by nash_admin | Aug 27, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
My buddy Preston is the only guy I know who consistently breaks into jail. Preston and I are among dozens, maybe hundreds of people in recovery who regularly head out to Nashville’s felony drug court, a.k.a. DC4, to pick up guys there and take them to outside 12-step...
by nash_admin | Aug 20, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
So I’ve talked about one recovering addict who keeps clean through yoga. Here’s another growing non-traditional way to keep clean that’s growing quickly: Online recovery. More and more people in recovery are doing online meetings, online fellowship, creating online...
by nash_admin | Aug 13, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
Robin Williams’ suicide hit the recovery community hard. My friend Ed M., a fellow recovering addict, had this thought first: “How does someone who comes out of rehab go home and kill themselves?” “Here’s a guy surrounded by trained professionals who are there to help...
by nash_admin | Aug 6, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
Her share was breathtaking. As in, it actually took my breath away. I was at a training on eating disorders, and the facilitator asked us trainees – mostly recovery and health care professionals — a random question as an ice breaker : What thoughts did you have this...
by nash_admin | Jul 23, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
War stories from people in recovery can be stomach churning. When we get together, invariably, the conversation turns to drinking and using drugs and other not-good past behaviors. And then, the first-time stories come out. “The first time I drank, I got drunk and...
by nash_admin | Jul 16, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
You’ve heard of Jersey Boys, guys with Italian surnames who came from the wrong side of the tracks in the Garden State to form the singing group The Four Seasons. Well here in the Nashville recovery community, we have a different kind of Jersey Boys, thanks to a few...
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