Distilling Hope
Author | : Beth Ohlsson |
Publisher | : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 1624911056 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781624911057 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Old stories are universal and want to be told. To bring those stories out into the world as a vehicle for navigating sobriety and recovery is a glorious thing. I was hired to be an addictions counselor for the therapeutic community at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. Susan Gordon encouraged me to tell them stories. I thought she was crazy, but I trusted her judgment and told them stories. The impact those stories had on those men changed my life. I worked in addictions for 15 years, taking those stories with me to very agency in which I worked. The women at the Center 4 Clean Start in Salisbury, MD were every bit as receptive to story as the men who were in jail." --Beth Ohlsson