From the Director’s Desk
Greetings from Recovery Row in Delray Beach!

We made it through our first Hurricane of the season. Thank God we were not in the Gulf Coast, but we were where Hurricane Katrina made initial landfall in Florida. We are happy to report our Hurricane preparedness plan worked well. We do have a few minor kinks to workout. We lost power for about 5 hours; the guys took it in stride and had a spades tournament! We are happy to report we had 0 relapses during the Hurricane. This can be a tough time in a halfway house.

We are very excited about celebrating our first year in business next month. We would like to thank all the Treatment Centers that have been giving us referrals. We are very grateful. The biggest compliment one can receive in our business is that you believe in what we do and help us to continue with what we do! So many thanks to you all!

This month in the spirit of unity I decided to publish an article about “Who Says There Are No Must’s?” Hopefully you will enjoy this article.

Since opening Recovery Row the November of last year, we have operated at 85% capacity. I believe strongly in the structure of the family unit at Recovery Row. Each addict is given a chore that must be completed three times a week as well as cleaning their own personal territory. We maintain curfew at 11:00 PM Sunday- Thursday, and at 1:00 AM on Friday & Saturday Night. I have chosen to give frequent Urine Analysis at no charge to the client. So far this has worked out great!

Thanks again. Recovery Row looks forward to helping addicts because we believe the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel.

Jeff Greenman

October 2005 Newsletter

Who Says There Are No Must’s?
Here are 53 examples and reference pages to the book “Alcoholic Anonymous” where the word must is used!

MUST or it kills us...........
MUST resentments must
MUST be willing........
MUST make amends...
MUST be entirely honest...
MUST confess...............
MUST be hard on ourselves.
MUST not postpone.........
MUST lose fear...........
MUST not shrink anything.
MUST not shrink...........
MUST keep sober..........
MUST take the lead......
MUST remember...........
MUST carry the vision.....
MUST go with us..............
MUST go further...............
MUST be careful...............
MUST not miss.................
MUST decide these thing
MUST be accompanied
MUST decide for himself...
MUST come from within....
MUST be done..............
MUST try to repair damage..
MUST be on a better basis.
MUST walk in the path
MUST start anew............

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MUST act.............
MUST be on guard...
MUST apologize.
MUST carry............
MUST not expect...
MUST realize.........
MUST see danger.....
MUST be convinced....
MUST change..........
MUST abide..............
MUST decide............
MUST be honest.........
MUST get along.......
MUST find a way out....
MUST keep spiritually
MUST help others...
MUST rely on god.......
MUST present to others
MUST Believe...........
MUST Have depth......
MUST Be grounded in
MUST Stop drinking.....
MUST help.............
MUST feel............
MUST admit.............		 113
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Our Philosophy:
The mission of Recovery Row is to offer a practical, livable healthy lifestyle approach where men can discover the personal power to get clean and stay off drugs.