This picture really doesn’t do these journals any favors. They are so gorgeous you won’t NOT want to journal every day.
Not feeling that intuitive thought or decision? One of our creative case managers, Amy Madrid, invented these!! If you aren’t sure what God’s will for you is then just give these a shake and see what the answer is. The solution can be call your sponsor, go to a meeting, work the steps, pause and many more!
Add a little bling to your recovery…
Last June I completed my first Sprint Triathlon – ½ mile swim, 12 mile bicycle, and 3.1 mile run. It was a great experience. For those of you who don’t know, in August of 2009 I shattered my left shoulder, broke my right wrist, and cracked two of my vertebrae. Completing the Triathlon was important to my physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery. Well, it’s time to tri again. There are several recovery lessons in training for me, but this morning I can think of three:
1. It’s important to take care of myself. Taking care of my health puts me in a better position to support others in their journey to health.
2. It’s important to listen to others. Right now I need to listen to my trainer and not make up what exercises or drills are best. When Susi says, “Swim!” I say “How far?” when she says, “Run!” I say, “How fast?” when she says, “Bike!” I say, “Oh thank you.” I like to bike.
3. I have a goal – finish in under 2 hours. It is a tough goal because I finished in 2 hours 22 minutes last year. Goals are useful, but the process of training and feeling good about giving myself completely to the task is more important than the outcome.
Life is good here. – Dr. Katie
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It doesn’t matter if you have one sponsee or a dozen, it’s all in the steps! The Dallas alumni is having a sponsorship workshop on Saturday, June 25, 2011 with special guest speakers Audrey C. and Mike K. The party gets started at 9am and doesn’t end til 5pm, and it will be at the La Hacienda Dallas Outreach Office. Joe Hartwell is coming to town and will be grilling lunch for everyone! RSVP with Julie 214-912-2528 so we can be ready for you!
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Can you imagine 10,000 Texas alcoholics and addicts in recovery taking on the Texas State Capitol? I bet it is going to be memorable. I keep thinking back to the AA World Conference last year in San Antonio, there was so much love and peace vibrating throughout downtown. Looks like we are taking that love and peace to the steps of our State Capitol on October 1, 2011. Texas Recovers! has a serious mission and they are saying it loud and clear. The goal is to increase opportunities for people seeking recovery and to support their friends and family. Check out their website and become a member, http://www.texasrecovers.org/. I just did :)
A couple of weeks ago when there was no significant rain in months the hill country and fire hazards were high. There was very little green grass, minimal wild flowers and the rivers were low. There was smoke from distant fires and dust was in the air. Everything was brown and near lifeless, all signs pointed that we were in a drought.
As I look at life I am always amazed at the spiritual and life truths that surround me if I can keep my mind open to the Light. What I know is that there are times in my own life that reflect the landscape mentioned above. These are times when nothing is going right and there are struggles, my life seems dry and dreary. There are many times when I have been in this spiritual drought.
However, what I know is………………the rains will come, trees will bud and the flowers will bloom. I will walk in puddles and look at meadows of verdant green grass and smell rain in the air. In my own life I can’t trust my emotions, but I can trust a Power greater than myself to restore my soul and flood my spirit with renewing, life-giving, spiritual rain.
Stay patient and do the next right thing and trust in One greater than yourself.
Blessings
J Boone
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Hey guys, my name is Krystle Lawrence. I am your Alumni Follow-Up Coordinator here at La Hacienda. I have worked here since July of 2010, almost a year now! Basically, my role is to keep in touch with you guys, see how you are doing, and see if there is anything that we can do to help you along in your recovery journey. I make follow-up calls at 1 week, 90 days, and 1 year after discharge. With that being said, we also encourage you to keep in touch with us. Let us know if you are out there rockin’ and rollin’, or if you are struggling. I have been sober for 3 ½ years now and as we all know, life still happens even when we are sober. At the facility we have lots of resources out there to help you if or when it’s needed. I also would like to remind everyone that we send out emails regarding Alumni events. If you would like to receive emails just go to lahacienda.com and sign up! I’m so excited to be a part of such an amazing place, hope to hear from you soon!
Isn’t she great?? I just love her and look forward to having her contribute some experience, strength and hope to our blog.
Have a great day!!
I think its pretty clever.
Amen! It could also say…”It takes more than just going to meetings, it takes more than just putting the plug in the jug, it takes more than just don’t drink”.
“Trudging the Road of Happy Destiny”
The site of this shirt just makes me happy with all of its colors.
I love Ed, he is so kind and wonderful. I had the pleasure of having lunch with him the other day and he told me a story from the early days of his sobriety. So many of us do not come into the rooms with a fabulous work situation. I myself had not been fired, but I did get demoted early in recovery (ouch.) There are so many people that have turned these less than desirable work situations into really positive experieces. I love hearing people humbling themselves and doing the next right thing even though it may seem “beneath them”. Ed has one of these stories.
After trying to sober up many times “my way” I finally realized I was powerless over my addiction and surrendered. I then made a commitment to participate in the 12-step program of AA. One of the biggest changes I did different this time was that I realized that I could not continue to work for myself so I took a job working in a Grandy’s Chicken Restaurant as a cook. At that time I was fifty years old and I found myself working with a bunch of teenage kids. To this day I have some of the best memories of my life, and I learned great lessons. One of the lessons was that I must first learn to accept responsibilities from others before I could become a responsible person.
Ed
