Welcome to Nashville Recovery.
The purpose of this website is to enhance and strengthen my recovery from addiction and alcoholism. Perhaps others who may stumble across this site will get some encouragement and hope from this website and its resources as well.
There is a lot of talk of and reference to Alcoholics Anonymous on this website; however, this is not a site that is solely about AA, or at least I do not intend for it to be that way. I am a recovering alcoholic, certainly, but my last six years or so have been influenced more by abuse of prescription drugs than anything else -- for the worse, naturally. That's what it took to get me here.
I picked up an AA pamphlet yesterday entitled The AA Group - Where It All Begins. This is one of the more interesting AA pamphlets I have seen; it is actually quite good reading. It answers many questions regarding exactly what an AA group is, the traditions that helped them to succeed, typical types of meetings, and much more. It answers a lot of questions I might not have ever even though to ask, as well as many topics and concerns I have wondered about in the past.
Share Your Experience, Strength, and Hope
Do you like to write? Like to blog? Do you want to voice your opinion about recovery-related issues, or just write about your experience, strength, and hope? Well, Let It Happen! We want you to participate in the Nashville recovery-based blog at LetItHappen.org. Of course it is free to all, and it is very easy get started. All you have to do is register, and all you need to register is a valid email address.
What A.A. Does NOT Do
- Recruit members or furnish initial motivation for alcoholics to recover.
- Keep membership records or case histories.
- Follow up or try to control its members.
- Make medical or psychological diagnoses or prognoses.
- Provide hospitalization, drugs, or medical or psychiatric treatment.
- Provide housing, food, clothing, jobs, money or other such services.
- Provide domestic or vocational counseling.
- Engage in or sponsor research.
- Affiliate with social agencies (though many members and service offices do cooperate with them.)
- Offer religious services.
- Engage in any controversy about alcohol or other matters.
- Accept money for its services or contributions from non-A.A. sources.
- Provide letters of reference to parole boards, attorneys, court officials, schools, businesses, social agencies, or any other organization or institution.
Nashville Recovery on the Web
NARA - Nashville Area Recovery Alliance
Excerpt :: "The Nashville Area Recovery Alliance (NARA), is a non profit program under the umbrella of the Alcohol and Drug Council of Middle Tennessee, whose mission is to help individuals who have gotten clean and sober realize long-term recovery and avoid relapse...The heart of NARA is a community of people whose lives have been touched by addiction and recovery in some way. As program leaders, they work to improve the lives of recovering people by sharing their own experiences, skills, and talents by mentoring, leading support groups, and facilitating free educational workshops called Recovery Learning Circles..."
Let It Happen :: a recovery blog
Excerpt :: "I just met with my sponsor Rick. I saw him in the noon Mid Day Break Group meeting at Alano, where I go most days. He had given me my pre-step three instructions a few days ago. We found an empty room, hung the ‘Session in Progress’ sign on the door, and got down to business...Knowing that I like to write, my sponsor had asked me to consider whether I wanted to use the third step prayer as written or write my own prayer. I told him I could not really improve on the prayer in the book. (Also, I was too lazy to write my own.)..."
A Friend of Bill's [Drug Alcohol - Recovery Halfway Houses Nashville TN Middle Tennessee]
Excerpt :: "A Friend of Bill's, LLC currently operates recovery houses for men in Hendersonville, Lebanon and Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Primarily, we serve Middle Tennessee and the Nashville, TN area, but we also take clients regionally. As a part of our regional effort we now have opened Kentucky recovery houses in Bowling Green, KY and Henderson, Ky. We offer a structured living environment for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts who are trying to learn how to live in society as sober and productive individuals..."
Illustrated Big Book Online :: a unique project by an obsessive recovering alcoholic
Excerpt :: "I started out by creating a simple web layout and then input the text from the first page of The Doctor's Opinion. I chose a couple of words from that page to look up in the dictionary and planned to link those words to their definition pages at my favorite dictionary site, Dictionary.com. After doing this, I found that it seemed too interruptive and cumbersome to click on a word, wait for the browser to open the definition page on a different website, read it, then get back to reading the text of the Big Book. I found a better way using an AJAX script, which causes a tooltip/popup type box to appear with the term and its defintion(s), without having to click on the linked word and open another web page..."
SHARE [Songs of Hope Awareness and Recovery for Everyone]
Excerpt :: "SHARE - using the power of Nashville music to bring attention to the pervasive problem ... songs about recovery from alcohol and drug abuse ever recorded...this group started putting together a list of some of the best, and worst, drinking songs ever recorded in Nashville. Then, they added a few more of the most inspirational songs about recovery from alcohol and drug abuse ever recorded. That small group of people got a little larger and they got a name: SHARE: Songs of Hope, Awareness and Recovery for Everyone."
Nashville CitySearch: Recovery [Addiction Recovery in Nashville Health Services & Facilities]
Excerpt :: "Looking for Addiction Recovery in Nashville, TN? Find reviews, maps and directions for Nashville Health Services & Facilities on Citysearch.
Welcome to Recovery Month 2003
Excerpt :: "Nashville's tribute to National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month brought more than 2,500 people to the downtown area this weekend to listen to personal stories of battles with addiction and celebrate those in recovery...'When we tell people we had 2,500 here celebrating recovery, it gives them hope that by next year's event, they, too, can be a member of Middle Tennessee's recovery community,' said Vernon Martin, director of the Nashville Area Recovery Alliance (NARA), one of the groups responsible for planning RecoveryFest 2003...During Recovery Month, special efforts will be made by the Nashville Area Recovery Alliance (NARA), the Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction...
Recovery Community Services Program Excerpt :: "The Alcohol and Drug Council of Middle Tennessee is an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. NARA is a grassroots, membership-based recovery organization that aims to help individuals strengthen their recovery, prevent relapse, and attain long-term recovery. After four years, its peer services are well established and the organization is looking toward adding new services...NARA set up a collaborative arrangement with a program for homeless addicted veterans in Nashville to offer two recovery support groups each week...
Recovery Month
Excerpt :: "The Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible."
RecoveryFest 2003 Draws Thousands to Downtown Nashville Excerpt :: "More than 2,500 people celebrated Recovery Month outside the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville on September 6...Folk artist Steve Earle, singer and song writer Bob DiPiero and pianist John McAndrew were among the performers. Booths lined the perimeter of the park, allowing recovery organizations, treatment agencies, and artisans from all over Middle Tennessee to show how they celebrate life in recovery...The team responsible for SHARE, 'Songs of Hope, Awareness and Recovery for Everyone,' also attended RecoveryFest and sold copies of the CD at the event...
Recovery Community Services Program Excerpt :: "RCSP grant projects design and deliver peer-to-peer recovery support services to help individuals in their communities initiate and sustain recovery and gain overall wellness...Peer support services are not treatment or post-treatment services provided by professionals, but rather support services from people who share the experiences of addiction and recovery...They are designed to promote a sense of self-worth, community connectedness, and quality of life—all important factors in sustaining recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders.
The Alcohol and Drug Council of Middle Tennessee Excerpt :: "Our mission at the Alcohol & Drug Council of Middle Tennessee is to offer solutions to those affected by alcohol and drug addiction. We accomplish our mission though prevention, education, counseling, referral services, and recovery & relapse prevention services. Our purpose is to bring the message of hope, health and healing to suffering alcoholics and addicts and to their loved ones. It is possible to break free of the lifelong pain caused by addictions. We can help you or your loved one begin the journey to recovery and walk with you down that path...Anyone at any time who has an issue related to alcohol or drugs is invited and urged to call us at 615-269-0029. One of our caring and compassionate staff members will listen to you, understand you, and assist you to get the help you need and deserve.