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Giving Thanks for Recovery
Recovery IS empowering. You can own your story. You can have a life you never dreamed possible. SHE RECOVERS® and my recovery path have both given my life new meaning. I no longer feel isolated, alone, and afraid. I have rich and restorative friendships. I have love and self-acceptance. I have a purpose. I feel real joy, connection, and gratitude.
Recovery is a gift
Recovery IS empowering. You can own your story. You can have a life you never dreamed possible. SHE RECOVERS® and my recovery path have both given my life new meaning. I no longer feel isolated, alone, and afraid. I have rich and restorative friendships. I have love and self-acceptance. I have a purpose. I feel real joy, connection, and gratitude.
This is OUR Movement. This is OUR Cause
SHE RECOVERS® Foundation has the women, the power and the presence to be a mighty force in our world. And until ALL women in or seeking recovery from these challenges are celebrated, supported and deemed essential to healthy communities, we will not rest. This is our movement. This is our cause.
65 Ways to Celebrate & Create a Connection with Yourself in Recovery
65 ways to celebrate and create connection with yourself ( body, mind, emotions & spirit!)“Recovery is a journey to wholeness. We learn to take care of our body, mind, and spirit.” ~ SHE RECOVERS Foundation, Intention & Guiding Principle ~In celebration of...
Genes, Addiction, & Personality (GAP) Study
Genes, Addiction, & Personality (GAP) Study SHE RECOVERS® is proud to share our support and recruitment effort for VCU's “The Genes, Addiction, and Personality” (GAP) study. As a person in long term recovery who also just happens to be a (former) researcher with a...
Understanding Harm Reduction
Understanding Harm Reduction September is Recovery Month and interviewing Michelle Bilan about Harm Reduction was definitely a highlight of the month for me. Michelle, a member of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is an RN, BN, MN, ACRN and has worked in...
Dear Women in Twelve Step Programs
First of all – and this is an important point – I am one of you. For the past thirty years I’ve attended and been involved with a twelve-step recovery program for people who struggle with addiction. I’ve probably attended thousands of meetings, done years’ worth of...
Monica Lewinsky, the Dixie Chicks, Alanis Morissette and Me
Part of remembering yourself is recognizing what is yours to deal with and what is not. It is looking at the totality of our experiences and teasing out behaviors from causes. Yes, we need to own our own shit. But not all of this shit is ours to own.
My Resentment Gems
The anthropologist Margaret Meade famously said everyone has three marriages, even if it’s to the same person. Whether we desire it or not, marriages evolve.