“J Joe” Celebrates 3

My closest, most trustworthy friend, Josh J, celebrated 3 years of sobriety last weekend! Since Josh and I went through Jaywalker Lodge, I have seen him completely turn his life around. He is the first guy I call to talk about personal matters and the first guy I call when I need a helping hand. […]

Alex Colins Celebrates 4 Years

Webster’s Dictionary defines a Friend as a person who you like and enjoy being with. To me a friend is much more than that, I think a friend is someone who will, despite having an incredibly busy schedule, drop everything to sit down and write a blog congratulating someone for not using drugs or alcohol […]

Alex Cable Celebrates 3 Years

Rarely have we seen a person fail when he thoroughly follows our path. 3 Years ago Alex Cable was struggling to finish a complete sentence. Seriously, Alex has come a long long way! Alex has become a respectful young man in recovery with unlimited potential. Unlike the Patriot’s, Alex has not cheated with short cuts […]

Janet DeMars Celebrates 30

Everyone at Jaywalker would like to congratulate Janet DeMars on 30 years of continuous sobriety today! Janet has been at Jaywalker for 3 years, and has made a great impact while she has been here.  Janet is a teacher of empathy, respect, self-awareness, and hard work. We are sad to say that Janet will be […]

Patrick Young Celebrates 6 Years

While there are many things I could say about my friend Pat Young… I will mention a few that I believe highlight what I see in him. I once heard a quote describing John Wayne that went something like, “He’s hard to knock off his horse.” This exemplifies Pat as a clinician and a recovering […]

Pat S Celebrates 6

My first time meeting Pat Shaffer was as a client in the Lodge when Pat was volunteering. Since I already liked MTN biking, and he led many MTN bike outings as a volunteer the friendship came easy. In fact on one of our first rides he had to pull cactus out of my butt on […]

Rocky Turns 10

Happy 10th Birthday Rocky!! Rocky, though you like to fly under the lights of recognition, we must congratulate you! What you mean to Jaywalker Lodge can not be put into words, you are the very fabric that binds us together. Please take a moment Rocky and reflect on all that you bring to this world […]

Congrats Kevin

Currently my record against Kevin in “Trivia Crack” is 6 and 6. It is important to note, however, that I won the last 4 games that we played against each other, in a row, and then Kevin quit playing the game all together… I am undefeated against Kevin’s mom. Kevin quit playing “Regular Crack” 3 […]

Congrats Stanley

On March 10, Stanley Jones celebrates his third consecutive year in sobriety. Through out and during the past three years Stanley has become one of my closest friends. I have watched him grow and mature but most importantly I have seen him impact the lives of many. By being an honest, loyal, outgoing and dedicated […]

Congrats Dave

This past Saturday my friend and colleague Dave Santini celebrated 8 years of continuous sobriety.  Dave and I first met when I checked into treatment at Hazelden in February of 2007.  I was on my way in and he was on his way out.  He told me he was going to a place called Jaywalker […]