Where there is fear, there is hope.
At a recent book talk a woman raised her hand and asked, “Do you ever get over the fear?” Her adult son, two and half years clean, was living several states away. They spoke often by phone and she had the sense he was doing well. But she couldn’t stop worrying. “I worry that he …
Hiding
It happens frequently. I’m on the treadmill at the gym, and a woman appears at my side. She introduces herself and tells me she just finished “Secret No More.” Tears fill her eyes. She thanks me, and says I am so brave. Later, I wonder, why “brave?” I walk through the Naval Academy, a common …
Towson branch Baltimore County Library
Book Talk at Severn Library branch of the AACo Public Library
Queen Anne’s County Library: Kent Island Branch – Book Talk at 200 Library Circle, Stevensville, Md
Anne Arundel County Public Schools “Book Club” – Carver Center, 2671 Carver Road, Gambrills, Md
Admiring the older guys
When we visit Jacob in Florida we often attend AA meetings with him. These are typically “open” – meaning anyone can attend – and normally held in a church. They remind me, again, how grateful I am to churches, synagogues, local governments and hospitals for opening their doors to people in recovery, usually without charging. …
Not My Child
Safe Stations celebrates first year
This month marks the first anniversary of a program that’s saving hundreds of lives in a Maryland county ravaged by addiction. Last April, County Executive Steve Schuh, flanked by police and fire chiefs, the health officer, state’s attorney and a woman named Jen Corbin – head of the county’s crisis response system – announced that …