By Eric Bean, Peer Recovery Coach, Serenity Recovery Connection From Active Addiction to Survival Mode My name is Eric. I’m a man in long-term recovery. I guide rural recovery outreach and peer support services across Chaffee, Custer, and Park counties as a Peer RecoveryCoach for Serenity Recovery Connection. I spent more than two decades in…
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — An organization is traveling across the country for a suicide prevention and mental health awareness tour, carrying the message “Leaving No Veteran Behind.” American Veterans’ (AMVETS) seven-city journey started in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, May 13. The journey is designed with one goal in mind: to increase responsiveness to veteran suicide awareness…
By: Elisa Marie Cordova, CPFS, SOR Peer Coach, Serenity Recovery Connection My journey into recovery didn’t begin with substances alone. It began with a growing awareness that something in my life wasn’t working. Long before I ever addressed mysubstance use, I was caught in patterns of toxic thinking, emotional reactivity, and impulsive decisions that quietly…
