May 2013
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Reunion Success and a BIG thank you!
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On behalf of the Alumni Services team I would like to thank everyone who attended and helped make the 2013 reunion a success. The bonfire meeting was back and a huge hit. We were all very grateful to have a real bonfire. We received a lot of positive feedback about the move back to May, and we could not have had more beautiful spring weather!
We had a sobriety countdown Saturday afternoon as...
April 2013
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Alumni Department Update and Reunion!
In case you missed the alumni update from the newsletter I thought we would recap in honor of alumni reunion in two weeks.
Krystle Conner is now Alumni Support Representative, jumping in just before reunion last September.
Louis Romano expanded his role with alumni and has begun visiting alumni meetings in our various cities, along with his other duties.
Pam Searfoss joined us as the Alumni...
March 2013
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Family Program at La Hacienda
The family week program is available to all patients and their families and usually takes place as the patient is ready, generally 3rd or 4th week of treatment. The La Hacienda Family Program staff points family members toward program information on the schedule and lodging on our web page under programs or for those without web access, the team sends out a packet as needed with the same...
February 2013
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La Hacienda Continuing Care Department
La Hacienda’s Continuing Care Department links our patients to the next steps in their recovery once they leave treatment. Our staff works closely with the case managers and other treatment team members to find the services that will meet the patients’ needs. We utilize a great number of resources - intensive outpatient programs, extended care facilities, therapists, and physicians. We are...
January 2013
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December 2012
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A History of Healing, Happiness & Hope
If these hills could speak, the land where La Hacienda now rests would tell a captivating tale. Elizabeth Compton Joy, affectionately known as “Grandma Joy” was the first to pave the way to healing on our soil. From 1872 to 1920, Grandma Joy served as the local doctor in Hunt, traveling on horseback with her medicine bag.
In 1922, Issac and Elver Ann Zumwalt built a 15-room wooden hotel where La...
November 2012
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The Latest and Greatest Ways to Harm Ourselves by...
K2 and Spice
These two substances seem to have emerged on the scene in the past year and are becoming increasingly more popular, especially among the younger patients. In actuality, reports from the media indicate the phenomenon has been growing since 2006. Essentially, both of these substances offer the same “benefits” to our chemically dependent patients. They are a mixture of...
October 2012
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Great Reunion by Krystle L.
Hello Alumni this is Krystle here at Alumni Headquarters! Wow, I can’t believe that Reunion has already come and gone. I had such a great time this year! I got to meet new faces and get reacquainted with some old ones. It’s always nice to see that the power of God runs deep in each and every one of us! I would like to say a special thanks to all of our Kerrville Alumni Volunteers as well as the...
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40th Reunion Fun!
Our 40th annual reunion is behind us and we are grateful for everyone who helped make it a success. On Saturday we had 424 for lunch and 160 alumni and guests were here for dinner on Friday. Despite the rain we had a larger than average crowd here on Friday night. And speaking of the rain – although it did rain throughout our events Friday night we were blessed to have breaks in the rain on...
September 2012
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It's Reunion Time!!!
Reunion is coming up the last weekend of September and we would love to see all of you here! To make things a little easier I have links below for more information.
Reunion Flyer
Places to Stay
For more information call or email Krystle, 800-749-6160 ext. 516 and klawrence@lahacienda.com
Picture above was the alumni made “bonfire” because of the burn ban, we have some crafty,...
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August 2012
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Step Two-The Solution by:Charlotte Safir, LCDC
Step Two -The Solution.
Came to Believe a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step Two is specifically designed for the mental obsession. I, in and of myself , cannot remove an obsession.
The word “believe “is a verb. There is an action. Believe means “to allow”. I am restored to sanity as a result of allowing something into my consciousness other than my own insane...
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Be part of a national research project that will...
Although the definition of “recovery” seems so obvious to some of us, there are many different ideas about exactly what “recovery” should mean. Go to “What is Recovery”, http://www.whatisrecovery.org/to learn more about this project. The goal for this research is to learn how people experience and define recovery. The researchers want OUR input…they want to know how WE, people in recovery, define...
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Marijuana
Some Facts You Just Can’t Argue With:
Smoking marijuana leads to some changes in the brain similar to those caused by cocaine, heroin and alcohol.
There is 50-70% more cancer causing material in marijuana smoke than in cigarette smoke. Although it’s constantly promoted as “all natural,” marijuana smoke contains more than 400 chemicals.
THC (or tetrahydrocannabinol), the primary intoxicant...
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Texas Launches Online Prescription Monitoring...
By Join Together Staff | August 8, 2012
Texas has launched an online prescription monitoring database, building on a long-standing program that was criticized for being slow and requiring paperwork.
The new program, called “Prescription Access in Texas,” gives law enforcement and health care professionals quick access to a database of controlled substances that have been dispensed to patients....
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July 2012
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The hard times ahead....
Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. — Bill W. At times, we’ll go through pain and hardship. At times, we’ll have doubts. At times, we’ll get angry and think we just don’t care anymore. These things can spiritually blind us. But this is normal. Hopefully, we’ll be ready for those times. Hopefully, we...
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Top 12 Recovery Songs
Renew Magazine has a list of their top 12 recovery songs. Some songs you may know but I think there are some surprises on the list.
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Relapse & Surrender
…the acts which led to the relapses were preceded by wrong thinking. The patient in each case rationalized himself out of a sense of his own perilous reality. He deliberately
turned away from his knowledge of the fact that he had been the victim of a serious disease. He grew over-confident. He decided he didn’t have to follow directions.
“Slips and Human Nature”, by...
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Listening
I began to listen. Slowly but surely, some wisdom and humility began to creep in. I became teachable. I found God working all around me where previously I was sure I had been alone. When I opened my eyes enough to see the miracle, I found that it was right in front of my face. I was growing in God’s love.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 430
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