12th Step Street Recovery

10/24/2025

With the first WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY now already being sounded in southern Oregon, I wanted to remind all the heros out there, our 12th Step Street Recovery "Blankets & Coats for the Homeless" donation Drive is happening!!!!

If you have sleeping bags or warm blankets, coats or jackets you can spare, you can make a huge difference this weekend and throughout the winter months. We are in serious need of hand warmers and tarps, and basic necessities to assist our warriors during the cold season ahead.

Call me and I will pick up your donation items and together we can better the life of some of our less fortunate community members.

If YOU would like to be a part of our outreach or any of the other programs that are out there, please do, I encourage you to contact a program that works for you, there are so many ways to get involved... donations are only one of many, theres also volunteering, transportation, cooking food or serving meals, and if you have special training, most programs can utilize your skills as well. Be part of the solution.

10/24/2025

⚠️ 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 ⚠️

We have our first winter weather advisory!

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of Jackson County around 4,000ft elevation, starting this Saturday.

* WHAT...Total snow accumulations 5 to 15 inches. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph over high and exposed terrain.

* WHERE...The southern Oregon Cascades and Siskiyou Mountains. Including Lake of the Woods Diamond Lake, Crater Lake, and higher elevations near Hwy 62 & Hwy 140.

* WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday to 5 PM PDT Sunday.

Heavy periods of rain and lower snow levels may cause urban flooding, especially in areas with poor drainage or melting snow.

What to Expect:
• Periods of heavy rain and gusty winds
• Possible localized flooding in low-lying or paved areas
• Ponding on roads and reduced visibility

How to Prepare:
• Clear storm drains & culverts near your home or business to help prevent street flooding.
• Avoid driving through flooded roads — just 6 inches of moving water can sweep you off your feet, and 12 inches can move a vehicle.
• Check your emergency supplies — flashlights, warm layers, batteries, and a full gas tank.
• Stay informed through official alerts:
Sign up for Jackson Alerts: https://member.everbridge.net/76864345342052/new

Stay safe, stay dry, and give yourself extra travel time. For updates & preparedness tips:
👉 US National Weather Service Medford Oregon
👉 readyjacksonco.com

10/23/2025

So, you finished rehab. You’re clean now. Living in a halfway house. Waking up early to catch the bus to a job that barely pays the bills. You’re splitting a fridge with three other addicts, listening to them fight over food or relapse excuses, trying to stay focused on your own lane — your own recovery.

You’re hitting your meetings. Three a week. You’re sitting in folding chairs under fluorescent lights, listening to other people’s pain, trying to believe that maybe… just maybe… one day, yours will turn into purpose too.

And I know there are nights when it doesn’t feel worth it. When you’re sitting on the edge of your bed staring at the same four walls, thinking, Is this really what I got clean for? When the silence gets so loud it starts screaming your name. When giving up feels easier than fighting through another day.

But let me tell you som**hing — it takes a rare kind of strength to do what you’re doing.

Because anybody can self-destruct. Anybody can run. Anybody can hide behind a bottle, a pill, or a pipe. But it takes a fighter to start from scratch and rebuild their life one clean day at a time.

You’re not weak because it’s hard. You’re not broken because it hurts. You’re becoming. You’re laying the bricks for a life that’s going to mean som**hing.

That bus you’re riding to that minimum wage job? That’s not humiliation — that’s humility. That’s faith in motion. Every mile is proof that you’re not who you used to be.
That recovery house that smells like burnt ramen and resentment? That’s your launching pad. That’s where your comeback story is being written.

And those meetings you drag yourself to? Those are your classrooms — where pain turns into wisdom, and strangers turn into family.

Listen to me — what God is building in you right now, in this season that feels small and insignificant, is going to blow your mind when it unfolds. You’re not just surviving this chapter — you’re being prepared for the next one.

You might not see it yet, but you’re a walking miracle in progress. A warrior in transition. A Rockstar in recovery.

So don’t quit now. Not when you’ve already made it this far. The world hasn’t even seen what you’re capable of yet.

I see you.
I’m proud of you.
And I promise you — if you just keep going, it gets better.

10/21/2025

Woman at rock bottom — 93 pounds, addicted to m**h and he**in, her body failing, her heart infected, and her spirit nearly gone. She had lost everything: her health, her home, her hope. When her mother found her and took that picture, it wasn’t to shame her — it was to save her.

That moment changed everything. She checked into the hospital, fought through withdrawal, endured heart surgery, and slowly began to heal. Recovery wasn’t easy — it was a war. Nights of pain, fear, and temptation tested her resolve, but each time she whispered, “Not today.”

Nine months later, the second photo tells a different story. No filters, no hiding — just a radiant smile. She’s healthy, 40 pounds stronger, living in her own place with her cats and her family close again.

Her message is simple but powerful:

“Recovery is possible, and life is worth living with a purpose.”

10/20/2025

Thank you today to our long time hero, Jeni, for her donations today. It is the first time I have gotten to see her since the sad passing of her mother. Both Jeni and her mother Barbara both made a huge impact in the past making it possible for our warriors to endure some pretty hard times last year. As we mentioned in our post back in June, we will forever remember and honor the love, generosity and kindness that encompassed the soul of Barbra. She will never be just a memory.

10/18/2025

10/17/2025

Thank you to Stephanie for reaching out to us, she put together a couple good sized bags of clothes for our warriors. We most definitely appreciate the support. The nights are getting cold.

We are still needing a lot more blankets and sleeping bags at well as handwarmers, gloves, beanies and coats. Whatever you can do will help keep someone from frostbite or worse. Call me or text. Thank you & may God bless us one and all.

10/17/2025

A lot of addicts were abandoned, and in turn, will abandon their loved ones as well... but abandonment isn't just an empty room. Sometimes it's an overdose, or a using adict in the home who fails to connect.

Abandonment is a huge problem in our lives as addicts. Love can break down the wall, but it also means risking the confrontation. It's time for risk.

10/14/2025

Congratulations to Street Warriors Tyler and Bonnie on their 10 months of continued recovery!!! I saw Bonnie today and found out they have been clean since January. She's staying in a shelter while Tyler is working two jobs to get them a place so they can start working on getting Bonnie's children back home. I am very proud of both of them for the hard work they have put in to change their lives.