by The Magdalen House | Mar 17, 2023 | #Support, #Women, Impact
Written by Melissa Retzsch, Director of Development At the beginning of March, our annual impact report hit inboxes, inviting our community to see the difference that your donations, volunteering, and overall support have helped accomplish in 2022. We feel it’s...
by The Magdalen House | Mar 8, 2023 | #Hopeless, Big Book, Community, First Step, Step 1
Laura talks about willingness and desperation from her step 1 experience and how she learned about the allergy & mental obsession. We talk about how when she fully conceded to her innermost self that she was an alcoholic, she was ready to do whatever was asked of...
by The Magdalen House | Mar 8, 2023 | Events, Giving
We are looking forward to the 3rd Annual Game, Set, Match event to aid in the life transformations that take place at The Magdalen House. It is our privilege to announce this year’s event chairs, Amanda Dickstein, Kate Looney Walters, and Sloan Looney Dix. As...
by The Magdalen House | Mar 2, 2023 | #Women, 12 Steps, Service, Solution, Spiritual
Written by Lisa Kroencke, Executive Director In my fifteen years of recovery, I’ve read hundreds of debates about misogyny and the patriarchal nature of the text in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. And as someone who found recovery through the contents of the Big...
by The Magdalen House | Feb 23, 2023 | #Sober, Alcoholism, Disease, Recover
Written by Dr. Roxanne Pero, Board of Directors, Member at Large We talk a lot at The Magdalen House about the mental benefits of recovery; and yet, alcoholism is a disease of the mind AND body. So what does that mean for those in recovery? How does recovery shape our...
