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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Greetings,
Please see the attached PRCC Calendar of Events for June. I have also attached flyers of groups you may be interested in.
Thank you,
Sean E. Brinda, MSW, CCDP Diplomate
Senior Peer Services Coordinator
PRO-ACT/Philadelphia Recovery Community Center
1701 W. Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Register for Recovery Walks! 2014 at www.recoverywalks.org
Phone: (215) 223-7700 ext. 105
Cell: (215) 828-6168
Fax: (215) 223-7707
1 (800) 221-6333 Twenty-four Hour Information Line
Email: sbrinda@councilsepa.org
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
May 27 CHP 38 v 8 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS
I am feeble and severely broken ; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart .
(GODS BIG BOOK)
STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Notice the verse mentions the heart has you broken , not your head . If we could address the issues that causes us sadness we just might not need to self medicate . I would say this is the difference between Secular recovery (AA NA CA MA etc) and Christian recovery .Christian recovery addresses the whole person ,secular deals just with the head. Non Christian treatment facilities assign you a head doctor who tells you have mental problems ( Bi-polar , depression , Border-line personality etc) which only make most feel worse and defeated and you will most likely wind up with more pills . Whats the point is what I thought for a long time ,if I got a disease that will never go away , and it also became my number one excuse to keep using. Good news GODS BIG BOOK mentions none of theses conditions . All of you has to be addressed and your head is not messed up , your heart is broke and will mend , lets pray and start talking about whats making it hurt . FREEDOM COMES FROM FACING THE FEAR AND SHARING YOUR PAIN WITH OTHERS WHO CARE .
James 5: 16 - Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
(GODS BIG BOOK) By Joseph Dickerson
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Southern Bucks County Recovery community Center
Hours of Operation:
Monday: 9am - 8pm
Tuesday: 9am - 6pm
Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9pm - 7pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
The Council and PRO-ACT rely greatly on volunteers to help us meet our mission of providing resources and opportunities to reduce the impact of addiction, trauma, and other related health issues. Many of our services and events could not happen without them—for example, it took more than 400 volunteers to make the last Recovery Walk in Philadelphia the success we all experienced.
Many of our volunteers initially volunteer out of a desire to “give back” to a community that has helped or is helping them in some way. Many, however, have reported that in return for their time and talents they have received benefits that far exceeded their expectations or what they feel they contributed. And while most volunteers can name or put words to what they have gained through volunteering, others cannot. Recently, at that same Recovery Walk, one volunteer walking in The Honor Guard simply stood speechless with tears rising in his eyes when asked what it meant to him to have served on one of the organizing committees for the Walk.
Some of what people have said they enjoyed about volunteering for The Council and PRO-ACT has been that they:
- Felt needed and valued
- Made a difference in someone’s life
- Broadened their “clean” social contacts and met new people
- Learned new skills
- Increased their self-esteem and self-confidence
- Learned that they had skills they were unaware of
- Contributed to their own community
- Got purpose to their day, particularly for those who had lost jobs
- Received satisfaction from completing a task
- Felt a part of something larger than themselves
- Felt proud of their commitment
- Found a place to share their talents or skills
Therefore, instead of considering volunteering as something you might do for us, begin to think of it as anexchange. Peers helping peers is important in helping people sustain their own recovery. Do not feel, however, that you must be in recovery to volunteer for The Council or PRO-ACT. We have several volunteer coordinators who have lots of experience in matching people’s desires and skills with our needs. Please contact one of them listed here:
Recovery Training Center, 444 N 3rd St., Philadelphia, PA John Carlson 215-923-1661
Philadelphia RCC, 1701 W Lehigh Ave. #6, Philadelphia, PA She-Ria Bethea 215-223-7700
Southern Bucks RCC, 1286 Veterans Highway, D-6, Bristol, PA Karen Burke 215-788-3738
Womens RCC, 25 Beulah Road, New Britain, PA Rick Petrolawicz Petrolawicz 215-345-6644
Central Bucks RSS, 252 W Swamp Road, Unit 12, Doylestown PA Rick Petrolawicz 215-345-6644
Philadelphia RCC, 1701 W Lehigh Ave. #6, Philadelphia, PA She-Ria Bethea 215-223-7700
Southern Bucks RCC, 1286 Veterans Highway, D-6, Bristol, PA Karen Burke 215-788-3738
Womens RCC, 25 Beulah Road, New Britain, PA Rick Petrolawicz Petrolawicz 215-345-6644
Central Bucks RSS, 252 W Swamp Road, Unit 12, Doylestown PA Rick Petrolawicz 215-345-6644
1286 Veterans Hwy
Bristol, PA 19007
215.788.3738
Bristol, PA 19007
215.788.3738
http://www.councilsepa.org/
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