National Recovery Month
September is National Recovery Month. Southwest Counseling Service wants to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.
As an addict, I lived a secret life. For many months, I tried to cover my pain and low self-esteem by painting on a smile, hiding behind phony images and happy Facebook statuses that I hoped would fool others. Unfortunately, I fooled myself more than anyone… I no longer have to live in lies, in pain, and hurt night after night. I live the truth, for God, my family, and for other addicts. I am their hope.”
Advertisement - Story continues below...–Â MaryBeth, Recovered Addict
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Southwest Counseling Service wants people to know we offer a variety of helpful classes and support services for those impacted by addictions.
- Drug and alcohol assessments
- Emergency services
- Jail-based treatment
- Peer specialist services
- Recovery classes and groups
- Residential treatment
- Medication assisted treatment
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My life today in recovery is something I only dreamed of in my darker moments. I’ve been struggling with alcoholism since the late ‘80s, and it was a lonely, progressively downhill struggle for most of those years. I refused to accept that I couldn’t just handle it on my own. As a result of that flawed thinking, my life became completely unmanageable. I decayed into a shell of myself, a shadow of what I was, and what I could have been.
Those days were so dark, so bleak. Today I’m giving back to the souls still trapped in that darkness. I’m on staff at the very same rehab facility whose doors I first staggered through on a cold December day back in 2008. It took me more than once — I shuffled in and out seven times until 2011. I believe that God calls upon us to repeat the lessons we haven’t passed yet. Today as I write this, I’m back in school studying this disease we call addiction, and my time is otherwise filled with family, friends, art, and music — all the things I truly love.”
–Â Bill, Recovered Alcoholic
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Find Help Near You
Rock Springs – College Hill
1124 College Dr.
307-352-6680
Rock Springs – Foothill
2300 Foothill Blvd.
307-352-6677
Green River
175 Riverview Dr.
307-872-3205
Pinedale
120 S. Cole Ave.
307-367-6445
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