Join WFS in Celebrating the Life of our Founder In 1973 Dr. Kirkpatrick set her plan of recovery into an acceptance program that she called New Life. In 1975, she used the name Women for Sobriety, Inc., to establish a nonprofit organization. She formalized 13 affirmations that had been helpful in
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WFS is proud to announce the start of a new virtual meeting! Chicago, IL Thursdays at 10:00 am Start Date: 2/2/2022 Please email [email protected] with questions and to obtain the Zoom link. Please join us in extending our gratitude to this Certified Facility Urban Trauma Healing Society NFP who has
WFS is proud to announce the start of a new in-person meeting! Hastings, MN Mondays at 6:30 pm Start Date: 2/6/2022 Please email [email protected] with questions and to obtain the exact location of the meeting. Please join us in extending our gratitude to this Certified Facility Rise Up Recovery who
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” Unknown “Sometimes you just have to let yourself off the hook. Forget everything you didn’t check off your to-do list, forgive yourself for any mistakes, and stop dwelling on everything you think you could
How did WFS start? In the late 1950s Jean Kirkpatrick couldn’t cope with the fact that she was the first woman to receive the Fels Fellowship award at the University of Pennsylvania, so she went out and got drunk. Fearing that a mistake had been made and the funds to
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” Karen Kaiser Clark “When someone comes looking for the old you, pulling triggers, but cannot find you, that’s healing.” Unknown “Everything good that has ever happened in your life happened because something changed. So don’t be so fearful of change, ok?” Karen
“Avoiding certain people to protect your emotional health is not weakness. It is wisdom.” Unknown “You deserve to be loved without having to hide the parts of yourself you think are unlovable.” Unknown “It’s okay to let go of those who couldn’t love you. Those who didn’t know how to.
“The most beautiful things in life are not things. They’re people and places and memories and pictures. They’re feelings and moments and smiles and laughter.” Unknown “Sometimes you get what you want. Other times, you get a lesson in patience, empathy, compassion, faith, perseverance, resilience, humility, trust, meaning, awareness, resistance,
“The way you tell your story to yourself matters.” Amy Cuddy “Learn to differentiate between the sound of your intuition guiding you and your traumas misleading you.” Unknown “Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use…You have to change the way you think in order to change the
Release date: Immediate Contact: Women for Sobriety, Inc, [email protected] With significant consideration given to the skills, experiences and expertise needed to successfully guide Women for Sobriety in its next phase of growth, the Board of Directors has selected Dr. Michelle Shaivitz to serve as the new Executive Director. Michelle’s
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