As we get ready for the new year, we've put together a few resolutions designed to keep our families safe, happy and healthy. Tell us which ones you like best and send us your own via return email. We'll publish the best ones in next week's eNewsletter!

1) Offer a helping hand to that person in your life who struggles with drugs and alcohol. Even if you done it before, do it again in another way and do it with love.

2) Whether or not you have kids, you live in a school district. Drop the Superintendent a note and ask him or her about the district's drug and alcohol prevention programs.

3) If you do have kids, model good behavior and talk with them frequently about drugs and alcohol.

4) Eat dinner together as a family. If work or school schedules preclude eating together every night, make sure to do it at least once per week. No phones, television or other distractions, just quality time.

5) Spend as much time talking to your friends in person as you do chatting with them on Facebook.

6) Volunteering helps those in need, is a great experience for you, and strengthens our community.

7) Recovery is a blessing. If you are living the miracle, share it with others as often as you can.

Send us some of your resolutions and we'll publish them next week. Let us know if you'd like us to use your name or whether you'd rather stay anonymous; either way is fine.  You can reply to this email or send your resolutions to me at jreynolds@licadd.org.

On behalf of myself, our board of directors, staff, and volunteers, please accept our best wishes for a happy, healthy and joyous year ahead. We're ready to make 2012 our best year ever and we hope you are, too!

Sincerely,
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D
Executive Director