Friendship Recovery Homes
A Project of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House - Affiliated with Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, MI
Our Mission
To provide people who are recovering from addiction with a sober and supportive living environment based on Jewish philosophy and spirituality along with the Twelve Steps and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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You can find Rabbi Yisrael at CHABAD.ORG Jewish Recovery
10.15.2009
9.16.2009
IOCC Welcomes New Writer
The IOCC Blog is pleased to have a new writer among the group. Wolf running with the Spirit Wind has joined the team bringing his spirituality and years of experience in recovery.
Welcome Wolf!
http://runningwolf.wolf-running.com/
Welcome Wolf!
http://runningwolf.wolf-running.com/
6.17.2009
What Is Going On With Jody K?
"Eight months out of the year for at least the next two years, my time is split between home and the city where I teach and study for my Master of Fine Arts. The academic year ended in late April, and outside of designing a class I’ll be teaching in the fall and trying to finish the first draft of a book I’m writing, the academy has been put on hold. I’m living on country time, home and loving it. Here, I’m not “Mrs. K.” (except to Carpet Joe), but “Mom” and “Sweetie” and just plain “Jody.”
I have hopes of becoming a Purple Martin landlord this summer. I’m trying to teach my Border collie manners. I’m dreaming of vine-ripened tomatoes and corn fresh off the stalk. I’m writing a lot of letters.
In the early mornings and after dinner, if you come down my road, you might see me out there in the garden, sitting on my little seat pulling weeds. It may look like I’m working hard, but really, I’m recharging. That’s prime prayer and meditation time.
Peace & Love,
Jody K."
I have hopes of becoming a Purple Martin landlord this summer. I’m trying to teach my Border collie manners. I’m dreaming of vine-ripened tomatoes and corn fresh off the stalk. I’m writing a lot of letters.
In the early mornings and after dinner, if you come down my road, you might see me out there in the garden, sitting on my little seat pulling weeds. It may look like I’m working hard, but really, I’m recharging. That’s prime prayer and meditation time.
Peace & Love,
Jody K."
5.16.2009
Carol Ann Preston
Each Saturday
Spiritual Counselor, Reiki Teacher, Guide for Meditation, Recovery Coach and Texas Licensed Massage Therapist (medical, sports) and Licensed Chaplain Carol Ann Preston Co-host this vital talk show with the Montyman addressing the problems and solutions we all face which each other as we walk through recovery
"My relationship with God is the most important relationship I have. I believe God is inclusive Love and not exclusive. We are created as a beautiful expression, an aspect of our Creator, and it is our responsibility to discover who and what we were created to be, and then live it, one day at a time. As we become free from the pains and resentments of the past, free from fear of the future, then we are free to live in the present, and it is in the moment, the now, that we encounter the Presence, Love, Mercy and guidance of Creator God."
TAKE12RADIO.COM
Spiritual Counselor, Reiki Teacher, Guide for Meditation, Recovery Coach and Texas Licensed Massage Therapist (medical, sports) and Licensed Chaplain Carol Ann Preston Co-host this vital talk show with the Montyman addressing the problems and solutions we all face which each other as we walk through recovery
"My relationship with God is the most important relationship I have. I believe God is inclusive Love and not exclusive. We are created as a beautiful expression, an aspect of our Creator, and it is our responsibility to discover who and what we were created to be, and then live it, one day at a time. As we become free from the pains and resentments of the past, free from fear of the future, then we are free to live in the present, and it is in the moment, the now, that we encounter the Presence, Love, Mercy and guidance of Creator God."
TAKE12RADIO.COM
4.02.2009
April, 2009 Conference Update for those who desire:
“A New Way Out”
A Nationwide Recovery Conference with Dick B.
Southern California May 15 & 16, 2009
Friday, May 15: 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 16: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Mariners Church – Community Center
5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine, California 92603
Learn The History of A.A.
And the story of Bob Smith and Bill Wilson as Youngsters in Vermont
Learn the Exact Program of AA Recovery
As founded in Akron on June 10, 1935, and practiced by the early AA fellowship.
Find Out The Rarely Revealed Secret
As to why the first group in AA had a 75% success rate!
*Please register in advance to secure your seat at
dickb@dickb.com
Admission Free!
Walk-ins welcome, space permitting.
*We are in need of volunteers to help facilitate the conference
Please register in advance and indicate that you are able to be of service.
Official Website: www.AnewWayOut.com. Dick B.:dickb@dickb.com; (808)874 4876
PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837 Published: April 2009
Pre Conference Opportunity
YOU ARE INVITED
May 14th
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The James Club in Norco invites you to our 7:00 pm Thursday night meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Author, Historian and host of
“A New Way Out”
A Nationwide Recovery Conference, Dick B. will be joining us and will be speaking on the earliest A. A. Christian roots, the original Akron program, and the importance of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13.
Location:
New Beginnings Community Church
1769 Western Avenue, Norco Ca. 92860
Special Conference Needs, Opportunities, and Notes
One sponsor of our fifteen was obliged to cancel its $3000. commitment to conference expenses. And your help in filling in two gaps is invited. Please consider these new assists:
The Conference is free; no registration or admission charge.
A packet will be provided for each person attending, and it will contain the program, a free guide book, a free history book, and a map of nearby eating facilities.
There will be many display tables for any and all of those who wish to bring, exhibit, and explain their relevant recovery materials. And here is where you can help fund conference needs:
If you contact Dick B. now, we will make a complete table available to those who have asked to have an exhibit booth. The charge will be $50.00 paid before the conference; no items may be sold; but there will be ample exposure and time for explanations.
If you cannot attend the conference, you can help support it with a donation of $20.00 by donating on my main website page (dickb.com); and if you notify me by email, I will send you by email a free attachment containing the entire guidebook that is being distributed at the conference. Several have already responded in this way.
Although the Center has no kitchen facilities, we will serve, for a reasonable charge, a sandwich and apple and ice cold drinks. Coffee, tea and other goodies will be free. We’d like to have you remain throughout the conference, but there are lots of nearby eateries to which you can go if you need a larger repast.
Thursday will be a special pre-conference day with the James Club
Friday will be YOUR day for participating, telling us what you do, pointing to your displays, and networking.
Saturday will be Speakers’ Day as our program shows.
Ken and I will be available from Wednesday through Monday at our Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel for pre-arranged meetings with a few of you.
Make your plans now. The regular Mariners Community Center seating is for 500, but the Center is large enough to accommodate many more. And, from the looks of things, many are going to join you.
Please help us plan. Let us know by pre-register that you’re coming. Email: dickb@dickb.com, or phone him at 808 874 4876.
This Conference is NOT an A.A. event; and, consequently, concerns about violating A.A.'s Traditions and/or about non-Conference-approved literature are not appropriate topics for discussion nor will such concerns be entertained during the meetings. This history conference is not associated with, nor endorsed by, nor allied with, nor in any way connected with Alcoholics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. We suggest that all who receive the flyer and plan to invite others--which we are strongly encouraging you to do--should so inform all those whom they invite. Thanks, Dick B.
This Conference IS nationwide, for the still suffering alcoholic, addict, or person with life-controlling problems and for those who desire to help them by affirming that there is a Way out through the help of the Creator, His son Jesus Christ, and the Word. A Way wherever the newcomer finds himself or herself or in whatever group to which he or she belongs—church, 12 Step fellowship, Christ-centered program, treatment program, agency, non-profit, rehab, therapy, prison, jail, hospital, homeless situation, or in an at-risk arena. Come, learn!
Gloria Deo
A Nationwide Recovery Conference with Dick B.
Southern California May 15 & 16, 2009
Friday, May 15: 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 16: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Mariners Church – Community Center
5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine, California 92603
Learn The History of A.A.
And the story of Bob Smith and Bill Wilson as Youngsters in Vermont
Learn the Exact Program of AA Recovery
As founded in Akron on June 10, 1935, and practiced by the early AA fellowship.
Find Out The Rarely Revealed Secret
As to why the first group in AA had a 75% success rate!
*Please register in advance to secure your seat at
dickb@dickb.com
Admission Free!
Walk-ins welcome, space permitting.
*We are in need of volunteers to help facilitate the conference
Please register in advance and indicate that you are able to be of service.
Official Website: www.AnewWayOut.com. Dick B.:dickb@dickb.com; (808)874 4876
PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837 Published: April 2009
Pre Conference Opportunity
YOU ARE INVITED
May 14th
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The James Club in Norco invites you to our 7:00 pm Thursday night meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Author, Historian and host of
“A New Way Out”
A Nationwide Recovery Conference, Dick B. will be joining us and will be speaking on the earliest A. A. Christian roots, the original Akron program, and the importance of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13.
Location:
New Beginnings Community Church
1769 Western Avenue, Norco Ca. 92860
Special Conference Needs, Opportunities, and Notes
One sponsor of our fifteen was obliged to cancel its $3000. commitment to conference expenses. And your help in filling in two gaps is invited. Please consider these new assists:
The Conference is free; no registration or admission charge.
A packet will be provided for each person attending, and it will contain the program, a free guide book, a free history book, and a map of nearby eating facilities.
There will be many display tables for any and all of those who wish to bring, exhibit, and explain their relevant recovery materials. And here is where you can help fund conference needs:
If you contact Dick B. now, we will make a complete table available to those who have asked to have an exhibit booth. The charge will be $50.00 paid before the conference; no items may be sold; but there will be ample exposure and time for explanations.
If you cannot attend the conference, you can help support it with a donation of $20.00 by donating on my main website page (dickb.com); and if you notify me by email, I will send you by email a free attachment containing the entire guidebook that is being distributed at the conference. Several have already responded in this way.
Although the Center has no kitchen facilities, we will serve, for a reasonable charge, a sandwich and apple and ice cold drinks. Coffee, tea and other goodies will be free. We’d like to have you remain throughout the conference, but there are lots of nearby eateries to which you can go if you need a larger repast.
Thursday will be a special pre-conference day with the James Club
Friday will be YOUR day for participating, telling us what you do, pointing to your displays, and networking.
Saturday will be Speakers’ Day as our program shows.
Ken and I will be available from Wednesday through Monday at our Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel for pre-arranged meetings with a few of you.
Make your plans now. The regular Mariners Community Center seating is for 500, but the Center is large enough to accommodate many more. And, from the looks of things, many are going to join you.
Please help us plan. Let us know by pre-register that you’re coming. Email: dickb@dickb.com, or phone him at 808 874 4876.
This Conference is NOT an A.A. event; and, consequently, concerns about violating A.A.'s Traditions and/or about non-Conference-approved literature are not appropriate topics for discussion nor will such concerns be entertained during the meetings. This history conference is not associated with, nor endorsed by, nor allied with, nor in any way connected with Alcoholics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. We suggest that all who receive the flyer and plan to invite others--which we are strongly encouraging you to do--should so inform all those whom they invite. Thanks, Dick B.
This Conference IS nationwide, for the still suffering alcoholic, addict, or person with life-controlling problems and for those who desire to help them by affirming that there is a Way out through the help of the Creator, His son Jesus Christ, and the Word. A Way wherever the newcomer finds himself or herself or in whatever group to which he or she belongs—church, 12 Step fellowship, Christ-centered program, treatment program, agency, non-profit, rehab, therapy, prison, jail, hospital, homeless situation, or in an at-risk arena. Come, learn!
Gloria Deo
3.09.2009
Rabbi Shais Taub
Current speaking topics include
War Against the West: The Kaballah of WWIII
Islamic Fundamentalism. The rise of China. In this clash of civilizations, where do we Jews stand? Take a mystical view at the spiritual principles behind the geo-politics of the new millennium.
Make a Miracle: Your Personal, Supernatural Self-Transformation
Gain balance, emotional freedom and unconditional joy.
A Brief (Jewish) History of the Universe: Kabbalistic Cosmology
A Chasidic view on how the universe got here and what keeps it going.
What's the Secret?: Jewish Mystical Sources on the Power of Thought
If you've seen The Secret, you may have wondered what Judaism has to say about the Law of Attraction and the power of positive thinking and intent.
ChasidicThought.com
War Against the West: The Kaballah of WWIII
Islamic Fundamentalism. The rise of China. In this clash of civilizations, where do we Jews stand? Take a mystical view at the spiritual principles behind the geo-politics of the new millennium.
Make a Miracle: Your Personal, Supernatural Self-Transformation
Gain balance, emotional freedom and unconditional joy.
A Brief (Jewish) History of the Universe: Kabbalistic Cosmology
A Chasidic view on how the universe got here and what keeps it going.
What's the Secret?: Jewish Mystical Sources on the Power of Thought
If you've seen The Secret, you may have wondered what Judaism has to say about the Law of Attraction and the power of positive thinking and intent.
ChasidicThought.com
2.09.2009
More About Randy F.
Randy has produced 11th Step Meditation CD's, the www.spiritstep.com and www.11thStepMeditation.org websites, produces a monthly 11th Step Meditation Newsletter, and has taught numerous 11th Step meditation workshops and classes.
Please sign up for Randy's
Monthly 11th Step Meditation Meeting
by clicking HERE
This article is an excerpt from Randy's upcoming
SpiritStep Two Meditation CD.
To learn more about it visit
http://www.spiritstep.com/Step_Two_cd.htm.
1 day 11th Step Meditation workshop
Santa Barbara
March 21
FLYER
Randy F.
randy@spiritstep.com
Please sign up for Randy's
Monthly 11th Step Meditation Meeting
by clicking HERE
This article is an excerpt from Randy's upcoming
SpiritStep Two Meditation CD.
To learn more about it visit
http://www.spiritstep.com/Step_Two_cd.htm.
1 day 11th Step Meditation workshop
Santa Barbara
March 21
FLYER
Randy F.
randy@spiritstep.com
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