So if this link works -
Indigo Road's Steve Palmer wants to help Atlanta restaurant workers battle substance abuse - Atlanta Magazine
This is what I'm about to be up to! Steve Palmer is a big restaurateur in the SE, from Atlanta, and he is a recovering alcoholic. He lost a friend to suicide - another alcoholic- and decided to start a group called "Ben's Friends." It is a recovery support group for food & bev industry folks who struggle with alcoholism and addiction. He opened the first one (it is a 503(c) group) in Charleston, where he has high profile restaurants, then one in Raleigh (a well-known chef there runs that one) and now .... in Atlanta! It will be Steve, me and one other Atlanta restaurant person (I know his name but have not met him yet) getting it up and going. I am so excited. Because it is not AA - though Steve and the others involved are largely dedicated AA-ers like me- we can promote, use FB, magazine sources, whatever we develop to get the message out. There's a lot more I could write- and I am sure I will after our first mtg 4/23- I am just so grateful that I have a friend in
PR who works for mental health awareness, who shared this "Atlanta" magazine article, and that I took the initiative to track down and contact Steve.....God is so good. You can also look here (not sure I can copy the link? so hopefully you get the gist of: bens friends hope . com (all together).
THREE days off- haven't done that on a wkd since our trip to DC in Nov.
5K on Sat- this one is for the Atlanta Children's Shelter.
417 days is a great place to be.
Did I mention the house is on the market? And all parties are on board with the move, who'll be living where, etc.
Hang in there OT - lots of moving parts there. I know the waiting kind of thing is hard for me. Prayers to you.
Take care all -
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