Seahawks Win
Over 40 Jaywalker alumni and friends showed up tonight to watch the Seattle Seahawks win their first Superbowl. Although it wasn’t the outcome most of us were looking for, it was a still a night of food, fun, and fellowship. Congratulations to the “12th man”, we will see you next year! Donnie Hagenbart Program Coordinator […]
Sober Superbowl Party XLVIII
Make plans to join us Sunday for a Recovery oriented Party to watch our own Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks. The event is open to anyone in the recovery community and there is no charge, but we will gladly accept donations to offset food cost. The usual 6 PM Narcotics Anonymous meeting will […]
Rocky Mountain Hospitality
Jaywalker Lodge has the pleasure of hosting many professionals from around the treatment community. On this beautiful Saturday afternoon Jay Staples, the director of marketing from Burning Tree in Texas, joined John Schneier and Donnie Hagenbart in some good ol’ Colorado mountain snowmobiling! We took Jay up to the Flattop Mountains, high above Glenwood Springs, where […]
Reunited with the Jaywalker Family
Up until three months ago my life had become overtaken once again by the beast of addiction. I had become a cripple on a couch. Another job lost and a lot of strained relationships. I was fearful to do anything except get to a liquor store. I had been beaten once again into submission. I […]
Winter X Games
The Winter X Games are here! The Winter X games started today at 11am and will be going through the weekend here in Aspen. This is the 13th year the Winter X Games has been held in Aspen and it looks as though Aspen Skiing Company will hold the rights until 2019. The acute intoxication […]
Sober Superbowl Party
The Jaywalker Alumni Department is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Superbowl Party on February 2nd at the Alumni Clubhouse ( 1154 Hwy. 133, next to The Blend coffee shop). The festivities will begin at 4 PM and continue until the end of the game. We will be providing tons of food […]
“Contempt before Investigation”
There is a principal which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance – That principle is contempt prior to investigation.” – Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer is one of my Recovery heroes. Although he wasn’t part of the Recovery movement his […]
Shredding Sobriety, Mink hucks 4 big ones
In 2010, I came back to Jaywalker Lodge to be a counselor intern during my last semester in Graduate School. When I got back all of my friends were talking about this guy who had gone through Jaywalker Lodge while I was away. His name was Adam Mink. Apparently, he was a great guy, good […]
AA’s Three Legacies
Exploring the Foundation: Unveiling AA’s Three Legacies Taken together, the Steps, Traditions and Concepts embody what are know as the Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous: Recovery, Unity and Service. Recovery Recovery has given us a second chance to find happiness and freedom; to live useful and productive lives. The 12 steps and the Big Book […]
Winter Solstice Celebration
On this darkest day we celebrate the return of the light!” Carbondale celebrated the longest night of the year in grand style at the Third street center Saturday Night. The Two Rivers Unitarian Univeralist congregation along Davi Nikent “Always Light”, Center for Human Flourishing organized the annual Community Winter Solstice Celebration. The festivities began indoors […]