Hello all of my benzo buddies,
I spoke to Connie at Mercy Center in Burlingame yesterday. They can host the benzo summit and provide rooms and food plus a conference room. The cost would be 130 per person a day. That’s a good deal when you include the food! Or, we can have the conference room for 60$ a day per person. Hotels in the area/plus food would be well over 130 per person I assume.
Mercy Center is an amazing place. The day I swallowed my last benzo dose and stepped out onto the high wire of a cold turkey, I walked the labyrinth there and and prayed and prayed and prayed. I heard God say, “Trust the process.” Now, two and half years later as withdrawal loses the last grips on me, I am so glad I stayed the course.
Over the past two years I have walked the labyrinth and attended Taize services the first Friday of every month at Mercy Center. I also saw a spiritual director there as well.
I can’t think of a more serene, spiritual environment to hold our First Annual Benzo Recovery Summit. I am looking at dates in the summer. We may be able to get a break on costs during their slower months if we wait till early winter.
If you think you would attend, please send me an email or comment here.
The summit will just be for us, not for doctors. I will hold that part of the summit elsewhere.
Here is a link to Mercy Center.
Thanks for letting me know if you are able and willing to attend. If someone wants to post this on other benzo sites, please feel free.
Hope everyone is holding on.
On a personal note: I had an amazing birthday. My benzo buddy Pam from Southern Ca. flew up and stayed with me. It was heaven. What a wonderful gift. The friends you make in benzo withdrawal are the real deal. What a wonderful benzo family we have here.
Keep the faith everyone. We do get better. Stay hopeful and positive. When you start to feel like a victim, do your best to pull yourself up and out of that place. There is nothing but unhappiness and misery in victimhood. 🙁
The normal outcome for withdrawal is recovery. We will all get there, in our own time. May God watch over you all.
HI, Dr. Leigh, I left you a PM on FB there is more on my message to you, we met once about six months ago. I live in San Mateo. I definitely want to come. Also if I can help in anyway. My number is (650)278-7126. I am so happy to hear how much you have healed. I love reading your stories it has given me hope. Much Love, Marie Jones Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 01:02:56 +0000 To: jonesie65@hotmail.com
Sounds great!!!! Just keep me posted on dates…I’m definitely interested!!!!! I’m glad you had a great visit and bday!
Any idea on dates? Also I met with the Director of Public Health for my county and gave him your link and discussed this summit.
Larry
I will have to give it more thought. That’s a long way from PA, but I was thinking that it would be awesome for a group to get together here from the east and take a train out. We could talk and share stories and so on as we travel. That could be a little over the top for those who don’t want to spend the time traveling. It’s a long trip. Gotta dream big, right?
Hi Jenn. I would like to participate. I think it’s wonderful that you are putting this together. Thank you for your words of hope and inspiration!
I am looking into dates in August. I will keep you posted.
NEXT SPRING I am hosting a RECOVERY MEDICAL CONFERENCE for doctors/public etc. I think for me to try to do that along with our private summit this summer is too ambitious, even for a big dreamer like myself. Easy Does It. Keep It Simple. One Step At A Time.. all good slogans for my life.
It’s a long way from the UK but, withdrawal permitting, you never know! Good luck with all the preparations.
I am looking into dates in August. I will keep you posted.
NEXT SPRING I am hosting a RECOVERY MEDICAL CONFERENCE for doctors/public etc. I think for me to try to do that along with our private summit this summer is too ambitious, even for a big dreamer like myself. Easy Does It. Keep It Simple. One Step At A Time.. all good slogans for my life post withdrawal and into my own recovery.
Hi Jenn, it is a long way from Holland also, maybe we can phone in or Skype in? Or do at the same time a benzo summit here in Europ and then connect over that, so that we can combine our thoughts? I see Rosalind lives in the UK and that, that is nearby from here. Maybe we can talk about that by Skype Jenn. Let me know. And I am glad that you had an awesome birthday! Patricia