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Write for You: What Kind of Morning

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

What are your mornings like? How does your day begin?

Does “morning” happen for you in the “A.M.” part of the day? Does your day begin in daylight or darkness?

What do you do in the morning? Is it always the same? Does the way you spend the morning affect you during the rest of the day?

Today you will write about what makes mornings feel the way they do. Every type of morning you can think of, real or not. You can write about mornings you remember. You can write about mornings that you wish you could have, or mornings you are glad you don’t have. In other words, this is a chance to write about all the different ways a morning can be.

Use this fill-in-the-blank sentences to do that:

It is a _________ morning when _________.

Write out all the words each time. It feels like you are repeating yourself at first. After a few lines, the part of your mind that had to pay attention to what you are writing can wander off and bring you ideas for the word to put in the blank. Some of the ideas might seem goofy, but don’t reject them. There’s no law against being goofy. Some of the ideas might seem strange or serious. There’s no law against that, either.

When you come to the first blank, fill it in with whatever pops into your head. Even if you haven’t thought up anything for the second blank. Something will pop into your head when you get to the second blank. Guaranteed.

When you have 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.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can do that by typing or pasting text. Or you can take a picture of your page and post that.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again later in the spring. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

The latest from our Write for You blog: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/03/12/write-for-you-a-perfect-day/

Check out the latest Recovery Radio episode. Thursdays, 1pm on KRFP or podcast on GooglePlay and ITunes.

RSVP to this address if you’d like to attend our fundraising breakfast on Wed., March 28 at 7am. It’s a great, inspiring morning!

A BIG THANK YOU to the Rotary Club of Moscow. I understand their melodrama, The Bride of Bovill was a resounding success. Thank you, Rotarians, for donating the proceeds to LRC and the Palouse Ice Rink.

Here’s what’s coming up at the Center:
March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
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 Date=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: A Perfect Day

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

In a perfect world, on a perfect day, what is the first thing that would happen to you? And the last thing–how would a perfect day end? What would lie in between?

As you organize your writing materials, daydream about the things that would make a day feel perfect for you. Remember that a “perfect” day will have as many minutes as it takes to fit all of the perfect things into it.

  • Imagine the events of a perfect day. The things that you would do or see, and things that would happen either intentionally or by accident.
  • Imagine your body on a perfect day. Strength and grace? Aches and pains? Clothing and appearance? Food and drink?
  • Imagine perfect interactions and conversations, the people you would see and what you would say to each other.
  • Imagine the places you would go and what you would do or witness there.
  • Imagine the perfect things you could touch.
  • Imagine what you would accomplish on a perfect day. What would you start? What would you finish?
  • Imagine your thoughts, your memories and self-talk. What would you deliberately think about and what would pop up in the wanderings of your daydreams?
  • Imagine the weather, the news, and other things you have no control over. What would they be like on a perfect day?
  • A perfect day would finish with a perfect night’s sleep. What would that be like? Will there be dreams?

Write down the details of your perfect day in a way that feels perfect for you. Here are some different ways you could do that:

  • Write down everything you think of, in the order that you think of it, any old way at all.
  • Tell the story of a perfect day from beginning to end.
  • Write the letters of the alphabet down the left-hand side of the page. As you think up the details of a perfect day write them down next to the letter they begin with.
  • Draw a clock on the page, and write down the perfect details according to what time they happen.

When you run out of perfect details, doodle on the page a little bit. Maybe you will think up some more.

When you have finished, you will have made a record of the many different ways a drop of “perfect” can land in your life. When you notice the drops, you notice the ripples.

Give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add any additional decoration or color that the page needs. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can type your comment, or take a picture of your page and post that.

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. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with a writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

 

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

The Moscow Rotary Club is doing The Bride of Bovill dinner theater this Friday and Saturday. Proceeds go to us and the ice rink. Let us know if you still want a ticket!

Speaking of fundraising… Our fundraising breakfast is coming up fast! If you haven’t been invited by one of our table captains, we’d still LOVE to have you join us for 1.25 uplifting hours of food, social time and learning about the LRC. RSVP to this address. No cost for the breakfast, but you will be asked to make a donation if you desire.

Have you checked out Recovery Radio? Thursdays @1 on KRFP. Or get the podcast from GooglePlay and ITunes.

We have a F-U-N social activity THIS Sat. BUGS AND ICE CREAM! How can you beat that??? M.T. James Entomological Museum and Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm

March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
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 Date=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: Spirals of Care

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

In this exercise you will make a page that is all about things that matter to you, but doesn’t have any writing on it.

Getting ready

As you organize yourself for you writing practice, think about what’s important to you. Certain people. Special places. Things you own or wish you owned. Unforgettable events. If you see it often or think about it a lot, it’s important.

You will need a clean sheet of paper for making the page, and also a scrap page that you can use for notes and practice drawings. Have some colors handy—pencils, crayons, paints, pens or markers. Color helps to make the page decorative and imparts information in its own way

Making the page

Begin with the scrap page. Write down 10 or 15 things or people that are important to you. Spread them out around the page. Just write a word or two, don’t write details or explain.

Next to each thing or person you have written down, draw some kind of picture or symbol that will remind you of it. The only thing that matters about what you draw is that letters and words are outlawed.

Perhaps there’s a person on your list who was wearing an interesting shirt the last time you saw them. You could draw a little shirt for that person’s symbol. If it’s someone who makes you laugh, you could draw a big smile.

Your symbols don’t even have to be pictures. You can use shapes and squiggles for your symbols. Or punctuation marks. Any kind of drawing will do, as long as you understand the connection.

Next, take up the blank page. Draw a little circle in the middle. That’s you.

Now re-draw each one of the symbols you invented, this time on the main page. Space them all out evenly around the circle in the middle. Put symbols for things and people that are physically close to you near the middle of the page. Put things and people that are farther away from you near the edge of the page.

Color the symbols.

Next, draw some connections. Are these things and people connected to each other? They are probably all connected to you somehow.

Make every connection you draw look different. If it’s a strong connection, make it thick. Make weak connections thin. Make goofy connections goofy. Connections can look like rope, or rocks, bubbles or dotted lines.

Color the connections. Add colors to the symbols as needed. Try to be decorative.

When you have finished, draw a big spiral over the whole page. Start in the middle where the little circle is, and draw a spiral that spreads out from there.

Then stand back and take a look at what you’ve done. You’ve filled a whole page with information about what’s important to you and the way these things are connected. And it doesn’t contain a single word.

The scrap paper? Throw it away.

When you have finished, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too.. Here is an example of a page a person could make.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. Take a picture of your page and post it to the comment box.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. She will has taught writing classes at the Recovery Center and will return again later this spring. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with any writing project you are working on—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for some help.

March at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

March at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Intro to MS Word and Powerpoint Monday, 3/26, 6:30-8pm
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Stewards of Children Training Thursday, March 29 5:30-7:30
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Rotary Club of Moscow Presents The Bride of Bovill Melodrama Friday, 3/9 AND 10. See LRC for tickets. $35/person
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Social Activity: M.T. James Entomological Museum and
Ferdinands Ice Cream. Meet at Rosauers parking lot, 12pm. Sat. 3/10, 1pm
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 2:30-4; 3/12 6:30-7:30
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 Date=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: Rhyme Time!

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

Rhyming is fun. Most of us started experimenting with it when we were first learning to talk. In other words, it’s so easy that even babies can do it.

Today you will write a page that plays with words and their rhymes. Here’s how:

Collect 5-10 words. Write them on one line across the top of the page. These can be any words that you find interesting for any reason. They can be from your writing, from things you read, words you hear, the names of things around you, things you’ve been thinking about. Don’t write down sentences or phrases, just individual words.

Next make a list of all the sounds that a word can start with. That list would include all the letters in the alphabet, and some other sounds, too. Your list will look something like this:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SH CH TH STR SP ST SK SQ SCR, SM TR BR FL BL SL CL CR THR PR PL DR GR GL

Pick one of your words and use the list to find all the words that rhyme with it. (Don’t use the internet or a rhyming dictionary to find them. This method is faster, better, and more fun.)

For instance if your word is lunch, you would say to yourself…. aunch, BUNCH! cunch, dunch eunch, funch, gunch, HUNCH! LUNCH! MUNCH! ounch, PUNCH, qunch, runch, tunch, uunch, vunch, wunch, xunch, yunch, zunch, shunch, chunch, thunch, strunch, spunch, stunch, skunch, SCRUNCH! smunch, trunch, BRUNCH! flunch, blunch, slunch, clunch, CRUNCH! thrunch, prunch, plunch, drunch, grunch, glunch….

You would then write down all the “real” words that rhyme with lunch. As you are going along, you might find words that almost rhyme, such as drench, or grump. You can add them to your list, too, if you feel like it.

Make lists of all the words that rhyme with at least three of the words you collected at the beginning and wrote at the top of the page. If you are having fun, find the rhymes for even more words.

Once you have several good batches of rhyming words, try putting them all together in sentences. Maybe you’ll write a string of unrelated sentences. Maybe you’ll write a story.

The important thing is to have fun with the words. Mix them up and change them any way that you like. With the lunch words, a person could write:

I had a hunch there would be a bunch of crunchy chips to munch for lunch. But I was already full from brunch.

Here is an example of a whole page a person could write.

When you have finished, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add decoration and color to the page as needed.

Maybe you won’t scribble out a Shakespearian sonnet or the next rap hit the very first time you write rhymes for the fun of the sounds, but if writing this way appeals to you take a little time to write in rhyming words some more. Once you’ve begun you’ll have fun until you’re done.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can do that by typing or pasting text into the comment box. Or you can take a picture of your page and post that.

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. You can find more of her work here. If you would like her help with any kind of writing project—resumes, letters, stories novels—email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

 

This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

Mark your calendar for this weeks special offerings:
2/21 Computer 101, 6:30-8pm
2/22 Suicide Prevention: Question Persuade and Refer, 6-7pm (RSVP preferred)
2/24 Learn to Crochet and Calm Your Mind 10-12
2/24 Bingo. 4pm to ???

We’re selling tickets to Rotary Club Dinner Theater-proceeds to LRC and Palouse Ice Rink. Come see The Bride of Bovill on either March 9 or 10. Tickets $35/person. See us to purchase.

Sober Idaho Recovery Community Act: This Thursday night Darrell will be attending a legislative event in Boise for this bill from Representative Kingsley. The bill proposes a small tax on opioids sold in Idaho, with funds to be used on recovery related efforts, such as our center. Let your legislator know if you support this proposed bill.

The latest from our Write for You writing blog: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2018/02/19/write-for-you-miraculous-miracles/

Check out the latest Recovery Radio episode on KRFP every Thursday, 1:05pm. Or listen to the podcast on either ITunes or GooglePlay.

February at the Latah Recovery Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, noon
Positive Affirmations Mondays, 12-1
Life Skills Mondays, 5-6
Make Your Hobby Pay 1st Monday of month, 6-7
Refuge Recovery 420 E. 2nd St Mondays, 6
Yoga (Hosted by Moscow Yoga Ctr) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Chess w/Steve Tues and Thurs 5-6
Narcotics Anonymous Tuesdays, 5-6 (Womens) and Fridays 5:30-6:30 (Open)
Domestic Abuse Support Group Tuesdays 6-7
Art w/Alex Tuesdays 7-8
Prescription Addiction Support Group Tuesdays 7-8
Rug Weaving from Cotton Shirts Wednesday, 2/7 10-12
Positive Affirmations Wednesdays 5-6
Families and Caregivers of Addicts Support Group Wednesdays 6-7
Recovery International: Mental Health Self-Help Wednesdays, 6:30-8
Computer 101 Wednesday, 2/21 6:30-8pm
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
Eat Smart Idaho: Nutrition Series Thursdays, 2/1-3/8, 5-6pm
Peaceful Art Practices Thursdays, 4-5pm
LAMI: Family Support Program 2nd Thurs of month 7-8:30
Suicide Prevention: Question, Persuade and Refer Thursday, 2/22, 6-7pm (RSVP preferred)
All Recovery Meeting Fridays 5-6
Movie/Games: Check website for listing Fridays 6:30-9
Bingo Saturday, 2/24, 4pm
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Saturday of month, 11-2:30
Learn How to Crochet & Calm Your Mind 4th Sat of month, 10-12
Recovering Parents: Trust Based Relational Intervention Parents Group Sunday 2/4 and 2/18, 2:30-4
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 Date=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!