Monday 9 July 2012

12 Step Guide on Twitter

Almost forgot to mention we are now on Twitter at 12 Step Rehabs if you care to follow. God knows what I will be twittering about ? maybe show new centres as they add on to the guide. And dont forget to follow us on the 12 Step Drug Rehabs Facebook account Enjoy the day.

NA weekend at Birmingham

Well the weekend came and went and as always was brilliant. Caught up with lots of friends from Narcotics Anonymous that had travelled from all over the UK, and met a couple that had actually travelled further. Found myself having a bit of a boogie in the Shebeen Saturday night and thoroughly enjoyed all the shares I managed to hear. I love getting away for these weekends, staying in a nice hotel hearing good recovery from substance abuse shares and generaly having a holiday type weekend with friends old and new. Its good to be home with the kids and getting back into the grind, now who needs to be registering with my 12 step drug rehab guide :) Speak later xx

Thursday 5 July 2012

UK Narcotics Anonymous Convention

Here I go again for this year’s UK Narcotics Anonymous convention in the Birmingham Metropole Hotel . Its been there for quite a while now, not sure exactly how long but do remember going to the first one about 14 or 15 years ago. The hotels brilliant and are more than happy to have NA there as we give them a lot less hassle than your average convention or function, musty have something to do with us all being clean and sober :) I usually catch up with friends from all over the country who I only see at conventions with all sorts of backgrounds of long term substance abuse or drug addiction prior to recovery, depending on how you look at it. Narcotics Anonymous is not affiliated with any outside organisations or treatment centres and you hear this at the beginning of most meetings, however in my experience the vast majority of recovering addicts got introduced to NA via being in a rehabilitation centre of some sort or another. Not all rehabs are 12 Step motivated and some do encourage other forms of on-going recovery. I can’t comment on how successful or not these are but everyone that I have come across in 20 years of being a member of NA has arrived there after other methods failed miserably. So off up to Birmingham tomorrow to see recovering friends here shares and sit around catching up and having a laugh for a couple of days, just what the doctor ordered. The majority will be getting into the disco or dance on Saturday night but this old man will be drinking cocoa and enjoying the luxury of an early night. Sunday morning in the Metropole stands for an early swim and large breakfast to me. Have fun whatever you get up to.

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Just a quick update to say my web page now has a twitter account ? 12 Step Drug Rehabs Guide not sure what im going to be doing with it yet but do know I need one :) Enjoy the day xx