Celebrate Recovery

WHAT IS A BLOG?:

For the uninitiated, a blog is an online journal, or Weblog, that contains thoughts, opinions, reflections, insights, and commentary from an organization or individual operator.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG:

This is the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Blog to Celebrate Recovery this September 2005 (Recovery Month). This blog is for methadone patients and former patients to celebrate their achievements and recovery.

Here you can post:

1. Feelings about recovery through Medication Assisted Treatment.
2. Ideas or Projects to Celebrate Recovery Month.
3. Your Accomplishments because of Methadone Treatment.

NO PERSONAL ATTACKS OR ANY DEFAMING POSTS (NO HATIN' AND NO DISSIN'; IN NETSPEAK, NO FLAMES).

NO OFFENSIVE (SEXUAL, RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC, ETC.) LANGUAGE.

WHAT'S ENCOURAGED:

--A familiar, conversational style (This ain' gotta be all formal)
--Healthy, engaged thinking & discussion--respond to other people's posts.

SOME FORMATTING RULES:

Every message you contribute should have a TITLE, and then you will type your MESSAGE. You have to do the title formatting yourself using the limited controls Blogger offers (in the upper right hand corner of the Posts window). The date and time and your name are automatically added by Blogger to the end of the post.

Our Opportunity is Here.

Methadone patients have never been given the opportunity to even think of themselves as being in recovery. Recovery was something that happened after you "get off" of methadone. This is far from true and in fact the majority of methadone patients lead pretty normal stable lives that would be considered as "being in recovery". NAMA believes that just by taking a medication should not omit you from being a recovering person and it is time for methadone patients to celebrate their recovery.

This blog is a celebration about recovery with medication, our persistent determination to end drug use and finally to be able to celebrate our recovery.

Joycelyn Woods
President