Dec 11, 2018 | #CelebrateRecovery, #changeperceptions, Addict, Addiction, Addiction recovery, Ah Ha Moments, Behavior, Challenges, Change, Choice, Choose Life, Clean & Sober, confidence, Meetings
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...
Jul 19, 2017 | Addict, Addiction, Ah Ha Moments, Denial, Signs of addiction
It’s hard to know. I mean, we all have down days. We all need quiet time sometimes. We all have blood shot eyes on occasion. Allergies, right? It’s hard to know if someone has a substance abuse issue. Many are high-functioning in their addiction M-F, but...
Dec 29, 2016 | 501c3, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Ah Ha Moments, Changing Lives, donate, Goals, Heroes, Hope, Instilling Hope, Shine
Dear friends, As many of you know, I was a nonprofit consultant and professional speaker before launching 10,000 Beds, but chose to walk away from what was a very fun and even lucrative career when our family was hit again by the disease of addiction several years...
Oct 4, 2016 | Addiction, Ah Ha Moments, HLOC, Instilling Hope, IOP, Moments of Change, Recovery, Saving Lives, Scholarship, Sober Living, Treatment
So many people have been working in the addiction industry and saving lives for a long time! We’ve only just begun! And with almost $1,000,000 in awarded scholarships, we are just starting. There are so many more lives that can be saved!We hope you will help us...
Apr 30, 2016 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Ah Ha Moments, Family, Instilling Hope, Life, Miracle, Recovery, Rehab, Residential Treatment, Saving Lives, Scholarship
This is a letter I received exactly one year ago today, following a week of phone and text conversations. We had worked night and day o help this client, and a miracle happened. Here is his story, in his own words – we have not edited the letter at all, except to...
Oct 9, 2014 | Ah Ha Moments, Changing Lives, Instilling Hope, Life, Live Again, Make the Call, Save A Life, Saving Lives, Scholarship
It wasn’t that long ago that a few of us were sitting around a table shaking our heads over the data in front of us. Over 3000 calls for help were being made to a friend’s call center every week, and of those 3000+ addicts, approximately half could not afford...
