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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 […]

Filed Under: Alchohol, Recovery

Vet Overcomes Addictions, Rides with “Stroker” Wiggs

March 31, 2011 By

When “Stroker” Wiggs, the “Bandido” bike rider who became a Christian minister, died in January in Little Rock, Neal Benschoff lost a dear friend and role model. Benschoff, also a former member of an outlaw biker group that terrorized the countryside was, like “Stroker,” a Vietnam War veteran. Thanks to inpatient care at Fort Roots, […]

Filed Under: Alcoholics Anonymous, Celebrity Stories, Combat Veterans

Note to the Homeless: Get a Life at Our House

March 31, 2011 By

At Our House, it’s the children who get people choked up. It’s the baby blissfully being rocked or a little girl, with tongue stuck out, concentrating on putting a puzzle together with a gentle prompt from a volunteer. Most of these children have been neglected and some abused, but today they are safe with a […]

Filed Under: Alcoholics Anonymous, Homeless

Oasis Offers Top Treatment in Rustic Resort Setting

March 31, 2011 By

The Oasis Renewal Center, an up-scale treatment facility on 48 wooded acres in west Little Rock, is now accepting applications from up to 24 guests — men and women 18 and over — for its 30 day program and follow up. With its log cabin cottages, main lodge, private dining facilities and scenic walking trails […]

Filed Under: Alcoholics Anonymous, Mental Health Treatment, Relationships