How to Cope With Summertime Sadness and Depression
Summer is here. Summer means hot weather, pool parties, and time for relaxation. What happens when summer isn’t fun and relaxing, though? Summer depression is real, and you may be struggling with it. This can be especially hard if you feel like you’re supposed to be having a great time. Everyone else seems happy about […]
Creating the Community We Crave
Community is crucial in addiction recovery. The community you create can help you in the most challenging of times and be there to enjoy the good times alongside you. Sometimes, the community isn’t the easiest to find, though. After finding a group of people to bond within residential treatment, you may be scrounging to find […]
Men’s Issues: I Don’t Want To Look Weak
Nobody likes to look weak, and even worse is feeling weak. Culturally, men are trained to avoid any signs of weakness as best they can. Think about that for a second. The word fear isn’t used, but men are conditioned to fear weakness. Even more than that, we’re biologically wired to fear things we think […]
Complacency in Recovery (and How to Avoid It)
Everybody loves to feel enthusiastic and excited about things. However, as alcoholics and addicts, we are warned to avoid overexposure to enthusiasm and excitement. We are told not to chase after these feelings because we can get hooked on intense feelings like those we got used to in our active disease. It can lead us […]
Mike K: 3 Year Sober
When an all staff email comes across about one of our many alums that work at Jaywalker, we all pause for hugs, high-fives, and gratitude. Mike is a crucial part of the men’s experience at Jaywalker Lodge on arrival. Thank you Mike for all you do! Here is the endearing email we all received yesterday: […]
Jon Lencioni – Alumni Coordinator
We would like to announce the addition of Jon Lencioni to the Jaywalker team, as Alumni Coordinator. Jon’s ability to lead and understand the Jaywalker community is unapparelled and we are thrilled to have him in this position. Jon grew up in Menlo Park, Ca. Being outside playing sports was always his passion. At an […]
Jaywalker Alumni: Keystone, CO
Five months ago I was alone, full of fear and completely stuck. I couldn’t escape the pain I was causing myself. Time and time again I had convinced myself that I could do some controlled drinking. Once again, I was stuck with that same hopeless gut wrenching feeling. I knew I couldn’t go on like […]
Why The Steps Didn’t Work For Me
Recently, I was helping my parents move and was asked to go through my old stuff, to discard any “junk” and to save anything worth holding onto. While sifting through the relics of my past, I came across an old journal that I kept as a teen. I spoke candidly about how it felt to […]
Mark M: A Decade Sober
“It was 10 years ago today, that my life changed forever. On 12/18/07 I decided to get sober. It has been the hardest and best thing I’ve ever faced. So, if you’re reading this I imagine you’ve impacted my life in a great way. I just wanted to thank you for the love and support […]
Alumni Trip – St. George, UT 2017
I am often amazed in my recovery at the abundance of opportunity that I have to do things in life that seemed once impossible. In the not too distant past, clouds of fear, prejudice and stubbornness swirled in my head at the first mention of doing something outside my comfort zone; paralyzing self-doubt kept me […]
