by The Magdalen House | Oct 21, 2020 | #Detox, #Free, 12 Steps, Alcoholism, Community, First Step, Next Step
In this episode of Studying the Steps, Chloe helps us study Steps 6 and 7. She talks about character defects becoming objectionable, God giving us the choice in Step 7 (He’s not going to turn us into someone we don’t want to be), how being spirituality fit...
by The Magdalen House | Jul 24, 2020 | #Detox, #Free, 12 Steps, Alcoholism, Community, First Step, Next Step
In this episode of Studying the Steps, Chloe C. helps us study Steps 8 and 9. She talks about when we start on these steps (pg. 76), our purpose in making amends, making amends to “the man we hated” (pg. 77), and more. Step 8: Made a list of all persons we...
by The Magdalen House | Jan 21, 2020 | #Expansion, #Free, #Women, Impact, Volunteer
By Lisa Kroencke, CEO With March being Women’s History Month, I’ve been reflecting on the many women who have been a part of our Maggie’s history. Since our doors opened in June of 1987, we’ve worked toward a single purpose: helping women achieve and sustain recovery...
by The Magdalen House | Jul 18, 2019 | #Detox, #Free, 12 Steps, First Step, Meetings
The Magdalen House First Step program provides a safe and comfortable setting for an individual with alcoholism to physically separate from alcohol so that they may learn about alcoholism and begin working 12-Step spiritual principles to achieve sobriety. But it’s so...
by The Magdalen House | Jun 7, 2019 | #Detox, #Free, #Treatment, Community, First Step, Next Step
Being an organization that helps alcoholic women recover from alcoholism, it’s common to be asked, “Is Maggie’s a treatment center?” or “Does The Magdalen House offer an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)?” These are helpful questions to ask, especially when...
by The Magdalen House | May 31, 2019 | #Free, Community, Disease, Mental Health, Stigma
Did you know that alcoholism is a mental illness? From the National Institute of Mental Health: “Substance use disorder changes normal desires and priorities. It changes normal behaviors and interferes with the ability to work, go to school, and to have good...
