Recovery Universe November 8, 2009

Recovery Universe is going on it’s 5 year of serving online recovery to suffering alcoholics and addicts worldwide.

The idea for Recovery Universe was born in a treatment facility in Atlanta, Georgia. I spent 110 days there and got really close with a few people there that I wanted to keep in touch with after treatment. I was a application developer and did not know too much web programming at the time but I made the commitment to setting up a video chat room that my friends and I could use to keep in touch after we all got home. Ironically this never ended up happening but something even more exciting transpired. In February of 2004 Recovery Universe launched still with the intention of only being for a few friends. By the late summer of 2004 RU had over 500 members and the forums and chat rooms were growing fast.

In 2005 RU underwent its 1st real transformation since the inception. This is the version that adapted the popular logo that has been used since. The colors of the site have always reamained the same (blue and tan) but the site has undergone 4 major overhauls. 

By 2006 the site was running strong and I was getting emails daily thanking me for providing a safe and clean place for people to share their experience, strength, and hope online. This reinforced in me the reasons I started the site to begin with and made me more active than ever in the site itself. 

By 2008 things had been up and down. Good times and bad times and I had all but stepped out of using it as a tool for myself and more just hid behind the scenes and worked on improving the site. 2008 was a rough year for me and I had stepped away completely as I got a new job and supported my wife while she began going to alanon. I needed the time to work on myself and get things right in my life. The computer was just simply taking too much of my time. 

2009 is now here and my life has seemed to settle somewhat. I am getting a good balance going in my life and have returned to RU with newly aquired web programming skills and a strong desire to use Recovery Universe as an outlet for my programming hobby. What you see now is a compilation of 5 years of hard work and dedication to Recovery Universe. It is a safe clean enviroment for people to share. The people I have met and memories I have from this website are priceless. I hope to be alot more involved in the site in the future and will do my best to make sure that the doors of Recovery Universe stay open for the newcomer.

So please enjoy yourself and come share your experience, strength, and hope with us…

Yours in Recovery,

 J.J.D.

VISIT and JOIN Recovery Universe

November Blog of the Month November 2, 2009

Naked Daze with Dave

Why the name “Naked Daze?” When I surrendered I became exposed and all the evil was stripped away… Then for the first time in my life, I was free to explore… Anyway it’s a new blog! Which hopefully gives a better experience for everyone. There are some posts on the old blog which I want to save so bear with me as I cross everything over… Thanks

HIT HARD October 21, 2009

HIT HARD the memoir of drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith

Learn more by visiting JoeyKramer.com

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BARNES AND NOBLE

 

Recovery Comedy is Proud to Present Marshall Chiles October 20, 2009

Marshall loves to perform stand-up comedy for recovering addicts. Of all the shows he has performed all over the world, his recovery comedy shows are his favorites.

Being in active addiction is such a ridiculous, illogical way of life, that the simple truths of addiction are comical in their own right. Marshall hopes to show other recovering addicts, especially the new comer, that there IS life after drugs and alcohol… a much better way of life.

Marshall is very humbled to be able to carry the message of recovery while performing stand-up comedy at conventions, rehab centers, conferences, half-way homes, and anywhere else addicts need a laugh. Most of his comedy show is not about being in a 12 step program, but they are from an addict’s perspective. He closes all his shows at comedy clubs with his 12 step jokes because a) it is some of his best material, and b) it helps carry the message of recovery.

Marshall’s comedy is considered edgy and smart while not being offensive. He pushes the envelope while not being divisive and he can walk this line because his comedy comes from a place of love. Sure, he knows that sounds corny, but it is how he can say some of the things he says and make people laugh instead of walking out of the show.

Recovery Comedy ~ One Laugh at a Time

The Sober Biker October 18, 2009

The whole idea for this site is to help get clean and sober people together, find and make new friends that are also clean and sober but still enjoy going on rides with some down home folks, going to a biker event, listening to bands and just plain want to be them self. When Topper and I go to these events and rides it seems like we’re the only ones not drinking. We have just as much fun and do some crazy shit too but, when we’re pulled over or when we wake up, we don’t have all those head aches that those high folks do. We do not endorse any one recovery program or religion. ALL are welcome here for fellowship and participating in each others recovery. This site is also for people that may be thinking they have a “problem” or just don’t want to hang around and ride with a bunch of drunken high knuckle heads. I believe that everyone’s paths cross for a reason and I certainly do not want to get in the way.

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NEW Post on IOCC October 6, 2009

The Joy of Praying

by

Rabbi Yisrael Pinson
CHABAD.ORG

Improve Our Conscious Contact

It’s All In The Journey ~ A Magazine for the recovery community October 3, 2009

The only magazine written by, for and about the recovery community.  Not just for the professionals serving the community, but the whole community.

The goal of “It’s All In The Journey” is to show someone still suffering how we did it. To teach, inform, and
entertain our brothers and sisters in recovery. To let family members and the general public know that treatement
for addiction is possible and available to everyone. And that it works if you work it!

Our Mission: The 12th step of the 12-step fellowship says, “…having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we try to carry this message to another alcoholic or addict.”

VISIT It’s All In The JOURNEY and Subscribe!

October Blog of the Month October 1, 2009

Through strong sponsorship, lots of meetings, practicing the spiritual principles as outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous and oodles and oodles of grace, I haven’t had a drink since May 2, 2006.

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ANOTHER REAL ALCOHOLIC

The Yoga Of Recovery September 23, 2009

Yoga of Recovery (YOR) is a retreat integrating the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with the tools of 12-Step Recovery.  It is open to all who are looking to overcome self-destructive or addictive tendencies. 

For those familiar with any 12-Step Program, the most remarkable aspect of these is the fact that only the first of the twelve steps makes any mention of the addictive substance or act.  Sobriety/abstinence is described as a “daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition”.  Our opportunity for genuine spiritual fulfillment is strengthened when we weave together the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with the practical tools of recovery programs.  Together they offer us a truly empowering personal program of recovery.   12-Step Programs also recommend an “occasional retreat from the outside world where we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation”.  Yoga of Recovery offers retreats in beautiful, peaceful locations where you can relax, recover, and rejuvenate.

READ MORE….

http://www.yogaofrecovery.com/

NEW Post on Improve Our Conscious Contact September 16, 2009

Rewards and gifts of prayer and meditation

written by Wolf running with the Spirit Wind

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Baghead Sponsor September 14, 2009

Interesting information about recovery brought to you in a very special way!

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September Blog of the Month September 3, 2009

Hi! I’m Amanda! I’ve got three girls (you might know me as mom23greatgirls) that I love with all my heart. I also have a husband and I love him too – sometimes with the rest of my heart. Ready for an adventure in sobriety? Follow along as I make my way through the world, sober while trying to work outside of my home, parent, and be a wife. It’ll be fun, I promise!

Visit Adventures of a SoberMommy

Recovery Comedy is proud to present Karin Babbitt August 28, 2009

Biography

 
In 1976, Karin Babbitt was a 21-year-old emerging from juvenile deliquency and chronic substance abuse. After a series of miracles she found herself clean and finally free to pursue her dream – to be a standup comic.
   
Karin became a fixture at the Comedy Store in Hollywood throughout the 80’s, working the Main Room with Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Roseanne. Karin went on to play Vegas and do spots for MTV, VH-1, A&E and many network talk shows. She also had the opportunity to write for a number of television sitcoms and pilots and was a guest on numerous radio shows. 
 
By 1992, Karin had two children and a struggling marriage so she decided to mentor young artists as a high school teacher. Standup comedy continues to be the guiding force in her life – here she is free to reveal the raw truth about being a woman in recovery trying to function in a clean world.

Recovery Comedian Karin Babbitt at RecoveryComedy.com

Take12Radio.com August 19, 2009

 

Take12Radio.com is a Christian owned and operated Recovery

Talk and Positive Music Internet Radio Station.

 

Monty Meyer. (the Monty’man) is the owner and Executive Producer of K.H.L.T. (K-HALT) Recovery Broadcasting, The Take 12 Recovery Radio Show and Sponsor to Sponsor Recovery Publications

A web site publication that has been serving the recovery community since 1997 Sponsor to Sponsor is where K.H.L.T. was birthed.

 

Working on the Pastoral Staff of Lebanon Foursquare Church and with local drug & alcohol services Monty’s work is primarily with those who have a desire to become whole through the process of recovery.

 

“The Internet is a community all it’s own, and like any community it’s population is filled to the overflowing with hurting and desperate people searching for a way out of drug, alcohol and other addictions. I believe that the only way to experience total recovery from this type of bondage is through accountability, education and a relationship with a power greater than ourselves, GOD.

 

Though there are some who experience a wonderful freedom from active drug and alcohol use without turning their will and their life over to the care of the creator, many of them never completely recover.

If they do it is only through the mercy of the God they have yet to know.

 

It is in the context of the original program of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the direction of a loving God that Take12Radio.com & KHLT Recovery Broadcasting are effective.”

 

The format that Monty uses in all of his Take 12 shows come from deep within his spirit. He desires that all seeking recovery never die behind any type of addiction or alcoholism. But more importantly, Monty’s heart is for the spiritual condition of his fellow man. Though he respects the rights of all people to believe as they will; Monty makes no apologizes for being specific that his Higher Power is Jesus Christ*

 

OUR DESIRE

 

We at KHLT Recovery Broadcasting and Take12Radio.com know that we have more than a partial remedy for the addict and alcoholic. We have the solution in the 12 Steps that guide us to the complete and final answer. A loving God who expresses himself by His complete understanding of His creation, not our limited understanding of Him.

We hope all our shows will point the listener to the final and complete answer to our powerlessness. God.

 

Take12Radio.com

SoberMoms ~ The Great Book Club August 18, 2009

For all the SoberMoms out there please come join our community at

http://sobermoms.ning.com/ !

We are starting a new read for fall in our group

The Great Book Club

Addicted Like Me: A Mother-Daughter Story of Substance Abuse and Recovery

http://www.amazon.com/Addicted-Like-Me-Mother-Daughter-Substance/dp…

“In telling their shared story from two perspectives, the authors illuminate how recovery can save a family. This is a gripping story that also offers hope and help to families and individuals suffering from addiction.”

Ken Seeley, BRI II, RASi

A&E Interventionist

Founder, Intervention911.com

We are fortunate enough to have mother and daughter here as members at SoberMoms.