Alternative To Meds Center » addiction recovery http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com Alternative Mental Health Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Olivia's more open, more accepting, more grateful and much much wiser http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/olivia-open-accepting-grateful/ http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/olivia-open-accepting-grateful/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:55:57 +0000 admin http://alternativetomedscenter.com/blog/2008/09/21/olivia-open-accepting-grateful/ Yes, we are grateful for Olivia.  She’s a very bright, sensitive and talented young woman.  Today she was drawing as we talked on speaker phone.  She’s not done art since her father and I divorced when she was seven, although her high school art projects were brilliant.  I hope that it’s gratifying for Lyle to see an individual recover under his very eyes, and he can now see the real Olivia.  The changes in her since this all happened also seem to be for the better, she’s more open, more accepting, more grateful and much much wiser.  The other clients there at Alt 2 Meds call her “raven”.  She says the Vets are good at labelling and she likes her name.  My raven.  I called her River when she was young, but Raven is perhaps more targeted.  She’s always had this very watchful, aware quality, and the birds association with intelligence is also fitting.

Yes, words do not completely express what her recovery means to me.  It would take poetry and song to speak the language of heart and spirit required for the totality of meaning for this experience to a mother’s heart.  As I said on the phone, this means my life, her life, her sister’s life, and unborn generations.  My lineage for seven generations into the future, no less.

Love, Cheryl
(Olivia’s mom)

]]> http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/olivia-open-accepting-grateful/feed/ 0 Thoroughly enjoy experiencing all my newly heightened senses http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/newly-heightened-senses/ http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com/newly-heightened-senses/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:04:06 +0000 admin http://alternativetomedscenter.com/blog/2008/08/02/newly-heightened-senses/ I absolutely love this program! It’s great to feel like a young kid again. I’ve never felt as good as I do now, ever before in my life. This program is extremely unique. The staff here is spectacular they genuinely care for each and every individual client. What makes it so great to me is that everyone of the staff is in recovery. Meaning they’ve lived and experienced both sides of life. I feel ecstatic about how clear minded I am. I thoroughly enjoy experiencing the sensitivity of all my newly heightened senses. My life has gone through a complete turn around from my past negative, self-destructive and life-ending way of life to a new way life where I am optimistic and really strive to help others. I want to thank everyone that has helped me get on this path to a new life. I especially would like to thank the staff for helping me save my life and never giving up on me.

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