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

1286 Veterans Hwy
Bristol, PA 19007
215.788.3738

http://www.councilsepa.org/

A Prayer for Parents of Troubled Teens

by John LeeGoogle+ Twitter Facebook


Letting go, doing all that you can and nothing more; this is a trial for any parent watching a teen abuse drugs. Pray for understanding, for grace and for healing.

LORD, SOMETIMES I DON’T KNOW WHERE MY JOB AS A PARENT ENDS AND YOUR HEAVENLY GIFT AS SAVIOR BEGINS. GRANT ME UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT I MAY DO ALL THAT I CAN, AND NOTHING MORE.

LORD, KEEP MY FAITH BURNING BRIGHT. I BELIEVE IN YOU AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR POWER AND LOVE, BUT SOMETIMES I AM TEMPTED TO ACT IN YOUR STEAD. I HURT SO MUCH WATCHING MY SON DESTROY HIMSELF. GRANT ME FAITH, SO THAT I MAY RECEIVE YOUR GRACE AND ACT AS YOUR INSTRUMENT OF LOVE.

LORD, SAVE ME FROM DESPAIR. I GET OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES. MY WIFE AND MY KIDS NEED ATTENTION, LOVE AND SUPPORT, AND SO DO I. GRANT ME CLARITY SO THAT I MAY SERVE MY FAMILY, EVEN IN THIS DARK HOUR.

LORD, SHOW ME THE PATH I MUST WALK. SHOW ME WHAT GOOD WORKS I CAN DO TO SERVE YOU. I NEED YOUR GUIDANCE, AND ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I FEEL RAGE, LORD, TRANSFORM MY ANGER INTO LOVE, AND USE ME AS AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PURPOSE.

LORD, LET MY SON FEEL YOUR LOVE. I BELIEVE THAT ONLY YOU CAN HEAL HIS WOUNDS. HE IS TROUBLED, HE HARMS HIMSELF, PLEASE; BRING HIM HOME.

AMEN

Read more: A Prayer for Parents of Troubled Teens

May 21 CHP 121 v 7 v 8 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS

The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.

The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go ,

NOW AND FOREVER .

(GODS BIG BOOK)

STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 

GOD ( higher power ) The one and only who cares about your life.

Creator of Heaven and earth and everything else in universe including you.

Loves YOU so much GOD refers to you , My son or daughter . 

Wrote a two thousand page plus instruction book on how to survive life on earth.

Sent HIS only Heavenly Son Jesus Christ to earth born like us to teach us how to love GOD and people .He lived and innocent life and was murdered on a wooden CROSS for us all , so sin (addiction) will no longer have power over us. He had to die so we could be forgiven for the wrong we have done and so His unseen spirit (Holy Spirit) could be sent to help us live life. If you Believe , invite , and accept Him as your Higher power (JESUS CHRIST ) His unseen spirit will enter your heart and destroy the chains of addiction that hold you hostage. Over time through the help of that spirit you will learn how to feel again ! 

GODS BIG BOOK ( Tyndale's life recovery Bible NLT) will become a part of your daily living as will prayer. As time progresses your heart eventually will be filled with a PEACE that transcends all understanding and in the hard moments that will come you will have an overwhelming joy that will carry you through .

Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence,

for out of it are the issues of life. (GODS BIG BOOK)

By Joseph Dickerson

His Cross To Bear

Christian Rapper Lecrae Divulges Struggles With Drugs, Alcoholism & Suicide Attempt 

Outspoken Christian rapper Lecrae will be releasing a new book, titled Unashamed sometime next year in which he reveals details about his childhood abuse, and struggles with drugs, alcoholism, bouts of depression and a suicide attempt. "I am writing Unashamed for all those who don't know who they are, who feel confined by the labels given to them."

CONTINUED @ ChristianPost.com 

One Can Always Hope Bio-med-backed drug could end addiction  It's pretty exciting when 30-plus years of medical research pays off. Dr. Nicholas Goeders has been in the lab since 1985, singularly focused on his masterpiece. It's a drug, potent and marketable, with the potential to curb an American epidemic. His intended patients? Addicted brains. That LSU-based research yielded Embera, and in three to five years it could come to market. Goeders and his financial backers at Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana are confident their product will help battle substance addiction. In '93 there were 3 groups of rats. CONTINUED @ TheNewsStar.com

No Waiting, No Lines

Cocaine Anonymous' Annual Convention In Las Vegas 

It looks like the minds behind Cocaine Anonymous will put their participants to the ultimate test this year. The 31st annual Cocaine Anonymous World Service convention will be held in Sin City itself - Las Vegas. "We absolutely insist on enjoying life," the Cocaine Anonymous website reads. Events will include golf, hiking, a tour of the Hoover Dam and many variations of meetings and support groups for those who have either successfully gone through the program or those currently struggling.

CONTINUED @ IBTimes.com 

Boxer Down For the Count   VIDEO

Tony Ayala Jr.'s death 'appears to be overdose'  VIDEO    

Controversial local boxer Tony Ayala Jr. died from an apparent overdose, according to a San Antonio police report releasedThursday afternoon. The report says that when officers arrived at the Zarzamora Street Gym on Tuesday morning, they found Ayala on the floor with a narcotic-filled syringe near his body. Officers also found a ball of heroin on a desk.

CONTINUED @ KSAT.com

May 19 CHP 107 v 4 v 5 v 6 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALM

Some wandered in the wilderness , lost and homeless.

Hungry and thirsty,they nearly died.

"Lord, help !" they cried in their trouble,

and He rescued them from their distress.

(GODS BIG BOOK)

STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

YOUR NOT WAITING ON GOD ! GODS WAITING ON YOU !

Psalm 40:1-7

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.(GODS BIG BOOK)By Joseph Dickerson

CVS Agrees to Pay $22 Million to Resolve Allegations on Painkillers

/BY JOIN TOGETHER STAFF

May 14th, 2015/

CVS Health Corp has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve a federal investigation into whether two of its pharmacies in Florida sold oxycodone pills that were not prescribed for legitimate medical purposes, Reuters reports.

In September 2012 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) revoked the licenses to dispense controlled substances for two CVS pharmacies in Florida, after accusing them of dispensing excessive amounts of oxycodone.

Earlier that year, the DEA said the two pharmacies were “filling prescriptions far in excess of the legitimate needs of its customers.” While the average pharmacy in the United States in 2011 ordered approximately 69,000 oxycodone dosage units, these two pharmacies, located about 5.5 miles apart, together ordered more than three million dosage units during the same year, according to the DEA.

According to a DEA news release, “CVS acknowledged that its retail pharmacies had a responsibility to dispense only those prescriptions that were issued based on legitimate medical need. CVS further acknowledged that certain of its retail stores dispensed certain controlled substances in a manner not fully consistent with their compliance obligations under the Controlled Substances Act and the related regulations.”

The DEA said the settlement caps off an investigation that began as part of agency’s crackdown on pill mills in Florida.

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Some of us sought comfort in a drink after the kids were in bed. Some of us used just to get through the day. Some of us only stopped using due to pregnancy and some of us never stopped at all. We live our lives at 100mph and stopping anything seems impossible. "Lines in the Sand" Every addict engages in ongoing negotiations with self. We establish lines we won't cross in order to derive a sense of security. There's a point in the progression of addiction in which we've crossed too many of them. Yet even when self-preservation is conspicuously absent, we often maintain a strong awareness and protectiveness of our children. We're told that we have to get sober for ourselves and it's unimaginable. I'm often asked, "Is it okay to do it for my kids?" Hell yes, it is! There's no bad reason to get clean and sober. We're willing to go through hell for our kids. The turning point in recovery comes for many of us when we're ready to get out of hell for our kids. Overcoming Stigma & Shame Of all the judgments a person fears and anticipates in seeking help for addiction, admitting that our children are affected is the greatest. We expect to be condemned for what we see as our weakness. Our isolation and fears are compounded by what we project. Talk to People Who Get It There are countless reasons why I recommend folks to 12-step programs. First and foremost, I know that no one who truly understands addiction will judge a person for where their disease has taken them. I understand it's intimidating to talk with folks who have attained long-term sobriety, but I hasten to point out that they only got there because some good folks helped them out of their wreckage. AA and NA tend to be the best starting points. They're free, widely available, and filled with folks on similar journeys. I've never met folks who are more genuine and generous with their time. 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I encourage folks to judge and choose professionals based on their reputation in recovery communities. I also find that those of us who work in the field and are open about being in recovery ourselves tend to be the most supportive. If your fear of potentially having Human Services involvement is going to stop you then know this: We cannot report what you don't tell us. Alternatively, ask us hypothetical questions: "If I were to tell you A, B, and C, would you have to share that information?" The best of us will simply spell it out for you and we won't ask you to trust us. We'll support you in coming to trust yourself. Read in browser »   Recent featured articles: About Planning An Intervention... for Yourself Relapse Prevention: How to Relax with Imagery After a Relapse: "Re-working" the Twelve Steps Planning a Teen Intervention: Teenagers Do Recover Adult Children of Alcoholics and Addicts: Haven’s Story And, as always, thank you for reading! 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