100,000 meals this summer

You don’t have to go far to help people who are hurting. Right here in our community – in our own backyard – there are neighbors who are wondering where they’ll sleep tonight. When they’ll eat their next meal. How they’ll overcome their desperate circumstances. They’re homeless… hungry… battling addiction… struggling to survive. But thanks to friends like you, who love your neighbors and show your compassion through your gifts to The Foundry Ministries, you can bring them hope. Through our 92-Day Summer Campaign, you can give where you live to assist broken people like Matt. Give Today Growing up with a father who used drugs and alcohol, Matt followed in his role model’s footsteps, unaware of where the path would lead. By the time he graduated from college he had developed a serious addiction, and for years he denied he had a problem. But when Matt’s marriage ended, he struggled to hold a job. Unable to care for his daughter, he realized the toll substance abuse was taking on his life. The death of his sister was the final blow. Matt turned away from God, lost in bitterness, until his destructive habits led to an arrest. By God’s grace, a judge ordered him to come to The Foundry Ministries. When Matt came to The Foundry, God’s love and gifts from you and other faithful friends provided him with food, shelter and guidance to restore his life. Our utility expenses for June, July and August combined are expected to run as high as $129,000. This is the goal of our 92-Day Summer Campaign, and we need your help to meet it. I pray I can count on you to send a gift today and twice again in the coming months. Men, women and children throughout Alabama need our assistance, and we need yours. Please give where you live today. Your generosity will ensure we can continue to meet essential needs and provide life-restoring guidance this summer and all year-round. God bless you for your kindness, Gratefully, I'll Give Where I Live

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STAR Networking Luncheon comes to Boca November 8th

EARLY BIRD TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW FOR $110 UNTIL SEPT. 15TH THE FIRST LUNCHEON IN THE SPRING WAS SOLD OUT!! Click here for tickets and sponsorship info Former Professional Athlete and Wellness Advocate, Chris Herren, is coming to Boca Raton on Friday, November 8th 2019 as the Keynote Speaker at the Fall STAR Networking Luncheon Chris Herren was a celebrated basketball star at Durfree High School in Fall River, MA and went on the play at Boston College and Fresno State. He played two seasons in the NBA, including one with his hometown team, the Boston Celtics- and seven seasons overseas before losing everything to the disease of addiction. With the help of family and the support of others in recovery, Herren worked his way to sobriety in 2008 and, one day at a time, has stayed there. His recovery journey has been documented in the bestselling memoir Basketball Junkie, the Emmy nominated ESPN Films documentary Unguarded and most recently The First Day. Through Herren Talks, Chris has spoken to over one million students and community members, giving hundreds of presentations to students, community groups and corporations each year sparking honest discussions about substance use and wellness. In 2011 he established Herren Project, a nonprofit foundation, that provides prevention programs for schools, scholarships for treatment and recovery housing, as well as recovery coaching and online support for families. Most recently, he founded Herren Wellness, a residential health and wellness program that helps guests lead healthy, substance-free lives with locations in Seekonk, MA and Warrenton, VA. His inspirational message and organizations have helped thousands of people. www.StarNetworkFl.com  ‌  ‌  ‌

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DO YOU NEED TO BE RESCUED

July 30 , 2019 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH SPIRITUAL TRUTH FROM SCRIPTURE AND THE TWELVE STEPS TODAY STEP 2

STEP 2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 NIV


Philippians 1:19 New Living Translation (NLT)19 For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.


Deliverance - Act of being rescued or set free.


We all need to be rescued especially for those of us who are lost in addiction. Never stop praying for your loved one ! My Mother prayed for me for thirty two years and I was rescued and set free. Everyday we get is a gift and it certainly doesn't feel that way when in active addiction. There are loved ones praying for you so no matter how lost you are , talk to Jesus everyday.You cant see His Spirit but He is their gently nudging you in the direction of freedom. At the same time you pray someone somewhere is praying for you as well. The scripture verse is true those prayers will set you free but you must continue to pray no matter how bad it gets. Sixteen years ago my mothers prayers were answered and I was delivered and set free. I cannot explain how it happens but out of the blue I received strength to walk away from the life I was living. The desire to use and my suicidal self destructive ways came to an end. I wanted to be free from the chains that held me for so many years. This is a guaranteed way to get sober and stay sober. Gods recovery program sets you free, renews your mind and transforms your heart.




By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network Psalm 103 v 3- He forgives all my sins and Heals all my diseases! Jesus Christ has already won your war with addiction!
Matthew 8 v 17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah,who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”

Monday Thoughts 07/29/2019

“Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thoughts, word or action—without exception—manifests itself (in some way) as an actual reality.” ~~Ann Wigmore “Your thoughts are seeds, and the harvest you reap will depend on the seeds you plant.” ~~Rhonda Byrne  “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~~Henry David Thoreau Statement #5   I am what I think. I am a capable, competent, caring, compassionate woman. Recently, I was wondering about the different thoughts that we can have. I was interested in using Statement #5 to reduce worry, and I dove deeper into the thought process. What I learned was surprising. In particular, one publication was quite helpful, and I will provide a link to the full article, but here is an excerpt: “Your brain produces thoughts, as a biological function, to serve you. And discovering that each of these types of thoughts happen in completely separate brain regions means that we can be trained to use one of these more than the other. We need a lot of attention to the present when we perform tasks, and we also need problem solving. Those are very useful functions. What we don’t really need is the narrative component of thought, the useless, endless chatter—the part that makes us feel a bit crazy and keeps us trapped in suffering. Specific elements may differ, but the endless stream of chatter is something we all share. It worries us about what is yet to come; it belittles us; it disciplines us; it argues, fights, debates, criticizes, compares, and rarely ever stops to take a breath. Day after day we listen as it talks and talks.” ~~Solve for Happy by Chief Business Officer for Google X   “Switching your mind into experiential mode of thinking is a more powerful alternative. By focusing on our senses, our breath, smell, touch, sound and sight we turn off the incessant thinking. Dr. Ellen Langer, a social psychologist at Harvard University, is regarded as the pioneer of mindfulness in the West. According to her research, we can shift our focus by flooding the mind with things that it can’t evaluate, or judge — things it can only observe. Here’s how she describes it:   Direct your attention outside yourself. Observe the light in the room, pay attention to whatever is on your desk, catch that smell of coffee percolating in the kitchen, notice the wood grain on the table, or listen to the distant sounds of cars in the street. Don’t let anything go unobserved. Notice every tiny detail around you. This is what you used to do as a newborn child. Just observe.   I sometimes use a modified version of this approach where I start naming objects in my mind as I notice them: Desk, coffee, kitchen, wood, table, car, air conditioner, cool air….   And before you know it, the incessant thought vanishes. Because the brain is terrible at multitasking, it needs to stop all previous thinking to absorb new information. If the new information is processed in a different area of the brain, it is unlikely you will fall back into incessant thinking.”   Using a form of mindfulness, we can reduce the chatter and create the life we desire. Here is the link to the full article Which ways do you find effective in managing your thoughts? Hugzzz Karen Hi 4C Women, This reminds me of the workshop at the WFS conference a few years ago - Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life. It is amazing how our thoughts about ourselves can do so much damage to our self-esteem if we continue to believe all the negative chatter and input that is not our truth of who we are today. Our past can hold us prisoner until we begin to forgive ourselves by releasing the past and healing. If I looked at how I described myself many years ago, I would question, who was that woman? I didn't work this hard and, gratefully so, to continue to demean myself in the present.   I urge you to stop and consider all that you have accomplished emotionally and spiritually at this very moment and every baby step counts! As they say, this is not a race, but a journey to a New Life of self-worth and self-love.  So, if you doubt that you are a 4C woman and want to eliminate those negative definitions of yourself, answer these questions: Is this how I want to feel? Will this get me what I really want? How is this working for me? Is this my truth?   Bonded in knowing we are 4C women, a 4C sister If you received this email from a friend, we welcome you to join our mailing list!  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌ Copyright © Women for Sobriety, Inc. | All rights reserved | Federal ID # 23-1972763 Email: contact@womenforsobriety.org | Ph: 215.536.8026 | Fax: 215.538.9026 https://womenforsobriety.org

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