H & I Orientation for State Prison Panels

July 15, 2017 8:30 am – 10:30 am

South Baton Rouge Church of Christ

8725 Jefferson Highway

Baton Rouge, LA 70809

USA

2017 Orientation schedule to go into

LCIW (women’s prison)

DCI and Angola (men’s prison)

You must attend one of the scheduled orientations, per year to be able to go into the H&I meetings at the State prisons. All training's are scheduled to be at:

South Baton Rouge Church of Christ

8725 Jefferson Highway

Baton Rouge, LA 70809

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Doors open at 8:00 am training from 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Doors open at 8:00 am training 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Doors open at 4:30 pm training 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Doors open at 8:00 am training from 8:30 am to 10:30 am
Please bring a valid form of photo identification, driver’s license, State ID, etc.

For more info contact: Elmore B. 225 349-9961

Jerry S 225 3153896
Bob S. 225 9784749

Nancy S 225 2414680

Note: Women wishing to attend LCIW, please contact Nancy S.

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August 04, 2021

When is a secret not a secret?

Page 226

"Addicts tend to live secret lives...It is a great relief to get rid of all our secrets and to share the burden of our past."

Basic Text, p. 33

We've heard it said that "we're as sick as our secrets." What do we keep secret, and why?

We keep secret those things that cause us shame. We may hold onto such things because we don't want to surrender them. Yet if they're causing us shame, wouldn't we live more easily with ourselves if we were rid of them?

Some of us hold onto the things that cause us shame for another reason. It's not that we don't want to be rid of them; we just don't believe we can be rid of them. They've plagued us for so long, and we've tried so many times to rid ourselves of them, that we've stopped hoping for relief. Yet still they shame us, and still we keep them secret.

We need to remember who we are: recovering addicts. We who tried so long to keep our drug use a secret have found freedom from the obsession and compulsion to use. Though many of us enjoyed using right to the end, we sought recovery anyway. We just couldn't stand the toll our using was taking on us. When we admitted our powerlessness and sought help from others, the burden of our secret was lifted from us.

The same principle applies to whatever secrets may burden us. Yes, we're as sick as our secrets. Only when our secrets stop being secret can we begin to find relief from those things that cause us shame.

Just for Today: My secrets can make me sick only as long as they stay secret. Today, I will talk with my sponsor about my secrets.

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