by nash_admin | May 21, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
From Lesley – My earliest memories as a child were not too stable. I remember my mom always waiting on my step-dad and many beatings, running off nights and living from place to place. Some of my earliest memories consist of me being fought over by my mom and step mom...
by nash_admin | May 14, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
Paul is like the world’s grandfather, a kind, soft-spoken professional suit-wearing guy I’ve seen often at the downtown YMCA for nearly two decades. I always loved running into Paul as he had a smile and kind word for me every time when he saw me. Then, back in 2010,...
by nash_admin | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I think of my time as a patient at Cumberland Heights, I think of peace and serenity. And then there was that one day in group when everything blew up. All the male patients were in the main meeting room, about 75 or 80 of us. And the clinical associate — kind of...
by nash_admin | Apr 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just before Chuck S. got into recovery, he was in his early 20s, snorting drugs alone in his parents’ basement, totally isolated and cut off from friends and most family. “I used up all my friends,” he said. “I had lost the ability to build a friendship.” Chuck made...
by nash_admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Metro Police this week broke up a drug ring that they believe brought in about 22 pounds of heroin a month into Nashville. And that’s only one drug ring. Do what?? Didn’t heroin go away with tie-dye T-shirts in the ‘70s? Well, like tie-dye, heroin is making a strong...
by nash_admin | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I remember early in recovery that my normie twin brother Todd was kind enough to agree to come with me to my home group in a 12-step fellowship. Not only did Todd agree to come with, but he was really excited to meet some of my new recovery friends. “Can I bring a...
by nash_admin | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every time I saw him at a 12-step meeting, the guy was wearing mascara — and sunglasses, earrings, a graphic T-shirt, some sort of hat. His lip was pierced. He often posted half or fully naked pics of himself on Facebook. And when Mascara Man would share in the rooms,...
by nash_admin | Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I meet so many incredible people in recovery, and here’s another one, my friend Kirk Johnson, who has nearly five years sober. This is his story: I was born the youngest of three boys in New Orleans, where drinking was a normal part of life. Everything our family did...
by nash_admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I spent $35 for a sushi lunch the other day. That’s $35, just for one lunch, just for me, a guy who – very grateful for it, mind you – is making a non-profit agency salary. And it occurred to me – sure, I’ve put down alcohol and drugs. But man, I sure do still love to...
by nash_admin | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nearly 18 years ago, Pastor Mark Gay, homeless, parent-less, was stuck in a nasty crack-cocaine cycle in Memphis. Sleep at the mission, work, get paid cash, buy crack, get high, go back to the mission. “It was vicious,” Mark told me. He kept seeing billboards for a...
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