by Alan Marzilli | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
During difficult times, we must work to maintain our recovery. How do we balance our own needs with the need to get involved as advocates for change? I’ve been thinking hard about this issue for several days. My brother-in-law is the principal of an elementary school...
by Candice Russell | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
February is Black History Month in the U.S. and Canada, and it’s also observed in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and other nations. This month is often used to look back at prominent black civil rights activists and highlight the accomplishments of black...
by Alan Marzilli | Feb 8, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
If you follow American sports, this riddle shouldn’t be very difficult to solve. His team lost the big game. Americans are by no means alone in our fanaticism about sporting events. Whether it’s soccer, skiing, cricket, ice hockey, or table tennis, just about every...
by Alan Marzilli | Jan 31, 2018 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s classic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a sailor stranded at sea is in a difficult situation. Although he’s dying of thirst, he can’t drink the salt water that surrounds him because...
by Alan Marzilli | Jan 25, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Justice Involvement, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Did you know that WRAP is helping people build new lives after they leave jail or prison? Correctional institutions are increasingly relying on self-help and peer support to help people transition successfully into the community, and WRAP is a perfect match. It’s a...
by Alan Marzilli | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Many nations have holidays that recognize not only past heads of state but also those who worked from the outside to fight for equality. Here in the United States, we just recognized Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Since becoming a federal holiday in 1983,...