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This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
Save the date for Soup’s On.
This event features soup and bread from over half a dozen premier restaurants, with the hopes of building even stronger support, community, and understanding for our friends, neighbors, and co-workers in recovery, over a shared lunch at the 1912 Center. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased from our board members, at the Latah Recovery Center or by contacting the center at 208-883-1045/latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com. If you have a business and would like to help sponsor Soup’s On, click here for more details. https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/26/sponsor-soups-on/
Latah Recovery Festival was a great success last weekend, with about 70 attendees. Many thanks to all involved.
If you haven’t heard of the Palouse Advocacy League, you should look them up on Facebook. They are a group trying to do something similar to us in Pullman.
The latest writing cue from Write for You: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/26/write-for-you-live-and-learn/
Special events this week:
Tai Chi sponsored by Laughing Moon Friday, 3-4pm.
ALL OF OUR REGULAR OFFERINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/05/corrected-september-calendar/
Write for You: Live and Learn
by Nancy Casey
Begin with a blank sheet of paper and write the opening phrase, “I have learned…” As you write the words, something that you have learned in your life will occur to you. Finish off the sentence by writing down what it is.
Begin again. Write, “I have learned…” and add a line or two about something else you have learned.
You probably don’t have enough paper in your house to make a complete list of everything you’ve learned so far in your life!
We learn things all the time. Sometimes we do it so effortlessly that we fail to notice. You don’t cross the street until you learn whether or not there is traffic coming. You don’t order food at a restaurant until you learn what’s on the menu. As each day unfolds, we learn whether or not the events of the day match our expectations.
If you picture yourself as a newborn infant, it’s obvious that you have learned an awful lot about functioning as a human. When babies roll over for the first time, parents get excited. Newborns don’t speak—they haven’t even learned that they can! Long before anyone darkens the door of a school they have learned ever-so-many things—physically, psychologically, personally and socially.
As we seek contentment and satisfaction in our lives, there are many things we deliberately set out to learn—relationship skills, career strategies, conversation starters, dance moves, techniques in the arts and sports. In seeking happiness, we learn what makes us unhappy. Then we have to learn what to do with that knowledge.
In some cases, we are forced to learn. If you get hurt, you learn to make-do until you heal up—unless you are not going to heal up, in which case, you learn to do many things differently. Grief is the long process of learning to live alongside the pain of a loss. Changes in friendships and unexpected events can teach you to see yourself and the world differently. As humans, we observe and perceive all the time. We can’t help but learn.
Nobody is ever too old to learn. It’s easy to get excited for someone taking up gymnastics or skydiving at age eighty, but there’s more to learning than deliberately trying new things. Reflecting on the past and understanding the subtleties of your experience is a form of learning. Compassion and empathy grow inside us as we learn about others. Learning to have compassion for ourselves is a project of a lifetime.
So take yourself on a tour of some of the many things you have learned since you made your first appearance on the planet, and fill up a page with some of the things you discover.
When your page is finished, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.
To share what you have written you can post it as a comment below. You can type in your work. Or post a picture of it.
Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. Sometimes she teaches writing classes at the Recovery Center. You can find more of her work here. She offers (free!) writing help to anyone in recovery. This can be for any kind of writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.
Sponsor Soup’s On!
The Latah Recovery Center makes a positive impact on the residents of our community everyday. Through our resource room, recovery life skills classes, self-help groups, and recovery coaching, we had the honor of of providing services approximately 5000 times last year. As we increase our outreach to include jail and E.R. populations, the need for addiction and mental health recovery services will grow.
This fall, we’re bringing together local restaurants and community members for a fundraiser called “Soup’s On.” This event features soup and bread from over half a dozen premier restaurants, with the hopes of building even stronger support, community, and understanding for our friends, neighbors, and co-workers in recovery, over a shared meal.
The event will take place on October 24 from 11-2 at the 1912 Center. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased through any Recovery Center Board member, or at the center.
With the support of businesses like yours, the Latah Recovery Center can continue to serve our community and make an even bigger impact with our recovery programs.
You can support Soup’s On and the Latah Recovery Center in the following ways:
● Starting at a $250 donation, your business will receive personally branded marketing materials, showing the community your support for Latah Recovery Center; you’ll also receive social media mentions as a sponsor of the event and two tickets.
● Purchase tickets for $20 each for those in our community who could not otherwise afford to attend this event. We are setting aside up to 50 tickets for this purpose
● Purchase tickets for your employees, customers, or family members
Please join us in bringing our community together for a shared meal in the name of recovery.
Darrell Keim
Director
Latah Recovery Center
“You saved my life! I will never be the same.” -Latah Recovery Center Participant
Introducing Soup’s On!
Mark your calendars for a delicious soup tasting fundraiser, benefitting the Latah Recovery Center. Join us Wednesday, October 24 at the 1912 Center from 11-2 for a community meal of locally made soup and bread. To learn more or to purchase tickets, call the Recovery Center at 208-883-1045.
This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
I am pleased to announce we received a small grant from the Idaho Division of Veterans Services to help us reach out to area veterans. If you have an interest in helping us start some Veteran focused support groups, please contact Darrell at this address.
Latah Recovery Festival is Saturday from 4-9 at the fairgrounds. All are invited to come and hear inspiring recovery stories. We are also hosting a chili competition, and have LOTS of prizes to give away. Contact us at this address for the rules.
Recovery Radio has LOTS more episodes uploaded. Including an interview with Mayor Lambert. Find it on our web page, or iTunes and GooglePlay.
Here’s the latest writing prompt from Write for You: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/17/write-for-you-make-something/
Check our calendar to see everything happening this week: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/05/corrected-september-calendar/
The latest writing prompt from our group. Check it out! https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/17/write-for-you-make-something/
More Recovery Radio
More Recovery Radio!
This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
It’s our third birthday, and you are invited to the party! September 15, 10-1. Stop by!
We’ve posted several new episodes of our Recovery Radio podcast. Available from GooglePlay or I-Tunes. Catch it live on KRFP every Thursday, 1:10pm.
The Latah Recovery Festival and Chili Cook Off is coming soon. 9/22, 4-9pm at the fairgrounds. Enter your chili to win prizes! Or, just come and be inspired by others stories of recovery.
The latest from our Write for You blog: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/09/10/write-for-you-mysterious-help/
Here’s our full September calendar: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/september-2018-at-the-latah-recovery-center1.pdf
Latah Recovery Community Center, Inc. 