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Final Day: Early Bird Registration for the 2018 Annual Conference Don't miss the chance to get the Early Bird Registration discount for the 2018 Annual Conference: Shoot for the Stars in Houston, TX! Earn up to 42 CEs! Tomorrow is the final day for Early Bird Registration! Register before tomorrow, Wednesday, August 15th at 11:59 EST and save up to $100 off registration! Register Now Don't miss five days of presentations, professional development, networking, exhibits, culture and community! View the full schedule. Reserve your hotel room today! The Westin Galleria Houston 5060 West Alabama Houston, TX, 77056 800.937.8461 (Reservations) NAADAC has arranged for a special discounted room rate of $149/night for conference attendees and exhibitors if booked by September 19, 2018. The block will sell out - reserve your room today! To book your room, please click here or call 713.960.8100 and ask for the NAADAC group rate. Questions? Please check out our website, call NAADAC at 703.741.7686, or email NAADAC at NAADAC@naadac.org more information.

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August 14 , 2018 Through The twelve Steps With Spiritual Truth From Scripture

Psalm 119 v 28 - My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. 

(GODS BIG BOOK)

Soul is defined as one person, or is the spirit and essence of a person. An example of your soul is the part of you that makes you who you are and that will live on after your death. An example of soul is the part of you that will go to heaven or hell and be immortal. 

immortal - living forever; never dying .

Step 3 -Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God.(WORLDS BIG BOOK)

Addiction to any life controlling substance is the worse form of Soul decay! We try to treat through all forms of self-medicating and in the process we become enslaved to the very substance we use to seeking relief with. The longer we neglect our Soul the worse our Life becomes. The physical body is important but eventually it wears out and dies and all we are left with is our Soul ! You (soul) have to go somewhere after death and the best time to figure that out is now because it will be to late when you get to the other side. God gave you a soul and He wrote a book on how to care for it ! Fix your Soul and your life will get straightened out and all reasons to medicate will go away. Its called making peace with God and yourself. They dont tell you this in treatment centers and that is why they have a revolving door that never stops spinning.

By Joseph Dickerson/

Recovery Connections Need Help email us recoveryfriends@gmail.com Psalm 103 v 3 He forgives all my sins and Heals all my diseases!

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How to Engage Your Team like a World-Class Leader Description The best leaders in the world know how to get people on board and taking action on a shared vision and strategy. How do they do it? What mistakes do many of us make when aiming to coalesce our teams? How can already successful, top level leaders, hone their skills to truly bring out the best in their people? This webinar will cover the three core competencies practiced by the most effective leaders in the world when it comes to engaging and mobilizing a team or an entire organization. Each core competency will be flushed out with specific action steps that participants can take to immediately enhance their efficacy as leaders, or to mentor others in their organization when it comes to engaging their people. Attendees are encouraged to come to this webinar ready to take notes – this content-driven learning experience is rich in practical application and something many will want to implement immediately!  Presenter Ilana Zivkovich, MSSW, LCSW, LCDC, CDWF, is an experienced executive, certified executive coach, and masters prepared licensed mental health professional. Ilana is respected for her ability to assist top-level executives in building world-class professional teams. An adept facilitator, effective leadership coach, and dynamic public speaker, Ilana is passionate about creating engaging and highly interactive development experiences for professionals that merge personal growth with professional empowerment, ultimately driving desired business outcomes. Prior to founding Werq, Ilana held a variety of executive level positions in the behavioral health care sector. These experiences allowed Ilana to hone her skills in identifying and developing the next generation of leaders, enhancing workforce engagement, designing and executing strategy, and developing workplace culture that aligns with measurable behaviors and drives desired corporate results. Ilana holds a Masters of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Certified Executive Coach, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) and a Certified Daring Way Facilitator (CDWF).

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“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” Victor Hugo “Do you have to have a reason for loving?” ~~Brigitte Bardot “Love harder than any pain you have ever felt.” ~~unknown Statement #7:  Love can change the course of my world. Caring is all-important. The concept of love can be easy to identify, yet it’s the giving and receiving of love which can feel difficult, especially in early sobriety and recovery. Before WFS and a sober New Life, rejecting love came easily since it felt foreign and uncomfortable, whether directed at self or others. Today, with hindsight being 20/20 and the practice of the WFS Statements, it is much easier to give, receive and even greater understand this thing called love. Statement #7, the first of the WFS “Love Statements” encourages giving and receiving love, and it begins with self. The act of maintaining sobriety for 24 hours is a gift of a full day of love. Instead of running away from life into alcohol or a substance, sobriety and recovery connect the experience of living, and not just merely existing. In our WFS Program booklet on page 23, “Self-love is a gift that allows us to build healthy relationships with ourselves and others.” Take a moment to examine the relationships in your life. Some may have changed, some may have not. Maybe some relationships no longer exist or have done a 180°. What is different? What is the same? Are you better able to embrace love today? If not, what one small act can you take to welcome love into your life?  Hugzzz and love Karen Hi 4C Women, After all these years, I hadn't thought that maintaining sobriety for 24 hours as a gift of love yet how true that is! That act of self-love can be practiced in many areas of our lives, i.e., setting boundaries, saying yes when we want to and saying no as well, setting time aside for our needs, identifying and expressing those needs to others, being true to ourselves and being assertive. For me, being assertive is saying that what I feel/think is important enough to share it when the opportunity presents itself. In the days of low self-esteem, I never felt confident enough to stand up for myself. I was intimidated and fearful of more rejection so I just accepted negative comments. In learning to stand up for myself, I also learned compassion and empathy for those who struggled as I had. I truly cared and care for their hurts. I have also learned to lessen my own pain, to not take negative comments at face value and be crushed by them. I just see those people as broken and trying to fix themselves by hurting others to feel better. That doesn't work. It just pushes people away and that's a sad, lonely place to be. So, I encourage you to risk giving and receiving love, starting with loving yourself. Love is a powerful emotion and it creates avenues of personal and emotional growth.   I hope you will take the time to answer Karen's questions and perhaps add to that the questions in the New Life Diary: Make a list of the people you love and why you love them. Make a list of the people you have difficulty loving and why. What is your definition of love? What do you think your answers will reveal about love changing your world? Bonded in changing our world with love, 4C WFS Member Explore our updated website. Check out Women for Sobriety's official blog. Join our online community of support (women in recovery only, please). If you received this email from a friend, we welcome you to join our mailing list!  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌ Copyright © Women for Sobriety, Inc. | All rights reserved | Federal ID # 23-1972763 Email: contact@womenforsobriety.org | Ph: 215.536.8026 | Fax: 215.538.9026 https://womenforsobriety.org

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