In The News
Program Success Personified – Joey
Joey started with our initial fitness programming eight weeks ago. Three weeks of outdoor recreation and Joey earned his spot in our subsidized gym program. So what has changed for him? Well, not his attitude, because he started with a great deal of optimism, inquiry and motivation. What HAS changed for Joey since he started our programming of education and fitness / nutrition Lost 20...
Incentives for Success
Who received the carrots? We will start posting our weekly winners on this blog and on our social media accounts. Last week's winner was Joseph G. This week's winners were Dominic and Christina (pictured). More to follow! Too often in recovery, there are no carrots, lots of sticks, and many of those sticks are inconsistently applied. We model a different approach. Living Free Health &...
Program Success Personified – Harvey
Two weeks ago, Harvey came to me stating that he thought it would be best if he dropped out of participation in the gym program. Why? He felt he was getting all of the exercise he needed during his daily job of picking up donations and lifting / moving goods on the runs the Thrift Store's trucks make. HR stated, "I'm simply exhausted at the end of each day. I don't want to waste the...
Donations Make a Difference!
A big shout-out to our donors! We have been blessed to receive cash and hard-goods donations. Please, keep it coming! The cash donations we have received recently have helped to underwrite our current fitness programming with the Las Vegas Rescue Mission. See last week's blog here for more on that. Today, Tony and I delivered and set up - with the help of Michael A. - a nearly new Total Gym XLS...
Recovery Enrichment with the Las Vegas Rescue Mission
April 21, 2017 marked our 6th week in providing the Rescue Mission with both clinically-oriented education and fitness programming. Three weeks ago, we expanded fitness groups to include subsidized gym memberships. Clients with at least 8 weeks in-program may qualify for this benefit based upon program compliance and willingness to contribute the equivalent of a $5 "skin-in-the-game" copayment....
New Program Kick-Off!
Great Week One! 3/17/2017 This week we started both education and fitness programming with the great folks at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission! And some of the support we received was from one of our program participant graduates of last Summer's Sober Living Enrichment Program! Our first education group discussed the role nutrition plays in addiction recovery, and in...