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Spring picnic at the river:
spring picnic at the river |
Residents & staff enjoyed a picnic along the shores of the
Merrimack River at Webster Place Recovery Center as spring brought sunny weather.
Our chef, Martha, surprised us during our Thursday morning community
meeting. "We're having a picnic by the river today, so bring your appetites."
The rope swing will have to wait for another few weeks until the water warms.
We enjoyed over-stuffed sandwiches, chips, cold soda, and awesome home
made cup cakes. Four of our residents brought their guitars, and took turns
playing for the group. Right now about 10 of our residents play some kind of instrument. It was great to hear
Down by the shores of the Merrimack River |
We enjoyed the friendship, the stories, and the laughs.
We also experienced a few other things that were so hard for us to
find while we were using and abusing our drug of choice. We enjoyed
some peace, calmness, and serenity.
At the end of the impromptu concert, our friend and staff member,
Tom, finished up his fabulous guitar set by saying, "Hey guys, this
is what sobriety is all about!"
It was a great ending to a great picnic. And, while we were getting ready to walk back, Newman, the puppy,helped clean up the scraps. |
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" I went there a year and a half ago and i am proud to say that I am clean and sober today....and that is all
thank's to Webster Place staff and my family of A.A. It saved my life, gave my two boy's there Mom back
"I do understand that annonimity is the foundation of our program...however, I am proud to be an alcoholic
in recovery and WP, AA & the 12 steps helped to save my life....I am grateful to have my health and two
wonderful sons that I am extremely proud of. I have been given the best gift in life...to be in recovery from
alcohol...I just celebrated one year...I love being sober..it is the best way to love life!!"......Jane S
Webster Place is a sanctuary and opportunity for those ready to begin a journey of change and recovery.
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and alcoholism, residential recovery center for adult men and women.
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Monthly recovery industry networking (& lunch on us.)
We invite our friends in the recovery industry to join us for lunch and a tour of the renovated
historic Webster Place. Over the years this historic property has served as home & farm to
Daniel Webster as well as for post civil war orphans, and then the Sisters of Holy Cross.
This is the 3rd year of the property hosting Webster Place Recovery Center and the Last House
sober meeting house and over 300 people have resided here to work on their recovery from
alcohol and drug abuse in a non medical, peer based setting.
If you work in a detox facility, hospital, half way house, or another recovery facility, please call us
to set up a visit. We will host a tour and luncheon on the last Friday of every month at 11:30 AM.
In the last two years, over 500 people have toured our facility. Most of them have joined us for
lunch with our residents. There is no better way experience Webster Place than to walk through
our gardens, relax in our gender specific meeting rooms, spend a quiet moment in our spiritual
chapel, listen to a few of our residents practicing in our music area, watch someone working out
in our gym, or share a meal our staff and residents who are living the 12 steps of recovery.
Who: Our friends in the recovery industry. What: Networking Luncheon When: Last Friday of each month, 11:30 till 1:30 Where: Webster Place Recovery Center, Holy Cross Road, Franklin, NH
Call us soon to register for a luncheon or to discuss our program: Guy Swanson, gswanson@websterplace.org Main number: 603-934-2020 Doug Smith, dsmith@websterplace.org 603-934-2020 (Cell: 603-254-4466) General mail box info@websterplace.orgVisit us on line to learn more about Webster Place Recovery Center and the
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Alumni Support (click for alumni page)
Alumni Picnic - fun for all - Sept 18,2010 at WPRC
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Alumni Meetings at Webster Place Recovery Center take place every Wednesday from 6:15 to 7:15
Alumni forum for peer support. Any topics are open for discussion. Keep in touch with peers and
folks you met at Webster Place. Alumni are always welcome to join us prior to Alumni meetig for dinner.
You will always be part of Webster Place -- this place will always be part of you.
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Open meetings are held at Webster Place Wednesdays at 7:30 pm & Sat at 7:30 pm and Sunday a.m.
----- Sunday Pancakes & Promises - food at 8:00, meeting at 8:30 am ---------- |
| Recipes from our own chefs
Freshly Made Basil Vinaigrette |
Spring is a time of fresh salad greens and herbs at Webster Place.
A favorite dressing is our Basil Vinaigrette which is easy to make
at home.
Next issue: Baked Salmon with Avocado Sauce |
Al-Anon
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There is a newly formed Alanon meeting on Wednesday nights at 6:15 at Webster Place in Franklin, NH.
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Al-Anon is a 12-Step program adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Al-Anon has only one purpose
-- to help families and friends of alcoholics. That is why Al-Anon is almost always recommended as
effective support for the family member.
Healing can begin to occur at meetings where members who have shared common problems can give each
other insight and understanding and help each other put the focus where it needs to be -- on the person who
cares and not on the alcoholic. By sharing experiences, strength and hope, a person who has been affected
by a loved one's drinking or drugging can begin to detachwith compassion from the alcoholic's or addict's
behavior.
Family attitudes and distorted perspectives change. An understanding fellowship can help relieve feelings
of fear, confusion, guilt and anxiety, and coping methods can be found, encouragement can be given to the
alcoholic and slowly a sense of serenity can be achieved. With the spiritual help of others, attitudes can
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Family Healing Strategies Workshop:
Who is this for: Parents, step parents, siblings, spouses, children, step children, step siblings, aunts, uncles,
cousins, boyfriend, girlfriend, or anyone joined by blood or love to alcoholics or addicts.
All families of Webster Place residents are especially encouraged, but anyone can register for the workshop
whether who you care about is at Webster Place or not.
Where: Webster Place Recovery Center
When: Workshops are held on the first Sunday of every month (from 9 am to 12 noon.)
What it is about: The Family Healing Strategies Work Shops are authored and facilitated by Addictions consultant Diana Clark, JD.,MA. ( FamilyHealingStrategies@gmail.com 802 236 0145)
Recognizing that family members often live in a state of stress and anxiety, she provides participants
with tools they need to become & remain healthy. She does this by addressing how to set healthy boundaries,
 talking about recognizing and reducing enabling behaviors. She also reviews
acceptance and knowledge of the disease to help family members promote
change within themselves. Diana is a force of clear speech, logic and loving
acceptance ~ moving families forward to engage in behaviors which aid in the
recovery process.There is a reduced fee for WPRC families for this workshop but
the workshop is open to the public. For more info, send an email to
If there is enough interest in these workshops being held on a different day per month,
Investment: $150/ person for general public, $100/ person is for the workshop for families of Webster residents.
It is the best investment you can make towards understanding the disease of addiction, signs, symptoms, how to
support and not enable, and how to create a supportive recovery environment.The number of participants in each
workshop is limited, and we encourage you to make your reservation as soon as possible.
"Dealing with addiction in my family is not easy, but after spending the day with you,
it has become demystified in a way that coping and healing strategies have become viable.
You have a gift for delivering potentially life saving, certainly life changing, information in a
way that is clear, powerful, poignant and honest..." David
Other services offered by Diana include
Support groups for families Boundary coaching Family assessment Family system consulting
About Diana Clark, JD, MA
With a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School, Ms. Clark has
been employed as a therapist, interventionist and consultant.
Prior to working in addictions consulting, she was employed as a labor and employment attorney advising
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Recovery History
Slaying the Dragon, by William L. White
ISBN 0-938475-07-X
Read the full review and very interesting historical excerpts by a fellow recovering reader - Marty N.
William White's book is a history of the alcoholism treatment and recovery effort in the U.S., written for
treatment professionals and laypersons.
"Our first evidence of individuals turning their own negative experiences with alcohol into a social
movement of mutual support occurs within Native American tribes." That was as early as 1772
Quotes worth reading from William White (different Bill W) - the author: As a culture, we have heaped pleas, profanity, prayers, punishment, and all manner of professional
manipulations on the alcoholic and addict, often with little result. With our two centuries of accumulated
knowledge and the best available treatments, there still exists no cure for addiction, and only a minority
of addicted clients achieve sustained recovery following our intervention in their lives. ... Given this
perspective, addiction professionals who claim universal superiority for their treatment disqualify
themselves as scientists and healers by the very grandiosity of that claim. The meager results of our
best efforts -- along with our history of doing harm in the name of good -- calls for us to approach each
client, family and community with respect, humility, and a devotion to the ultimate principle of ethical
practice, 'First, do no harm.'
Above all, recognize that what addiction professionals have done for more than a century and a half is to create a setting and an opening in which the addicted can transform their identity and redefine every relationship in their lives, including their relationship with alcohol and other drugs. What we are professionally responsible for is creating a milieu of opportunity, choice and hope. What happens with that opportunity is up to the addict and his or her
(higher power.)
We can own neither the addiction nor the recovery, only the clarity of the presented choice,
the best (resources) we can muster, and our faith in the potential for human rebirth.
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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change."
-- Charles Darwin
From the Big Book of AA:
"We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship has grownup among us of which it is a
wonderful thing to feel a part. The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 15~
"We follow the same path, with a single exception; our identification as addicts is all-inclusive with respect to any
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Drug & Alcohol Recovery at WPRC:
First: There is solution for recovery from all addictions...if one is willing to seek help & change.
Our mission is to help restore the lives of men and woman seeking sobriety, reduce their chances for relapse,
and ease their transition back into everyday life. We simply help each other grow into recovery, and into a
changed way of life, one day at a time...in a serene & spiritual setting...with support, to allow this transformation
to occur.
The value of 12-Step programs lie in the special relationships and support one gets when sharing his/her story with another person experiencing recovery. .
Recovery Goals at Webster Place
1. Abstinence from alcohol and other mind altering drugs.
2. Peer Based Recovery introduction and support of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions recovery program
as a solution to substance abuse. Program EnhancementsWe believe recovery can actually be fun, relieve stress, and help restore mental and physical well being. Our program enhancements include: music; exercise; reiki; acupuncture; gardening; culinary .... and much more.
For more information, please contact Webster Place at 1-603-934-2020. | |
People helping people grow - into recovery and out of trouble, one person at a time - one day at a time.
That is what Webster Place is all about.
Sincerely,
The Team at Webster Place Recovery Center |
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Make a donation or if you have an item on our wish list.... that would appreciated as well.
Spring cleaning? Think of Webster Place: Current wish list itemsinclude: Snow shoes for men & women, musical instruments
(such as guitars, drums, keyboards...),
farm tools, woodworking tools, twin bed frames/headboards, computers, golf gear,
fishing gear, hiking shoes, bicycles, basketballs, softball equipment, porch
swings, outdoor furniture,....
......and ofcourse AA/NA materials . |
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