Sobriety BBQ

Today alumni gathered to celebrate the sobriety birthdays of Cary P, Joe T, and Brock B. In the last few weeks all three of these alumni celebrated 4 years of continuous sobriety. Cary, Joe, and Brock you guys have been sponsors, mentors,leaders,and most of all, friends to the rest of us. We are all truly […]

Lower tuition costs

Colorado Mountain College(CMC) has entered into an agreement with the Western Interstate Commission to provide qualifying out-of-state residents with lower tuition costs. Students from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the U.S. Pacific territories are eligible for up to a 52% discount on […]

Jaywalkers visit with Tibetan Monks

The Roaring Fork Valley and Carbondale were fortunate to host the visiting Monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery of Tibet this week. Eight Jaywalker Lodge men and myself attended the ” Sights and Sounds of Monastic Life” presentation Tuesday night at the Third St. Center. The evening included sacred music, chanting, slide show and question […]

Sunday Night NFL Football at Alumni Clubhouse

Beginning Sunday Night September 8th, The Jaywalker Alumni Department will be hosting a NFL Football watching party at the Alumni Clubhouse (1154 Hwy 133, next to The Blend). We will show the game in it’s entirety, commercial-free, starting at 7:00 PM, following the NA Meeting. In addition, we will be serving unlimited Wings and Soft […]

Western Slope Baseball

Today alums Donnie H, John S, Brit B, Shea R, and their team took home first place after defeating Vail in a three game series for the Western Slope Baseball Championship.

What is Masculinity?

Dave Landers from St. Michael’s University in Vermont and Steve Rissman from Metro State in Denver helped Jaywalkers understand how masculinity is socially constructed and they discussed the myriad ways it can impede, facilitate or destroy a man’s recovery.  On Tuesday, July 30, the men from the Lodge, Solutions, and Jaywalker U worked together in […]

JWL Hosts Inaugural CORE Conference

On July 21, Jaywalker Lodge joined with seven leading treatment centers around the country to host the first annual C.O.R..E. conference in Amelia Island, Florida. CORE, an acronym for “Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience,” was launched to highlight “the critical importance of abstinence-based practices and 12 Step principles in recovery.” The three-day conference, which […]

Learning Styles

The following series of blogs will talk about the ways that people learn. According to Howard Gardner, a Harvard University professor of education, learning happens through eight different modalities: linguistic/verbal, kinesthetic/bodily, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, visual, logic/mathematical, and naturalist.  Originally, Gardner developed seven intelligences but later added the eighth, naturalist. Gardner’s theory is that a person’s […]

I belong here

I grew up in a very normal and loving family. I have always been cared for. I have never had a problem recognizing that I was an alcoholic and addict. I knew what came with the decision I made to use hard drugs, and in a sense I was proud of that decision. I wanted […]

Hoop Dreams with Chris Herren

Sober or Not, it’s hard to always feel worthy.” Former NBA player Chris Herren, who celebrated 5 years sober on August 1st I had been vaguely aware of Chris Herren’s story, but not until I read a recently published story interviewing him on how his life has changed in his 5 years sober, did I […]