Yesterday, I posted about The Anonymous People and Dawn Farm's co-sponsorship of an upcoming screening of the film. So...why is this message of recovery so important to stigma reduction? We've spent 20 years trying to convince the public that addiction is a brain disease without too much attention to the potential for this message to … Continue reading Brain disease does not equal stigma reduction
Category: Mutual Aid
Recover from ==> Recovery to
Commenter Web Servant responded to the a recent "Sentence to Ponder" from Bill White about the need to expand the scope of treatment and recovery services that create pathways to natural community supports and adopt a wellness model. His comments seem worthy of a post of their own. The place of treatment in recovery is … Continue reading Recover from ==> Recovery to
Tribes of the recovering community
Phoenix Multisport has been featured here before. They describe their community this way: Our mission is to foster a supportive, physically active community for individuals who are recovering from alcohol and substance abuse and for those who choose to live a sober life. Through such pursuits as climbing, hiking, running, swimming, road and mountain biking, … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Faith is given in sufficient quantities to communities
I recently listened to an interview with Nadia Bolz-Weber. There were a lot of keepers in the interview (even for a non-believer). She's described as a recovering drug addict. Her recovery shines through in this, "fake it till you make it" discussion: Ms. Tippett: So a sermon of yours I wish I could have heard is … Continue reading Faith is given in sufficient quantities to communities
Tribes of the recovering community
The Raucous Caucus Recovery Choir: “The idea is not just to help people recover, but also to reintegrate them in family life – so many relationships are distorted due to drug and alcohol abuse – as they change, become sober and move on. And to help the families affected by it. “The choir meets every … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Tribes update (Sober tailgating at the big house)
Last week I shared about the University of Michigan's Students for Recovery and Collegiate Recovery Program. They got out their bright and early to set up tailgating for the big U-M game today. (It's a big deal because it's a very rare night game, which means the tailgate parties will run much longer than usual. There's … Continue reading Tribes update (Sober tailgating at the big house)
Marc Maron on AA and psychiatry
This is great. I love Maron's fearless questioning and the interviewer's (a psychiatrist) tolerance for vulnerability and honesty: Slate: How did A.A. figure into your getting sober? Maron:For practical tools to deal with the addicted brain, the stuff I learned in Alcoholics Anonymous and the community of A.A. just totally worked for me. If you would … Continue reading Marc Maron on AA and psychiatry
Tribes of the recovering community
The University of Michigan has a student organization called Students for Recovery. It was started several years ago by a recovering student and spurred the creation of a Collegiate Recovery Program at the University. They are still very active, providing much needed support to recovering students on campus, as well as a lot of fun--dances, … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Recovery Pluralsim
Bill White has a new post challenging the recovering community to be more pluralistic and let go of notions that there is one path to recovery: Embracing recovery pluralism is not an embrace of recovery relativism in which opinions and preferences completely dominate facts. To be tolerant of the varieties of recovery experience is not … Continue reading Recovery Pluralsim
Tribes of the recovering community
In Pathways: From the culture of addiction to the culture of recovery, Bill White shared the concept of tribes within the culture of recovery. One tribe of the recovering community is the Wharf Rats. They started as a group of recovering Dead-Heads and currently describe themselves as "a group of concert-goers who have chosen to … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
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