Are you a person in recovery attending recovery support groups? Are you someone who needs recovery supports? Plenty of options are available and free. People, like myself, who speak the same language volunteer their time to manage the groups. In one recovery program, people identify this as the language of the heart. Mutual help organizations … Continue reading 12-Step Recovery and Other Support Groups
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Goodbye 2021! Hello, New Year, 2022!
Happy New Year!! Grateful to put 2021 behind us. Our country alone has seen so much pain in 2021: politically, financial hardships, inflation, and loss of unity. If I could wave a magic wand, I would change the outlook on people with differences. To embrace, rather than cancel. To love, rather than hate. It is … Continue reading Goodbye 2021! Hello, New Year, 2022!
A Sober Christmas Journey
Happy holidays! In 2021, I can look back and feel so much gratitude for the December holidays. The Christmas holiday is a day for our families to reconnect, share stories, break bread, and share gifts. Reflecting through the years, I can see how my perspective has changed and for the better. In many years, this … Continue reading A Sober Christmas Journey
Happy Birthday, Mr. Bill Wilson
Today, December 11 marks the day Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took his last drink in 1934 when he was 39 years old. After finishing a final beer, he entered Towns Hospital for the last trip to treatment. What he didn't know at the time was that on December 12 he would have a … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mr. Bill Wilson
November 30 – Giving Tuesday 2021
On November 30, 2021, companies and people will unite for a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. Are you in? Plenty … Continue reading November 30 – Giving Tuesday 2021