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Community Calendar August 12, 2023 - Recovery Picnic at Lawson Lake ALBANY COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION RECOVERY PICNIC Albany County and Second Chance would like to welcome you to our first ever Recovery Picnic! An enjoyable day to recognize individuals in recovery, and those going through addiction with their families. The day will feature a fishing clinic, kayaking, a rock wall, and other fun games. Show your support with us at Lawson Lake! FREE SATURDAY AUG 12TH IIAM - 5PM Lawson Lake 293 Lawson Lake Road Feura Bush, NY 12067 CALL 518-655-7948 FOR MORE INFO Download flyer Single / Print AUGUST 19 , 2023 HIVE OF HOPE presents: SUMMER Social AND SOBER DANCE! HIVE OF HOPE presents: 2023 SUMMER Social AND SOBER DANCE! ***DRESS TO IMPRESS!!*** (SEMI-FORMAL ATTIRE ENCOURAGED!) WITH SPECIAL GUEST: DJ MARC MO SATURDAY AUGUST 19 7:00PM - 11:00PM ✰ FREE FOOD✩ 161 CENTRAL AVE. ALBANY SUGGESTED $10 DONATION http://www.hivealbany.org Download flyer Single / Print August 22, 2023 - Reimagining re-entry REIMAGINING RE-ENTRY Reducing Recidivism and Increasing Resiliency Tuesday, August 22, 8:30am-12:30pm Capital District Recovery Center 45 Colvin Avenue, 2nd floor Albany, NY Healthy Arkview CDRC Capital District Get Covered Find Care Stay Healthy YOU'RE INVITED to our upcoming event: Reimagining Reentry: Reducing Recidivism and Increasing Resiliency Join us for an inspiring and informative event focused on transforming the lives of individuals reintegrating into society. after incarceration. This in-person event will take place on Tue Aug 22, 2023 at 45 Colvin Avenue #2nd floor, Albany, NY 12206. Our goal is to explore innovative strategies that help reduce recidivism rates and empower individuals to build resilience. This event brings together experts, advocates, and community members to share their experiences, knowledge, and ideas. Throughout the morning, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops, and networking sessions. Our esteemed speakers will cover a wide range of topics, including successful reentry programs, recovery support, and much more. Whether you are a policy maker, a service provider, or simply passionate about criminal justice reform, this event offers a unique platform to learn, collaborate, and be part of the solution. Please share with your colleagues and any returning citizens. Your voice matters! Together, we can create a more inclusive society that supports individuals in their journey towards a brighter future. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to be part of the conversation. Lunch will be provided on behalf of our sponsor, Arkview Recovery Center so RSVPs are required. Mark your calendars and join us at Reimagining Reentry on Tue Aug 22, 2023 in Albany, NY. Together, let's make a difference! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-reentry-reducing- recidivism-and-increasing-resilience-tickets-676128748287? aff=oddtdtcreator Download flyer Single / Print September 9, 2023 - Recovery in the Park Come celebrate recovery with us at our 6th Annual Recovery in the Park! We are beyond grateful for our community's support through this past year of growth. We want to celebrate with you, your families and friends! WASHINGTON PARK LAKE HOUSE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2023 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM We will have Free Food, Bounce Houses, Raffles, Music, Caricature Artist, Photo Booth, and other fun activities. Download flyer Single / Print October 14, 2023 - Bowling For Recovery "ALL YOU CAN PLAY" SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY OCT. 14TH 2023 PIZZA AND SODA INCLUDED Spare Time Entertainment Center 1668 Route 9 Clifton Park, NY 12065 Volunteers Needed! CONTACT: Jihad El-Amin, Debbie Eley, Katrina Fox or Chuck Monson Buy tickets https://www.capitaldistrictrecoverycenter.org/bowling-for-recovery-2023 Download flyer Single / Print

Recovery Stories Celebrate your successes and share them with others. Sharing and celebrating recovery stories: Connects people with one another and lets those who are still struggling to know they are not alone. Helps us to eliminate the stigma people in recovery often face Educate the public that recovery is possible. Review the personal stories of people recovering from substance use disorders below and share your story here. Then ask your friends to do the same. Share YOUR story ANDREA E. 7-9-2023 ANDREA ANDREA E. 7-9-2023 ANDREA 00:00 / 22:48 BIG MIKE PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES 38 BIG MIKE BIG MIKE PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES 38 BIG MIKE 00:00 / 35:31 BROSHA J. 23 YEARS 3-23-2022 BROSHA BROSHA J. 23 YEARS 3-23-2022 BROSHA 00:00 / 21:09 CDRC Founder's Story Barry Levine CDRC Founder's Story Barry Levine 00:00 / 01:04 No audio - click here to Read the story CHRISTY F. 12 YEARS 7-16-2023 CHRISTY CHRISTY F. 12 YEARS 7-16-2023 CHRISTY 00:00 / 17:01 CHRYSTAL L PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES CHRYSTAL CHRYSTAL L PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES CHRYSTAL 00:00 / 34:51 DOREEN P - Topic: Relationships. East Coast Convention of NA. D Doreen DOREEN P - Topic: Relationships. East Coast Convention of NA. D Doreen 00:00 / 57:14 JOANNE G. 1 YEAR 2-22-2023 JOANNE JOANNE G. 1 YEAR 2-22-2023 JOANNE 00:00 / 18:53 KATIE A. 3-30-2022 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATIE KATIE A. 3-30-2022 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATIE 00:00 / 17:38 KATRINA J. 7-19-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATRINA KATRINA J. 7-19-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATRINA 00:00 / 27:11 MARVIN M. 3-22-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER MARVIN MARVIN M. 3-22-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER MARVIN 00:00 / 10:32 NA Speaker Tapes - YouTube Play List View in YouTube NA Speaker Tapes - YouTube Play List View in YouTube 00:00 / 01:04 Click here to View in YouTube Odomtology 12-Step Recovery Media YouTube play list Odomtology 12-Step Recovery Media YouTube play list 00:00 / 01:04 Click here to View in YouTube PAULINE 41YRS BETTY 40YRS KIM 35YRS 7-10-2023 PAULINE, Betty, Kim PAULINE 41YRS BETTY 40YRS KIM 35YRS 7-10-2023 PAULINE, Betty, Kim 00:00 / 41:49 REGGIE B 35 YEARS 12-22-2022 REGGIE REGGIE B 35 YEARS 12-22-2022 REGGIE 00:00 / 22:17 RON D 32 YEARS 3-19-2023 RON RON D 32 YEARS 3-19-2023 RON 00:00 / 28:43 RON D. 31 YEARS 3-20-22 Ron RON D. 31 YEARS 3-20-22 Ron 00:00 / 28:18 RON H. IN ATLANTA Ron RON H. IN ATLANTA Ron 00:00 / 00:01 RONALD B. 7-5-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER RONALD B RONALD B. 7-5-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER RONALD B 00:00 / 21:39 Recovery means my life has meaning and I get a daily reprieve from the misery of addiction. Amanda Cook Recovery means my life has meaning and I get a daily reprieve from the misery of addiction. Amanda Cook 00:00 / 00:01 Rod's story Rod B. Rod's story Rod B. 00:00 / 00:01 TOWANDA J. HOMEGROUP SPEAKER 12-21-2022 TOWANDA J TOWANDA J. HOMEGROUP SPEAKER 12-21-2022 TOWANDA J 00:00 / 19:33 Tracy R. Baltimore MD - For The Newcomer - Ocean City MD 1994 Tracy R. Tracy R. Baltimore MD - For The Newcomer - Ocean City MD 1994 Tracy R. 00:00 / 36:25 Tracy R. Baltimore MD - We Do Recover - Jump Start to Recovery WashDC Tracy R. Tracy R. Baltimore MD - We Do Recover - Jump Start to Recovery WashDC Tracy R. 00:00 / 31:02 WAYNE D. 32 YRS 5-11-2022 (3) WAYNE WAYNE D. 32 YRS 5-11-2022 (3) WAYNE 00:00 / 22:34

< Back Recovery Story CDRC Founder's Story Barry Levine Barry Levine CDRC Founder's Story 00:00 / 01:04 Heading 1 My Name is Barry Levine and I am a person in long term recovery. For me that means that I have not had alcohol or a drug since December 4th, 1988. I am also the founder of the Capital District Recovery Center. Here is my story. For as long as I can remember, I grew up with a secret. I was sure that there was something wrong with me. I didn’t seem to fit in anywhere or with anyone. I thought I was a bad kid. I didn’t seem to be good at anything but getting into trouble. I was a fear based kid and it carried on into my adulthood. I was so sure I was going to fail at whatever I tried that many times I didn’t even try. I hid this secret from the world with humor and arrogance. I tried to change who I was to fit in somewhere, anywhere but could not.. I found alcohol when I was 13 and started using drugs at 19. They changed my life. I found courage where I thought I was a coward. They helped me forget who I thought I was. I abused drugs and alcohol for 30 years. I thought they were making me who I wanted to be but that was an illusion. They had stopped working for me. During those 30 years I lost jobs, my family and what little self respect I ever had. I was selfish, self centered and only concerned with myself and getting high or drunk. In the end, I just wanted to die. I walked into my first meeting a broken hopeless 43 year old man. A young man met me at the door and offered me a hug. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been hugged. He offered me coffee and I really needed those two gestures. By the end of the meeting I had found hope. I had found a place I belonged. People seemed to accept me just because I was there. They didn’t care who I was, where I had been, what I had done or what I had used. They just wanted to help me recover from what I came to realize was an insidious disease. That was my beginning. It was suggested I go to 90 meetings in 90 days and get a sponsor. I didn’t think I could do either of those things. But, after I lost my job I started going to a meeting every day. It took me three months to find my first sponsor. That began the closest relationship I had ever experienced. He taught me about a higher power and took me through the twelve steps. Recovery has not been an easy road. My sponsor Rick and my mother both died in 2002. My second wife who was my soul mate died three years later after fighting cancer for eleven years. My dad died the following year. These loses rocked my world. While I wanted badly to hide in alcohol or drugs, my Higher Power and the people in the fellowship helped me get through those loses without a relapse. I have now gone through the steps multiple times and my life has continued to change for the better each time. I have experienced the vital spiritual experience as a result of working the steps. My life has changed 180 degrees. I still had authority figure issues and found it difficult to work for almost anyone. I started my own business early in recovery. Working for myself made sense. After nineteen years I was able to sell the business. Where do I go from here? About the time I sold the business I had a dream, a vision. I wanted to start a Twelve Step Recovery Center. I saw it as a place for people of any Twelve Step Step Program to have a safe place to have a meeting and to find resources to help them and their families recover. I made a floor plan of what the building would look like. Here is where my old friend fear re-entered the picture. I didn’t really know how to make this a reality. Fear told me I couldn’t do it. That I didn’t have the knowledge needed to make this happen. However, I was no longer the fear based person of my past. I shared my vision with friends and found people who agreed that this was an important idea for the Capital District recovery community and the community as a whole. So we put together an exploratory committee of people who had the skill sets we needed. First we had to make sure this was a viable idea. We found other recovery centers around the country that were thriving and they were willing to tell us how they did it. We then found an attorney who helped us get incorporated as a non profit company. We became The Capital District Recovery Center aka CDRC. We then started our fundraising efforts. This was difficult as we didn’t have a building yet. We were however able to get enough donations to look for a building. It took over three years. It seemed that the stigma of addiction kept us from finding the right building. Ultimately, higher power put the perfect building in front of us at the perfect time. We opened our doors on July 1st, 2018. The going was slow but, when the pandemic forced us to temporarily close our doors in March of 2020 we had a thriving community of 234 meetings per month. With the help of virtual meetings and the return to in person meetings, CDRC continues to thrive and grow. I have dedicated the rest of my life to helping others. I am proud to say that CDRC is one of the ways I am fulfilling that passion. Previous Next

Recovery Stories Celebrate your successes and share them with others. Sharing and celebrating recovery stories: Connects people with one another and lets those who are still struggling to know they are not alone. Helps us to eliminate the stigma people in recovery often face Educate the public that recovery is possible. Review the personal stories of people recovering from substance use disorders below and share your story here. Then ask your friends to do the same. Share YOUR story ANDREA E. 7-9-2023 ANDREA ANDREA E. 7-9-2023 ANDREA 00:00 / 22:48 BIG MIKE PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES 38 BIG MIKE BIG MIKE PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES 38 BIG MIKE 00:00 / 35:31 BROSHA J. 23 YEARS 3-23-2022 BROSHA BROSHA J. 23 YEARS 3-23-2022 BROSHA 00:00 / 21:09 CDRC Founder's Story Barry Levine CDRC Founder's Story Barry Levine 00:00 / 01:04 No audio - click here to Read the story CHRISTY F. 12 YEARS 7-16-2023 CHRISTY CHRISTY F. 12 YEARS 7-16-2023 CHRISTY 00:00 / 17:01 CHRYSTAL L PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES CHRYSTAL CHRYSTAL L PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES CHRYSTAL 00:00 / 34:51 DOREEN P - Topic: Relationships. East Coast Convention of NA. D Doreen DOREEN P - Topic: Relationships. East Coast Convention of NA. D Doreen 00:00 / 57:14 JOANNE G. 1 YEAR 2-22-2023 JOANNE JOANNE G. 1 YEAR 2-22-2023 JOANNE 00:00 / 18:53 KATIE A. 3-30-2022 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATIE KATIE A. 3-30-2022 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATIE 00:00 / 17:38 KATRINA J. 7-19-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATRINA KATRINA J. 7-19-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER KATRINA 00:00 / 27:11 MARVIN M. 3-22-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER MARVIN MARVIN M. 3-22-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER MARVIN 00:00 / 10:32 NA Speaker Tapes - YouTube Play List View in YouTube NA Speaker Tapes - YouTube Play List View in YouTube 00:00 / 01:04 Click here to View in YouTube Odomtology 12-Step Recovery Media YouTube play list Odomtology 12-Step Recovery Media YouTube play list 00:00 / 01:04 Click here to View in YouTube PAULINE 41YRS BETTY 40YRS KIM 35YRS 7-10-2023 PAULINE, Betty, Kim PAULINE 41YRS BETTY 40YRS KIM 35YRS 7-10-2023 PAULINE, Betty, Kim 00:00 / 41:49 REGGIE B 35 YEARS 12-22-2022 REGGIE REGGIE B 35 YEARS 12-22-2022 REGGIE 00:00 / 22:17 RON D 32 YEARS 3-19-2023 RON RON D 32 YEARS 3-19-2023 RON 00:00 / 28:43 RON D. 31 YEARS 3-20-22 Ron RON D. 31 YEARS 3-20-22 Ron 00:00 / 28:18 RON H. IN ATLANTA Ron RON H. IN ATLANTA Ron 00:00 / 00:01 RONALD B. 7-5-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER RONALD B RONALD B. 7-5-2023 HOMEGROUP SPEAKER RONALD B 00:00 / 21:39 Recovery means my life has meaning and I get a daily reprieve from the misery of addiction. Amanda Cook Recovery means my life has meaning and I get a daily reprieve from the misery of addiction. Amanda Cook 00:00 / 00:01 Rod's story Rod B. Rod's story Rod B. 00:00 / 00:01 TOWANDA J. HOMEGROUP SPEAKER 12-21-2022 TOWANDA J TOWANDA J. HOMEGROUP SPEAKER 12-21-2022 TOWANDA J 00:00 / 19:33 Tracy R. Baltimore MD - For The Newcomer - Ocean City MD 1994 Tracy R. Tracy R. Baltimore MD - For The Newcomer - Ocean City MD 1994 Tracy R. 00:00 / 36:25 Tracy R. Baltimore MD - We Do Recover - Jump Start to Recovery WashDC Tracy R. Tracy R. Baltimore MD - We Do Recover - Jump Start to Recovery WashDC Tracy R. 00:00 / 31:02 WAYNE D. 32 YRS 5-11-2022 (3) WAYNE WAYNE D. 32 YRS 5-11-2022 (3) WAYNE 00:00 / 22:34