Mar 8, 2023 | #CelebrateRecovery, 10000 Beds, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization, Choice, Choose Life, Courage, Faith, Family, Honesty, Hope, Life, Life After Addiction, Life Isn't Fair, Love, Loyalty, Time
Why do we always expect life to be fair? I wish it was. I think most of us try our best to live a fair and honest life, but we can’t control what’s happening around us, can we? As the mother of a son who has battled a substance use disorder for a decade, I...
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...
Feb 4, 2017 | Choice, Choose Life, Choose Well, Life, What if
What if,,, there are so many what if’s in life. What if she never took that first drink? What if we hadn’t gone to that party? What if they hadn’t come back to the house? What if we hadn’t got behind the wheel? What if he had not stayed...
May 16, 2016 | Addiction, Choice, Choose Well, Death, Life
Addiction is a choice. It’s not a choice between being high or being sober, it’s a choice between life or death. Even as a disease, it’s a choice. Get help. Choose life. Choose love. Choose sobriety. Make the right choice. You are not in this...
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...
May 18, 2015 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Believe, Clean & Sober, Disease, Judge, Life, Live Again, Mirror, Pain, Poem, Recovery, Strength, Suffer, War
Today I am borrowing from a website that posts poems written for and about addiction, by addicts, their family and friends. I hope you enjoy. A powerful poem, a day in the life of an addict trying to stay clean for another day. This is for everyone who helped me. My...
