tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64202857683596539322024-03-05T00:13:26.691-08:00The Pocket SponsorThe Practical Recovery Blog from an Old-timer in the 12 Step ProgramsShellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-70209921885127472762022-08-27T12:40:00.000-07:002022-08-27T12:46:11.285-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVllqCYb6IMNwgS8f1asZY59yQNBAatXVOP5yuI33CxtNyt_ayUOmpsc4Z0-o_9AhQQEk1u8mSCb-RFG2RwsV7Jr1uqA81bg2NSBWzdbv5eLclr3uGPdP5WTB2JEkadoAZtFqpxKjo-aOSnwG7jNoUyS-DnxvL7mvnyscvOVKc5dDogqjkkufKQ/s2000/overdoseawarenessday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVllqCYb6IMNwgS8f1asZY59yQNBAatXVOP5yuI33CxtNyt_ayUOmpsc4Z0-o_9AhQQEk1u8mSCb-RFG2RwsV7Jr1uqA81bg2NSBWzdbv5eLclr3uGPdP5WTB2JEkadoAZtFqpxKjo-aOSnwG7jNoUyS-DnxvL7mvnyscvOVKc5dDogqjkkufKQ/w640-h427/overdoseawarenessday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month" target="_blank">From Samsa:</a></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>Title:</strong>
Overdose Awareness Day<br />
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> August
31, 2022, 6:30 p.m. (EST)<br />
<strong>Location: </strong>American
University<br />
<strong>Sponsor: </strong>Dept. of Labor &
HHS<br />
<strong>Screening:</strong> Tipping the Pain Scale
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tipping-the-pain-scale-greenberg-theater-american-university-registration-377990789627">REGISTER
HERE</a></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">In recognition of
and in tribute to those we have lost to overdose, Dr.
Delphin-Rittmon, will be participating in a special community event
alongside Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, on International Overdose
Awareness Day in Washington, DC on 8/31/22. Join her for the
pre-release sneak preview screening of segments from the
award-winning new independent film, Tipping The Pain Scale, which is
slated to release during National Recovery Month on 9/6/22.</p>Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-18524803932412733852022-03-26T10:10:00.028-07:002022-03-26T14:02:57.647-07:00Sober is the New Beautiful<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXPUzMqkv8wpio2frCYCdKnIWXAhMbKpOASj7e3ATaFR4s8fcpjsU4h1hh1qfHZdvk-jpHbox9xpATdvlsU_UCF5GVYrZoojOVmQW-SoLOblAT-TyyxgaN8sc0pPt6J5FQVukZOSdCExwnpR7s3WfMt2LWkn6r16bdWbyjYoV8vHxUigNFlRNkg/s1080/soberbeautif-ecwis.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXPUzMqkv8wpio2frCYCdKnIWXAhMbKpOASj7e3ATaFR4s8fcpjsU4h1hh1qfHZdvk-jpHbox9xpATdvlsU_UCF5GVYrZoojOVmQW-SoLOblAT-TyyxgaN8sc0pPt6J5FQVukZOSdCExwnpR7s3WfMt2LWkn6r16bdWbyjYoV8vHxUigNFlRNkg/s320/soberbeautif-ecwis.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Recovery in a 12 Step program is not a "woke" thing or a political thing or even a religious thing. It is a feet-on-the-ground program that addresses the physical, spiritual, and emotional aspects of dependence on mind-affecting chemicals--i.e., alcoholism and drug addiction. Granted, "alcoholism" is drug addiction but for cultural reasons, it is often confused as something different. This blog will not make that mistake. <p></p><p>I have been clean and sober for well over 50 years now, having found the 12 Step programs at age 21. You may or may not benefit from what I have learned and this blog will attempt to share my experiences: the good, the bad, and the ugly. My experience is not only personal (recovery in several 12 Step programs), but professional also. I have a degree in Drugs and Alcohol from Metropolitan University in Denver; I am a seven times peer-viewed published researcher; I have been a deputy in law enforcement; many of my family is in recovery or still in the throws of addiction. I am a Hazelden author and small publisher of really practical, down to earth recovery literature. I've experienced this disease from all sides and want to share this with you. </p><p>The best thing about my blog is that it is practical--not highfalutin, expensive, self-righteous, or <i>especially</i> not as an expert speaking down to you. This informative blog is peer to peer, one addict to another, one mother to another, one spouse to another, one professional to another, one friend to another. </p><p>Join me, we are in this together.</p><p>PS I'm going to offer lots of free things for you to download or order for FREE that will help you help alcoholics and addicts in recovery. Start by subscribing to this blog and then download this great card to give to your favorite sober girlfriend: https://tinyurl.com/SoberisBeautiful</p>Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand-52.7622721 135.17525-81.072505936178842 100.019 -24.452038263821152 170.3315tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-90330853308070336482020-03-14T21:20:00.032-07:002022-03-26T10:49:24.239-07:00Free Download: 12 Step Virtual Meetings Guide <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Free Download Guide: 12 Step Virtual Meetings Guide (when community social distancing is required)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>https://tinyurl.com/Virtual-Meetings<br />
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Sometimes it is not very responsible to attend face to face 12 Step meetings because of a multitude of health reasons. During a pandemic and during stable times, health concerns are more numerous than we think and can put everyone at risk. If you have an infections disease, don't go to face to face meetings, <i>please</i>. But that doesn't mean not to attend meetings. You can go to virtual meetings of all kinds and get just as much support as always--and you can share you experience, strength, and hope too.<br />
<br />We have so many immune compromised people in our rooms, please think about using virtual meetings when you are sick or at risk. Consider leading these meetings, sponsoring these meetings, and supporting these meetings during your Intergroup and area conferences. Here is the info you need:<br />
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200220/silent-covid19-cases-may-stymie-screening-efforts<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-66504213867189616862020-02-13T15:26:00.000-08:002020-02-22T14:01:45.590-08:00Covid-19 and 12 Step Meetings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Important update. 12 Step Meetings and Covid-19. What you <i>need</i> to know.<br />
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not appreciate in 12 Step Meetings for those who want to take flu
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We want members to feel safe getting the help they need to stay
clean & sober. Watch the video and download the group guidelines
flier linked in the description over at YouTube. You may be in the
"roll your eyes" crowd who think any concern over Covid-19
is alarmist and unnecessary--OK stop reading and I pray that I am
dead wrong in my caution and am never in a position to say, "I
told you so.".<br />
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According to Dr. Nancy Messonnier,
director of the CDC's National Center for Immunizations and
respiratory diseases, “At some point, we are likely to see
community spread in the U.S. .." and now it has taken a foothold
in our country. </div>
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"The corona-virus produces mild
cold symptoms in about 80% of patients, Dr. Sylvie Briand, head of
WHO’s Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, told
reporters on Monday. About 15% of the people who contract the virus
have ended up with pneumonia, with 3% to 5% of all patients needing
intensive care, she said." This comes from an<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/cdc-prepares-for-coronavirus-to-take-a-foothold-in-the-us.html" target="_blank"> article
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Right now, it is probably not
widespread in the US--yet the "foothold" is here. Rumors
abound and people often go to extremes--from the "I'm in God's
hands and I accept God's will." to the conspiracy alarmists who
are convinced all governments, the CDC and WHO are lying to us and
we're all about to die except for a few rich guys in bunkers
somewhere in Iceland.</div>
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12 Step Groups have long ignored flu
season protocol. That's fine for the healthy--but so many of our
members have compromised immune systems, that maybe we should not be
so causal when infectious diseases are spreading in our communities. </div>
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I attend a 12 Step group here in
Kingman, AZ and we do take some precautions. There is antibacterial
gel on each table and we use disposable cups. But that is about it. I
would suggest that members NOT roll their eyes at those who choose to
wear masks, gloves, use the gel and step back when the hand-holding
prayer comes. I think we should start Face-timing the meetings for
those home bound, and I think we should be smart.</div>
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"This new virus represents a
tremendous public health threat," she said. "We are now
taking and will continue to take unprecedented, aggressive action to
reduce the impact of this virus ... on the communities in the US."
<a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/cdc-has-confirmed-35-cases-of-novel-coronavirus-in-the-us/31052144">Messonnier
said.</a> Rational thought and precautions for our members, our
family, in 12 Step groups <i>is</i> the smart and loving thing to
consider. No eye-rolling please. </div>
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-28773671519235182292019-12-29T13:09:00.009-08:002022-03-26T10:37:15.080-07:00Sh*t Happens (that's what your Pocket Sponsor is for) FUNNY Video!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's been a while! Sorry for the hiatus--but here is a good video I did a while back. There are times when sh*t happens and at these HALT moments, you need to
pick up your Pocket Sponsor. This video is a rather funny look at
life--but Facebook refused to let me advertise or promote this video for
recovery because they said that "sh*t happens" wasn't appropriate. I
find that hilarious because of all the sh*t they do promote--but I
digress...
Look, even if Facebook won't let me promote this, maybe you'd like to
share it?
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-60157380744471808762019-12-01T07:32:00.007-08:002022-03-26T10:51:08.069-07:00Let's Do the Holiday Parties SOBER (InfoGraphic download)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a free download from our most active website PocketSponsor.com-- It's an inforgrapic that can be printed on a legal sized paper and given out for a bit of Holiday guidence. Additonally, there is a commerical printer version that you can send to Staples or such. All FREE. This is in 3 parts for the blog--but the <a href="https://tinyurl.com/PartyInfographic" target="_blank">infographic</a> is one long sheet.<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-87037501128833056052019-03-28T12:37:00.014-07:002022-03-26T10:33:54.195-07:00What is a POCKET SPONSOR?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Take 40 seconds to see how the Pocket Sponsor is used--If you like it I will give you FREE shipping to order one for yourself or as a gift.<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-47454334569377407612019-03-28T12:14:00.009-07:002022-03-26T10:34:55.352-07:00Angel Manor Girls say "Thanks"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am so grateful for places like Angel Manor in Kingman that are available to young women that need help with addiction and alcoholism. God bless Wendy for working with them and keeping it up against great odds. God bless the many volunteers like Tina Salazar who continue to help. At Day By Day, we offer what little support we can--each year at Xmas time, we try to give a recovery gift to each resident. Lat year we gave a few recovery coloring book/journal. They were so sweet and even took one of the pages they colored and signed it, as a thank you.<br />
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We love the girls--Hang in there.And if you want to give someone a clean and sober Christmas gift set (they start at only $1), please visit our Christmas Store. </div>
Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-77332397888124242612019-01-22T16:16:00.004-08:002022-03-26T10:35:44.254-07:00Dog Searches 'Recovery Books' for Owner<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WTC_5dGsTro" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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WHAT WOULD YOUR DOG DO TO HELP YOU GET SOBER? No matter how obnoxious a drunk one is, man's best friend remains true. Funny video and awesome deal at the end.Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-41548359797124643532018-12-29T11:53:00.000-08:002018-12-29T11:53:13.569-08:00Grandparents giving up retirement to raise kids in response to opiate crisis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As a Grandparent, I feel for these people. It is NOT caused because they raised their kids wrong or didn't have 3 meals a week with them--it is a complicated issue and addiction has a strong physical component--as a society is our responsibility to help these self-sacrificing </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">people..where do you stand? </span></span></div>
Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-82619624488567564822018-10-21T23:09:00.000-07:002018-10-21T23:09:28.876-07:00Happy Millerites Day to all Alarmists, Scientists and Kooks alike.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy Millerites Day to all you alarmists out there for the Day of Great Disappointment--October 22. </div>
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It is not just religious kooks who run around predicting the end of the world bringing fear into our homes and communicating catastrophe on social media pages. It is major scientists like Paul Ehrlich in the Population Bomb, who predicted it would all be over by this time, the UN who keeps changing the tipping point date for turning our planet into an inferno, Molina and Rowland, two chemists at the University of California who revealed the threats to the ozone layer and so on. In fact, 22 percent of Americans believe that the world will end in their lifetime. Seriously?<br />
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Today I laugh--for if the Zombies do arise in our lifetime, or the arctic melts and we hit a tipping point and burst into flames, just remember that both the scientists and the kooks have something in common when predicting that the end is nigh,<i> they are both always wrong!</i><br />
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I have been seduced at times, thinking the world might be in for it-such as hiding under my desk as a kid in case of nuclear attack. I was one of the suckers who bought a hand turn washing gadget to get through Spencer Bolles' Y2K 2000 fascicle. But since then I have become a healthy skeptic. Does wonders for my serenity.<br />
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For your amusement, here is a list of what we have lived through--and note that many of these Catastrophes were predicted by Nobel Prize winners!<br />
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2012 Maya Apocalypse<br />
Salmonella from Eggs<br />
BSC (mad cow disease)<br />
Pandemics to end the world (organic and orchestrated, HIV,Ebola,various flues)<br />
Global cooling (new ice age returning)<br />
Acid Rain<br />
Holes in the Ozone<br />
Flesh eating virus<br />
Planet X<br />
17 foot raise in the sea level<br />
Population bomb<br />
Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Change<br />
All 1196 Maldives islands would sink underwater within 30 years (this is year 30)<br />
The U.N.’s Doomsday Climate Clock<br />
The atomic Scientist's Doomsday Clock<br />
Super volcanoes<br />
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July 29, 2016, because of something called a “polar flip.<br />
Barack Obama would reveal himself to be the Antichrist.<br />
blood moon-supermoon phenomena generated several end-of-the-world<br />
Superintelligent AI takeover<br />
Alien invasion<br />
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So even though the scientists and the nut balls all have the same track record, --they are wrong, one day, one of the two camps will be right and I figure at this rate, we have as much chance of the nut ball being right as we do of the scientist!</div>
Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-36117478724189643512018-04-25T09:51:00.003-07:002018-04-25T09:53:47.749-07:00Parents empowering parents | Help for parents of adult addicts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We always think of helping the parent of teenage drug addicts and alcoholics and often forget the parents of adult addicts. Sometimes it is more tragic for the 70 year old parent struggling to know what to do with their 55 year old addict "child."<br />
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<a href="http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/parents-empowering-parents/">Parents empowering parents | Sequim Gazette</a>: "“It’s so important not only for the adult addict but for the parents to have this support,” Joanna said.<br />
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“I never was a big believer in support groups but I am now,” she said. “It really has helped especially when you feel so alone.”<br />
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PAL is a nonprofit support group for parents whose children struggle with drug addiction."<br />
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<a href="https://www.pocketsponsor.com/freebooks.html">Pay It Forward. Together we can help struggling centers.</a>: "One of my favorite movies is "Pay It Forward"--where people do good for others, just because. Many, many organizations who work with addicts and alcoholics do just that--they sacrifice much to try and help the struggling alcoholic/addict and their families. At Day By Day, we have endeavored to help those centers help others by starting our own "Pay It Forward" program. For well over 10 years we have sent thousands of dollars of recovery books to hundreds of centers. It has been our honor to do so.<br />
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In fact, this last week 5 treatment centers have requested free books from our "Pay It Forward" program. We simply don't have the resources. This is common and we have always sent what we could. We, at Day By Day, are now exploring other ways to help Pay It Forward to the many deserving treatment centers with limited funds that struggle to help those in recovery.<br />
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One of the things we do, and will expand on, is allowing much of our material to be freely downloaded and used by centers. "<br />
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If you want to help--go here: <a href="https://www.pocketsponsor.com/freebooks.html">Pay It Forward. Together we can help struggling centers.</a>: and give us your suggestions.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Celebrate Unity</span> , <span style="color: black;">3812 king street, GREENVILLE, Texas 75401, "We are a new center that is focused on the addiction and recovery in our county. We have large<br />
percentage of residents that suffer in silence and we are in need of all literature available to turn these lives and families around."</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">12 </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">step recovery, 515 SE 6th st. Washington, Indiana 47501 "We need </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">12 step recovery books, big book of n/a and a/a . We're just getting </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">started in this community and need help with at least a few books of </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">each please thank you."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">New Life Wellness, 1005 ligonier Street, 1005 Ligonier street<br />
Latrobe, PA 15650 "This is an addiction clinic that cares<br />
tremendously of their patients and their wondering. They assist<br />
patients in many ways and check on us individually to help with our<br />
treatment process. Me, as their patient, would love to have {recovery<br />
literature} to help guide me in my recovery process. I know they<br />
would be thrilled to have this tool in office to provide their<br />
patients with another source of help and guidance!<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Am I My Brother's Keeper For Life Outreach Ministry, 4545 S. Fourth,<br />
BEAUMONT, Texas Beaumont "We are a non profit organization thats<br />
new to our community and I believe {any recovery literature} will<br />
help us reach our participants just beginning in the program. It<br />
would be a great item to put in their tool box of recovery that we<br />
are helping them to build. The first 30 days in recovery are crucial<br />
in showing the participant there is a light at the end of the<br />
tunnel." Our hope is to encourage and enpower the participants<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Lifeline</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, </span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=anization*:+7&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2e3e45;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">7</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">12 Walnut St, Bethlehem Baptist Church, McKeesport Pait, Its a<br />
very good organization that helps people in the community with all<br />
addictions, specially the new comers, I believe {recovery} books can<br />
make a difference and would be greatly appreciated, I am a<br />
participant and we use different books all the time THANK YOU<br />
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These parents try to remember their son, Ben, before his addiction--they share their expereince as they particiate in a treatment center support group. If you are considering treatment for your child, read this account.<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-8415370215293264152018-03-30T12:17:00.001-07:002018-03-30T12:17:06.597-07:00New court for addicted parents helps promote hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Hope yes, but we have been trying for decades to help addicted parents! Yet addiction is so very agressive and some families just can't seem to fight it--still, if even one family is rescued... Inour family, it was our mother who found help first in a 12th step prgram. then she brought all her kids (also sufering from the disease)--then her brother--hi s kids--so even though the disease is agreesive--when one member gets it--they can often briing agressve recovery into the family too!</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.therepublic.com/2018/03/25/03252018cr_editorial_family_court/">New court for addicted parents helps promote hope</a>: <br />
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No kidding! Parents who drink too much usually end up hurting the ones they love. Good article for exposing the problem--not much in way of solutions except--<i>don't abuse alcohol!</i></blockquote>
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Alcohol misuse was implicated in 37% of cases of a child’s death or serious injury after abuse or neglect between 2011 and 2014, the study found."</blockquote>
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-42760501343744214792018-01-11T08:24:00.003-08:002018-01-11T08:24:51.346-08:00Pay It Forward: Chrysalis House suffers flood-Please help<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We, at Day By Day, received this notice:<br />
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Chrysalis House has experienced a flood in our building today. We are in need of hot meals, box lunches, bottled water and paper plates, napkins, cups and utensils. We are unable to answer our phones at this time. Please bring donations to the boutique (right side as you come down driveway). Any questions contact Carressa Christian at 443-839-4679 or 410-320-6525.</blockquote>
We sent books as our contribution--not a huge thing--but something we can do. Can you help?<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-56307602423163867632018-01-02T07:51:00.000-08:002018-01-02T07:51:04.395-08:00America's Drug Crisis Leading to Martial Law?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The extreme problems in Mexico with the drug crisis and their freedom is expanding to the US--DO YOU WANT TO LIVE UNDER MARTIAL LAW? Read this article and decide what you can do in 2018 to stop the tide of violence. (hint--gun control is not the answer).<br />
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<a href="https://www.thetrumpet.com/16677-americas-drug-crisis-leading-to-martial-law">America's Drug Crisis Leading to Martial Law? | theTrumpet.com</a>: "To fight gangs and cartels, the U.S. government sends $10 million per year to the Mexican military and $260 million per year to Mexican law enforcement and counternarcotics initiatives. And even though the U.S. government does not allow its military to get involved in domestic law enforcement, it still gives about $240 million worth of military hardware to local police departments each year. This military hardware includes airplanes, armored vehicles, helicopters, mine detectors and many other types of weaponry."</blockquote>
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It's a pretty amazing center that gets babies back with Moms. here's a story about one in Oregan:<br />
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<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/sharing/index.ssf/2017/11/letty_owings_center_season_of_sharing_2017.html">Letty Owings Center puts moms and babies on the road to recovery: Season of Sharing 2017 | OregonLive.com</a>: "Horne’s path to recovery started July 16, 2016, the day her youngest child, Michael Hayes, was born. For the 23 years leading up to his birth, Horne had used everything from marijuana to meth and heroin, never thinking she’d be anything but an addict. Two months before Michael was born, she stopped using meth and heroin in hopes they wouldn’t show up on tests. He tested positive for marijuana and the state Department of Human Services stepped in. Horne would be free to leave the hospital, they said, but her baby would have to stay."<br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-65265033309147387412017-10-09T20:49:00.001-07:002017-10-09T20:49:43.399-07:00Pay It Forward Program has to chose between Treatment Centers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: raleway, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We at Day By Day have had a flood of requests this year for free books. We give away books every month as our way of paying it forward. Unfortunately, we can't keep up as much as we would like to. Rather than turn anyone organization away, we are going to divide the books up between multiple centers--we apologize for those who receive less and hope that the few books we can send will be added to your library and be made available to the newcomer. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"> IF YOU WANT TO HELP, you can donate a dollar by clicking here.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Here are Fall's recipients of Day By Day's free book program.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>Rainbow Center of Michigan, Highland Park, MI</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">TyShaun B wrote, "These books would be a great tool to interact and teach our clients the hopefulness and necessity of recovery."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>Brookside Residential Treatment, Pikeville, KY</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">Karen G wrote, "The facility is fairly new and we need all the helpful addiction recovery books and material we can get." </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>Addiction Recovery Care, Lexington, KY</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">Ashley D wrote, "I have learned that life is a journey and on my journey, I want to bring out now what lies within me to the suffering addict so they too can see there is hope for the hopeless and help for the helpless."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>F. E. A. R, Erie, PA</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">Aliciaa T wrote, "Starting my own nonprofit organization called F. E.A.R. need anything that can help me start this organization"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>Mary Martha House, Wheeling, WV</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">Dara W wrote, "We are able to house 5 women at a time and offer them a safe, drug, drama free environment for them to reconnect to their former self. Your books would be a wonderful addition to our recovery library and meditation room library."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;"><b>Wanderers, Atlanta, Georgia</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif;">Greg E wrote, "{Our center} is a purely donation only funded group and they are in need of text for study and education. " </span></span> </span></div>
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Stealing pain killers from the dying...that is how ugly addiction is--it is aggressive and robs the very humanity from us.. so so grateful we have options in recovery. read this:<br />
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: ""Because this opioid epidemic is really affecting everyone, rich and poor, you can't make assumptions about who might be at risk," said Bailey. In her reporting, Bailey encountered stories of those who stole and abused opioid prescription painkillers from at-home hospice patients. "There's no real good national data on this problem. We don't know how common this is, but we do know that enrollment in hospice has been rising rapidly. About half of people who die in America are now in hospice care. And most of the time hospice staff are actually coming to the home," Bailey said on "Central Time.""</blockquote>
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511808971885986417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420285768359653932.post-44595988492404306672017-08-14T18:35:00.002-07:002017-08-14T18:35:50.253-07:00B.C.’s First Nation families devastated by drug deaths<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our First Nations population in Alaska are also devastated by addiction also--both alcohol and heroin. ! Addiction recently took a nephew of mine (suicide post treatment). I have strong opinions about what I think is going on but it would be politically incorrect to state them--(hint, I wouldn't hand out participation trophies and I would never create a "safe place" for anyone but a 5 year old.) the article below is heartbreaking.<br />
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