The Difference That Community Makes in Treatment
It is usually apparent to anyone working in recovery that effective treatment for alcoholism and addiction should include some community elements. Even though this community model is typically obvious, its importance and the lasting positive effects it can have may be understated or even unconsidered. The difference and the contribution that community makes to lasting recovery […]
Learning to Accept Love
This title alone may have already made you uncomfortable, which is a common response for alcoholics and addicts. The word “love” is a complicated thing. We associate it with something we tried, but could never get right – a word that reminds us of the people we’ve hurt. Many of us don’t recall much love […]
Slow And Steady Wins the Race
Slow and steady is a relatively unappealing phrase. Most of us want things to be fast and exciting, especially alcoholics and addicts. We’re accustomed to excitement, chaos, and adrenaline. Perhaps our familiarity with those things isn’t exactly healthy, but we have conditioned ourselves to high-stimulus lifestyles and activities and it nearly destroyed us. We are […]
Creating Community in Isolation
Isolation is a dangerous prospect for most everyone in recovery, and being alone, disrupted from our daily routines, can have a negative impact on anyone. Yet, we don’t have to feel isolated even when we’ve been asked to self-isolate. Taking responsibility for creating the community we crave by reaching out can positively impact our lives […]
We Can’t Go It Alone
There’s an old proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” In recovery, this proverb holds true – although if you travel alone, the only place you go fast is into a relapse. In our lives prior to getting sober, we likely spent a […]
Road Tripping – Texas Hunt
Before sobriety I was passionate about one thing, my next drink or drug. Life did not exist outside of the microcosm that was my addiction. Today, at one month shy of nine years my life is a myriad of amazing adventures. Because I am sober I got to drive to Texas with five Jaywalker alums […]
Jaywalker Hut Life #2
“Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with […]
English in Action
Today the Jaywalker U students and Solutions Men got together to finish painting the English in Action house in El Jebel, CO. English in Action is a non-profit organization that provides help for adults that wish to improve their English language. With over 15 helping hands we were able to finish today. Nice work guys! […]
Synchronicity and Sacred Space
Through storytelling and dance, Synchronicity & the Sacred Space probes the strange landscape where scientific thought encounters the unknown, and human perception and reality are fluid partners in an enigmatic dance. I received a phone call last week from my good friend, Rita requesting some volunteer help to set up for a Dance event to […]
Beginning 2014 Mindfully
Mindfulness is paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally, as if your life depended on it.” John Kabat-Zinn As an alcoholic and an addict I have to agree with John Kabat-Zinn. When it comes to the practice of mindfulness I am certain, my very life does depend upon it. Just like working the […]
