2013 “Best Town Ever”
Jaywalker’s amazing home – Carbondale, Colorado, is recognized this month by Outside magazine as one of 17 finalists in the “Best Town Ever” crowdsourced contest. The stated goal of the online contest was to find “America’s best place to be healthy”. Ample trailheads, nearby adventure, and great farmers markets were some of the criteria used […]
Congratulations Lenny
Jaywalker Lodge would like to congratulate Lenny Beaulieu on celebrating 6 years of sobriety today. Lenny is the Director for Jaywalkers Intensive Outpatient Services and holds a relapse prevention class with the Jaywalker U students. You can find Lenny at Jaywalker, with his wife, on the golf course, or jumping out of a plane. Lenny […]
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.
10,000 Feet 300 Miles
Congratulations to the three alumni that finished The Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race today! Dave K – 7 hours 58 minutes Greg P – 8 hours 5 minutes Stephen S – 9 hours 30 minutes Stay tuned later this week for the full story
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 […]
12 Step Colorado Treatment
Jaywalker Lodge has specialized in extended care residential treatment for men since 2005. Our approach is 12 Step based, and Step One focused. We approach recovery as an opportunity rather than a consequence of one’s addiction. Jaywalker Lodge’s residential treatment program builds a foundation that integrates recovery, recreation, counseling, and community in a residential treatment setting […]
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 […]
