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...
by nash_admin | Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Former Nashville radio superstar Gerry House –a guy I admire greatly — is out with a book on his life and career, and there are stories and references throughout to the stars and drug use and drinking too much. Those references in the book, “Country Music Broke My...
by nash_admin | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s no picnic being an alcoholic or addict — and it can be hell when you’re married to one. It’s also tough being the parent or child or brother or sister of someone in active addiction. This week, I want to let them speak. Here are stories from family members of...
by nash_admin | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
A few months ago, I found myself face to face with 65 Metro Jail inmates in orange jumpsuits. Intimidating? Yeah. Ultimately rewarding? Absolutely. On Saturday, I was in front of a new, even more intimidating group – 25 or so super-smart Vanderbilt graduate students,...
by nash_admin | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
What a tough week for us in recovery: There’s non-stop coverage of Hollywood star Philip Seymour Hoffman dying while injecting himself with heroin. It’s easy to lose the message that millions of people nationwide — and thousands right here in Nashville — have found...
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