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Brandon Orr, Reclaiming Lives/Recovery Café Medford Manager, has that knack for talking. He is straightforward, laughs a lot, and in everything he says, he communicates compassion. “Brandon is very outspoken and compelling and people like to be around him,” said Executive Director of RC Medford, Stephanie Mendenhall. From left: Kristy Laschober, Stephanie Mendenhall, and […]
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December 24, 2020 Dear Recovery Café communities, As some of you know, my daughter, Phoebe, had a baby in November and my daughter, Kietrie, is expecting a baby in February. So this Christmas season I have found myself thinking, more than usual, about Mother Mary’s experience of giving birth to Jesus. What can we learn […]
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“Truly new ground.” Starting around mid-March, it seemed like just about everyone I’d ever given my email address to was reaching out with an update on how their entity was addressing the growing pandemic. Reading the opening lines in succession almost turns into a poem, which conveys the feeling of those initial days, and the […]
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The RCN team has been hard at work curating a list of resources just for you! We hope you find this list useful as you navigate this current moment. We will continue to keep track of relevant resources as they make their way to our desks and inboxes, and will continue to share them! Stimulus […]
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All who make up the Recovery Cafe Network are invited to gather in San Jose in April. We’re excited that Johann Hari will join us. In his most recent book, “Lost Connections,” Johann Hari shares that the surge in depression and epidemic of loneliness in our larger culture are, in part, forms of grief for connections we […]
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By Heather Hanson At Recovery Cafe Jefferson County this past year, we have all been asked the same question numerous times: When are you going to be open? It’s a great question. Our neighbors want the answer because they’re excited about what Recovery Cafe will mean for them, for their families & neighbors, and for […]
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In the Gospel of Thomas — an ancient, sacred writing that didn’t make the cut into the Bible–Jesus says, “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” Recently, […]
Read the full post >>Rachel Driggs cares about you. As a person in recovery, a nurse, an incredibly giving and charitable individual, and perhaps most of all as a survivor, Rachel puts other people as a priority. “[In Recovery] we don’t let anybody go. We always offer help.” Rachel first came to recovery from a medical ailment that impeded […]
Read the full post >>By David Uhl Since joining the first cohort in June 2016, the Recovery Cafés in San Jose, Everett, and Spokane have been working hard to implement the Recovery Café model in their communities. For both San Jose and Everett that journey began before the Recovery Café Network (RCN) was formerly launched. For Spokane, they visited […]
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Recovery Café Network launched its fourth Cohort of member organizations opening Recovery Cafés in Longmont, CO; Lowell, MA and Port Townsend, WA. Read more…
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