A Virtual Celebration of Father Bill's Life and Legacy

 

Today, on the one-year anniversary of our beloved Father Bill’s passing, we would like to share with you a virtual dedication of the painting that was commissioned by Bill and Pam Roberts, created by artist John Stango, and donated by Julie Uebler and Steve Wall. It now hangs in the William J. Hultberg Chapel Auditorium.  We had every hope of holding this ceremony in person at the Sunday Chapel Service, but with COVID-19 still posing a very real threat, we have opted to create a virtual tribute to share this special dedication with you. Please click on the link below to watch Reverend Jack Abel’s blessing of the painting and our staff's remembrances, culminating with Father Bill’s favorite song “Circle of Love." This link will be available for you to view now through September 30, 2020.  Give In Memory of Father Bill

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Virtual Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

 

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PRO-ACT Virtual Village 9/9 Registration

 

Just a quick reminder before we go into the holiday weekend! You can still register for our virtual Recovery Walks! 2020 Pep Rally in our PRO- ACT Virtual Village on Wednesday September 9, 2020 at 6:00PM Join us online to hear Dr. Jill Williams, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at the Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Tobacco and Vape Free Recovery, 2019 Walk Team Winners and hear a Recovery Story! Click here to register   Recovery Walks! 2020 is a tobacco and vape-free event. Please refrain from smoking and vaping during the event to respect the recovery journeys of others by not creating cues and triggers for those in recovery from tobacco use and to maintain an alcohol, drug and tobacco-free event.   You can make your gift to ensure recovery is possible for all by clicking here! It's not too late to register! Click here or go to recoverywalks.org to register or to make a donation. Keep checking for up to date information on our weekly PRO-ACT Virtual Villages and our Virtual Recovery Walks! on Saturday September 12th! Email awashington@councilsepa.org with any questions

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🌟I Am Not A Lost Cause.

 

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I was active in my drug and alcohol addiction for nearly ten years. During those years I was labeled a “lost cause” by many different people. Family, friends, and teachers all had given up on me and sadly, I had given up on myself.
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I always found myself buried in depression because I could not stop using. Did I put any legit effort in quitting? Not really. For me, alcohol and drugs were all I thought I had.
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​It wasn't until I was propped up by the few who still believed in me that I was able to see the possibilities of a fruitful life surrounding me.
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This week kicked off the first week of Recovery Month, and I asked what recovery means to you. Today, it simply amazes me how myself, amongst many others were never too far lost or too far gone that they can't be found again.
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Life isn’t always beautiful, but it is horribly disfigured once under the mask of addiction. When your mind isn’t polluted by the poison that kills us physically and spiritually, you are able to see life more clearly and that, my friend, is beautiful in itself.
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Enjoy this week's wrap up!

 The Birthday Party Meeting​
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This week we had our first Birthday Party and an Anniversary night! Congratulations to Adam Wysong on three months of sobriety! These meetings will be held on the last Monday of each month to celebrate how far we've come!

Check out the entire event schedule, here.​

️Dopey with Dopey Dave​
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Dave's addiction didn't start until his 20's, but what started out as occasionally smoking weed quickly turned to using heroin, pills, and other drugs daily.

After hitting bottom and entering a treatment center, he met Chris, who he would eventually start the Dopey Podcast with. Dopey soon gained a huge following of addicts from around the world.

What Dave didn't know is that Chris had started getting high again.

Chris tragically died from an overdose in the summer of 2018.

Listen to the whole Podcast, here. ​

✅ Relapse Is Optional

So you've been sober for a bit. You're starting to feel better about yourself. You get the car back, the significant other back, the job back, and all of a sudden you find yourself losing your balance on this new way of life. You're caught on a slippery slope.

The great thing is, relapse is optional and you don't have to go back there again.

Learn more about our Relapse Prevention course, here.​

 New Members

Welcome to our new members! Make sure you introduce yourself in the comments, below and we hope to see you at an online meeting soon!
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​Lauren Crognali​
​Jolize Koegelenberg​
​Dan Marquez​
​Robert Williams​
​Tahara Norton​
​Stuart Charlton​
​Kimberly Youngman​
​jessica hamblen​
​Ellen Ahrendsen​
​Jessica Rae​
​Rob L​
​amanda Anderson​
​Ian Austin​
​Syed Rahim​
​Sylvie Grondin​
​Frank Arteaga​
​Ben Jones​
​Sean Lawless​
​emily Cunningham​
​Layne Linebaugh​
​Melissa Lajaunie​
​Angela Morrison​
​Peter Thurnau​
​Mike Wedin​
​Amy Farley​
​Kristina Wehr​
​Julie Slusher​
​Loyda Perez​
​Jean Wood​
​Catherine Heger-Miller​
​kelsey x​
​Jeff Clark​
​Anita Paul​
​Susan S.​
​Angela Gannon​
​Tamara von Rothkirch​
​Fred Everett​
​Mark Heffron​
​Erica Lynn​
​Tate Whitlinger​
​Annie O Dea​
​Gordon Linderman​
​Cynthia Renner DuBord​
​Cheryl Macdonald​
​James Bostwick​
​Joseph Beaulieu​
​Keri B​
​max wright​
​Kay Mc Kenna-Healy​

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Have a safe weekend everyone! And as always, reach out anytime if you need support.

If you need to find a drug rehab, please visit our rehab directory on Sober Nation..

 

Watery Me – Crying in Recovery By Lotta Dann, Thursday, September 3, 2020 10:57 AM   At the start of the pandemic I cried for two weeks. Not all day, every day, but very regularly. The enormity of the crisis, the fear about the virus, the concerns about lock down – it was a lot to deal with and get my head around. Every time an email came through from […] The post Watery Me – Crying in Recovery appeared first on Sanford House. Read more »

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