Last night was a board meeting at our local Turning Point Center. I attend the meetings on a monthly basis and am always impressed with the dedication of the staff and volunteers. Last night the director talked of her connection with the local housing coalition and jobs center. As she said, "We have to connect in new ways. I look at the people who were here when I came a year ago-enthusiastic about their recovery-engaged in the center. Then as the months have progressed they had housing problems, couldn't pay their rent because of no jobs-and manny have slipped back into their addictions."
It is the cycle we sadly have encountered over so many years. Even when the economy is good, recovery is a challenge. The director is right. We do have to connect in new ways. "If we do what we've always done, we'll get what we've always got." Some success but way too many tragic relapses.
What are you doing differently? How are you connecting differently in order to maintain your recovery?
Blessings-Penny
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