Recovery Connections Network

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

See Who's Coming to EVOLUTION

It's Not Too Late to Register!

Come Join These Exhibitors & Sponsors at EVOLUTION:

American Addiction Centers
Anger Management Essentials
Ascension Recovery Services
Balboa Horizons
Beach Treatment Programs
Behavioral Health Association of Providers
Bella Monte Recovery
Breathwork for Recovery
ByersArtLab
C4 Career Connections
C4 Consulting
C4 Linx
Capstone Treatment Center
CASL- Clean And Sober Love
CCAPP
Choice House
Cirque Lodge
Cliffside Malibu/Center for Discovery
Codependents Anonymous
CRI-Help, Inc.
Crystal Meth Anonymous
Cycles of Change Recovery Services
Eating Recovery Center
Ebb Tide Treatment Center
EVOLUTION MC
Faces & Voices of Recovery
Hope By The Sea
Humble House Publishing
Incredible Marketing

Iris Healing Retreat
Is Your Story Making You Sick?
Kashi Clinical Lab
Kemah Palms Recovery
Kipu Health
La Fuente Hollywood Treatment Center
McMillen Family Foundation
Medical Billing Connection
Origins Behavioral Healthcare
Pacific Solstice Behavioral Health
Rejuvenation
Seeking Integrity LLC
Sex Addicts Anonymous
Sherwood Group
Soberlink
Southern California Region Narcotics Anonymous
Southworth Associates
Sovant Healthcare Systems
The Cabin Group
The Institute for Optimal Recovery and Emotional Sobriety
Thelma McMillen Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Triune Therapy Group
True Link Recovery
Twin Town Treatment Centers
Writers In Treatment
ZenCharts.com

Be Sure to Attend These Special Events at EVOLUTION

Faces & Voices of Recovery Fundraising Dinner & Gala
Thursday, January 24, 2019 // 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
All are welcome to attend!

Enjoy an evening of inspiration and entertainment at the Dinner & Gala hosted by Faces & Voices of Recovery. Join master of ceremonies Kristina Wandzilak, an interventionist, author, and television expert while listening to a musical performance by singer, songwriter, and activist, Elizabeth Edwards followed a comedy performance by comedian and recovery advocate, Mark Lundholm.

This fundraising dinner supports the launch of the California Recovery Ambassadors Initiative empowering vocal and visible recovery advocates across California. The cost for this event is $100 and is open to everyone. You do not need to attend the main conference to attend this event. Click here to learn more and register.

Same World, New Lens: Understanding Intimacy, Boundaries,
Power and Redemption in the #MeToo World

Friday, January 25, 2019 // 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Open to the public - spread the word!

Join this esteemed panel as they facilitate an interactive group dialogue about sex, love, power, trauma, and healing in a world shaped by the ever-changing landscape of the evolving #MeToo movement. This multidisciplinary team will foster an honest and respectful conversation with a select group of men and women designed to foster empathy and mutual understanding of how dynamics of power, trust and redemption, as portrayed in the media and their personal lives, have influenced their relationships with intimacy, courtship and relational safety. There is no cost to attend and this event is open to the public. Click here to learn more and register.

NARCAN Training
January 25 & 26, 2019 // During Scheduled Breaks
All registered attendees are welcome to attend!

Pacific Solstice has generously arranged for a Narcan training during the scheduled breaks on Saturday and Sunday. The first trainees will receive a Narcan sponsored by The Solace Foundation Of Orange County, along with a certification card which allows them to carry Narcan. All others will receive the card and will be educated on how to get Narcan. No registration is required - just go to the exhibit hall.

GUEST BLOG
Click here to read our new guest blog with Robyn Cruze.
Co-Occurring Substance Use and Eating Disorder

Be sure to catch Ms. Cruze's presentation at EVOLUTION - Starting the Food, Body Conversation: Tools and Strategies for A Healthy Relationship.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

January 8,2019 Through The Twelve Steps With Spiritual Truth From Scripture

Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God

Psalm 32 v 8 v 9
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Another name for mule is a Jacka .... ! I was one of those for many years and from time to time I revert back to being a Jacka.... . Gods word cant get any clearer than that! Gods way is the right way and the plan He has for your life does not include self-medicating to deal or cope with consequences of the same old mistakes. Push pride out of the way open your ears and listen to God and your loved ones, its time to do something different.

Jeremiah 7 : 24 "Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Psalm 103:3 Who pardons all your iniquities,Who heals all your diseases;By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network

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Monday Thoughts 01/07/2019

“There’s no prerequisites for worthiness. You are born worthy, and I think that’s a message that a lot of women need to hear.” ~~Viola Davis

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~~Louise Hay

“Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your mission. Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that you’re not enough. You will always find it because you’ve made that your goal. True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world. The truth about who we are lives in our hearts. Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own. No one belongs here more than you.” ~~Brene Brown

Statement #2

Negative thoughts destroy only myself.

My first conscious sober act is to reduce negativity in my life.

Alcohol or drug use disorders can easily remove feelings of self-worth or value. Repetitive thoughts and/or feelings of failure, much like when awareness of a substance use disorder is realized, can increase lacerate core feelings of self-worth and value. Trying to overcome these negative thoughts can feel like a never-ending swim against a strong current. Yet with Statement #2 put into practice, a portal for building a strong core is opened.

Learning to identify and name our thoughts and feelings can begin the process. For women in recovery, shame and guilt are two of the most common emotions felt early on in the journey. Shame states there is something wrong with me at my center, while guilt says I’ve done something wrong. Shame holds us down by not allowing ourselves to feel what is underneath, such as loneliness, grief or despair. The commitment to move through our negative feelings reduces the destructive effects.

For some of us, negativity was learned when we were young and we carried it into adulthood. Today we have a conscious choice and have the ability to challenge our thoughts. Moving through negative feelings reduces their impact on our core which makes room for self-worth to increase. No longer hiding behind negativity, we can name what we feel, move through our emotions and embrace our New Lives. After all, we are capable, and competent, caring and compassionate women.

Hugzzz

Karen

Hi 4C Women,

This has certainly been a week of fighting negative thoughts! This is what I’ve learned so far. Before WFS and therapy, negative thoughts were all about shame and guilt. Now they are about the challenges that come along and how to “reduce” the negative thoughts in problem solving. This is the beauty of understanding that there will always be challenges – major and minor – and learning how to cope with them through seeking positive support, input and encouragement. If I did not have a strong support system, I could see negative thoughts taking over completely. There would be no reduction, just negativity clouding my thoughts and behavior. While negative thoughts do destroy my ability to cope in a healthy way, that air of negativity can hurt relationships as well. I always joked that I probably wasn’t much fun to be around before I started practicing the WFS Statements.

Nancy Cross once wrote not to make our thoughts our prison. For me, that spoke volumes. I am creating my own prison when I stay stuck in negativity. Again, it’s not having the negative thoughts in reaction to circumstances or people, it’s how we respond and especially stay stuck. I tend to start creating my personal gratitude list all the way to the basics and I found that really helps me.

Nancy also wrote about another coping tool and that is keeping an inventory of memories that can immediately make you smile. Occasions where you felt happy, appreciative, cheerful, at peace. Reminiscing those happy moments gives a balanced perspective to your situation. You realize that what appears negative today will change tomorrow. Nothing stays the same.

Each Statement is a guide for change and for me, this one is the one I needed. So grateful for both this Statement and the support of the women I am privileged to know through WFS.

Bonded in reducing negativity, 4C WFS Member