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Monday, February 4, 2013
Rock Bottom
The end is only the beginning....
I am very grateful today to be part of this amazing world of recovery and the amazing people that have been put into my life. Its almost a passing of the torch so here I go....I am Chelsea a young person in recovery, my good friend Hillary has now graduated and is giving my the opportunity to share my thoughts and my journey through recovery. I often feel like when I speak or write I do not make sense so you may have to bare with my craziness. :) I am a student at UNC Charlotte working on my bachelors in Exercise Science and am an active member of the Collegiate Recovery Community here on campus. I met Hillary about a year and half ago when she was just starting meetings on campus. To think back now on the times we sat just the two of us in a room wondering if anyone else was going to show up. It is amazing now to see how far the Collegiate Recovery Community has come in just the short amount of time. There has been so many opportunities put into my life just by getting involved and it has truly been a blessing in my recovery. The CRC is like watching a baby grow and not really knowing what to expect. I do know that everyone who I have met on campus seems very supportive and to tell you the truth I did not think there was that many other crazy people in recovery like me on this college campus but there are :). We have a fundraiser coming up on February 14th for the CRC/YPR down town Charlotte. These types of events are completely new to me and it has been a huge learning curve. YPR (Young People in Recovery) is the grass roots movement in educating, advocating and collaborating with in our community on how to support the young population of people in recovery. I believe that my lived experience or my story might just be able to help someone so I try to spread the message.
I was not always as free spirited or open minded about recovery. To tell you the truth I never really knew anything about it. I was a "normal" child and grew up in a "normal" home. I started drinking around my middle school years but it was not until high school where the consequences started. I was very good at getting in trouble with the police. It started with under age drinking tickets, drug charges, DUI's. I almost felt at home in a court room after the first couple times. It seemed like most everyone I knew had gotten into some trouble in their life so I seemed to fit in. I always thought I was happy and that I was a good person but my actions and thoughts proved otherwise. Now looking back I can see that I was very stubborn and that my anger took over a lot of my life. I was ridden with panic attacks and I could find myself wondering about my morals or if I had any. After starting college I seemed to be doing well in a new city and meeting new people. I started going out and partying on the weekends and found my school work slowly slipping. I got a few more tickets and then another DUI. This last DUI stands out to me because I could not remember anything from that night. Needless to say I ended up in the hospital, thankfully no one was injured my self included. For the next few days after that I was completely in a fog. At this point I was blaming anyone else for the situation I had gotten myself into. I think that was a reoccurring theme in my life "blaming others". I was no stranger to court and felt as if a good lawyer would be able to get me out of it. This was not the case and not even the best lawyer could have stopped the judge from my conviction. I was sentenced to jail time. Now that was one thing I thought I would never experience. I felt at the time that I was not a harden criminal and there was no reason for them to send me to jail....Well it turns out that sitting in that cell was the best thing that could have happened to me.
I realized that I did not want to spend my life confined and knew deep down I had more potential. I had a very hard time getting sober it was not easy but I worked with a lot of amazing people and am truly grateful for the mistakes I have made. I only say this now because I have amazing relationships with my family and friends. People trust me to do what I say I am going to do. I have had the privilege to share my story with people in hopes that they may find recovery before they go through everything I went through and everything I put the people closest to me through. I Believe in helping others in anyway possible and working with groups like the CRC and YPR has enhanced my belief that if I can do this than it is possible for anyone out there.
So if you want to stop by and talk the CRC is room 121 in the Student Health Center on campus!
I am SUPER STOKED about this!!! Help Support the Cause!!
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/ChelseaSchmidt/hollywood-over-the-edge
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/hillary-belk/hollywood-over-the-edge
YPR
http://youngpeopleinrecovery.org/
CRC at UNCC
http://studenthealth.uncc.edu/wellness/collegiate-recovery-community-crc
Monday, January 28, 2013
A big year and a new year ahead! Living in the moment...
Here we are 2013! The blog has become official!!!! Many of you may notice that this blog has been tailored to a University of North Carolina at Charlotte's format. When I started this blog, we were using a template background. Fall semester was an amazing time for this program. In a year we have managed to really integrate this into the school system.
One of the best decisions I have ever made was having the courage to walk into Debbie Insley's office. I needed help and in my recovery healing continues when you reach out for help. This woman built the Center for Wellness Promotion from the ground up. This department finds new ways to reach out to the students. The people I work with are very special people. They are all here for the benefit of the students. It shows in the time and effort they put into each and every program. There is many benefits to having knowledge about health education. You can have better opportunities with more realistic decisions. I have had the joy to see others change and grow including myself.
The past couple of months have been quite up and down for me. We had Ikea staff come in at the end of August and help us put together the furniture for the CRC room. September of this year I got to work in the Wellness Recovery Rooms during the DNC in Charlotte. This gained me access to be behind the scenes, see some wonderful speakers and spend time with terrific people. I met Aaron and Tom through Faces and Voices of recovery. As well as Greg Williams, the man coming out with the Anonymous People documentary. I had no clue that there were 23 million people in recovery!!!! That means 600,000 right here in North Carolina. At that moment I heard this pertinent information it became clear I wanted to join this movement. It was an unforgettable experience. Recovery saves my life everyday so it is only natural to advocate. I was asked by one of the volunteers at the DNC to come speak at her annual function. I spoke in front of 130 people in Rathford, North Carolina as a guest speaker at TiaHeart's annual gig September 28th. (My older brother Ralph also turned 33 years old). Shirley Heart is doing so much for her community through her organization.
Mariel Bello from Riverside, CA is a woman I met at the Collegiate Recovery Conference at Kennesaw State University last Spring. She is amazing, we got to go bowling and spend time with each other. We spoke about what we were doing in our respective areas. We were both trying to get CRC's started and although it had been really hard, the camaraderie was strong. I believe it is something that helped both of us persevere. I found out the Healing Highlanders were hosting a conference in October and wanted to go but the school would not send us out there because it was too short of notice. I was devastated but understood.
I got introduced to Devin, Sarah and other people in long term recovery shortly after the DNC.
Keeping this in mind, I went to do the guest speaking event that Friday. When I left to come home that night I was so excited, that is the largest group I have addressed. I had a text from my mother to call home. I found out my grandmother had gone into the hospital. Drove straight in to go to the hospital. My grandmother Nettie Belk passed away on October 4, 2012. Two days after my grandfather's 81st birthday. This was a very hard time, my grandmother had always been here. The evening of the funeral I had a voice mail from Devin Fox asking if I wanted to go out to California. It was for a YPR-Young People In Recovery meeting. He also mentioned that we were going to be attending the Riverside Conference!!!! My emotions were so shot at this point, I was so happy and sad at the same time. I asked if I could bring Chelsea Schmidt with me. She is another student, friend and co-worker in the CRC. The Stacie M. foundation sponsored the trip. So we got news a week before we flew out to California.
Our trip was something else! We got to meet people from all over the country that want to help just like we do. We spent a whole day talking about what we were going to do to help raise the voice of the young person in recovery. So we can stop burying our friends and loved ones. Then we attended the CRC conference and for me this was a spiritual experience.
I had not remembered that Mariel was not in recovery herself. Which made it that much more amazing to see her dedication along with a lot of other students in this organization who have joined to help and show support to those in recovery. The most selfless approach I have seen when it comes to these amazing CRCs out there. Students I talked to said they were depressed and felt alone so they joined to help be a part of something. I made sure to let them know the support goes both ways. As someone in recovery, I was so very grateful us in recovery have this compassionate support.
We got back October 21st and have been busy working on this since we got home. It was official that Chelsea and I were National Council members for Young People in Recovery!!! We are so very excited to be a part of this once in a life time opportunity. A bunch of us have started a YPR chapter right here in Charlotte, our first meeting was on November 18th. The second meeting was held on January 20, 2013. We will be hosting a breakfast fundraiser to get our community involved with our efforts for both the UNC-Charlotte CRC and Young People in Recovery on February 14, 2013.
We also had the official CRC groundbreaking ceremony on October 25, 2012.
Shortly after the conference and CRC groundbreaking my grandfather passed away on November 24th, 2012. It was so hard to lose my grandmother. Now my grandfather was also gone. They were married for 64 years. They never missed a birthday, Christmas and we had a huge Sunday lunch at their home most Sundays unless they were traveling.
I got to graduate college this past December 15, 2012. I majored in Communications- Public Relations. To end the year with such an achievement after all of the things that have happened in my life, I am one happy woman.
Chels and I
Any students out there that may feel like something like this is for you, pick up the phone and give us a call or stop by and check out the awesome room we call our safe haven. Any advice regarding issues, all are welcome. We have good experience, strength and hope. Just know you are not alone!!!
This is CRC members doing a day with Venture on campus. First seminar we have done together. Trust building exercises working as a team.
Student Health Center, room 121. I have had the honor to make some very special connections with students who are like minded. We have been walking this journey together. It is my pleasure to respectfully pass the torch on to them. Starting this week you will be hearing from other members. I have enjoyed creating and writing on this blog. I want to give a special thanks to one mom for speaking from the parent's perspective. In the future we hope to have her and other parents write about their experience, strength and hope as well. It has been another way to connect to many different people. I have made connections through this blog that have changed my life. Thank you for continuing to support our efforts and I am always grateful. Recovery has literally changed my existence in this world.
The light shines on...
Thank you for following, or please join us if you are in recovery, know someone in recovery or just would like to support and follow us!
Call Carol Rose at 704-687-0813 or you can e-mail me at hillbelk@gmail.com.
We have weekly Twelve step meetings
Monday 6-7-Student Health Center, Room 121
Wednesday 12:30-1:30- Student Health Center, Room 121
*Both are open meetings anyone is welcome. Including attending AA meetings for learning purposes.
We have also started a game night from 6-8 pm on Wednesday nights in same room above.
Hillary Belk
Collegiate Recovery Community-Assistant
Center for Wellness Promotion, UNC-Charlotte
Venture (outdoor adventure club on campus)
http://venture.uncc.edu/adventuretrips
This is the documentary coming out in 2013 about the Recovery side of addiction.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/342545630/the-anonymous-people
Check out this helpful link. Great insight and a fresh perspective to the same old situations-:-D!
http://www.esoberbuddy.com/home
Media Coverage:
Partnership with IKEA
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/node/3158
ABC Grant Approval
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/wellness-promotion-awarded-abc-grant
WBTV News:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/19345478/unc-charlotte-unveils-recovery-room-for-students-with-addictions
Texas Tech
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/collegiate_recovery.php
Kennesaw State
http://www.kennesaw.edu/studentsuccessservices/crc/
University Of Michigan
http://www.uhs.umich.edu/recovery
Augsburg College
http://www.augsburg.edu/stepup/index.html
California, Riverside CRC
http://healinghighlanders.weebly.com/index.html
Rutgers:
http://rhscaps.rutgers.edu/services/alcohol-and-other-drug-assistance-program-adap/recovery-housing
One of the best decisions I have ever made was having the courage to walk into Debbie Insley's office. I needed help and in my recovery healing continues when you reach out for help. This woman built the Center for Wellness Promotion from the ground up. This department finds new ways to reach out to the students. The people I work with are very special people. They are all here for the benefit of the students. It shows in the time and effort they put into each and every program. There is many benefits to having knowledge about health education. You can have better opportunities with more realistic decisions. I have had the joy to see others change and grow including myself.
The past couple of months have been quite up and down for me. We had Ikea staff come in at the end of August and help us put together the furniture for the CRC room. September of this year I got to work in the Wellness Recovery Rooms during the DNC in Charlotte. This gained me access to be behind the scenes, see some wonderful speakers and spend time with terrific people. I met Aaron and Tom through Faces and Voices of recovery. As well as Greg Williams, the man coming out with the Anonymous People documentary. I had no clue that there were 23 million people in recovery!!!! That means 600,000 right here in North Carolina. At that moment I heard this pertinent information it became clear I wanted to join this movement. It was an unforgettable experience. Recovery saves my life everyday so it is only natural to advocate. I was asked by one of the volunteers at the DNC to come speak at her annual function. I spoke in front of 130 people in Rathford, North Carolina as a guest speaker at TiaHeart's annual gig September 28th. (My older brother Ralph also turned 33 years old). Shirley Heart is doing so much for her community through her organization.
Mariel Bello from Riverside, CA is a woman I met at the Collegiate Recovery Conference at Kennesaw State University last Spring. She is amazing, we got to go bowling and spend time with each other. We spoke about what we were doing in our respective areas. We were both trying to get CRC's started and although it had been really hard, the camaraderie was strong. I believe it is something that helped both of us persevere. I found out the Healing Highlanders were hosting a conference in October and wanted to go but the school would not send us out there because it was too short of notice. I was devastated but understood.
I got introduced to Devin, Sarah and other people in long term recovery shortly after the DNC.
Keeping this in mind, I went to do the guest speaking event that Friday. When I left to come home that night I was so excited, that is the largest group I have addressed. I had a text from my mother to call home. I found out my grandmother had gone into the hospital. Drove straight in to go to the hospital. My grandmother Nettie Belk passed away on October 4, 2012. Two days after my grandfather's 81st birthday. This was a very hard time, my grandmother had always been here. The evening of the funeral I had a voice mail from Devin Fox asking if I wanted to go out to California. It was for a YPR-Young People In Recovery meeting. He also mentioned that we were going to be attending the Riverside Conference!!!! My emotions were so shot at this point, I was so happy and sad at the same time. I asked if I could bring Chelsea Schmidt with me. She is another student, friend and co-worker in the CRC. The Stacie M. foundation sponsored the trip. So we got news a week before we flew out to California.
Our trip was something else! We got to meet people from all over the country that want to help just like we do. We spent a whole day talking about what we were going to do to help raise the voice of the young person in recovery. So we can stop burying our friends and loved ones. Then we attended the CRC conference and for me this was a spiritual experience.
I had not remembered that Mariel was not in recovery herself. Which made it that much more amazing to see her dedication along with a lot of other students in this organization who have joined to help and show support to those in recovery. The most selfless approach I have seen when it comes to these amazing CRCs out there. Students I talked to said they were depressed and felt alone so they joined to help be a part of something. I made sure to let them know the support goes both ways. As someone in recovery, I was so very grateful us in recovery have this compassionate support.
We got back October 21st and have been busy working on this since we got home. It was official that Chelsea and I were National Council members for Young People in Recovery!!! We are so very excited to be a part of this once in a life time opportunity. A bunch of us have started a YPR chapter right here in Charlotte, our first meeting was on November 18th. The second meeting was held on January 20, 2013. We will be hosting a breakfast fundraiser to get our community involved with our efforts for both the UNC-Charlotte CRC and Young People in Recovery on February 14, 2013.
We also had the official CRC groundbreaking ceremony on October 25, 2012.
Chelsea, Paige and I doing the honors
Shortly after the conference and CRC groundbreaking my grandfather passed away on November 24th, 2012. It was so hard to lose my grandmother. Now my grandfather was also gone. They were married for 64 years. They never missed a birthday, Christmas and we had a huge Sunday lunch at their home most Sundays unless they were traveling.
I got to graduate college this past December 15, 2012. I majored in Communications- Public Relations. To end the year with such an achievement after all of the things that have happened in my life, I am one happy woman.
Any students out there that may feel like something like this is for you, pick up the phone and give us a call or stop by and check out the awesome room we call our safe haven. Any advice regarding issues, all are welcome. We have good experience, strength and hope. Just know you are not alone!!!
This is CRC members doing a day with Venture on campus. First seminar we have done together. Trust building exercises working as a team.
Student Health Center, room 121. I have had the honor to make some very special connections with students who are like minded. We have been walking this journey together. It is my pleasure to respectfully pass the torch on to them. Starting this week you will be hearing from other members. I have enjoyed creating and writing on this blog. I want to give a special thanks to one mom for speaking from the parent's perspective. In the future we hope to have her and other parents write about their experience, strength and hope as well. It has been another way to connect to many different people. I have made connections through this blog that have changed my life. Thank you for continuing to support our efforts and I am always grateful. Recovery has literally changed my existence in this world.
The light shines on...
Thank you for following, or please join us if you are in recovery, know someone in recovery or just would like to support and follow us!
Call Carol Rose at 704-687-0813 or you can e-mail me at hillbelk@gmail.com.
We have weekly Twelve step meetings
Monday 6-7-Student Health Center, Room 121
Wednesday 12:30-1:30- Student Health Center, Room 121
*Both are open meetings anyone is welcome. Including attending AA meetings for learning purposes.
We have also started a game night from 6-8 pm on Wednesday nights in same room above.
Hillary Belk
Collegiate Recovery Community-Assistant
Center for Wellness Promotion, UNC-Charlotte
Venture (outdoor adventure club on campus)
http://venture.uncc.edu/adventuretrips
This is the documentary coming out in 2013 about the Recovery side of addiction.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/342545630/the-anonymous-people
Check out this helpful link. Great insight and a fresh perspective to the same old situations-:-D!
http://www.esoberbuddy.com/home
Insights of a Sober Yogi:
Media Coverage:
Partnership with IKEA
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/node/3158
ABC Grant Approval
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/wellness-promotion-awarded-abc-grant
WBTV News:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/19345478/unc-charlotte-unveils-recovery-room-for-students-with-addictions
FOX News 14:
Charlotte Observer
Sponsorship Recognition
http://fourcircles.crchealth.com/news/fcrc-proud-sponsor-of-unc-charlotte-crc-breakfast/
Niner News- January 17,2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmc3t9Nho4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
National Youth Recovery Foundation (NYRF)
http://www.nationalyouthrecovery.org/
YPR-National
http://youngpeopleinrecovery.org/
YPR-Charlotte
http://www.facebook.com/ypr.charlotte?ref=hl
These are some active Collegiate Recovery Communities:
http://fourcircles.crchealth.com/news/fcrc-proud-sponsor-of-unc-charlotte-crc-breakfast/
Niner News- January 17,2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmc3t9Nho4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
National Youth Recovery Foundation (NYRF)
http://www.nationalyouthrecovery.org/
YPR-National
http://youngpeopleinrecovery.org/
YPR-Charlotte
http://www.facebook.com/ypr.charlotte?ref=hl
These are some active Collegiate Recovery Communities:
Texas Tech
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/collegiate_recovery.php
Kennesaw State
http://www.kennesaw.edu/studentsuccessservices/crc/
University Of Michigan
http://www.uhs.umich.edu/recovery
Augsburg College
http://www.augsburg.edu/stepup/index.html
California, Riverside CRC
http://healinghighlanders.weebly.com/index.html
Rutgers:
http://rhscaps.rutgers.edu/services/alcohol-and-other-drug-assistance-program-adap/recovery-housing
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Waiting to exhale...my journey as a mom
For all parents of children who are struggling with addiction . This blog is for you.
I have wanted to write on this blog for quite some time and reach out to parents who have a son or daughter struggling with addiction.
As the title indicates I am a mother of a young adult daughter who is in recovery now for 35 months. Life is so much better for her and for our family and trusting is a "decision" I make every day, but its hard to trust that the pain won't creep back in... so I am "waiting to exhale".
Over the years it seems when I have thought the worst was over, something would happen and bam..."chaos" would erupt all around me. I would feel every muscle in my body tighten, as if I was holding my breath. It has been very painful and I hope that my words today will possibly help other parents going through the same thing.
I had no idea of my daughter's addiction to alcohol and drugs. It started some time in high school. My chaotic world came crashing down the first week of March, 2009. I received a couple of phone calls and emails from some friends of my daughter who were very concerned about her. She had dropped out of spring semester and still living in the town where she had attended college and seeing a therapist a couple of times a week. The friends had told me they were worried because they thought she was using drugs and hanging out with some people who also used drugs. I spoke with her a couple of times and she assurred me that if she needed help she would ask for it. The one thing I always trusted was that she did ask for help, but the friends persisted. Her dad and I traveled to see her and I saw before me a person who was pale, gaunt, with wild colored hair. We argued, screamed and left. I remember thinking to myself "who was that person? and where was my little girl?"
After talking to her local therapist she assisted us in doing an intervention.
And so began our journey.
I naively thought that 42 days in treatment would be enough and she would be " ok" again. She went
to another facility for 90 more days and during this time I called a friend who had discovered a long term residential program in her hometown in GA. After that first summer we toured this place and other " sober living" options. I cried often and saw places that I knew would not support her sobriety. Hint: when you see people still sleeping at 12:00 pm, no structure in their lives and say " well, relapse just happens" it's not a good place to be. Relapse happens because you don't work your program: "meetings, sponsor, working the 12 steps."
Ultimately she chose another place and within a month, had relapsed. If I had forced her to go initially to my first choice I know she would have sabotaged herself, so now I had some leverage. I also had the guidance of two young women ( my angels ) who were addicts and in recovery. They both had gone through this long term residential program. One in particular gave me the courage to stand my ground and insist she go or she was on her own. She helped me find my voice. Thank you "S".
My daughter had to commit to a minimum stay of 12 months, miss the upcoming holidays, no phone, no computer, and only have minimum phone contact with us.
It was a 6 hour car journey to this place and thus began the slow, painful process to recovery.
She ultimately stayed for 25 months and I have my daughter back. She has learned a great deal about herself and her pain, secrets and poor coping skills have been replaced with a solid recovery program that includes daily 12 Step meetings, a sponsor and a supportive network of sober friends.
It was also here that my journey began as well. I started going to Al Anon meetings. I was very angry and resentful that I had to be there. I also sought help privately with a therapist. I learned about a "Collegiate Recovery Community" (CRC) on the campus of Georgia Southern University too. Though I knew it would be awhile before my daughter could finish her education, knowing there was a supportive program on campus was comforting to me since college is full of daily triggers for students in recovery.
I discovered that there was no such program in NC, and so with the help of Texas Tech that has a 25 year CRC program, and a friend who knew a Vice Chancellor at UNC Charlotte, I was able to set up a meeting about starting a CRC. As divine providence would have it, the National Conference on collegiate recovery was the following month in Texas, so one of the people I met with went and thus became committed to starting one here at UNC Charlotte. I am grateful for this opportunity to promote and grow the new Collegiate Recovery Community at this university. They are the first to offer support to students in recovery and happy that other schools in NC are joining the cause to form more CRC's in the state.
I was asked to start networking with treatment centers and specialists in addiction to get the word out about the CRC at UNC Charlotte and in this past 1 1/2 years, I have met many people and learned a great deal about addiction, treatment options and Collegiate Recovery. My best teacher is my daughter. I learn from her every day. I am grateful to so many people along the way. The friends who initially called me with concerns, her therapist and all those involved in her treatment and subsequent recovery. The team at Lee Street Recovery saved my daughter's life and helped her build a healthy relationship with me.
If you are a parent trust your gut , stop the madness and reach out for help for both your child and for yourself. If I can be a source of help, reach out to me through this blog.
Tomorrow, October 15, 2012 marks 3 full years of sobriety for my daughter.
Waiting to exhale is getting better.
One day at a time.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Fall Is In Our Sights!
Hello Fellow followers and community! The past two weeks on campus brought about a turning point for the Collegiate Recovery Community on UNC- Charlotte's campus. We have officially opened the room to the recovering population. Room 121 in the Student Health Center is open for meetings by the end of September the space will be available to students.
IKEA-Charlotte came to the university and helped us put together the furniture they have dedicated to the school. This partnership is such a gift and we feel as though IKEA has picked the perfect style for this particular small area. Guys this room was a old file room!!! Now it has turned into a place where the recovering population can come get a way from the rest of the world and get down to recovery or if they would like just chill and hang out.
We have gotten recognized by the media for the efforts we have been putting into this program. As a recovering student this is really a dream come true! To think just a year ago we were embarking on something that seemed quite distant and now it is a tangible reality.
The students are starting to come forward. This is what makes this program so awesome! When you start to hear students say, "they are glad that a program and place like this is being offered on campus"!!! It reinforces the evident need for a place for the recovering community.
The mission statement speaks volumes. We got the DIY Adhesive which many of us know as the decals that you can peel on and off walls without leaving marks. They worked perfectly for the statement we are creating with distinguished intellectualism.
The picture the design team from IKEA chose to put on this wall encompasses the essence of recovery. A tree with the rays of light coming through the tree. You step out of the dark into the light when you are in recovery, the awareness of what is around you becomes stronger. Everything gets a little brighter and life comes alive. It is a process and it takes time, so seeing the rays of light offers hope and serenity!!!!
This semester we are going to have game nights, camping trips, volunteer opportunities and much more.
Meetings this Fall: Student Health Center (Room-121)
Campus AA Group:
Monday- 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Meetings this Fall: Student Health Center (Room-121)
Campus AA Group:
Monday- 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Niner Noon Thirty:
Wednesday- 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
PICTURES FROM ASSEMBLY DAY
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Beginning of the day (Before)
Finishing Touches (After)
This picture ties the room together.
Hillary excited about the new picture, this is right after the ladies from IKEA assembled the frame.
This is our Mission Statement, Leslie, Wellness Promotion Department (far left) and fellow assemblers helping to put everything together.
Media Coverage:
Partnership with IKEA
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/node/3158
ABC Grant Approval
http://campusnews.uncc.edu/wellness-promotion-awarded-abc-grant
WBTV News:
FOX News 14:
Charlotte Observer:
INSPIRATIONAL SITES:
E-sober Buddy:
Insights of a Sober Yogi:
http://insightsofasoberyogi.blogspot.com
COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITIES:
http://aacccrc.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-writing-on-walls.html
Texas Tech:
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/collegiate_recovery.php
Kennesaw State:
http://www.kennesaw.edu/studentsuccessservices/crc/
University Of Michigan:
http://www.uhs.umich.edu/recovery
COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITIES:
Anne Arundel Community College Blog:
http://aacccrc.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-writing-on-walls.html
Texas Tech:
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/collegiate_recovery.php
Kennesaw State:
http://www.kennesaw.edu/studentsuccessservices/crc/
University Of Michigan:
http://www.uhs.umich.edu/recovery
Please follow us if you are in recovery, know someone in recovery or would just like to join us to follow our efforts. We appreciate the support and all the love that is going into making this program what it is.
Hillary Belk
Undergraduate Assistant
Center for Wellness Promotion
UNC-Charlotte
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