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 !
Inspired by our early research into the factors that help prevent teens from using substances, we created Family Day in 2001. Our goal at the time: to encourage families to eat dinner together more often. Over the years, we’ve continued to study how families can build strong, healthy relationships that prevent future substance use. Now, Family Day has evolved to recognize all the simple, little things parents and caregivers do with their kids that make a big difference.
So, why do we need a special day for families in 2020 when every day feels like Family Day?
The importance of continued engagement — and conversation — with your kids is more apparent than ever. Here are some great resources on how to bring up and talk about important topics, like vaping, risk-taking and others:
Long after the corona virus pandemic is gone, there will still be the addiction pandemic. It's worse while we go through this brouhaha on COVID 19.
In order to handle this pandemic, it's going to take everyone. This podcast addresses all aspects of what we need to do to rid the world of this scourge - prevention, education, treatment, intervention and support.
Every Sunday morning, Dr. Peele and I will tell a new story of a celebrity who beat addiction. But there's a twist. . .
Every one of our celebrity case-studies disprove all of the standard addiction and recovery key notes that have become ingrained in culture (and in our minds).
Our first episode is about Drew Barrymore, who kicked her childhood addiction all while drinking in moderation. (She even founded a winery!)
Find out more about our new series, "Sundays With Stories" HERE
Check out Episode 1 (Drew Barrymore) via YouTube HERE
Listen to Episode 1 (with an extra 20 minutes of content) HERE
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Our goal, as always, is to provide quality education for free.
If you or someone you know needs personalized and professional help, visit our main web site HERE. And contact me any time with questions and suggestions.
Talk soon!
-- Zach
PS: Last week I sent you an email with a dead link. Sorry! Here's the correct link to read about the similarities and differences betweeen LPP and SMART Recovery: https://lifeprocessprogram.com/smart-recovery/
By Marilyn Spiller, Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:00 AM
Like a disoriented snowbird, I moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, from Florida a few years ago. Florida – where everyone expects it to be sweltering from May until October, and temperate from November to April. Where people huddle inside hoodies and complain when the weather drops beneath 50 degrees. Where there is nary a […]
