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Sage Retreat Blog</title><description>California Medical Detox, Hospital Detox, Drug Rehab for Older Adults</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-224848406669877185</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-25T14:58:50.924-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Intervention</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>nursing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>nurses</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>INTNSA</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>meetings</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>addiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>nurse</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>management disorders</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>so cal</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>prevention</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hvrc</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>treatment</category><title>INTNSA So Cal Chapter</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPg6KyAIbLs/T7bDLrVmetI/AAAAAAAAADw/qazNuPGE3S0/s1600/NAATP.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" kba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPg6KyAIbLs/T7bDLrVmetI/AAAAAAAAADw/qazNuPGE3S0/s1600/NAATP.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-2925092618003081837?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/05/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPg6KyAIbLs/T7bDLrVmetI/AAAAAAAAADw/qazNuPGE3S0/s72-c/NAATP.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-8626636187012902298</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-18T09:24:43.832-07:00</atom:updated><title>IntNSA Meeting Tonight!!!</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDT8vtg9M-I/T7Z1Ld39ylI/AAAAAAAAADM/_Yo1JILONAI/s1600/intNSA+flyer.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; height: 665px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 558px;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDT8vtg9M-I/T7Z1Ld39ylI/AAAAAAAAADM/_Yo1JILONAI/s640/intNSA+flyer.gif" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-8626636187012902298?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/05/intnsa-meeting-tonight.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDT8vtg9M-I/T7Z1Ld39ylI/AAAAAAAAADM/_Yo1JILONAI/s72-c/intNSA+flyer.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-5452705425811204363</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-08T15:48:05.411-07:00</atom:updated><title>Nurses Appreciation Week</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Help Celebrate Nurses Everywhere!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;National Nurse Week&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 6th-12th&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-unst2r-KFzE/T6mey14RiGI/AAAAAAAAACw/LGjwuwTzZ7o/s1600/NNW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-unst2r-KFzE/T6mey14RiGI/AAAAAAAAACw/LGjwuwTzZ7o/s1600/NNW.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSOeRxuQiek/T6mfEhOVY5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/1OcnKcqTgrg/s1600/NNW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dba="true" height="141" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSOeRxuQiek/T6mfEhOVY5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/1OcnKcqTgrg/s320/NNW.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nursingworld.org/NationalNursesWeek"&gt;http://nursingworld.org/NationalNursesWeek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thank you to all the nurses everywhere for your continuous dedication and support. We would especially like to thank our dedicated nursing staff here at Hemet Valley Recovery Center &amp;amp; Sage Retreat. It is because of these unique and compassionate individuals we are able to provide such exceptional patient care. Thank you Teresa, Triza, Suzanne, Donna, Desiree, Christy, Aspen, Marilyn, Laura L., Amanda, Daniel, Sheena, Micheale, Aimee, Sheere, Melinda, Laura E., Tracy, Melissa, Lesli, Shannon, Julia, Sangeeta, Abagail, Leonor, Jacqueline, Steve, Rosemary, Roe, Sherry, Tania, Meghan, Josie, Candace, Barbara for everything that you do!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJ8E8ZG53Ag/T6mfLsn9xDI/AAAAAAAAADA/BlmOvXQwplc/s1600/New+Image.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dba="true" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJ8E8ZG53Ag/T6mfLsn9xDI/AAAAAAAAADA/BlmOvXQwplc/s400/New+Image.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-5452705425811204363?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/05/nurses-appreciation-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-unst2r-KFzE/T6mey14RiGI/AAAAAAAAACw/LGjwuwTzZ7o/s72-c/NNW.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-7912322714592302824</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-03T15:59:11.580-07:00</atom:updated><title>Intensive Family Weekend</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Come support your loved ones in recovery!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;For more information and if you would like to participate, please give our family counselor a call:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steven Riness&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;951-765-4923&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:steven.riness@recoveryams.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;steven.riness@recoveryams.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/familyprog.php"&gt;http://www.hvrc.com/familyprog.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Intensive Family Weekend Schedule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;May 17 &amp;nbsp;– 19, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;May 31 – &amp;nbsp;June 1-2, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;June 14 &amp;nbsp;– 16, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;June 28&amp;nbsp; – 30, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Come Support your Loved-One in Recovery…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;“Healing Families, One Patient at a Time”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;NOTE:”IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT FRIDAY SESSION BE COMPLETED BEFORE ATTENDING SATURDAY SESSION”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-7912322714592302824?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/05/intensive-family-weekend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-101670638431208890</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-26T13:08:48.664-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Serenity</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>California</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>god</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Alumni</category><title>The Serenity Prayer</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;God grant me the serenity &lt;br /&gt;to accept the things I cannot change; &lt;br /&gt;courage to change the things I can;&lt;br /&gt;and wisdom to know the difference. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Living one day at a time; &lt;br /&gt;Enjoying one moment at a time; &lt;br /&gt;Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; &lt;br /&gt;Taking, as He did, this sinful world&lt;br /&gt;as it is, not as I would have it; &lt;br /&gt;Trusting that He will make all things right&lt;br /&gt;if I surrender to His Will;&lt;br /&gt;That I may be reasonably happy in this life &lt;br /&gt;and supremely happy with Him&lt;br /&gt;Forever in the next.&lt;br /&gt;Amen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--Reinhold Niebuhr &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=e28b8a80-27cd-4e94-8b6d-ea9b81a30321" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-101670638431208890?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/04/serenity-prayer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-156797561601126256</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-08T10:46:13.408-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Alcohol</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>conference</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hero</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>California</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>military</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>addiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hvrc</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>san diego</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>law enforcement</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>firefighter</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>first responders</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>detox</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>freedom</category><title>Freedom &amp; Recovery</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;April 23rd-26th &lt;br /&gt;Hemet Valley Recovery Center will be exhibiting at the Freedom &amp;amp; Recovery Conference in &lt;br /&gt;San Diego, CA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oV4NdxL_Sg4/T6lbsyaVuAI/AAAAAAAAACM/L0DEkD1Uea4/s1600/flag.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dba="true" height="105" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oV4NdxL_Sg4/T6lbsyaVuAI/AAAAAAAAACM/L0DEkD1Uea4/s200/flag.bmp" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Addiction strikes regardless of age, sex, economic circumstances or cultural background, genetic history or environment. Yet, we have a “cultural need” for certain people to be clean, sober and in control. This expectation is particularly true for law enforcement, firefighters, military personnel and other “first responders.” Tragically, however, these are the very people who can be the most vulnerable to falling prey to the disease of addiction.&amp;nbsp; Here at Hemet Valley Recovery &amp;amp; Sage Retreat, we do everything we can to help our Hero's.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This unique conference will gather the nation's foremost treatment experts to examine these demands, with a focus on education and training for professionals who provide care to this special population and their families. Participants will learn evidence-based practices for treating trauma and addiction, methods for integrating families into treatment, and suicide prevention strategies.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;For more information check out:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foundationsrecoverynetwork.com/events/freedom-and-recovery-2012/index.htm"&gt;http://www.foundationsrecoverynetwork.com/events/freedom-and-recovery-2012/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-156797561601126256?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/04/freedom-recovery.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oV4NdxL_Sg4/T6lbsyaVuAI/AAAAAAAAACM/L0DEkD1Uea4/s72-c/flag.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-8377252562364775805</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-08T10:51:07.365-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Spirit of Recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Jerry McDonald</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hvrc</category><title>Congratulations</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Congratulations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; again to our 2011 Spirit of Recovery award winner Jerry McDonald. The award announcement was recently published in NAATP’s Visions March/April 2012 edition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KD6YvLBrZ9s/T6lc3tpCI5I/AAAAAAAAACk/8fZyvAZIU3I/s1600/_MG_3133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dba="true" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KD6YvLBrZ9s/T6lc3tpCI5I/AAAAAAAAACk/8fZyvAZIU3I/s320/_MG_3133.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article read: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hemet Valley Recovery Center and Sage Retreat awarded Jeryy McDonald, ACATA, with the 2011 Dr. Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award. The 2nd annual award was presented at the treatment center’s annual holiday luncheon on December 8th, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jerry recently retired after 18 years of service at The Betty Ford Center with over 32 years in the addiction field. He also was over 34 years of sobriety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“On February 13th, 1977, my illness was flat lined by AA and I haven’t had a drink since four o’clock that afternoon,” explains McDonald. “This award presentation is remarkable because I am someone who should be thanking and honoring AA.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you know of anyone deserving for this years nominations, please let us know. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf"&gt;www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-8377252562364775805?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/04/congratulations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KD6YvLBrZ9s/T6lc3tpCI5I/AAAAAAAAACk/8fZyvAZIU3I/s72-c/_MG_3133.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-1835933047616491850</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-17T11:44:58.656-07:00</atom:updated><title>Deadline for Nominations!!!</title><description>The May 14th deadline for Nominations of the 2012 Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award is fast approaching!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't miss your opportunity to honor a professional in the field who truly makes a difference in the lives of those struggling with the disease of addiction!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;To nominate someone simply follow these steps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;2. Visit &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf"&gt;www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;3. Download the form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;4. Fill out the form and email or fax completed form to HVRC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Deborah.Keltz@RecoveryAMS.com or (951) 925-6337&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;5. Please submit your nominations by May 14th, 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recipient will be honored on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 at HVRC &amp;amp; Sage Retreat's Annual Holiday Luncheon!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-1835933047616491850?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/04/deadline-for-nominations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-5208673619089030859</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-17T11:33:40.513-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Alcohol</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>AA Meetings</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>addiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Hemet</category><title>Looking for AA meetings in your area?</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.simeetings.com/LA/RC/HemetMtgs.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow;"&gt;http://www.simeetings.com/LA/RC/HemetMtgs.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to find an AA meeting near you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-5208673619089030859?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2012/04/looking-for-aa-meetings-in-your-area.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7475203 -116.9719684</georss:point><georss:box>33.694708299999995 -117.0509324 33.8003323 -116.8930044</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-8798080884578333114</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-17T11:08:55.921-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>tweleve steps</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>addiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Betty Ford Center</category><title>Jerry McDonald Receives 2nd Annual "Spirit of Recovery" Award</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Hemet Valley Recovery Center and Sage Retreat today announced Jerry McDonald, ACATA, as recipient of the 2011 Dr. Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award.&amp;nbsp; The 2nd annual award will be present at the treatment center's annual holiday luncheon on December 8th, 2011.&amp;nbsp; Jerry recently retired after 18 years of service at Betty Ford Center with over 32 years in the addiction field.&amp;nbsp; he also has over 34 years of sobriety.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;"On February 13th, 1977, my illness was flat lined by AA and I haven't had a drink since four o'clock that afternoon," explains McDonald.&amp;nbsp; "This award presentation is remarkable because I am someone who should be thanking and honoring AA."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Jerry's career began as the Program Director for the country's first inpatient program for the treatment of eating disorders at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital in San Pedro, CA in 1978.&amp;nbsp; Jerry then moved to South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach, CA in 1980 to establish its chemical dependency and eating disorder program while working under Dr. William Rader.&amp;nbsp; Not long after, Jerry became Executive Vice President for the Rader Institute, a national healthcare corporation for the treatment of eating disorders.&amp;nbsp; In his time there, Jerry opened the organization's first six centers in California.&amp;nbsp; Throughout his more than three decades in the field, Jerry has held director-level and VP positions at several California-based chemical dependency centers, and in 1995 joined The Betty Ford Center, where he was the National Business Development Representative.&amp;nbsp; He retired in March of this year, but continues on in a consulting role.&amp;nbsp; Prior to his work int he addiction field, Jerry was an accomplished volleyball player and has remained highly involved in the sport.&amp;nbsp; He served as the Vice President of Operations and Chairman to the USA Women's Olympic Volleyball Committee and latter was Assistant Coach for the 1972 Olympic Women's Team.&amp;nbsp; Jerry earned a spot int he YMCA's Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1988.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Those who know Jerry professionally, describe him as someone who has fulfilled each and every position in his career with energy, compassion and skill - and personally, a generous and popular fellow and a master story teller.&amp;nbsp; "If you've heard his stories, you may agree that it seems like and episode of Happy Days, complete with his own nostalgic cast of characters, which are just legendary," said Michela Sands, Corporate Director of Business Development and Admissions at the BFC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Hemet Valley Recovery Center and Sage Retreat named Jerry McDonald as its recipient of the 2011 Spirit of Recovery Award because he embodies the spirit of the award's namesake, the late Dr. Joseph Galletta.&amp;nbsp; Like Dr. Galletta, Jerry is a noted, respected, trained professional in the field of addiction and has assisted and touched thousands of people over the years, helping them find the courage to recover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;As last year's award recipient Ed Spatola, Founder and CEO of New Found LIfe puts it: "There is no way to count the contributions he has made, like the ripples in a pond, they keep spreading out.&amp;nbsp; So do his efforts and words.&amp;nbsp; He is the finest example of the twelve step program that I have seen and I am proud to know him.&amp;nbsp; he demonstrates the 'Spirit of Recovery' every day."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-8798080884578333114?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/11/jerry-mcdonald-receives-2nd-annual.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-2152091721933983131</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-01T14:51:36.991-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>detox</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><title>Appreciation of our Nursing Staff</title><description>The following note was found in our Patient Satisfaction Survey/Comment Box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"To the ladies at the detox station,&lt;br /&gt;From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU.&amp;nbsp; I have never detoxed before, so I wouldn't really know much about it.&amp;nbsp; But in my case you gals were awesome!&amp;nbsp; You were &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;professional&lt;/a&gt; yet caring, almost loving.&amp;nbsp; You can tell that you take your jobs seriously and like it at the same time.&amp;nbsp; You treated me with dignity and respect, and that's not always easy.&amp;nbsp; Again thank you for taking such good care of me in my time of need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With much respect,&lt;br /&gt;C."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-2152091721933983131?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/06/appreciation-of-our-nursing-staff.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.97935540000003</georss:point><georss:box>33.6390881 -117.01433090000003 33.7799401 -116.94437990000003</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-3884798220937384991</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-13T10:23:21.869-07:00</atom:updated><title>Deadline for Nominations!!</title><description>The May 16th deadline for Nominations of the 2011 Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award is fast approaching!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't miss your opportunity to honor a professional in the field who truly makes a difference in the lives of those struggling with the disease of addiction!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To nominate someone simply follow these steps:&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader.&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Visit &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf"&gt;www.hvrc.com/pdf/nomination_form.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; Download the form.&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; Fill out the form and email or fax completed form to HVRC&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="mailto:Deborah.Keltz@phh.ms"&gt;Deborah.Keltz@phh.ms&lt;/a&gt; or&amp;nbsp; (951) 925-6337&lt;br /&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; Please submit your nominations by May 16th, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recipient will be honored on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at HVRC &amp;amp; Sage Retreat's Annual Holiday Luncheon!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-3884798220937384991?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/05/deadline-for-nominations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-8021034295564310305</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-05T09:17:42.897-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><title>"If You Believe It, It Seems True"</title><description>Thought for the day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How often have we said, “That’s just the way I am,” or “That’s just the way it is”? Those specific words are really saying that that’s what we believe to be true. Usually, what we believe is only someone else’s opinion that we have incorporated into our belief systems. And, no doubt it fits right in with all the other things we believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you sometimes get up in the morning, see that it is raining, and say, “Oh, what a lousy day!”? It is not a lousy day. It is only a wet day. If we wear the appropriate clothing, and change our attitude, we can appreciate the value of a rainy day! If it is our belief that rainy days are lousy days, then we will always greet rain with a sinking heart. We will fight the day rather than find its beauty and possibilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each Moment is a New Beginning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The point of power is always in the present moment. You are never stuck. This is where the changes take place, right here, right now in our own minds! It doesn’t matter how long a certain condition or attitude has plagued us, we can make an immediate mental shift when we want to. Remember: You are the only one who thinks in your mind!! No one else has that personal authority. Changing negative or skeptical thoughts to positive thoughts about a certain thing, allows that thing to manifest. When we say, “Oh, what a hectic day, I will never get all this done!”, or “How can I, just one person, make a difference in any patient’s life or opinion of the hospital where I work?” we make a choice about how our day, and how our future will progress. We drain our precious energy reserves! Many people have this habitual thought process, which is like eating food that always makes you sick! Cleaning the “mental house” is a bit like going on a good nutritional program after a lifetime of eating junk foods. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we are committed to happier relationships with our co-workers, and between departments, to better customer service and patient satisfaction, to our children and families, it all starts with our desire to change. If you want to move to another room, you have to get up and move step by step in that direction. Sitting in your chair and wanting to be in the other room will not work. We have to begin to do the small things that will collectively lead to the solution. What are the “small things” we can do to make our patients feel safer, more cared for, and respected? The “added value” to this is that in doing so, WE feel safer, more cared for, and respected. The “energy” we feel within ourselves is felt by everyone in the environment - it is either “nourishing” or “depleting.”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-8021034295564310305?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/05/if-you-believe-it-it-seems-true.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.97935540000003</georss:point><georss:box>33.6390881 -117.01433090000003 33.7799401 -116.94437990000003</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-950346234129368510</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-16T15:11:58.043-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Joseph-L-Galletta</category><title>Spirit of Recovery Award</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZpZFr3vjZrY/TYE1FOZXzrI/AAAAAAAAABU/XwlpYtsZCXk/s1600/DrGalletta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZpZFr3vjZrY/TYE1FOZXzrI/AAAAAAAAABU/XwlpYtsZCXk/s1600/DrGalletta.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Joseph L. Galletta, MD&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;We would like to introduce you to the Joseph L. Galletta “Spirit of Recovery” Award by first introducing you to Dr. Galletta, the award's name sake. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/spirit_of_recovery_award.php" target="_blank"&gt;Joseph L. Galletta&lt;/a&gt;, was a man who touched many lives at some point on their road to recovery. He was truly an addiction treatment pioneer. He was one of the first physicians to become certified in the new field of Addiction Medicine in 1983. He helped develop treatment protocols that took the fear and danger out of detoxification and provided a way out of the grips of alcoholism and addiction for countless patients over the years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As special as Dr. Joseph L. Galletta was, his spirit and dedication to the field of recovery lives on through the work of others. It is these individuals we honor through the Joseph L. Galletta, “Spirit of Recovery” Award. Each year the recipient selected has embodied and demonstrated a dedication to 12 step philosophy, leadership in the recovery field, the encouragement of others, and the promotion of sober lifestyles. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please check out our new page on our website for more information regarding the "Spirit of Recovery" Award, how to &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/pdf/Nomination_Form.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;nominate a candidate&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/spirit_of_recovery_award_honorees.php" target="_blank"&gt;past years winners&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-950346234129368510?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/03/spirit-of-recovery-award.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZpZFr3vjZrY/TYE1FOZXzrI/AAAAAAAAABU/XwlpYtsZCXk/s72-c/DrGalletta.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.6894531 -117.0046386</georss:point><georss:box>33.6180371 -117.12136810000001 33.7608691 -116.8879091</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-5305047515863518851</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-25T14:12:52.206-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>letters-of-hope</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Alumni</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hvrc</category><title>On year of "a day at a time"</title><description>Below is a letter from a previous patient that has recently reached a year of sobriety:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so humble and grateful. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time to pause and write my gratitude list for this past year, and living it TODAY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank God for giving me a moment of clarity to call a sober member of AA, Jim M., for TELLING me to go to Hemet Valley Recovery Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank HVRC for being there and having the love and caring people there with an open door, and the willingness and knowledge to go the extra mile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank ALL the counselors for the love and tough love they gave me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank, Mark C.  Mark, you were an example of the 2nd part of the Serenity prayer- "the courage to change the things you can."  You brought me, along with God, to sanity. You were His instrument. You brought me on a path to discover the true root of my problem- a secret resentment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank Dr. Thu for his professionalism, dedication, and humanism!  You listened with compassion, and treated me with respect and love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank Dr. Paul for listening to me, and hearing me.  Our points of view are different, but we still met on common ground!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank all the &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;professional staff&lt;/a&gt; on the "medical" staff for the patience above and beyond human possibility at times.  You are angels. From the nurses UP TO -the housekeeping staff and all between!  You made me comfortable, not with meds, but with you soft, firm, tough caring you all provided day after day.  I have a -threefold disease. The physical part was eased and nursed back to health with your help and direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank my fellow alcoholics and addicts with me at any point of time.  Without you all, I could not have started my recovery! I MISS YOU ALL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank Attitude of Gratitude group.  While I was being dishonest, being without drink, but consuming "solid alcohol", you treated me as an alcoholic and not as an outcast.  Without the fellowship of that 10 months, I WOULD HAVE gone over the edge to not return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank my sponsor, for being the exact person I need in my sobriety.  There aren't enough words......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank Alcoholics Anonymous for being there, and providing me with the steps to take to be a sober person in recovery on a daily basis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank my group, Washington Park. We are a conglomeration of drunks, who try to live sober on a daily basis by sharing our experience, strength and hope with each other, hmmmmm, exactly like the Big Book says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I thank the love of my life, my wife, Sharon, my kids, my sister, brothers, family and friends for giving me a chance to demonstrate on a daily basis that as long as I don't drink or drug, I am a good person, doing the right things a day at a time AND forgiving me when my imperfection REALLY shows.  For my grandkids, that tell me they love me and call me Papa.  My sister and brother-in-law, for living sober and have the wisdom and living with the truth that the only one who could change me, was God and myself.  I know how hard it is to watch a train wreck happening from the "sidelines".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This list could be as huge as the gratitude is huge right now. Not material stuff.  A healthy spirit, a clear mind, an unburdened body!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want what you have and am willing to go to any lengths to get it, so I am willing to take certain steps.....One day at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank God! Amen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-5305047515863518851?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/02/on-year-of-day-at-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.6894531 -117.0046386</georss:point><georss:box>33.6180371 -117.12136810000001 33.7608691 -116.8879091</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-1914100217737292084</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-06T06:56:09.086-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>letters-of-hope</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hvrc</category><title>It Works If You Work It!</title><description>The below letter was sent to &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;one of our counselors &lt;/a&gt;regarding his new found sobriety.  It is wonderful to hear from our previous patients!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"G.,&lt;br /&gt;How are things going?? Nothing new to report on aa as we are just too isolated. I am continuing to work on things successfully as was proven to me last night. We have a crew on site doing performance testing and they may have damaged 5mill in equipment, I am performing inspections this morning. What I am most happy about is I lost it during the event fell hard into "old habits and actions". As i noticed myself getting madder and madder I just gave direction into what I wonted done at that point, went back to my office listened to some music and thought what a negative effect on life would result from doing what I felt like, drinking.... All the problems would still be their in the morning and I would have let this place allow me to fail in my life yet again. I will not allow this, I cant believe it really works if you let it. I would have never thought yesterday would have happened without drinking to make it better. I really do realize and know it is possible to face adversity with out Jack Daniels and I can think so much clearer today as a result.That was major for me... read another chapter, let it go, and move on... A really bad made better by thinking, instead of drinking... who would have thought... a year ago, 6 months ago, not me. Today I am a beleaver. I'll talk to you soon, I'm flying in on the 15th delayed a week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;D."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-1914100217737292084?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/02/it-works-if-you-work-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.6894531 -117.0046386</georss:point><georss:box>33.6180371 -117.12136810000001 33.7608691 -116.8879091</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-741102306269108468</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-25T07:23:11.293-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>letters-of-hope</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><title>Letters of Acknowledgement</title><description>One of our counselors received the following note of appreciation from a former client's husband:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear T.,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words cannot express the gratitude I feel for you and your &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;staff at Sage Retreat&lt;/a&gt;.  You have given me my wife, who was lost in drunkenness all those miserable years.  I still find it hard to believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I checked her in, I felt hopeless, even after your assurances that all would be well.  My wife only has been home four months, but it's as if she's been reborn - I'm grateful more than I can say!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings to you all!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We love to hear how our former patients and residents are doing!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-741102306269108468?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2011/01/letters-of-acknowledgement.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.6894531 -117.0046386</georss:point><georss:box>33.6180371 -117.12136810000001 33.7608691 -116.8879091</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-1979940177952509493</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-08T06:20:17.223-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>holidays</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Joseph-L-Galletta</category><title>Hemet  Valley Recovery Center Annual Holiday Luncheon</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Hemet Valley Recovery Center &lt;/a&gt;is proud to  present:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;“In the Spirit of Giving”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Holiday  Luncheon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 9th, 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11am –  1:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spencersrestaurant.com/index.php"&gt;Spencer’s Restaurant...At the Mountain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;701  W. Baristo Rd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palm Springs, CA 92262&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosted Valet  Parking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year the &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;1st Annual Joseph L. Galletta  “Spirit of Recovery Award”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; will be presented, recognizing commitment and  dedication in the field of addiction treatment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This  year, &lt;a href="http://shelterfromthestorm.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Shelter from the Storm&lt;/a&gt; will be honored. Shelter from the Storm is a  women’s and children center for victims of domestic violence. If you are  interested in attending the luncheon, please share in the Spirit of giving by  bringing a gift of children's pajamas, helping to brighten the children's  holiday at Shelter from the Storm. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RSVP required for  menu selection (951) 791-4138 or &lt;a href="mailto:martha.vasquez@valleyhealthsystem.com"&gt;martha.vasquez@valleyhealthsystem.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank  you and hope to see you there!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-1979940177952509493?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/11/annual-holiday-luncheon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-4280819085393229038</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-08T06:06:34.568-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><title>Priorities...</title><description>&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;This is a wonderful poem by Mother Teresa that encourages us to persevere even when times are difficult.&amp;nbsp; This speaks to all of the&amp;nbsp; patients and &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;staff&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I wanted to share this with all of you, remember… Build anyways…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Priorities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;By Mother Teresa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #6aa84f; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;forgive them anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #6aa84f; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;be kind anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;If you are successful, you will win some false friends, and some true enemies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;succeed anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;be honest and frank anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #93c47d;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;build anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;If you find serenity and happiness, they might be jealous,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;be happy anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;do good anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;give the world the best you’ve got anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;You see, in the end, it is between you and God;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Bright&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;it was never between you and them anyway.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-4280819085393229038?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/10/priorities.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-4037983438752086642</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-19T20:53:39.883-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>recovery</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>HVRC-staff</category><title>New Additions to our HVRC family!!</title><description>I would like to take this time to recognize a few new additions to our &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;HVRC family&lt;/a&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth  Schneider, JD joins our team as the Vice President of Finance.  Ms.  Schneider is responsible for all financial planning, reporting and  treasury functions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Frye and Jacque are Case  Managers / Chemical Dependency Counselors for our Residential Treatment  Center, &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/residential_program.php" target="_blank"&gt;Sage Retreat.&lt;/a&gt;  Their many years of experience and fun loving  sides make Sage Retreat a place all our patients want to stay!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tina  Schooley is a Per Diem Chemical Dependency Counselor that assists on  both our detox unit and our residential unit.  She is also so flexible  that she covers for our Adjunctive Therapist as well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please  take a look at our &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;Recovery Staff page&lt;/a&gt; on our website to see more in  depth biographies on each of our new team members!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-4037983438752086642?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/10/new-additions-to-our-hvrc-family.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-4121516098430493806</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-19T20:55:59.160-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>higher-power</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><title>Prayer for Higher Self</title><description>Below is a poem that we use regularly in our groups to remind our patients and ourselves what life is really about.  We thank Marianne Williamson for the use of her poem!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dear God,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;In this one moment I recognize that there is within me a perfect Self:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;a Self that is not dysfunctional;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;a Self that is not weak, but strong;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;that is not limited, but unlimited;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;that is not small, but huge;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;that is not in pain, but at peace;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;that is not faithless and scared, but all-knowing, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;all loving, serene and calm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have been playing with the toys of death and weakness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have been playing at sickness and addiction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have been playing at dysfunction, limitation, and war.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have been playing at hunger and violation of myself and others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I have been playing with toys that are dangerous.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;But I desire to play with the games of death no more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;In this moment, I ask You to release me from my destructive thinking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I take up now the mantle of Your magnificence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Through Your grace, I am good and innocent, strong and pure,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;for this would You have me be.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The love that emanates from Your mind to me, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and from my mind to the minds of others, is a power so great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Within its embrace, all my negativity shall turn to good,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;all pain to peace, all fear to love.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I invoke Your light.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I receive Your heaven, which replaces my hell.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I do not look back.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I do not stop my eyes at the veil of horror that surrounds the world, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;but rather I extend my vision to the possibilities for love.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I step out of my childhood into my adulthood; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;out of my weakness into my strength, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;out of my fear into my love, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;out of my small self, into You.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dear God,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Please make me new.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Amen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-4121516098430493806?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/09/prayer-for-higher-self.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-962111476128700441</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-22T13:41:36.171-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>career-opportunities</category><title>Career Opportunities</title><description>Hi everyone!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please take time to check out our new &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/careers.php"&gt;Career Opportunities link&lt;/a&gt; on our website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be updated as often as necessary.&amp;nbsp; Currently we have the following positions available!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Chemical Dependency Family Therapist&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conducts and coordinates all  Family Week activities.  Interviews clients and relatives to gather basic  personal, social and  medical data relevant to assessing the family's illness or  dysfunction;  collaborates and participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings  and  treatment planning sessions. Contacts families and provides them with   family questionnaires and other appropriate assessment tools. During  this  process, assists families in understanding the nature of addictive  disease, the  need for family involvement in family groups and Family  Week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Skills/ Requirements&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;License or Certification&lt;br /&gt;Possession of a valid license to practice as a Marriage and Family  Therapist  Preferred or licensed as a LCSW.&amp;nbsp; CADC  required, MFT  preferred.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Experience&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Previous  years of professional experience in chemical  dependency treatment, working with  adults and families&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;A working knowledge of the 12-steps of AA&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A clear  understanding of the disease process of addiction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per  Diem LVN&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Skills/ Requirements&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Must have current LVN license&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must possess excellent assessment skills in the area of   chemical/ alcohol withdrawal and accurately pass medications for up to  20  patients, many of whom also have medical problems. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must demonstrate compassion and understanding while also being   able to set appropriate limits. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must have a comprehensive understanding of the chemical   dependency disease process. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per  Diem CNA&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Skills/ Requirements&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Must have current CNA license&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some light driving duties required, a good DMV record a must! &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flexibility is extremely important for the right candidate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit Secretary experience a plus!!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must have compassion and exceptional assessment skills. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Contact Information&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie  Bush&lt;br /&gt;HR  Coordinator&lt;br /&gt;371 N. Weston Place &lt;br /&gt;Hemet, CA   92543 &lt;br /&gt;Fax:&amp;nbsp; 951-765-4764&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Stephanie.bush@valleyhealthsystem.com"&gt;Stephanie.bush@valleyhealthsystem.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-962111476128700441?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/09/career-opportunities.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-6984133245138446094</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-31T19:39:33.177-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><title>Healing</title><description>In our &lt;a href="http://www.hvrc.com/keystaff.php" target="_blank"&gt;Treatment Team's &lt;/a&gt;daily meeting, our Director of Clinical Services reads our team an uplifting message.  Last week she read us the following quote and it moved us all. I wanted to share it here as well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Difficulties prepare you for victory.  Disease prepares you for health.  Confusion prepares you for clarity.  Hopelessness prepares you for purpose.  Failure prepares you for success.  Poverty prepares you for prosperity.  Criticism prepares you for acceptance.  Pain prepares you for joy.  Anger prepares you for forgiveness.  Ignorance prepares you for truth.  Loneliness prepares you for love.  Love prepares you to stand face to face with God.  God is the one who sends whatever it is you need to be prepared.  It is called healing.  Only God can heal you."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-6984133245138446094?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/08/healing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062780673285295050.post-2219496131901057067</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T09:56:48.448-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>letters-of-hope</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hemet-valley-recovery-center</category><title>Letters of Appreciation</title><description>This is an email that our Director of Business Services received from a former patient's family member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Dear Ms. Bellard:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your time to explain the refund provided.  The check in the amount of $250.00 will be sent back to patient Jean W., who is continuing in abstinence from alcohol abuse.  We could not have gotten as far as we have without your efforts and the skilled professional services of Hemet Valley Recovery Center.  God bless and keep you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christine McK., daughter of Jean W."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We always love to hear how our previous patients are and how they are enjoying their recovery!  If you are a previous patient, let us know how you are doing!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1062780673285295050-2219496131901057067?l=blog.hvrc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.hvrc.com/2010/08/letters-of-appreciation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HVRC)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Hemet, CA 92543, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7095141 -116.9793554</georss:point><georss:box>33.6381146 -117.09608490000001 33.7809136 -116.8626259</georss:box></item></channel></rss>
