2009
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The Benefit of Outdoor Activities During the Treatment Process
There is a weekly fishing excursion that men and women who are in recovery participate in. Recently, staff member Eric V. took some photos and video with his phone that we wanted to share. read more...
Cotton Candy Sobriety by Vince Jones
Who doesn’t like cotton candy? It is one of those foods typically eaten at fairs, amusement parks, ball games etc. Cotton candy is a treat, part of the fun. It starts out as a weightless ball bigger than your head and unlike some candies there is no attempt to dress it up as anything other than what it is, pure spun sugar. It looks substantial on the stick but as soon as we rip off a piece and pop it in our mouth it melts to almost nothing, just air flavored with sugar and food coloring with no illusions to being anything other than fun food. Soon the reasons why we vowed never to buy it again come flooding back, especially if you are responsible for the clean up of the 8 and under crowd. We will be lured by it again in the future, blotting out the previous experiences until too late. Such is cotton candy. read more...
An Advanced Class by Vince Jones
In sports or cooking this may be applicable but spiritually this is nonsense. You are either on the path or not. Additionally, to believe that since one has been on the path for a time that conditions or requirements for continued spiritual growth have changed can lead to spiritual pride, a sense of entitlement and destructive righteousness in demonstration. This can lead to suffering for anyone who falls into this trap. read more...
Talking with The Wharf Rats 12-Step Concert Meeting Group at The Dead Concert in Los Angeles
If you are a fan of rock and roll and also in recovery, then you may be wary of going to rock concerts because the environment may have many triggers and remind you of your days of using drugs or alcohol. Some of us in early recovery were warned to avoid "slippery" situations like a concert and we have become accustomed to AA/NA meetings and sober social events where there is a support group of sober people to interact with and no drugs or alcohol to be found. read more...
Should OxyContin even be Legal? Petition to Ban Oxy is Making Rounds
We have to ask - should OxyContin even be legal? The stories we hear and the carnage we see as we treat addiction to OxyContin begs the question about whether it should be prescribed to anyone for any reason. read more...
Exploring Some of the Contradictions in A.A.- by Vince Jones
In this entry, Vince has a little bit of fun pondering some of the things overheard in AA meetings and how they fit in with the original founding philosophy of AA. read more...
An Uplifting Quote Emmet Fox by Vince Jones
Vince Jones is the Monday Night Lecturer for many of the clients who are getting treatment at our rehab facilities. He is an expert on the 12-Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous and a historian of the AA text and program. This includes studying the teachings of Emmet Fox who was influential to the founders of AA read more...
Making up for Lost Time by Vince Jones
Albert Einstein and Emmet Fox taught that time is an illusion. It sure doesn’t feel like it when I look in the mirror! But who hasn’t said or at least thought of “making up for lost time?” read more...
We are hosting CAADAC Biology of Addiction Event with Hazelden TODAY
Our Costa Mesa Lecture Facility will be the site of an event that we are Co-Hosting with Hazelden for the CAADAC organization. the event is entitled The Biology of Addiction. read more...
Danger of Anger by Vince Jones
Vince Jones is our popular Monday night lecturer who focuses on the original text of Alcoholics Anonymous to helps our clients achieve spiritual change to strengthen their new life of sobriety that they've begun at our treatment facilities. If you are interested in Vince's Christian based message of recovery, then please read about our Celebrate Recovery Treatment Program which uses the teachings of Christ to interpret the 12-Step Philosophy. read more...
