On a winter night in 1976, Mary T. decided she would kill her alcoholic husband, when he came home from work. Frustrated by her inability to control his drinking, Mary finally said to herself, “It’s not the drinking, it’s him. He’s the problem, and I need to get rid of him.” Attracted to the […]
Celebrate Recovery: A Growing Global Ministry Offers Hope
October 11, 2011 By
The time has come, and from all over the world the faithful arrive. They fill the cavernous worship center at California’s Saddleback Church, and, murmuring with anticipation, they wait. Then, with hands held high, the percussionist, barely visible behind his drum set, clicks his sticks, and the “World’s Most Dangerous Recovery Band,” through condo-sized speakers, […]
“Bear” Bearden Rides with Christian Bikers to Share His Faith and Message of Recovery
July 2, 2011 By
James “Bear” Bearden’s mission in life, he says, is “to share God, Christ and recovery,” and his multiple tattoos, biker jacket and headband proclaim it. One of the multiple patches on his jacket says loud and clear, “I ride with Jesus” and another says “ Cry Freedom John 8:32,” a biblical verse which reads, “you […]
The Mindful Addict
July 2, 2011 By
By Tom Catton A Memoire of the Awakening of a Spirit Central Recovery Press Available on Amazon or at Barnes and Noble Tom Catton, 71, a one-time “smack addled” blond surfer, shot up drugs daily when he was in his twenties, quit drinking and drugging at age 31 and has been clean and sober for […]
In the Fight Against Student Alcohol Abuse, Texas Tech Recovery Program Gains Traction
June 29, 2011 By
For young adults, staying clean and sober, especially in college, has special challenges, and, in response, Texas Tech’s “Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC)” program is now spreading rapidly to other colleges. To date, 44 have signed on. In 2011, the 2nd annual Collegiate Recovery and Relapse Prevention Conference at Texas Tech in Lubbock attracted more than […]
Quality Living Center Serves Recovering Addicts with its Tough, Resourceful and Low-cost Program
June 29, 2011 By
Standing on the brink of the intersection of Roosevelt and Asher, a very rough Little Rock neighborhood, Dino Davis surveys with pride the treatment facility he has created on two acres of land to serve recovering addicts. Davis and his partner, Curtis Keith, fashioned the adobe-style Quality Living Center (QLC) out of an older building […]
Missing That Good Boy
April 13, 2011 By
It happened again. Devastatingly again. One of us lost his son. And not just lost him but lost him in a way that didn’t have to happen. We’re still grieving the loss. We’re still wringing our hands and looking to our own kids hoping, wishing, praying that we don’t lose them. It didn’t have to […]
“Teen ‘Zine” — A New Approach to Teen Drug Problems
April 13, 2011 By
The silence was deafening … 15 pairs of eyes staring, arms crossed. I smile, no one smiles back. “Can anyone tell me, what makes a good news story?” Nada. My 10 minute PowerPoint seemed to last an eternity. “We are going to divide into two groups and do an exercise. Let’s count off and move […]
Still carrying the message … a new home for the Wolfe Street Center
March 31, 2011 By
In the fall of 1982, the newly-formed Wolfe Street Foundation, founded in Little Rock by Joe McQuany, Gene Walter and Bert Jones, leased an ex-funeral home at 1210 Wolfe Street and opened it up for meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. Now more than 30 years later, the beloved but creaky old building on Wolfe […]
