The Butterfly Effect: Guidance for Families
When your family is tied to the turbulence of addiction crisis you know one thing for damn sure: something has got to change. There were no overnight cures for my family when our son was in the midst of an addiction...
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January 1st – A Date with Destiny – Thursday Thought
With the start of a new year and a new decade we can feel renewed in our desire to seek recovery solutions for our family – as addiction is a disease that impacts an entire family system. The work...
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January 1st – A Date with Destiny
January 1st carries a powerful reset button in our collective consciousness as the date to begin to do life better. Everyone has resolutions to make … and keep. Lose the weight. Dump that boyfriend/girlfriend. Cut up those credit cards. Join the gym. January 1st always carried a date with destiny for me during the years our son...
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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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