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Welcome to the Recovery Connections Network .We have spent the last ten years collecting resources so you don't have to spend countless precious hours surfing the Web .Based on personal experience we know first hand how finding help and getting those tough questions answered can be. If you cant find what you need here, email us recoveryfriends@gmail.com we will help you. Prayer is also available just reach out to our email !
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Did you hear the forecast?
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Are you as tired of this weather as we are? Car stuck in ice.
Events cancelled. No school. Kids bored. Lost gloves. Hat wet. Out of
peanut butter. And branches down!
This
is one tough winter for anyone, but for those of us in need of our
community, our support system, our programs and our fellowships, the
isolation is
even more challenging. If you have electricity, though, this is when you should double up on making phone calls and using social media.
You can
also get on your computer and explore how to expand your knowledge of
addiction recovery. Just Google those two words and a whole world of
resources will open up. Hopefully, one that will come up is PRO-ACT's
Recovery Walks! 2014--or just click here. Gotta work out!
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PRO-ACT and The Council will host our 13th annual Recovery Walk on September 20
in Philadelphia to celebrate addiction recovery. Everyone is
welcome--you don't need to be in recovery. It provides a fun way for
families to spend a day together and break the multi-generational impact
that addiction has on them and our communities. And it's a great way to
catch up with friends. Bring grandma, the family dog, your kids, and
other loved ones.
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The Walk has several
purposes, but one is fundraising so that we can continue to provide the
free recovery support services and programs that many of you have
benefited from. For those unfamiliar with what we offer, here's just a
keyhole glimpse of what we have done in just the last year alone (we
could go on and on but by the time you'd get to the end, the snow may
have melted):
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Being snowed in is a great opportunity for you to contact your family,
friends and associates and have them commit to your team for the Walk.
If you click here, you'll find many handy tools and advice on how to form your team
and get people excited about the Walk and collecting donations.
Beginning now will save you a last minute rush in August or September.
Remember, there's a prize for the team that collects the most in
donations and also for the largest team.
Now, please take a look outside and see if your neighbor needs a push!
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To make a donation to the Recovery Walk, please click here
Philip Seymour Hoffman, RIP | The Fix
Use of Heroin and Prescription Painkillers Have Become Integrated, Experts Say
A growing number of people switch back and forth between prescription painkillers and heroin, experts tell The New York Times. They call prescription opiates “heroin lite.”
“The old-school user, pre-1990s, mostly used just heroin, and if there was none around, went through withdrawal,” said Stephen E. Lankenau, a sociologist at Drexel University. Today, he said, “users switch back and forth, to pills then back to heroin when it’s available, and back again. The two have become integrated.”
Some young people are introduced to opiates through prescription painkillers. For people in recovery, painkillers can set off heroin craving. “You can get the pills from so many sources,” said Traci Rieckmann, an addiction researcher at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). “There’s no paraphernalia, no smell. It’s the perfect drug, for many people.”
About half of the 200 people being treated for heroin addiction at the Cleveland Clinic’s Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center every month started on prescription opiates, according to addiction specialist Dr. Jason Jerry. “Often it’s a legitimate prescription, but next thing they know, they’re obtaining the pills illicitly,” he said. They realize heroin is much less expensive than pills, so they switch.
People who have gone through rehab may be vulnerable to an overdose because they don’t realize their tolerance level has dropped, according to Dr. Nicholas L. Gideonse, the medical director of OHSU Richmond Community Health Center in Portland.
Merger of Hazelden and Betty Ford Center Approved
California has approved the merger of the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center, the Star Tribune reports. The new organization will be called the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. It will be the nation’s largest nonprofit treatment organization.
In a statement, Mark Mishek, President and CEO of the merged organization, said, “We are now well-positioned to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by health care reform and the rapidly changing marketplace. Together, we will be able to better utilize the addiction treatment field’s most extensive expertise, knowledge and data to accelerate innovation in treating the chronic disease of addiction and expand our already robust national system of care. Together, we will be better able to help all those who seek recovery find it.”
Analysts said the merger will allow the organizations to reduce administrative costs, and to bring treatment into more outpatient settings. Each organization has its own specialties, such as Betty Ford’s programs for treating chronic pain and addiction, and Hazelden’s programs for treating health care professionals and young people, the article notes.
The combined organization operates 15 sites in nine states. It will be headquartered in Center City, Minnesota, where Hazelden is based. It offers residential and outpatient services, a publishing house, an addiction research center and an accredited graduate school of addiction studies. The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California will keep its name. It will add the tagline: “a part of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.”
The boards of both organizations announced last June that they were considering a formal alliance. At the time, officials at both organizations said one incentive for a possible alliance was the Affordable Care Act, which is expected to greatly increase the number of Americans who will receive health care coverage.
You're invited to the
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"Love of Recovery" Free Concert and Dance
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The Addiction Professionals Meet and Greet Will Be Held In The VIP Section This is a Rockers In Recovery Concert and Network Event:
We do this through
Rockers In Recovery Radio and Productions Inc. RIR has once every
quarter a concert and network meet and greet. This is a great way to
get to know other addiction professionals with main stream traffic of
the general public. This combined together brings professionals and
community together.
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When
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Saturday
Feb. 15, 2014 From 7pm to 10pm |
Where
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The Venue of Fort Lauderdale, 2345 Wilton Dr, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
February 5 v 21 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB
For the Lord sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
STEP 5- Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Honesty is key in everything you do ,especially for those of us in recovery. After all the time I wasted in my addiction I realize the person I lied to most was myself . GOD can see all things so why try to hide or deny what you have done. Honesty with self GOD and others will bring change in your life .
Jesus said I am the truth the life the way and no one comes to the father but through me!
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Marijuana-Infused Snacks Alarm Parents, Schools and Some Doctors
By Join Together Staff | February 4, 2014 | Leave a comment | Filed inCommunity Related, Drugs & Youth
Parents, schools and some doctors are voicing concern about children’s access to marijuana-laced snacks, which are becoming increasingly popular in states where recreational or medical marijuana is legal.
In Colorado, where recreational marijuana for adults ages 21 and older is now legal, marijuana-laced snacks are becoming a booming business, according to The New York Times. Products include chocolate-peppermint Mile High Bars and peanut butter candies infused with hash oil, the article notes.
Retailers say the products are popular with customers who want to experience the effects of marijuana without smoking and coughing. Critics say the snacks are ending up in the hands of teens who want to get high discreetly, or children who don’t know they contain marijuana. They note products can contain large concentrations of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
Colorado has ordered stores to sell marijuana-infused snacks with child-resistant packaging, and has banned labels designed to appeal to children.
In a study published in May 2013, researchers at Colorado Children’s Hospital reported they treated 14 children who ingested marijuana, half of whom ate marijuana-laced foods. Symptoms, most of which were mild, included unusual drowsiness and unsteady walking. One 5-year-old boy had trouble breathing. Eight children were hospitalized, and two were treated in the intensive care unit. All of the children recovered within a few days. The study was conducted after medical marijuana became legal in Colorado, but before the state legalized recreational marijuana.
Fewer Teens Abusing Prescription Painkillers: Report
By Join Together Staff | February 4, 2014 | 1 Comment | Filed in Drugs,Tobacco, Young Adults & YouthA new government report finds fewer teens are abusing prescription painkillers or smoking. According to the report, 8.7 percent of teens and 9.8 percent of young adults abused prescription painkillers in 2011, down from 9.2 percent of teens and 12 percent of young adults in 2007.
The National Behavior Health Barometer report found 6.6 percent of teens smoked cigarettes in 2012, down from 9.2 percent in 2008, according to USA Today. The report found 9.5 percent of teens used any illicit drug in 2012, about the same as in 2008. There was an increase in the number of people enrolled in substance use treatment in a single-day count, from 1.19 million in 2008, to 1.25 million in 2012.
The number of teens suffering from major depression rose, from 8.3 percent in 2008, to 9.1 percent in 2012. Only one-third of those teens received treatment in either year.
The number of people receiving buprenorphine treatment for heroin addiction jumped 400 percent from 2006 to 2010, the report found. The number of people receiving outpatient behavioral health treatment through Medicare rose by more than 30 percent from 2006 to 2010, the article notes.
Cheap Heroin Abundant in New York, Officials Say in Wake of Hoffman’s Death
By Join Together Staff | February 4, 2014 | 2 Comments | Filed in Addiction,Drugs & Prescription Drugs
Cheap heroin is easy to find in New York City, according to law enforcement officials who spoke after actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead with dozens of packages of heroin in his apartment.
The packages can sell for as little as $6 on the street, The New York Times reports. Some of the packages were branded with purple letters spelling out Ace of Spades, while others bore the mark of an ace of hearts, the article notes. At least five of the packages were empty and in the trash.
Heroin-related deaths rose 84 percent in New York City from 2010 to 2012.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials say heroin seizures in New York state are up 67 percent over the last four years. In 2013, the agency’s New York office accounted for nearly 20 percent of DEA seizures nationwide, with a value of approximately $43 million. During a raid last week in the Bronx before the Super Bowl, 33 pounds of heroin were found, along with hundreds of thousands of branded bags, some of them stamped “N.F.L.” Heroin bags are often named for popular celebrities or luxury products, such as Lady Gaga or Gucci.
People using heroin in New York and around the country are increasingly young and middle class. Many of them started abusing prescription painkillers before moving on to heroin.
Earlier this month, the DEA joined an investigation into the source of a batch of heroin that killed 22 people in western Pennsylvania. The heroin involved in some of the deaths contained the synthetic opiate fentanyl, often used during surgery.
Heroin containing fentanyl has also begun to appear in New York City, according to Kati Cornell, a spokeswoman for Bridget G. Brennan, the special narcotics prosecutor for the city.
Photo source: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Hello Recovery Heroes!
The International Quit & Recovery Registry, a project sponsored by the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, is pleased to announce the grand opening of our new interactive website! Our mission is to further scientific understanding of recovery and encourage those struggling with addiction. After receiving input from our current registrants, we have improved our website and released a new assessment. This assessment is now ready for you, our recovery heroes, to complete! Follow the link below to our new site and create a member account to complete the new assessment (The Gemstone Series 1: Garnet Assessment) and check out all of the new features, including recent news articles, discussion forums, and profile pages. You must have a member account to complete the assessments. This account can remain private or allow you to engage in social interactions with other members of the Registry - Your choice! Thank you for helping us tackle the mysteries and challenges of addiction!
https://quitandrecovery.org/register/?email=recoveryfriends@gmail.com
Looking forward to working with you!
The International Quit & Recovery Registry Research Team
https://www.quitandrecovery.org
Free Community Seminars
Presented by
Livengrin's Family Services Department
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Continue learning and being part of recovery at February's free monthly seminar held at:
Livengrin Counseling Center -- Oxford Valley
195 Bristol-Oxford Valley Road
Langhorne, PA 19047 ~ 215-638-5266
Monday, February 10, 2014: Stages of Chemical Dependency
by Susan O'Donnell, LPN, MHS
6 PM -- 8 PM
**Snow Date: Monday, February 17, 2014**
Seating is limited -- these sessions often fill up so please register as soon as possible.
To register for the sessions or for more information,
call Dana Cohen, Family Therapist -- 215.638.5200 x162
Ample free parking is available!
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
February 4 v 23 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
STEP 10 :Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Well there you have it , all issues of life come from the heart .Society teaches that addiction is a mental health issue but the Bible puts it in a completely different context. This is why I have said addiction is a heart problem , fix that and the head will follow. People have asked me whats the difference between Christian recovery and secular recovery. CHRISTIAN recovery GETS TO THE HEART OF ADDICTION IN ALL THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. SECULAR TREATMENT CONVINCES US THAT WE HAVE An INCURABLE DISEASE . I AM not buying that ! Addiction is the byproduct of a broken heart and only JESUS can fix that .
Jesus said I am the truth , the life ,the way no comes unto the father but through me.
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3 v 5 v 6 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB
Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.6
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
STEP 3 : Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God .
Some of you are waking up this morning and your lives are a mess. No matter how hard you try to do things right in your life you keep winding up back where you started from. That is called insanity ,no I am not saying your insane but I am the process of active addiction is insane. We cannot keep doing what you have always done and think our lives are gonna change. Let me save you some precious time and tell you its not. Read the Proverb take the step, pray , get a sponsor and work it !
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