Winter 2002
Volume 10, Issue 1
In This Issue
Jeanie Whitecraft, Director of Friends Connection Programing
The Friends Connection
520 N. Delaware Avenue
2nd Floor
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19123
215.599.4011
fax: 215.923.2133
Bill Burns-Lynch, Clinical Manager
Philadelphia Program
The Friends Connection
of Montgomery County
700 E. Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
610.292.9922
fax: 610.292.0388
Carol Holmes, Manager
Montgomery County Program
Circle of Friends
This is the section of our newsletter that we dedicate to you our readers. We invite you to share your thoughts with us in short stories, poems, or inspirational sayings. If you would like to contribute contact Bill Burns-Lynch at 215-599-4011 or just send your contributions to Bill at the Friends Connection office. We look forward to seeing your words in print!
Poetry
Being Here
(Gwen Young-El, Peer Support Counselor)
Being here at Friends Connection, is an experience indeed.
We don't focus on the faults, we try to assist with the needs.
Everyone needs someone to walk with through this life.
To help them get through the misery and strife.
We strive for progress and not perfection.
That's why it's so important to make the right connection.
Everyday I see so much pain.
But if I can help somebody then my living will not be in vain.
At Night I Am
(Anonymous)
At night when I close my eyes,I remember...
I remember the loneliness, I remember the pain.
I remember my substance abuse all done in vain.
It only made me feel numb, it did not make me whole,
It brought me deeper despair, it darkened my soul.
But now when it's dark, I walk in the light,
My sobriety sings, and my soul it takes flight.
For in place of the drugs, I have truly found me,
And I have come to believe I am a good place to be.
At night, when I close my eyes,
I remember - who I am.
The Friends Connection
(Gwen Young-El, Peer Support Counselor)
F riends
R epeating
I ncentives
E xternal
N etworking
D oing
S pecial
C ommon
O r
N ew
N atural
E xperiences
C oncerning
T eaching
I ntervention
O ver
N egativity
Recovery Haiku
(Bill Burns-Lynch)
Peaceful as dew
Lush green on mountains -
Embrace each day.