Jun 5, 2018 | 10000 Beds, Addiction, Be Present, Honesty, Leader, Leadership, Professionalism, Witness
It was mid-term, seventh grade. I was in my home economics class and we had just finished ironing stencils on aprons. On that particular day we had a substitute. When the bell rang, the classroom emptied faster than I’d ever seen it, and before cleaning up the...
Jun 2, 2018 | #CelebrateRecovery, 10000 Beds, 10KBeds, Addiction, Addiction recovery, Addiction Treatment, Be Present, Behavior, Choice, Choose Well, Client First, Code of Ethics, Courage, Ethics, ethics done right, fast lane leader, fast-lane leadership, Habits, Honor, Integrity, Leader, Leadership, Moral Judgement, Morality, Nonprofit, Professionalism, Reputation, Rules
Rules are made to be broken. Right? Wrong! We all laugh when we hear the old adage, but unfortunately there are many who adopt this as their way of living. Successful leadership demands a higher level of behavior. At 10,000 Beds we hold ourselves to a high standard....
May 25, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction recovery, Addiction Treatment, Brain, Chronic, Exercise, Habits, Moods, Sleep
We are thrilled to share today’s Guest Blog Post… One often overlooked tool for people in recovery is regular exercise. This probably seems intuitive because it is an uplifting and positive replacement for destructive activities. But there are so many...
May 8, 2018 | #CelebrateRecovery, #changeperceptions, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization, Addict, Addiction, Addiction recovery, Addiction Treatment, Change, Changing Lives, Gratitude, Life, Life After Addiction, Live Again, Opportunity, owning the day, Reclaim Your Life, Recovery
We’ve now celebrated our 3 year anniversary as a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our goals and mission have expanded slightly, but we continue to focus on scholarship support for individuals without resources seeking help for addiction. Add to this our...
Apr 30, 2018 | #CelebrateRecovery, Active Addiction, Addiction, Addiction recovery, Changing Lives, Choose Life, determination, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Hope, Life After Addiction, Living Clean, Love, Resolve
Yes, it’s real. Life after active addiction can be amazing. If we let it be. Addiction steals souls and lives. So when an individual is able to pull themselves from the abyss of addiction, leave the darkness behind, rebuild their life, and embrace this new life...
Mar 9, 2018 | 10000 Beds, Addiction, Addiction recovery, Heroes In Recovery, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA, Relapse
Okay, so you relapsed. Or a loved one relapsed. You’re worried and scared things are going to go back to being like they were before. You worked so hard to get clean the first time, and now you wonder if it’s worth trying again … if it’s even possible to try again....
