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Was browsing another recovery forum and found this in its treatment directory:
http://www.newwayclinic.com/treatment_process.html
Has anyone come across this ‘method’ before as I haven’t and I like to think I know whats out there in recovery land? But after seeing this…apparently not! Ten minutes from my house too.
Haven’t blogged on here for a while now, but I’ve been watching things develop over the last couple of months with an interested eye. Great to see lots of healthy debate around some meaty topics. Isn’t that what the site was made for?
Ok, on to what I wanted to speak about.
I got involved with SMART about a year ago now and we were holding just one meeting a week in Manchester. We have now embedded SMART into other areas of the north west of England and they are as follows:
Salford – Aspire (average 15-20 regular members)
Bury – Oddfellows House (average 20-25 regular members)
Trafford – Phoenix Futures (10-12 regular members)
Also, newly established in Pontefract, Leyland and Lancaster and by the new year Burnley Accrington and east Manchester (Outlook).
This saturation of the north west of England wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for those active members who not only believe in SMART’s philosophy on recovery but also believe in themselves. This is where I feel like a DJ as big ‘shout-outs’ go to the following SMART members:
Kevin M, Tony A, Carl C, Emma D, Daniel D, Dave and Frank.
So, another recovery model is growing and if recovery is about choices, the north west of England is fruitful indeed!
After always having a dog in the family home when I was growing up and then not having a pet of any type for years and years, I was asked to ‘look after’ a three year old Border Collie by a friend of mine.
He’d just split from his partner and had moved into his sister’s for the time being and unfortunately there wasn’t any room for ‘Millie’.
The thought of a dog under our (mostly) tidy house wasn’t something Mrs H and I had thought about. Then there was the possible attatchment between my youngest son (11) and Millie to consider.
However, we agreed to give Millie a bed for a week or so and see how things panned out.
Well, six months later and we are now known as “the outdoor family”! Getting a dog has changed lots of things for us as a family.
So, whats this got to do with a recovery forum…?
Quite a lot actually. I remember coming across someone talking about recovery and this stuck in my head because of it’s simplicity. “I didn’t get clean to spend the next 20 years lookin at the four walls of my flat.”
I’m not saying that purchasing a Border Collie is Dave’s answer to the recovery debate, but what I am saying is that recovery should be a balance between utilising and tailoring your support to suit your needs and doing something that:
Balance that lifestyle and bloody well ENJOY your recovery, after all, it’s yours!
Anyway, must dash… gotta take Millie out.
Shadow Justice Minister David Borrowes speaking in D.D.N. (Drink & Drug News) considers how the Conservatives “might treat addiction differently”.
I found this quote to be quite positive…
‘Some of the most inspirational people I’ve met have been recovered addicts. And they should be used much more in mentoring and support to lead the way through to recovery – to show that we don’t simply have to rest with maintaining and managing this problem but that we can really lead and ensure we have local systems that are built around treatment and recovery.’
If… and I say if there was a turnaround in government, how would the Wired In community feel?
No… this isn’t Dave’s new Hollywood blockbuster (we are allowed to dream though), this is real!
Since switching jobs, I have been commuting in and out of Manchester city centre. The number of people who I’ve bumped into who I worked with in treatment and are now doing fantastically well in their own, personal recovery is amazing!
Some have now got their own flats and are excited about ‘doing them up’. Others are at college or adult education, some are volunteering in services, others are members of city center gyms, and some are working.
No, I am not Bruce Willis. I am Dave Healey and the fact is… people are coming out the other end and, more importantly, maintaining it – using whatever they feel they need to sustain it!
Brilliant!!!
