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A safe place to go for the holiday
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THE SEASON FOR SHARING
Brighton AA chapter offering 24 hours of counseling, fellowship for Thanksgiving BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Thanksgiving holiday, for all of its familial tradition, can be a stressful day for anyone. But it can be a make-or-break day for someone recovering from addiction. “When I got divorced, I was all by myself,” said Wade M., of the Brighton Chapter 1 of Alcoholics Anonymous. “Alcoholics run everyone off. We’re embarrassed. You feel shame and guilt. The people you love don’t Hundreds of Battalion Chief Mark Smith’s peers came to honor the fallen first responder who died in the line of duty. See want you to be like this, but you PHOTO BY BELEN WARD more on page 5. keep hurting them. You know you’re hurting them but you can’t quit. So, most people can’t wait for Thanksgiving, the family and kids and the ‘I couldn’t find a meeting that was house and everything. For me, I just open. I just couldn’t find one.’ Well, moved from apartment to apartwe’re open from Wednesday night ment.” prior to Thanksgiving and it’ll end at midnight on Thanksgiving. You’ll In recovery for 8 1/2 years, Wade be able to find a meeting.” M. — he asked us to use the group’s Wade said they’ll plan to have “first name, first initial of the last meetings every hour, as well as a name” identification convention for potluck supper, games to play and this story — said he spent most preopportunities to just sit and talk. sober holidays alone in a series of one-room apartments and hotels. Tradition “Who do you end up with? People The chapter has been the same just like you, addicts and alcohollocation for 45 years, Wade said, ics,” Wade said. “And everyone is at 147 S. 2nd Place in downtown feeling sorry for themselves, but Brighton. The chapter’s website, they say ‘Hey, I have a bottle.’ And www.brighton1aa.org, has become that’s what you do.” increasingly more important since The Brighton chapter will be open COVID. Members added a camera throughout Thanksgiving, conand screen to the meeting space durtinuously Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, with ing the COVID lockdowns, allowing hourly meetings and fellowship, offering an alternative to that bottle. them to continue to offer meetings via the Zoom networking platform. It’s called an Alcathon, and Wade They host regular meetings at noon said he’s seen it done in other cities. Mondays through Saturdays and This is the first year that Brighton Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community 7:30 p.m. every day, with special 6 has hosted one. members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, p.m. meetings Mondays and Thurs“The deal is that people need to days and at 10 See a.m.more Sundays. A member of Brighton’s AA chapter holds the mug members get after a year of sobrihave a place to come, athat safehelps placewith the another organization food drive. on Page 2. to come and a place with meetety. The chapter will stay open 24-hour during Thanksgiving, offering meeting and ings,” Wade said. “The excuse is, SEE BRIGHTON AA, P4 PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR fellowship.
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