following link:

http://minusfleshequalswaterandspirits.blogspot.com/2017/10/hello-cccg-do-you-or-do-you-not-offer.html 

Hello CCCG: Do you, or do you not, offer court mandated clinical evaluation for substance abuse? Carol Pitts Ph.D., LPC, LMFT, CPCS Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Director of Counseling Clinical Director Ca...

As I'm very much interested in sharing my thoughts/understanding about God with anyone willing listening, come proselytize with me some day good neighbor.  Let's get our money's worth out of that sidewalk!  Come proselytize with me good neighbor.  Give the better man or woman a chance to persuade.  Come proselytize with me!

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Subject:	Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Raod
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	mhayes@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Friday, October 6, 2017 9:53 PM

Hello Marybeth,

Are you the same person who stopped one day and chatted with me about the signs in my yard?

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Marybeth HAYES 1 yr ago

It is offensive to drive down the street, he at times seems to threaten cars and yells when you try to walk by. It is a shame that we cannot walk sown the street. 
I actually looked at buying a house on this street and did not because of him.

Sandra Mullins 1 yr ago

We are concerned with the message on the signs and pictures used on the signs of our staff with threatening comments.

***

At the time, you claimed you had not posted anything up to my next door, not so next door, NEXTDOOR.COM neighbor's HOLLYWOOD HOUSE PETITION..?  But you did say that you were with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program and that Sandra Mullins was your boss.  

We also talked some about Bert Gary's connection to CCCG through a girlfriend of his and how people at CCCG really didn't know what they were signing?  

After listening to me complaining about how I felt I had been burned by the Garys , you also said something about speaking with them at CCCG on my behalf?

Or is there another Marybeth that works with CCCG's Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Program?

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Avery, DVM 

(per CCCG's Clinical Director "Terse" Pitts) 

P.S.  We're now down to $8,000.00!

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Subject:	RE: Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Raod
From:	MaryBeth Hayes (mhayes@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Date:	Saturday, October 7, 2017 4:07 PM

I am that person, what would you need.

www.cccgeorgia.org

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Subject:	Re: Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Raod
From:	James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:	mhayes@cccgeorgia.org;
Date:	Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:21 AM

Hello Marybeth,

This coming October 17th I have another code compliance hearing which could end up with me in jail for 30 days; even probation revoked altogether and spending 4 1/2 years in jail.

And the judge is expecting a report, able holding in his hand per his words, showing that I have been clinically evaluated for substance abuse along with the recommendations resulting from this evaluation.

http://minusfleshequalswaterandspirits.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_13.html

Law Office of Public Defender DeKalb County (Pre-"THE TRIAL") *** Subject: Code Violation Case From: Maloney, Marian E.. (memaloney@dekalbcountyga.gov) To: jeaverydvm87...

http://minusfleshequalswaterandspirits.blogspot.com/p/in-state-court-of-dekalb-county-state.html

IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA: State of Georgia v.... *** IN THE STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA STATE OF GEORGIA CRIMINAL FILE NO.: 17S-22157...

Law Office of Public Defender DeKalb County (Post - "THE TRIAL")

Law Office of Public Defender DeKalb County (Post - "THE TRIAL") *** Subject: Fw: SERVICE OF COURT DOCUMENT – 028313, STATE OF GEORGIA vs. AVERY, JAMES E From: Gibbs, Whitne...

So I suppose, as "to what I would need," would be for you caring enough taking the time reading word for word the emails exchanged between me any my court assigned "public?defenders" leading up to this "THE TRIAL" as well as the transcript from this "THE TRIAL"  during which George Robert Gary, Sr. MDiv, ThD. sat with his wife Janet Claire Segers Gary directly behind me in straight line of view of the judge might be a great place to start.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYPZiFUiDCY

September 18th, 2016 Passerby Who Works At CCCG 116 www.minusfleshequalswaterandspirits.blogspot.com

But before I go any further,  I just want to verify again as a precaution that you are indeed the same person who stopped and chatted with me that one afternoon not too long before this sham trial which ended up with me under 60 months of probation.  At the very beginning of this video I've uploaded to Youtube, this person outright denies being Marybeth Hayes?    However, at the end of this conversation, this person left me believing sympathetic to my plight?

BIAS CAN BE REAL AS WELL AS PERNICIOUS WITHOUT BEING LEGALLY ACTIONABLE.

"This non-criminal-fact-finding-justice hearing you are wanting..?  There's no mechanism... FOR THIS!"

~(Court Ordered Assigned Public Defender Ingrid McGaughey)~

"That is our problem then... isn't it?"

Not Defined, Undefined, Unidentified~g(8!0)d~James E. Avery, D.V.M

Unfortunately, although what was mostly just another monologue rant by me, the batteries to my camera died before we were finished.  So this person's contribution to our discussion about how Care and Counselling Center of Georgia became involved with this petition against my property through a girlfriend of George Robert Gary, Jr. MDiv, which I consider to be the juiciest part, now boils  down to being your word against mine.

To:  Donna Devine

Donna, you keep asking me if everything is okay?   And I'm always at a lost for words, not a clue what I should say?  So seven year later since that Thanksgiving 2010 having put into effect my own intervention with me being the one...first...telling everyone that I had a crystal meths addiction, I'm feeling it necessary asking you: what are you expecting to happen between now and when I use up the last of my cash reserve?  This time a year ago I had a $50,000.00 cash reserve.  Now I'm down to $8,000.00.

October 3, 2017  8:58 pm

From:  Donna Devine

I guess I am hoping you will check yourself into rehab there or come home and do it and let us help and then see what happens and go from there!

October 3, 2017  9:18 pm

From:  Donna Devine

I live you

October 3, 2017  9:20 pm

From:  Donna Devine

Love

October 3, 2107  9:24 pm

To:  Donna Devine

"Then see what happens..."

That's pretty much what I was afraid you were going to say.  As that's seven years a total waste, I guess there is no need answering any differently than I have been.

October 3, 2017  9:54 pm

From:  Donna Devine

You need professional help in kic

October 3, 2017  10:02 pm

From:  Donna Devine

art I don't understand why you wi

October 3, 2017  10:02 pm

From:  Donna Devine

life when the money runs out is n

October 3, 2017  10:02 pm

From:  Donna Devine

f is scaring

October 3, 2017  10:02 pm

To:  Donna Devine

Text was all broken up and not coherent.

October 3, 2107  10:11 pm

From:  Donna Devine

I just said I don't understand wh

October 3, 2017  10:16 pm

From:  Donna Devine

r so smart and

October 3, 2017  10:16 pm

From:  Donna Devine

Officer Davis and Ingrid could  help!

October 3, 2017  10:17 pm

To:  Donna Devine

Donna, these texts are all broken up.  Use email from now on:

October 3, 2017  10:20 pm

From:  Donna Devine

My e-mail is not working!

October 3, 2017  10:21 pm

To:  Donna Devine

Fine then.  Keep sending texts that my phone won't receive properly.  No point in me purchasing a new phone when you are the only pereson I texts with.

October 3, 2017  10:52 pm

From:  Donna Devine

Did you get the last text about my e-mail not working?

October 3, 2017  10:53 pm

From:  Donna Devine

I will go to AT&T tomorrow and see why my e-mail is not working.

October 3, 2017  11:02 pm

From:  Donna Devine

Is the text clear now?

October 4, 2017 12:36 pm

To:  Donna Devine

Most time it is clear.  I think it mainly happens with the longer ones since they always have the same time posted to them.  It's probably my phone since it's outdated.  Donna, I grew up isolated due to hearing impairment.  Now that everyone is tuning the world out with their ear pieces, I'm even more isolated.  My crystal meths addiction is not the problem.  It's a symptom of all of you using it as your excuse being dismissive of anything I'm having to say.  Until I'm able seeing a change in your behavior, you might as well go ahead and kill your grandkids yourself.  Certainly would spare someone their own generations the trouble of being vilified having done it for you instead.  And this will be my last attempt with you.

October 4, 2017  1:22 pm

Should choose going the same route as all the others. 

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Avery, D.V.M.

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Subject:	RE: Defendant 1840 Mason Mill Raod
From:	MaryBeth Hayes (mhayes@cccgeorgia.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Date:	Tuesday, October 10, 2017 9:51 AM

This is me and yes I did deny who I was because I was still thinking of renting a house in the neighborhood and you seemed off balance and I did not want you to know who I was, but you obviously did as you called me by name on that day.  I should not have done so, I was leary about you and did not trust you at the time. 

I stopped by, because I realized after passing you many times you were not always yelling, sometimes you waved.  I wanted to talk with you.  I left believing that I knew you more than just the guy who screamed at cars.  I was impressed with you logic and intellect.  I left with my impression that you were not just a crazy guy who yells at cars, though I do not understand your commitment to do so. And as you know I have waved at your ever since.

If I could take back my statement on nextdoor, I would, I have tried to find it online since you showed me the note and I cannot find it.   I do not remember writing it, but it could be me. 

I am glad to read the proceedings you sent, though I am not sure how that would help you.  Are you asking me to write something about how we got the petition?

MaryBeth

MaryBeth

Rev. MaryBeth Hayes

Director of Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education

Care and Counseling Center of Georgia

1814 Clairmont Road

Decatur, Georgia  30033

404-636-1457 ext. 411

www.cccgeorgia.org

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