Category: Recovery

Nancy Reagan made “Just Say No” famous in 1982 and it spread quickly in drug prevention and treatment programs.

The slogan received a lot of criticism, though. The idea of just saying no to drugs was called simplistic, the reducing of something that is complex to a catch phrase.

It is overly simple. Of course it’s not the whole story. But in a way breaking any addiction is this simple because you do have to say no — as a first step.

Simple is not the same thing as easy.

An addiction is physical, spiritual and emotional. The thing we’re addicted to becomes a friend that is always there. It provides an intense pleasure that we come to depend on. Even someone with a lesser addiction — to coffee or to chocolate — knows that it is not easy to break a habit.

This is where treatment programs and support groups help. They will help to reduce the automatic responses to the thing you crave. You’ll examine the core reasons why you rely on your addiction in the first place. You will learn to distract yourself and say “yes” to other things that will give your life real meaning.

But it does all start with telling yourself that you have a choice, and that you’re choosing to say no.

Conversations with Carol is a unique group. It brings addicts and codependents together to talk… and to listen. You get the opportunity to ask some of the questions you might not be able to ask your own loved one and to get some answers. We look at the roots of the pain and try to learn other ways of coping. The group is full of sharing, learning, tears and laughter. It’s about healing and hope.

The group fulfills a need that wasn’t being met. Support groups are generally either for addicts or for codependents, but they aren’t for both.

CWC has been meeting for over a year now and we’re going strong and growing. The concept really works for people. As a mother of an addict said to me recently, “I can’t talk to my own son, but there is a young man in the group who sounds just like my son. Hearing what he has to say has given me a lot of insight.”

I want codependents to feel in some way what addicts go through. And I want addicts to know what their parents or other loved ones are dealing with. At a recent meeting, a woman whose son died from drugs spoke so movingly I know it made an impression.

CWC is open to anyone who is struggling with any kind of addiction (either recovering or active), and to anyone who is involved with an addict.

ITS FREE!!

We meet:
Every Sunday morning from 9:00 to 10:30am

Carol Feldman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Sunday Conversations with Carol

Every week on Sunday

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Join us for support, hope and healing.

For more info contact me at cjflifeworks.com or cjflifeworks@comcast.net.

Do you know the answer??
It’s not the pot from the 60’s.
Every Sunday morning in Hamilton you can join me for Conversations with Carol and learn why the kids are doing and what you can do about it.

Are you struggling with addiction or codependency (or both??)
There is Help!!
There is Hope!!
Join me for Conversations with Carol every Sunday in Hamilton.