OBX Walk Against Addiction

09/22/2025

Heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to those who participated in the 16th Annual Walk Against Addiction! We had over 200 participants at our event! We can and will continue to shatter the stigma of this disease.

09/19/2025

At this year's OBX walk against addiction, we will be having a vendor table labeled "What has the walk done for you and/or your loved ones." We invite you to take an index card and share what the Walk has done to change your life or the life of a loved one. When you are finished your comment (can be anonymous), simply take your card on the table. We would LOVE to hear from you; see you Saturday 9/20 starting at 9am at First Flight High School.

09/02/2025

Join us for the 16th Annual Walk Against Addiction to be held 9/20 at First Flight High School; sign in at 9:00a.m. $10 for tote bag; 18+ vendors from the recovery field to help you or someone you love! Opening prayer by Vince Rodkey of Powells Point Christian Church; opening remarks by John Windley (mayor of Kill Devil Hills), good cop/bad cop routine by Brenda/Kaylie! Keynote speaker will be Sonny Mitchell! Can't WAIT to see you there!

05/19/2024

May 19 ~ Nar-Anon Daily SESH Reading
NO MORE RESCUES
My son is an addict and I loved him by rescuing him. Each time I rescued him, I believed that this was the rescue that would work, and he would see the error of his ways and stop using. Instead, I kept rescuing and my son kept using. After years of this cycle, I found Nar-Anon. Taking the focus off the addict and putting the focus on me made no sense to me when I first started to attend Nar-Anon meetings. How would not helping the addict help the addict?
Members of my Nar-Anon meeting shared their experiences, wisdom, strengths, and hope. I learned from them the difference between enabling and helping. I learned how protecting someone from the consequences of their actions was not only disrespectful, but by doing so, I was standing in the way of their recovery. This was not my job and my behavior was harmful. I needed to get out of the way and let things happen, despite my fears. I had to learn to trust something greater than myself. I had to learn to trust that by letting go of my son, serenity was available to me.
For me, the slogan “Let Go and Let God” comforts me in my recovery, and reminds me that my son has a Higher Power, and it is not me.
Thought for Today: I will remember that I am not in control. I will trust in a Power greater than myself. I will release my addicted loved one and all the other problems that I cannot solve to my Higher Power. Today I know that is the best thing I can do.
“Stop trying so hard to control things. It is not our job to control people, outcomes, circumstances, life. Maybe in the past we couldn’t trust and let things happen. But we can now. The way life is unfolding is good. Let it unfold.” ~ Melody Beattie
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05/18/2024

02/08/2024

So true.

12/16/2023

This is so sad to me. The amount of ketamine “Friends” star Matthew Perry had in his system was equivalent to the general anesthesia given to surgical patients, according to his autopsy report.

In "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Perry wrote about his experience receiving ketamine infusion therapy while in a Swiss rehab clinic.

11/29/2023

And I’m going to live the rest of my life proving that. Addiction is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down.”