SHARE YOUR STORY. TELL US WHAT A HOME AWAY HAS MEANT TO YOU!

February 18th, 2010

Alumni and other friends of A Home Away are invited to share your experience with A Home Away. Share your experience, strength and hope with others.

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“Why do you stay in prison…

March 14th, 2010


…when the door is so wide open?

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.” ~Rumi

Wings, A Home Away Retreat

The Three C’s of Al-anon…

March 14th, 2010

I didn’t Cause it.

I can’t Cure it.

I can’t Control it.


Alanon Logo, A Home Away Retreat

Don’t just sit there, do nothing.

12 Step Recovery does not work in theory…

March 13th, 2010

…it only works in practice.

Walking up the Steps, A Home Away Retreat

Take the steps to freedom.

Medicine Card drawn this week – Swan

March 12th, 2010

Part of the Spiritual Sessions at A Home Away include Animal Medicine Cards. Do they mean anything? I don’t know. Maybe they just mean whatever it is you bring to them.

Swan – Grace # 39

Be willing to accept whatever the future holds as it is presented without trying to change Great Spirit’s plans, don’t fight the current of life, surrender and trust what is shown by Great Spirit. Learn to surrender your body to the power of Great Spirit, have faith and show acceptance. Learn to accept the state of grace. Be one with all planes of consciousness and trust in Great Spirit protection. You have the ability to see the future to surrender to the power of Great Spirit and accept the feeling and transformation of your life.

Swan Medicine Card, A Home Away Retreat

Reverse: Acknowledge what you know so stop denying your feelings cult zing up.Pay more attention to your body in the world of spirit pay close attention to the unseen. You are embarking on new territory that has rules or universal laws of its own. You may sense or feel a slightly different way but this is gradual. This shift is sometimes lost among your normal activities until you feel spaced out. Reconnect then with mother earth. The solution to swan is to touch earth with your hands and feet. Focus on reality or the other, or visit the dark time, stop what you are doing and be still. Enter the silence and empty your mind. Be receptive and open so you can receive the message into your consciousness. If you are just spacey or day dreaming, you need to get focus.

Breathing Easy ODAAT for 93 days! Thanks!

March 12th, 2010

Dear Jane and John,

I haven’t been here lately but something always draws me here!!  Today it was this posting.  I am so grateful that I don’t wake up every day reaching for my cigarettes.  I no longer have a cloudy head, smelly clothes, an empty wallet or countless minutes of my precious time wasted away with a cigarette in my mouth.  These things were all a part of my life for 28 years.

Thanks to the Breathing Easy group that John leads and the amazing support of the other guests and staff at AHA, I have now not had a cigarette for 93 days!  I feel FABULOUS!! I feel healthier than I ever have.

Love to you all!
PJH

Breathing Easy Fresh Air, A Home Away Retreat,

Breathing Easy

Message of Gratitude from former guest.

March 12th, 2010

John and Jane,

I can’t thank you enough for everything AHA gave me. I’m becoming at peace with myself more and more. Its an awesome feeling.

Hope all is well at home, I’m calling it my home because i was reborn there :)

Give my best to the guests, let them know that I am thinking of them. Especially LJ and TR as I know they are ‘medallioning out’ today. Wish them luck from me, they are in my prayers.

Take care, lots of love,

DE

Former Guest hears sobering story in the 12 Step Rooms

March 12th, 2010

Dear John and Jane,

Thanks guys for your words of encouragement. It helped me to focus on what is really important!! I also received another reason for gratitude in the rooms today. A very young man was there. A week ago his best childhood friend died of an overdose. The two were sharing an apartment. Both were using. The young man heard his friend choking and gasping but did nothing to help because of his own state of mind. The next morning he found his friend dead. He was beside himself with guilt and remorse.

Thank God that didn’t happen to me during the years I was drinking. I too could have shown such poor judgment that it harmed somebody else. There but for the “grace of my higher power, go I.”

I’ll keep hanging in there ODAAT.

I’ll let you know about the Round Up next week.

Love, GF

When you get to the end of your rope…

March 12th, 2010

…let go!

Let Go! A Home Away Retreat

Let Go and Let God

A smart person can learn from their mistakes…

March 11th, 2010

…but a wise person learns from other people’s mistakes.


Mistakes, A Home Away Retreat

Most things can be preserved in alcohol…

March 10th, 2010

…dignity however, is not one of them.

Sad Panda, A Home Away Retreat