by nash_admin | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
My first sponsor announced it loudly to every new young guy in recovery who talked to girls after the meetings: “The cheese in the trap is always free.” Everyone would laugh, and most of the guys would go right on hitting on their recovery sisters. Some old-timers...
by nash_admin | Dec 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
OK, so you’re not an addict or an alcoholic. You’re what we in recovery sometimes call a “normie,” or a “Muggle,” if you’re a Harry Potter fan. So how would you feel about going to a 12-step recovery meeting anyway? Scary, ain’t it? But why would a normie go to one of...
by nash_admin | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s called the Friendship House, but most folks in recovery call it “202,” so nicknamed for its address, 202 23rd Ave. N., just off Elliston Place. And it’s a bedrock of recovery in Nashville, celebrating its 50th year anniversary with a big bash Dec. 14. How big a...
by nash_admin | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
So I used to roll my eyes around Thanksgiving when teachers used to ask “What are you thankful for?” My first thought was: “I’m thankful I’m getting a break from school and these inane, regurgitated holiday questions for a few days.” Wasn’t I a charming kid? Recovery...
by nash_admin | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Even folks in recovery are not immune to conversations about political correctness. A bunch of us are in a state training this week, and we’re being encouraged to stop calling ourselves “alcoholics” and “addicts.” Too much stigma attached to those words. So what do we...
by nash_admin | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
As part of the Nashville Recovers efforts, I want to share stories of people recovering from substance abuse in Nashville. In his words, here’s Nick S., 24, a college student and restaurant server with 20 months clean. Nick is one of hundreds from outside of Tennessee...
by nash_admin | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
In early recovery, I couldn’t really sit still for five minutes, let alone an hour. My mind is always whirring, often with negative thoughts. Sitting still just lets those thoughts wash over me and put me in a nasty funk. But I kept hearing about the importance of...
by nash_admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Many alcoholics and addicts finally surrender and go get treatment — at Bradford, at Cumberland Heights, at Meharry and other places around town – and then what? Lots of folks in early recovery go to sober living houses, sometimes (mistakenly) called halfway houses....
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