BoMar Drop In Center

04/11/2026

04/10/2026

Would anyone be willing to donate some potting soil and vegetable plants? Anything and everything would be greatly appreciated for our Community Garden.

04/10/2026

Friday, April 10

Good morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!!! We are open from 9-5 today. Drop in and make today the first day of the rest of your life!

AA 12:30

GROWING UP

The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.

-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115

Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition. I don't realize that the more I'm willing to act differently, the more exciting my life is. The more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive. That's what practicing the principles means to me. Fun and benefits for me are in the willingness to do the actions, not to get immediate results. Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger, a little more loving makes my life better day by day.

04/09/2026

Thursday, April 9

Good morning! We are open from 9-5 today. Stop by and grab some resources, have a snack, hit a meeting, and make today the first day of the rest of your life!!!

NA 12:30
NA 6:00

09 April

Acting out

Page 103

"We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them."

IP No. 16, "For the Newcomer"

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Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted to be rid of the problems, but we didn't want to stop getting high. Eventually, though, we saw that we couldn't have one without the other. Even though we really wanted to get loaded, we didn't use; we weren't willing to pay the price anymore. The longer we stayed clean and worked the program, the more freedom we experienced. Sooner or later, the compulsion to use was lifted from us completely, and we stayed clean because we wanted to live clean.

The same principles apply to other negative impulses that may plague us. We may feel like doing something destructive, just because we want to. We've done it before, and sometimes we think we've gotten away with it, but sometimes we haven't. If we're not willing to pay the price for acting on such feelings, we don't have to act on them.

It may be hard, maybe even as hard as it was to stay clean in the beginning. But others have felt the same way and have found the freedom not to act on their negative impulses. By sharing about it and seeking the help of other recovering people and a Power greater than ourselves, we can find the direction, the support, and the strength we need to abstain from any destructive compulsion.

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Just for Today: It's okay to feel my feelings. With the help of my sponsor, my NA friends, and my Higher Power, I am free not to act out my negative feelings.

04/08/2026

Wednesday, April 8

Good morning and HAPPY HUMP DAY! We are open from 9-5 today. Stop in and see us, grab some resources, and make today the first day of the rest of your life!

NA 12:30
AA 7:00

08 April

Happiness

Page 102

"We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom."

Basic Text, p. 91

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If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? "Well, gee, let's see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess I'm happy," you might respond. These are outward examples of things that many of us have traditionally associated with happiness. We often forget, however, that happiness is a choice; no one can make us happy.

Happiness is what we find in our involvement with Narcotics Anonymous. The happiness we derive from a life focused on service to the addict who still suffers is great indeed. When we place service to others ahead of our own desires, we find that we take the focus off ourselves. As a result, we live a more contented, harmonious life. In being of service to others, we find our own needs more than fulfilled.

Happiness. What is it, really? We can think of happiness as contentment and satisfaction. Both of these states of mind seem to come to us when we least strive for them. As we live just for today, carrying the message to the addict who still suffers, we find contentment, happiness, and a deeply meaningful life.

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Just for Today: I am going to be happy. I will find my happiness by being of service to others.

04/07/2026

Tuesday, April 7

Good morning and Happy Tuesday! We are open from 9-5 today. Stop by and get some peer support, grab a snack, have lunch, and hit a meeting!

NA 12:30
NA 6:00

07 April

Vulnerability Teaches Us to Trust

Page 101

"Each time we make ourselves vulnerable and find someone there for us, we come to a new level of safety and trust."

Living Clean, Chapter 5, "Fellowship"

Working Step Five with a sponsor can feel like baring our underbellies. We summon up enough honesty, humility, and courage to admit the exact nature of our wrongs. Despite our conviction that we're doing the right thing, sharing our inventories can make us feel exposed. Being vulnerable can be an unnatural state for addicts; it tears down our hardened defenses. Sharing our inventory is an act of trust. For many of us, this may be the first time we reveal ourselves completely to another human being.

Whether we have years clean or days, we find value in sharing our struggles and our victories with fellow members. Being real and sometimes raw creates opportunities for others to connect with us. Sharing from the heart simply resonates. We're often humbled by the kindness of our fellow members who support us when we are most vulnerable.

Each time we take a risk, open up, and are met with loving support from other members, we understand the strength in vulnerability on a deeper level. "I look at this kind of vulnerability as the emotional equivalent of a trust fall," one member shared. Each act of vulnerability enhances our feelings of safety in our relationships.

The more we practice connecting with other members, the more at home we feel in NA.

I will challenge my old beliefs about trust. I will push myself out of my comfort zone to practice being vulnerable and allow other members the opportunity to be there for me.

04/07/2026

At Sleep in Heavenly Peace, we believe a bed is not a luxury — it’s a basic need essential to a child’s physical, emotional, and mental well-being. When we learned that children in Jackson County were sleeping without beds of their own, we knew we had to act. We are a local chapter of a nation...

04/06/2026

Monday, April 6

Good morning! We are open from 9-5 today. Drop In and grab some resources.

NA 12:30

April 06, 2026
Growing honestly
Page 100

"On a practical level, changes occur because what's appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another."

Basic Text, p. 105

When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide we're going to become honest and productive model citizens the moment we arrive in NA. But we soon find, in recovery, that we are not so comfortable doing many of the things we once did without a second thought when we were using.

As we grow in our recovery, we begin to be honest in matters that probably hadn't bothered us when we used. We start returning extra change a cashier may have given us by mistake, or admitting when we hit a parked car. We find that if we can begin to be honest in these small ways the bigger tests of our honesty become much easier to handle.

Many of us came here with very little capacity to be honest. But we find that as we work the Twelve Steps, our lives begin to change. We are no longer comfortable when we benefit at the expense of others. And we can feel good about our newfound honesty.

Just for Today: I will examine the level of honesty in my life and see if I'm comfortable with it.

04/05/2026

Sunday, April 5

Good morning and HAPPY EASTER! We are closed today and will see everyone bright-eyed and bushy tailed in the morning!

AA 7:00 p.m.

TRUE BROTHERHOOD

We have not once sought to be one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society. Always we tried to struggle to the top of the heap, or to hide underneath it. This self-centered behavior blocked a partnership relation with any one of those about us. Of true brotherhood we had small comprehension.

-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 53

This message contained in Step Four was the first one I heard loud and clear; I hadn't seen myself in print before! Prior to my coming into A.A., I knew of no place that could teach me how to become a person among persons. From my very first meeting, I saw people doing just that and I wanted what they had. One of the reasons that I'm a happy, sober alcoholic today is that I'm learning this most important lesson.

04/04/2026

Saturday, April 4

Good morning and Happy Saturday! We are closed for regular business today. HOWEVER, we will hold our ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT today at BoMar Drop In Center. We will have food around 11:30. The Easter Bunny will be here! Our Egg Hunt begins PROMPTLY at 12:00 (NOON)!!! Our awesome volunteers have been working hard in preparation. We have tons of eggs, some pretty AMAZING prizes, and a great community that supports us.

This year's Egg Hunt was funded by community donations, Opioid settlement funds provided by Jackson County Commission, and BoMar Peer Center is funded in whole by the WV Department of Human Services-Bureau for Behavioral Health. One hundred percent of the program's total cost is financed with federal government funds from SAMHSA.

04/03/2026

Bingo May 1st at Cedar Lakes! $200 Minimum win per round and more. Call 304-305-4005 to reserve your spot. Tell a friend! All proceeds benefit a new pavilion for families at the fairgrounds ❤️ Early bird pricing ends April 14th.
Hosted by Rotary as a community fundraiser.
🎟️ Spots are limited — don’t wait!