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Three Graves as Road Markers on the AA Journey

December 21, 2021 0

By Diane Cameron, author of Out of the Woods: A Woman’s Guide to Long-term Recovery Progress on the journey of recovery can be measured by looking at three graves that mark the resting places of individuals who are important to the...

Beach Prayers

July 10, 2019 0

By Diane Cameron The beach has always felt like my natural home. I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and summer time spent there meant time on one of the three rivers or a drive North to Lake Erie. That Great Lake offered plenty of body surfing and lots...

Drug Courts and the Restoration of Dignity

March 7, 2016 0

By Peg O’Connor Drug courts are better than incarceration. Drugs courts stand at the intersection of law, medicine, economics, politics, and public policy. That intersection just keeps getting busier for reasons the 2013 National Survey on...

Creating Healthy Relationships

January 12, 2015 0

For the longest time of my early recovery I wanted someone to love. I do not mean just to have sex with. My heart longed for connection. And I never thought I would find it. Once I started actually dating then I not only thought I would never...