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Monday Thoughts 11/29/2021

“Be the reason someone feels welcome, seen, heard, valued, loved and supported.”  ~~Unknown “There can be a deep loneliness that comes from not having a family that has your back.  I hope you can find supportive people who show up for you.”  ~~Laura Mohai “You’re not selfish for wanting the

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Monday Thoughts 11/22/2021

“Forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself.”  ~~Maya Angelou “We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong.  The amount of effort is the same.”  ~~Pema Chödrön “In retrospect dear one, you will understand your entire life was but choices, made one after the other in

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Monday Thoughts 11/15/2021

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”  ~~Harriet Beecher Stowe “Be not afraid of growing

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Monday Thoughts 11/8/2021

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”  ~~A.A. Milne “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.”  ~~Gertrude Stein “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.”  ~~Ralph

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Volunteers Needed for Peer Alternatives for Addiction 2 (PAL2) Study

A research team at the Alcohol Research Group, which conducted the groundbreaking Peer Alternatives for Addiction (PAL) Study, has received federal funding for a larger and more detailed follow-up study.  We hope you will participate.  The original PAL study examined the effectiveness of several mutual-help groups, including LifeRing, SMART Recovery, Women for Sobriety,

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Monday Thoughts 11/1/2021

“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.”  ~~Liberty Hyde Bailey “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”  ~~Denis Waitley “But I have

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Monday Thoughts 10/25/2021

“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”  ~~C. Joybell C. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”  ~~Brené Brown “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough.

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Monday Thoughts 10/18/2021

“I encourage people to remember that “no” is a complete sentence.”  ~~Gavin de Becker “To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.”  ~~Edith Eva Eger “Assertiveness is not what you do,

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