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Updated “Felony Friendly Employers” List
We have updated the list of Moscow area employers willing to hire people with felonies. If you have a record and are looking for employment this list might help.
Write for You: Setbacks and Calamities
by Nancy Casey
Things go wrong. They always do. Whether your plans are for this afternoon, the coming school year, or a lifetime, the chance of something going wrong is usually pretty high.
Big things and little things plop into our lives and, in a single moment, change our course. Just as the door closes, you remember your keys are inside. You get an email saying you didn’t get that job you were counting on. The phone rings with news that is so terrible, the world falls away. Ping! In a single moment, life takes a new direction. The next minutes, days, or years will no longer be the way you expected.
The worst calamities don’t transpire in a single moment. They come at you as a series of moments. A barrage of them. One bad thing after another, and you have to deal with them all.
No matter what hits you, though, you keep going. Even when you think you don’t want to. Even when it feels like you can’t. Because time only moves in one direction, and it never stops.
Today, you will write about moments in your life when the shape of the future suddenly changed for the worse. They can be moments that changed your life, or moments that changed your afternoon. They can be moments that put a glitch in your day or moments that turned you into somebody else.
The important thing is to try to focus on particular details of the moment: the color of something you saw, the shoes you had on, the words that you heard, the music in the background.
You can zig zag back and forth in time, writing down the details of bad moments you have had, mixing the ones from yesterday with others from your childhood. Or instead you could choose to list each excruciating moment of a disastrous event.
Whatever you choose to write, after you have noted down the details of one of those awful moments, you must then add the sentence, “I kept going.” Because you did. Somehow or other, whether it was easy or hard.
When you have finished with the series of moments, and recorded the fact that after each one you kept going, read back over what you have written and think about it. Write a final couple of sentences that describe your ability to keep going and what that experience feels like.
Be sure to give your work a title and include the date somewhere on the page. Here is an example of what a person could write.
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.
Recovery Radio 2017/8/17
Anna Lillia Gomez: Second Impact Syndrome
Recovery Radio 2017/8/10
Interview with Latah Recovery Center Recovery Peer Volunteer Services Coordinator RJ Carter.
Recovery Peer Volunteer Training in September
September at the Latah Recovery Center
This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
The latest from our Write for You group: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2017/08/21/write-for-you-not-sorry/
Boy do we have a cool September lined up. In recognition of National Recovery Month we have planned.
9/1, 11-2pm The LRC will be celebrating our birthday! That’s write, we’re two-toddlers now!
9/8, 4-8pm Come celebrate the Vandals with us at the Vandal Block Party!
9/16 and 30, See our table at the Farmers Market!
9/23 4-pm at the fairgrounds BEST OF ALL! Latah Recovery Festival: Recovery Out Loud. Chili Cook-Off, music, and inspiring stories from speakers in recovery.
September is going to be awesome at the LRC!
Here is our calendar for August.
August 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
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
Parenting Support Group Wednesday 6:30-7:30
Free Movie on the lawn at UI-Guardians of the Galaxy meet@LRC Thursday August 10, 8:45
Helping Without Hurting in Your Role as a Recovery Coach Thursday, August 17, 1
Get It Written (Writing Group) Thursdays 11-12 AND 6-7
Write For You Thursdays 3-4
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
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
Bingo Sat. Aug. 26, 4-8
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Sat 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: Not Sorry
by Nancy Casey
We hear a lot about saying, “I’m sorry.” How hard it can be. How healing it can be. The word itself is connected to ideas of sorrow and difficulty.
Have you ever been pressured to say that you are sorry when really you weren’t? Some people in that situation will just say the words to make the conversation end. Others avoid eye contact, keep silent and endure the discomfort. It’s not often that someone clearly states, “I’m not sorry.” That sentence isn’t part of many recipes for resolving conflicts. Even when it’s true.
So today you are going to write about not being sorry. You will do it using what’s called a “repetitive writing prompt.” The repetitive part is the phrase “I’m not sorry” which you will end up writing over and over again.
Begin by writing “I’m not sorry” without any particular thing in mind. As you write the words, open the imaginary trap door in the back of your brain and see what falls in. Whatever lands there, write it down. Don’t make a big deal of it.
Then begin again. “I’m not sorry…” and finish with the idea that forms in your mind as your write the words. Write the I’m-not-sorry phrase every time. Don’t skip it. Relax into it. With each repetition, your hand works a little bit more automatically, leaving more room in your mind for an idea to spring up.
Let yourself write what you write, however it comes out. Perhaps a couple of words or a sentence. Perhaps a whole big story.
Don’t limit yourself to things that you are not sorry about that other people wish you were sorry about. If “sorry” has to do with sorrow and difficulty, you can find many things to be not-sorry about if you look at the parts of your life that aren’t sad or difficult.
Don’t limit yourself to things that make perfect sense, either. That’s a lot to ask if you are going to write down the first thing that plops into your mind. If you start making demands like “making sense” or “being good” all the ideas will scurry away and the space they could fall into will shrink up. So just take whatever comes. You can decide what you think about it later.
So you might write that you are not-sorry that elephants don’t fly. You might say you are not-sorry it rained yesterday. You can say why, or you can keep that to yourself. When you have written enough about an idea, begin again.
As you write the words “I’m not sorry…” you might recall an important lesson you learned after a mistake that you made. A friendship you value might pop into your head. Angry thoughts could land there, or joyous ones. Write them down and go on to the next one. If you are going to strive at all, strive to be relaxed.
Be sure to give your work a title and write the date on it when you are finished. Here is an example of what you might write.
If you are feeling particularly stuck, you can begin by writing, “I’m not sorry that I woke up alive today.” If you can’t write that, call this number: 1-800-273-8255. Or stop by the Recovery Center, 531 S. Main in Moscow. Lots of people have that thought. It’s worse when you have it alone.
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.
This Week at the Latah Recovery Center
Check out the latest broadcast from Recovery Radio: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2017/08/07/recovery-radio-8417/
This weeks Write for You blog is here: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2017/08/07/write-for-you-the-invisible-you/
I hope to see you at Moscow’s Peer Support Connections Conference August 25-26. CEUs available. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peer-support-connections-conferencenorthern-idaho-tickets-35821591344
Help us plan the annual Latah Recovery Festival. Meeting this Wednesday, 5:30pm.
August 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
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
Parenting Support Group Wednesday 6:30-7:30
Free Movie on the lawn at UI-Guardians of the Galaxy meet@LRC Thursday August 10, 8:45
Helping Without Hurting in Your Role as a Recovery Coach Thursday, August 17, 1
Get It Written (Writing Group) Thursdays 11-12 AND 6-7
Write For You Thursdays 3-4
New Volunteer Orientation Thursdays 4-5
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
Bingo Sat. Aug. 26, 4-8
AA Speakers Meeting 3rd Sat 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!
Latah Recovery Community Center, Inc. 