Christmas Greetings
Every wish and prayer for peace and happiness this Christmas season and every day! Contact Nancy For information and guidance for help and resources for you or your loved one please email: info@nancyvericker.com Nancy is co-author of Unchained: Our...
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The Gift of the Thin Places – Thursday Thought
Many families struggling with an addiction crisis find the holiday season, with its expectation of homecomings and happiness, to be very painful. We need to know that even in the midst of our challenge, divinely inspired happenings can randomly...
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The Gift of the Thin Places
The Gift of the Thin Places During the Christmas seasons when my son was in radioactive active addiction, I just wanted the calendar to read: JANUARY 2ND. The whole world seemed to be in a “heaven and nature sing” kind...
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A Social Media Holiday Plus: Creating Recovery Support Communities For Us – Thursday Thought
Social media can often bring distractions, false images and consumer driven narratives into our lives. No one wants these complications. We are wise to limit time on social media to allow space for quiet and peace in our busy existences. ...
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Front Porch Thoughts: Featured on Mompower.org
Dear Friends- My blog site, Front Porch Thoughts, is featured this week on MomPower. org., which is dedicated to educating and empowering moms with addicted children. I am so grateful to Sandy Swenson, advocate, author and founder of MomPower.org, for inviting me to be part...
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A Social Media Holiday Plus: Creating Recovery Support Communities For Us
Growing up I spent summers living with my family on a narrow island accessible only by a ferry that ran a handful of times a day. Once you reached this island there were no paved roads, no cars and...
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DEALING WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON – A TWO- SIDED COIN – THURSDAY THOUGHT
Families struggling with substance abuse disorder frequently deal with uncertainty and sadness in their lives. The holiday season, with its expectation for all things being “merry and bright,” can add to the stress for families struggling with this systems...
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Unchained: Featured on MomPower.org
Thank you to MomPower.org for featuring Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess on their website this week! I am so grateful to be invited to serve on this national initiative’s 10 -member MomPower Team. MomPower.org is an amazing resource with a mission to...
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DEALING WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON – A TWO- SIDED COIN
It’s probably not an overstatement to say we all have family situations especially during the holiday season. Without going into a laundry list of the times when things went sideways, we all could share a story or two (or three…)...
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