Our lives are made up of a million moments, spent in a million different ways. Some are spent searching for love, peace, and harmony. Others are spent surviving day by day. But there is no greater moment than when we find that life, with all it's joys and sorrows, is meant to be lived one day at a time. It's in this knowledge that we discover the most wonderful truth of all. Whether we live in a forty-room mansion, surrounded by servants and wealth, or find it a struggle to manage the rent … [Read more...]
Gambling – Women in Recovery
June 4, 2012 by
PROBLEM GAMBLING....? Problem gambling can have tragic consequences for the entire family. Effective intervention with the gambler begins with careful assessment of clinical issues, client needs and functioning and required level of care. Family members may also require treatment. Freedom from problem gambling and its negative influences is best achieved through individualized behavioral healthcare services combined with participation in self-help groups. ASSESSMENT SERVICES Although … [Read more...]
BETTY FORD – WOMAN of ACTION *Tribute
May 13, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women has been inspired through this day of loss to open our hearts and Celebrate the Life of yet another woman responsible for great growth in the woman's movement. Through her efforts, many issues in a woman's life course were brought to the forfront of America; and the world. Through her own personal suffering, the open views on women's addiction were brought to that attention of the world, and her generosity opened a world reknown rehabilitation center. Please … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Patience with ‘others’ during Recovery
April 15, 2012 by
Patience and Tolerance “For patience and tolerance is our code.” I wonder how many of us in recovery can honestly say that IS our code. For me, it is more like I wish it were my code. In our society today, for all people, impatience and intolerance does seem to prevail. We all know folks who are not in any 12 Step Program (because they do not need to be) but may seem to be the most impatient people we know. Young people today have a deep sense of instant … [Read more...]
Women in Recovery ~ Addiction + or – Bi-polarism, Alexis Chapman
April 1, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women has been inspired to share the life bloggings of a real woman in recovery ... please welcome Alexis. Awakening Ever stare in the mirror wishing your reflection had a voice of its own? I’ve spent the past few evenings gazing at my image in the mirror, wishing that my id would speak to me. Unanswered questions, doubt and fear were written all over my face and I couldn’t grasp on to a reason why. Shouldn’t there be some deeper meaning, some … [Read more...]
Ginger Katz: Gaylord Convention Center,Washington DC Area – Feb. 6
January 31, 2012 by
The Courage to Speak® Foundation Invited to Present at National Forum The Courage to Speak Foundationhas been invited by SAMHSA, US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to share the Courage to Speak Programs with coalitions throughout the nation on... Prevention Day at CADCA's 22nd Annual National Leadership Forum (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of … [Read more...]
12 STEPS to Recovery – WOMEN, Amazing Journey!
January 23, 2012 by
"The Twelve-Step Program" Twelve Steps were first published in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men/Women Have Recovered From Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other 12 Step Programs. As summarized by the American Psychological Association, the process involves the following: admitting that one cannot control one's addiction or compulsion; recognizing a greater power that … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY : Dr. Peggy L. Ferguson Phd. – ‘Finding LOVE in Recovery’
December 11, 2011 by
LOVE in RECOVERY.... You Will Find at the Right Time. Sometimes in early recovery, when you know that you are "working a good program", you may feel like something is still missing. You're still clean and sober. You are going to meetings. You are showing up for work everyday. You are starting to get your bills caught up. The important people in your life are remarking about how well you are doing. Yet, there still seems to be an absence of something important. We may not be developing … [Read more...]
Abortion …Act of right, race consciousness or spiritual dis-ease?
November 22, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women has no opinion to make on this 'Issue' other than to suggest stopping the Debate and seek a Solution: "Judging or challenging an 'effect' in life is like pissing in the wind if one nevers seeks the truth to the 'cause'. One would still think that if we, as a society, researched more into the cause; that being 'pregnancy', and less into 'effect'; that being 'abortion', there might be some HOPE for CHANGE." While abortion can be an election issue, access is … [Read more...]
Ginger Katz is Taking Action from Norwalk, USA w. husband Larry !
July 7, 2011 by
Larry and Ginger Katz have several gardens at their Norwalk home. One is dedicated to Ian James Eaccarino. Norwalker Ginger Katz, with the support of her husband Larry, wants to raise an army. It is her goal — her wish — to see a battalion of mothers shout out in one singular voice that they will not be silent about the ravages of drug addiction. “Could you imagine if all of the moms who lost a child to addiction got together, how powerful that would be?” Ginger says on her patio … [Read more...]
Avaaz.org – The World's Most Senseless War
May 26, 2011 by
Dear friends, In days, a group of powerful world leaders will ask the UN to end the war on drugs and move towards regulation. But politicians say that the public will not support alternative drug policies. Let's give this unique opportunity massive public support and get urgent action. Sign below, and tell everyone: In days, we could finally see the beginning of the end of the ‘war on drugs’. This expensive war has completely failed to curb the plague of drug addiction,while costing … [Read more...]
GINGER Katz is Taking Action in MAY with The Courage Foundation!
May 4, 2011 by
The Courage to Speak® Foundation Newsletter May 2011 Welcome to our May Issue! Courage to Speak - Courageous Parenting 101® Available in Spanish In The News - Letter to the Editor, by Ginger Katz 7th Annual Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug Free Family Night on Neighborhood Journal as Shown on Cablevision of CT Save the Date - 13th Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race & 5K Health Walk - August 6, 2011 @ 8 am Upcoming Presentations - May/June 2011 … [Read more...]
