International Recovery Institute International Recovery Institute training's provide the theoretical basis and ethical standards for services offered by Recovery Specialists. Recovery Specialist is defined as a professional who provides individual client and family services within a treatment setting and/or client's home community or travel.  Common titles for the role of the Recovery Specialist may include: Sober Coach, Sober Companion, Personal Recovery Assistant, Transport (Safe Passage), Family Support Specialist, Case Manager, Direct Care Staff, etc. Recovery Specialists work individuals and families suffering with substance abuse, addiction, mental health, eating disorders, process addiction and many other co-occurring issues. The training provides an International Recovery Specialist Certification by The International Recovery Institute as well as NAADAC approved CEU hours to be utilized towards state and national credentialing certifications. Each training provides 40 CEU hours with an optional 6 CEU hours for 6 weekly consultations. NAADAC Approved Education Provider # 151526 Training objectives include increasing ethics, professional skills and knowledge of a Recovery Specialist. Training outline includes topics such as: History of addiction & mental health fields  History of Recovery Specialists Ethics Role & Responsibility of Recovery Specialist  Providing Safe Passage (transports) and many more   March 15 - 19, 2016 Long Beach, CA April 26 - 30, 2016 West Palm Beach, FL April 12 - 16, 2016 New York City, NY July 12 - 16, 2016 Los Angeles, CA Thank You to our 2016 National Sponsor BRC Recovery Presenting Sponsors Connect with us

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	You're invited to an Applebee's® Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast to support City of Angels $8.00 per person WHEN: Sunday, April 3, 2016 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar 333 State Highway #33 Hamilton, NJ 08619 Buy your tickets online ahead of time for quick seating when you arrive!Click here to purchase.

	New Resources for the Uninsured & Homeless
	For anyone who needs detox or treatment for addiction but doesn't have insurance or is homeless, COA has just launched a new online resource. These pages have all the details on who to contact in each New Jersey county, as well as information for Pennsylvania residents. They also contain information about sober homes. To go to the new COA Help page, click here.

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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:8 - 9 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah55:8-9&version=NIV

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Some Health Professionals Starting to Change Prescribing Practices to Curb Abuse: Study - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: A new study of Indiana health professionals suggests some are beginning to change their prescribing and dispensing practices in response to prescription drug abuse in their communities, Forbes reports. Researchers found dentists are much less likely than other health professionals to be concerned about prescription drug abuse.

Good morning everyone, as we have headed into 2016 there are several new opportunities available to the ministry. As always we like to make sure that there is a team available for any new opportunity so that we can ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the work that God has called us to do. 

(1) With that we will be building a new team for the possibility of our first faith based sober living home in Bristol Borough. This is an opportunity that could possibly happen in the next couple months so if you are interested in being a part of this team which would include possible responsibilities of helping to maintain and manage the home, intake coordination and Bible study implementation. 

(2) also we are going to begin to build a fundraising committee headed up possibly by Tracy. This team will help organize and coordinate possible fundraising opportunities for the ministry so that we can continue to grow and help more people in our community. 

(3) the third item would be is our ministry is in desperate need of a 15 passenger van to transport those to meetings, Church and possibly ministry and treatment opportunities. If you know someone who would be willing to donate a van or help us financially to acquire one please let us know as soon as possible. 

(4) and finally we are still looking to continue to build the team around Michael Howard for the self-help movement Bible studies that are now every Tuesday at 1 p.m. every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and every second third and fourth Thursday at 7 p.m.

 plus our second Sunday at 5 p.m. concert for the men at the rehab. Responsibilities for that opportunity would be in support of Michael's leadership and possible opportunities to share the Word of God and disciple the men 1 on 1 as needed

If you are interested in any of the opportunities available in the ministry of CLPRM. Please let me know through the response of this email. Blessings and peace and thank you for all that you do to help those who sometimes don't know how to help themselves.

Bob Sofronski, Executive Director

Christian Life Prison and Recovery Ministries, Inc.

Po Box 1624

Southampton, PA 18966

www.clprm.org

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FBI Video, “Chasing the Dragon,” Illustrates Opiate Addiction’s Toll - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has created a documentary that illustrates the toll of opiate addiction, The Kansas City Star reports. The film, called “Chasing the Dragon,” will be distributed to school districts nationwide and can be downloaded for free. High school students are a principal target audience of the film.

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February 27 CHP 103 v 2,3 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS

Bless the Lord ,O my soul , and forget not all His benefits : Who forgives all your iniquities,

WHO HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES (GODS BIG BOOK)

STEP 5 Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs (AA BIG BOOK)

In order to have all your diseases healed there will be conditions we must meet in order to receive freedom from the disease of addiction. Bill W figured this one out and He created the twelve steps . Many argue saying this is not a spiritual thing but they are wrong it is a spiritual battle with self and without Gods cleansing and forgiveness you will remain trapped in addiction. In order to fix something in your life you first have to recognize their is a problem. Believing and admitting open the door to God and he begins to close the doors of pride and shame. The more you work on you the freer you will become ! No one else can forgive you and without that forgiveness you will remain bound up in shame and addiction. God made us to live a life of joy but along the pathway of this life stuff is gonna happen that will take away that natural joy and our spirits become sick. Pride will replace that natural joy and we become blinded and unable to find the joy we lost . Next time you are at a playground and you see the children running yelling and playing that is a natural God given joy because they have free spirits unburdened by the worlds troubles and trials . Now find the child who is not playing , you know the one sitting by themselves not playing sad staring into outer space. They have lost there joy and there hearts and spirits are sick due to the worlds trials and troubles.They need healing and so do we . 

John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 

(GODS BIG BOOK)By Joseph Dickerson

Later this month a new group of hurting and broken young men and women will arrive here at His Mansion. If you or someone you know has a plow truck we need your help! Yesterday, a snow storm rolled in and is still here.  With another storm predicted for tomorrow the snow is beginning to build. Normally this is not an issue for us but currently all of our plow trucks are off line and waiting on parts to be repaired. If you are able to help us clear our campus or want to help in some other way, please contact  Jason Bennett at 603.464.5555 ext. 17.  Click Here to Give

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Best of the week from Choose Help Creating Sober Excitement – Beating the Blahs to Beat Relapse After a few months, it’s easy to hit a recovery wall and start to feel bored and dissatisfied with your new clean and sober lifestyle. This dissatisfaction will pass, but until it does, you can lower your risk of relapse by taking some time to plan islands of excitement to look forward to. For a few reasons, after the initial euphoria of recovery success wears off, your new drug and alcohol free life can start to feel a little blah: Where’s the excitement? What’s to look forward to? ...Why does everything seem so boring!? This is a normal and transient phase of recovery that tends to settle in for a while after a few months of abstinence. It won’t last forever, but unless you’re prepared to deal with them - the blahs can easily lead to relapse. Reasons behind feeling the recovery blahs after a couple of months of abstinence: Your brain is still recovering (healing) from your drug or alcohol over-use and this makes it harder for you to experience strong positive emotions A lot of people run into something that’s known as ‘the wall’ between 2 and 4 months into recovery, as the early glow of success fades and the harsher business of reality settles in Your recovery life probably isn’t as "exciting" as your using or drinking life. Nine times out of ten, this is a very good thing (because most substance abuse excitement is the kind you really don’t want) but nevertheless, you’ll still miss those regular moments of genuine ‘fun’ excitement that using or drinking provided So what do you do? You didn’t stop using to live a less fulfilling life, so when the blahs hit, the only thing to do is to expend a little effort creating the life you’ve always wanted… by creating your own HEALTHY EXCITEMENT. Creating Islands of Excitement No one needs non-stop action, but we all need things to look forward to – things that make all the tough and mundane moments worthwhile. We need to look forward to small moments of fun or excitement on a very regular basis We need to have bigger things to look forward to for every once in a while What’s the answer? It’s not exactly rocket science… You just make sure to schedule in things to look forward to – islands of fun and excitement to swim toward from the sea of everyday living! Examples of Recovery Excitement Islands (Both Big and Small) Going away for a weekend with friends or family members Going out to try a new nice restaurant (using the money you used to spend on alcohol or drugs!) Going to a matinee movie Going for coffee with an old friend Going to a ball game or a play Getting a massage or spa treatment Taking the day off work Going camping A million and one other possible examples! Scheduling Islands of Excitement Is recovery life all you’d hoped it would be? Do you ever feel bored and miss the excitement of your past life? Well if so, and even if you don’t, yet, you’d be wise to spend a little effort on the scheduling of events that give you something to look forward to, stave off boredom and to improve your quality of life. Get started now! Make a list of your own personal excitement islands – anything that you’d look forward to with anticipation and then try to schedule at least a couple small events into your week and at least one larger event into the next month or so. Read in browser »   Recent featured articles: Addiction Recovery for Single Parents It’s Hip to Be Sober Protracted Withdrawal - What It Is and How to Make It Through Beat Gambling Addiction, Sex Addiction or Internet Addiction with this 4 Step Program Group Therapy in Drug Treatment And, as always, thank you for reading! All the best to you and yours, Martin Schoel, founder of Choose Help P.S. If you’d like to dive into the conversation, make sure to follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook (40K+ people do). FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO A LOVED ONE Do you or someone you know need rehab? Click or 'Tap' to speak with us now: (877) 333-5266 Facebook Twitter Google Plus Pinterest

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