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Greetings,
Please see the attached PRCC Calendar of Events for June. I have also attached flyers of groups you may be interested in.
Thank you,
Sean E. Brinda, MSW, CCDP Diplomate
Senior Peer Services Coordinator
PRO-ACT/Philadelphia Recovery Community Center
1701 W. Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Register for Recovery Walks! 2014 at www.recoverywalks.org
Phone: (215) 223-7700 ext. 105
Cell: (215) 828-6168
Fax: (215) 223-7707
1 (800) 221-6333 Twenty-four Hour Information Line
Email: sbrinda@councilsepa.org
PRO-ACT… Ambassadors for Recovery!
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
May 27 CHP 38 v 8 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS
I am feeble and severely broken ; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart .
(GODS BIG BOOK)
STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Notice the verse mentions the heart has you broken , not your head . If we could address the issues that causes us sadness we just might not need to self medicate . I would say this is the difference between Secular recovery (AA NA CA MA etc) and Christian recovery .Christian recovery addresses the whole person ,secular deals just with the head. Non Christian treatment facilities assign you a head doctor who tells you have mental problems ( Bi-polar , depression , Border-line personality etc) which only make most feel worse and defeated and you will most likely wind up with more pills . Whats the point is what I thought for a long time ,if I got a disease that will never go away , and it also became my number one excuse to keep using. Good news GODS BIG BOOK mentions none of theses conditions . All of you has to be addressed and your head is not messed up , your heart is broke and will mend , lets pray and start talking about whats making it hurt . FREEDOM COMES FROM FACING THE FEAR AND SHARING YOUR PAIN WITH OTHERS WHO CARE .
James 5: 16 - Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
(GODS BIG BOOK) By Joseph Dickerson
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
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
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
Bristol, PA 19007
215.788.3738
http://www.councilsepa.org/
Friday, May 22, 2015
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
Thursday, May 21, 2015
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."
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