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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
—Carl Sandburg
There is a song that says joy is like the rain. It comes across our windowpane and then goes away again. When joy comes knocking at our window we can reach out and let it in. Joy comes to us in many ways - through deep laughter, through games played together in a spirit of fun and sharing. Singing together, skating, and being around a campfire are all ways we share joy. Yet joy can also be felt alone.
Each moment of joy we reach for strengthens our spirits. Joyful memories can sustain us through days of long hard work. Like rain, joy comes and goes; yet its nourishment keeps our spirits alive.
How can I share my joy today?
From Today’s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©1985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.
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These days the treatment options for individuals afflicted with the disease of alcohol and drug addiction seem to be endless. The benefits of having plenty of options are obvious. The more treatment options out there, the more people being helped. The first challenge is to differentiate between which programs offer quality services and which ones don’t. Even the treatment professionals would be inclined to admit the treatment industry is overrun with too many “flop houses” and not enough quality treatment facilities. Check out the certifications of the facility. A facility that is licensed by the state and/or certified by JCAHO, CARF, or GARR indicates the facility has met their quality standards and has oversight by an outside organization.
The decision now becomes even more complicated. The individual has several quality options to choose from, but the facilities all offer different levels of care. One option may be a 3/4 house offering a supportive environment, but no treatment. Another may be an outpatient facility offering treatment, but no supportive housing, and yet another may be a residential program offering all of the above. And then there is the medically managed facility or hospital that offers detox, medical stabilization, short term inpatient care and a partial hospitalization program. How is one to know which will be right for him or her? The answer is to be found by seeking the advice of a reputable addiction treatment professional.
These questions were carefully considered during the creation of the program at Purple Inc. We recognized a need for a quality residential recovery program in Gwinnett County that offered services to the suburban middle-class family. There were already several options in the area for the indigent and the well-to-do, but no one was taking care of the working middle-class alcoholic and addict. And thus, Purple’s Residential Program was born and has been going strong ever since. Purple is geared toward the suburban middle-class male, ages 17-70, who is in need of a supportive, structured residential recovery program. Treatment includes group therapy, individual therapy, access to twelve-step meetings, job assistance, transportation assistance, and most importantly, life skills that will allow the individual to transition back into the real world more easily and ultimately maintain a life long journey through the world of sobriety.
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The Friends of Purple inaugural event was a hugh success. The hot weather was unforgiving, but you wouldn’t have known it by the turnout. Folks from all over showed up with food, drinks, and lawn chairs. As the afternoon progressed, people took their seats under the shade of the tall oak trees in the front yard to enjoy the sounds of the bluegrass band. We are all looking forward to the next Friends of Purple gathering.
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The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room, not to try to do or be anything whatsoever.
—May Sarton
A whole world can be seen through even the smallest window. Knowing this can help us slow down and enjoy everyday events. We can listen to the regular rhythms of letter carriers and school children, dogs and delivery trucks, city buses and song birds playing out a piece of their daily lives outside the window.
We can greet the letter carrier who comes up the walk, feed the robin who lands on the sill, wave to the kids who’ve found a shortcut through our backyards on their way home from school.
It is not necessary, today, for us to fill our lives with important meetings, gala parties, expensive treats, toys, or outings to be happy. There is a whole world to be discovered just outside the nearest window.
What worlds lie on the other side of my window today?
From Today’s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©1985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.
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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
—Marion Anderson
Because of our resentments we sometimes get tense. We say we aren’t going to have contact with our parents until they do something we expect of them. Or we hold out on a friend because we want an apology for an injury or injustice.
Sadly, we become more tense, more limited in our own joy, by holding someone else to our expectations. Our lives can be much richer and more fulfilled when we let go of these expectations. We can let go of manipulating or drawing forth the responses we want. Our manipulations and pouting make life too boring and limited. No one else need stand in the way of our pleasure of being adult men.
Today, I will let go of my claims on others so I can be free to soar.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©1986, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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A few weeks ago, Lynn Bosworth, the mother of one of our alumni, approached Brett and Joel about a parent alumni program. Her idea is to “create an environment in which Purple alumni, parents, and friends become and stay connected to Purple and support it with their work, wisdom, and capabilities”.
What a wonderful idea! The clients who graduate have an alumni program that allows them to stay involved with the program and with each other, why shouldn’t the parents? Alcohol and drug addiction affects the entire family unit and often the family members work just as hard as the clients.
So, of course, we were on board to help in any way we can. In the next couple of days, an email will be sent out to the families requesting their support and attendance at an organizational meeting to discuss the formation of the program. The meeting will be held at Purple at 7:00 pm on April 7, 2009.