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This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
Our latest Recovery Radio podcast, with an interview about Celebrate Recovery, and piano music by one of our participants.
The latest from our Write for You blog: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2017/10/03/write-for-you-in-praise-of-your-surroundings/
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
The public is invited to the Latah Recovery Center on Wednesday, October 12 from 6-8pm for a Question and Answer session with director Darrell Keim. Come and find out what the center does, discuss plans for the future, and share your own ideas for how the center can better serve our community.
October at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays and Weds 1:10-2
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7pm
College and Career Info by Palouse Pathways Monday, 6:30-8 10/23
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 7pm
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Life Skills Tuesdays 5-6
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays and Fridays 6-7
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
How Are We Doing? Q and A with the Director Wednesday, 6-8pm 10/11
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Stepping Into a Healthier Life: Exercise Friday 4-5, 10/13
Stepping Into a Healthier Life: Nutrition Friday 4-5 10/27
Computer 101 Friday 7-8, 10/13
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Bingo Saturday, 10/28 4-8
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!
Write for You: In Praise of Your Surroundings
by Nancy Casey
Everybody’s got to be somewhere. It’s part of the definition of being alive. Where are you?
We all live in the cocoon of our surroundings. What’s under you? A bed, a chair, your shoes? The floor, the ground, the molten core of the earth? What’s around you? A room, music, the weather?
Today, take in your surroundings. Notice what is big and vast, such as thunder and the stars. Notice the tiny things, such as pollen and the mortar the holds together the bricks in the buildings of your town. Don’t stop with what you see. Notice what you can smell and touch and taste and hear.
Notice it all, and sing its praises.
How do you sing praises? The important thing is to go on and on, lavishing happy words, slathering them recklessly about. Thinking up one thing after another which is marvelous about that which you are praising.
When you sing praise, you talk to the object of your admiration, not about it. You must cheer the plants for how brave they are, not simply observe that they are struggling valiantly in the cold. You must thank the bag of cat food for all the kitty-nutrition, rather than merely list the ingredients on the back. You must talk to the dishtowel like you are giving it an award.
Use the special vocabulary of praise. Try out old-fashioned formal-sounding phrases such as, “Oh ye who…” or “I hereby express my deepest esteem…” You could try writing like you are giving a speech, or borrow the language you hear in church. You can say, “Hooray!” You can say, “Look at you!” You can say, “Hallelujah!”
What can you praise something for? For being present in your world. For the greenness of its green or the blueness of its blue. For the generous service it renders or the wonderful way it tastes. For protecting you. For making the world around you interesting and beautiful. For making you interesting and beautiful.
Praise what amuses you. Praise what teaches you. Praise what inspires you. Up, down, side, back and all around, praise what surrounds you.
When you have finished your song of praise, give it a title and write the date on it as well. Here is an example of what you might write.
Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again in the spring of 2018. If you have a writing project you would like help with, email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.
Recovery Radio 9/28/17
Interview with Shari Hall about Celebrate Recovery. Music by local pianist and composer Andy.
October at the Latah Recovery Center
First off, hats off to the volunteers, led by board president Sharon Curtis, that made last weekends Latah Recovery Festival: Recovery Out Loud! a success. About 75 attendees were treated to some deeply inspiring stories of recovery from addiction and mental health issues, a great speech by Police Chief Fry, some great MCing by Gina Taruscio and the best chili in Moscow!.
Help save Recovery Radio!
Nancy Casey, who has been coordinating our Recovery Radio program will not be available in the coming months. Meet with us on Thursday September 28 at 11AM to discuss what it will take to keep the radio program going. No experience needed, just a desire to keep information about recovery on the air and to hear the voices of people at every stage of recovery. If you can’t come to the meeting, please leave your contact info at the Recovery Center.
Our latest Write for You writing activity https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2017/09/26/write-for-you-get-the-picture/
Our October calendar is attached. If you feel so moved, please print it and display it in a prominent location.
We have an exciting month coming up at the LRC. In addition to our regular offerings detailed below, mark your calendar for:
10/11, 6-8pm How Are We Doing: Q and A with LRC Director
10/13, 4-5pm Stepping Into A Healthier Life: Exercise
10/13, 7-8pm Computer 101
10/23, 6:30-8pm College and Career Info night sponsored by Palouse Pathways
10/27, 4-5pm Stepping Into A Healthier Life: Nutrition
10/28, 4-8pm Bingo
AND! Don’t miss us at the homecoming parade, and Vandal Block Party. Hope to see you in October!!!
October at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays and Weds 1:10-2
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7pm
College and Career Info by Palouse Pathways Monday, 6:30-8 10/23
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 7pm
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Life Skills Tuesdays 5-6
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays and Fridays 6-7
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
How Are We Doing? Q and A with the Director Wednesday, 6-8pm 10/11
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Stepping Into a Healthier Life: Exercise Friday 4-5, 10/13
Stepping Into a Healthier Life: Nutrition Friday 4-5 10/27
Computer 101 Friday 7-8, 10/13
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Bingo Saturday, 10/28 4-8
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women’s Meeting Sundays 6-7:30
Classes and Groups are ALWAYS FREE OR AT COST AND OPEN TO ALL.
RSVP LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com Bolded=Regular offering. Plain text=Special offering for month.
Need an understanding person to talk to? We have Recovery Peer Volunteers here to help you in recovery from mental health and addiction issues all hours of operation. We are here to help!October 2017 at the Latah Recovery Center.docx
Write for You: Get the Picture?
by Nancy Casey
Today you will need at least two sheets of paper: one for drawing and one for writing. The one that you use for drawing should be completely blank, with no lines on it.
Then pick something in front of you and draw it on the blank page. It can be anything at all, as long as it’s right there where you can see it and isn’t going to be moving around.
If you are part of that big chunk of the population who “can’t draw,” that’s okay. Just draw something anyway. Look at the thing. Make some marks. Look again. Make more marks. That’s what drawing is: looking at something and making the marks it inspires on a page. You don’t even have to look at the marks while you are making them!
Use ink or pencil to draw with, anything you like. Don’t get carried away with erasing. Don’t cross stuff out or scribble over it out of frustration. Just do your best to draw what you see and leave it at that.
When you have finished, locate some empty space on the page and draw the same thing again. You might want to rotate the page a little bit. Maybe you will decide to only draw one small part of the thing. Or maybe you did that last time, and now you are going to draw the whole thing. Just draw it somehow.
When you are finished, draw it again. And again, and again. Until the page is all filled up.
It might look messy. It might look goofy. But some parts of it will really please you. Guaranteed. Whether you “know how” to draw or not.
Many people say that when they draw something, a calmness comes over them after about 5 or 10 minutes. They stop caring how the drawing is going to “come out” and just enjoy what they are doing. Did that happen to you? What was your experience like?
Jot down some notes about your drawing experience on the second page. Tell what the experience felt like, and what your attitude was like as you did the work. If your mind wandered away to other things, write about those things.
Write a little bit about the object you drew. Tell why you picked it and the role it plays in your life. Did you notice things about it that you hadn’t noticed before?
Keep drawing things. Fill up pages with drawings instead of writing. Experiment with drawing something that you remember instead of something right in front of you. Or simply doodle. Is the experience the same for each kind of drawing?
Whatever you draw, or write, or doodle, be sure to put the date and a title on your pages. Here is an example of what a person could do.
Nancy Casey teaches writing classes at the Recovery Center on Thursdays. Check the calendar for classes and times, or just drop in. All are welcome. She coordinates Recovery Radio, which airs on KRFP 90.3 FM in Moscow, Thursdays at 1:05 PM. Recovery Radio needs on-air and off-air volunteers. Call the Recovery Center 208-883-1045 or email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.
Help Save Recovery Radio!
Help save Recovery Radio!
Nancy Casey, who has been coordinating our Recovery Radio program will not be available in the coming months. Meet with us on Thursday September 28 at 11AM to discuss what it will take to keep the radio program going. No experience needed, just a desire to keep information about recovery on the air and to hear the voices of people at every stage of recovery. If you can’t come to the meeting, please leave your contact info at the Recovery Center
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