Celebrating Recovery – The Blog
Gracious & Grateful
Our 10,000 Beds scholarship applicants cannot be described any other way...they are gracious and grateful. And desperate for help. All are fighting a battle with addiction, all are looking to us for help, for hope, for a scholarship. All are on our radar. We love our...
If You Post It, They Will Come!
You may remember that we've been beyond frustrated with the service at Camping World on our 2017 Keystone Montana 3730 FL fifth wheel - affectionately known around the country as "Big Blue." You may remember that we have been fighting for repairs for 8 months, and we...
Ignorance Is No Excuse
WARNING: SOAPBOX MOMENT I am so tired of ignorant people - friends, family, colleagues - who believe ostracism and extreme punitive behavior is the appropriate response to someone who has battled addiction and is in recovery. I am so tired of arrogant people -...
10,000 Beds’ #ontheroad4recovery Is Being Held Hostage
Update: Marcus Lemonis and Keystone RV made things right. Thank you. It's true. Five years ago, when I had an ah-ha moment and the idea for 10,000 Beds came to me, I was ecstatic, over-the-top pumped...it was something I really wanted to do to make a difference for...
The Road to Recovery – A Guest Post by Kollin James
The road to recovery. When encountering this phrase I immediately think of a road trip. Going from a place of origin to a place of destination. If our place of origin is Rock Bottom and our destination is Recovery Life, then a treatment center might be considered the...
Triggers – A Guest Post by Kollin James
Triggers. It seems that every treatment center, every anonymous meeting, every counselor has addressed the issue of things that trigger addicts to use, pick up, pour a glass, light one up, or even eat. Maybe it’s not all about what triggers us to use or drink. What...
When Lives Are At Stake
10,000 Beds was created to help individuals without resources who are seeking help for addiction. Over the past 4 years, our written mission of recovery has been redefined, expanded, focused, and edited. But over those same 4 years, our mission has never changed: we...
Event Planning Is For The Birds
Honestly, I have the utmost respect for event planners. Event planners are detail-oriented, budget-focused and timeline-bound. Everything I am not. And yet....here I am planning our 2nd and 3rd 10,000 Beds Gratitude Galas, in Utah on October 27, 2018 and in California...
Myopic Perspective
Myopic perspective. I don't know about you, but this is something I sometimes struggle with because I'm too close, I'm too involved, I'm too emotional. I'm too________(fill-in-the-blank). Myopic thinking - lack of discernment or long-rage perspective in thinking or...
Conference Call Etiquette (or can you mute too much?)
Isn't that the way it works? You know what I mean: You're killing it! Your energy level is high, checkmarks abound on your to do list, and high fives are happening all around...and then that afternoon sluggishness sets in, exactly at the same time you are scheduled...