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Living in Recovery

Approximately one in ten people in the U.S. over the age of 12 struggles with substance abuse. It’s a disease that has affected almost every family in one way or another. What makes it so much more difficult is that recovery is not easy and for some is never achieved.

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My Turn

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Rebecca Thatcher Murcia

I’ve always wanted to be part of a community, part of a group of people that was working together for a better world. Over the years I’ve enjoyed being part of many communities, but that well-organized, hard-working, vibrant, solidarity-filled community that I always sought came to be around me at what can only be described as the worst time in my life.

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This Week's Resources

ONLINE
Finding Hope in Recovery. This website accompanies the Finding Hope DVD, giving additional information, resources, stories and offering a place to “Tell Your Story.”
 
BOOKS
Symptoms of Withdrawal, Christopher Kennedy Lawford
 

Burton's Blog

We Love our Drugs!

Burton Buller

Last year I produced a 30-second public service announcement for Recoverymonth.gov. at the request of Odyssey Networks. Odyssey Networks has made recovery from addictions a priority and they had offered to create a spot for Recovery Month, associated with the federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Next Week

We continue our short two-part series dealing with drug recovery for September National Recovery Month, with home interviews with a mother, Lynn, and her son, Nick. Nick has tried to live clean and sober numerous times, and they discuss the heartbreak and difficulties in a moving interview.

Favorite Family Recipes

Bacon Cheese Pasta

Bacon PastaIn this weeks’ My Turn segment, Rebecca Thatcher Murcia talks about the community that surrounded her when her husband Saúl died. Telling this story reminded her of the bacon cheese pasta that won her heart when they first met and that he taught her to make during the last few months of his life.

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