With recovery month
here, I was thinking about how honest and willing we have
to become to GET IT. I liken it to standing on a
high-dive. The big questions I needed to ask at the time
were… "Am I ready to take the plunge into the depth
of my being to discover my true self? Am I willing to face
the truth about the disease I have—without airbrushing
away the imperfections I’m sure to find? Am I okay with
looking in the mirror and accepting who I am? If I forge
ahead, will this process really be the powerful and
life-changing event I hear it can be?" It was and it
is. Living a recovered life is more than I could have ever
have imagined or hoped for. I’m grateful I dove in and
happy to report there was plenty of water in the pool.
Back in 1990 I was filled with shame
about my alcoholism—today I’m proud to be among the
many who are standing up for recovery advocacy—this
month and every month—a day at a time.
How will you celebrate recovery month?
For ideas visit www.recoverymonth.gov
and click on community events to see what is happening in
our state for the month of September. Locally, WINR (Women
in New Recovery) will have their annual Walk and Rally for
recovery on September 25th from 2 to 6:00 p.m. at 860 N.
Center Street in Mesa. For details call 480-464-5764.
Our Recovery Month Edition
We hope you enjoy our feature by Allen
Nohre from Terros Behavioral Health, Waking Up to the
New World of Recovery. In 2009, TERROS celebrated 40
years of service and that year alone helped over 30,000
people. Terros is a community-based behavioral health
organization that helps people recover from substance
abuse, mental illness and other behavioral health
problems. They provide a wide range of services throughout
Maricopa County including mobile crisis intervention,
prevention of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS, outpatient
treatment and specialized services to assist persons who
have a serious mental illness.
Ever wonder what it’s like growing up
in a family of recovery? Don’t miss Recovery Kids,
growing up in the shadow of the twelve steps.
Also this issue includes our first
monthly column on Eating Disorders contributed by Remuda
Ranch. Thank you to Dr. Amy Wasserbauer for her insightful
article, Childhood Obesity and Eating Disorder
Treatment.
Thank you for reading TogetherAZ and
enjoy this issue!
