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The Daily Reprieve The official newsletter of Bay Area Recovery Center April 2010
No Fooling: April is Alcohol Awareness Month As a national public awareness campaign, April is the official Alcohol Awareness Month that encourages us all to come together in our local communities and focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues and prevention. One of the key threats of alcohol is that it is so widely consumed that individuals with alcohol problems can often be hidden in the crowd. Nevertheless, you can help those individuals by pitching in to raise awareness for this devastating disease throughout April. There are several ways to contribute to the cause in your home, work or community. At home, it's as simple as paying extra attention to the habits of friends and relatives who may be struggling with addiction. Or you may be able to reach out to a friend or relative to help them with an intervention for someone they know. At work, you can talk to your employer about starting a drug-free workplace program. Not only does alcohol in the workplace put the alcoholic and others at risk, but it also costs American businesses more than $100 billion annually, according to the U.S. government. Addicts are more likely to be absent than other employees, have 300% higher medical costs and make 30-50% of all workers' comp claims. In your community, you can encourage awareness by hosting a family friendly, sober supported event. Whether it's a spring cookout or a sponsored speaker, every effort makes a difference and helps families start a conversation about living healthy, happy and free. If you are helping raise alcohol awareness in your family, office or community, please share your story with us! Let us know what you're doing to help out by posting on our Facebook wall or sending us an e-mail.
A quote from the Big Book When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken. - page 86 Mark Your Calendar April 1 April Fool's Day April 2 Good Friday April 3 BARC Easter Egg Hunt April 4 Easter Sunday April 6-12 National Public Health Week April 8 National D.A.R.E. Day April 15 Tax Day April 21 Admin Professionals Day April 22 Earth Day
A Renewed Hope: Shellie's Story I arrived at Bay Area Recovery Center on August 13, 2009, my 30th birthday. My thoughts racing, my spirit broken, my life melting away--I was hopeless. I felt nothing could solve my problems as they were much too big. BARC opened my eyes to the fact that I had only one problem, a spiritual deficiency. My addiction/alcoholism was but a symptom and everything there after was a direct result of it. That statement resonated in my mind. I learned what an addict/alcoholic was. I was taught about the illness of which I suffer. BARC not only answered the question I never could, 'What's wrong with me?', but it laid out a solution before me. Thus, I began my journey of recovery and spiritual discovery as part of the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Today, I have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. I no longer suffer the symptoms of the illness that plagued my life for 17 years. I now work at BARC helping other addicts and alcoholics find hope in their hopelessness just as I did. I have a life worth living today thanks to BARC. Trust God, Clean House, Help Others! - Shellie, BARC Alumnus
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