The Recovery Connection

Christopher Adam is the Executive Director of St. Joseph's Church in Ottawa. The Parish runs the St. Joe's Supper Table  community meal service and food bank, as well as the St. Joe's Women's Centre day program. In living the Catholic-Christian teaching of the Preferential Option for the Poor, St. Joe's recognizes the many faces of poverty and seeks to walk in solidarity with those on the margins of our society.

Learn more about St Joe's at st-josephs.ca

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Learn more about Jericho Road at jerichoroad.ca

Kevin Williams is joined by charity leaders in our community from Capital City Mission, Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse, Cornerstone Housing for Women and The Ottawa Mission as we talk about the Coldest Night of the Year, and how each of our organizations have been impacted by the pandemic and why this walk is so vital to our charities.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about these amazing organizations, and get to know how #cnoy22 is working in our city. ️

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Josh is a longtime friend of Jericho Road and he and Kevin touch on what it means to have a spiritual awakening as a result of working the 12 steps.

You won't want to miss this conversation!

Josh is an amazing leader in our community, as well as at Carlington Booch! Check 'em out!

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Kevin is joined by the Executive Director of the Caldwell Family Centre, Marilyn.

Visit the Caldwell Family Centre at caldwellfamilycentre.ca

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Shawn and Kevin dive deep into the topic of relationships in recovery. Shawn shares his personal struggles and victories of being married to another person in recovery, while Kevin shares his experience and priorities with being married to someone outside of the program. 

They cover everything from dating in early sobriety, to personal baggage and even sex.

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Listen to this compelling conversation between Kevin & Robert - the Board Chair for Serenity Renewal. They touch on a variety of topics related to the epidemic of addiction such as the disease model, family support and social barriers. Such an incredible conversation!

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Darcy C is an Ottawa born and raised Chef by trade. After finding the rooms of AA he recognized the need for continuous action in this vigorous program of recovery, as his sobriety medallion states. Through this new found passion for recovery, Darcy continues to help the still suffering addict and alcoholic grow in the spirit of love and find the same serenity he did, just like the 12th step asks us to do.

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Kevin has an amazing and honest conversation with Kaite Burkholder-Harris from the Alliance to End Homelessness here in Ottawa. Prior to this, she has been working at the national level as a Policy Analyst with Reaching Home, the federal government’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy. Previously, she worked as a System Planner with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and spent a number of years working as the Project Manager for A Way Home Ottawa in preventing and ending youth homelessness.

Having worked as a frontline mental health worker, Kaite has a strong understanding of some of the challenges that people living on the streets face. Motivated by a desire to see larger systems change, Kaite is energized by engaging and mobilizing new stakeholders towards the goal of safe and affordable housing for everyone in our community.

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers.

Michelle got sober at the age of 23, by the grace of God. She started drinking at 13 and struggled with alcoholism and concurrent disorders for 10 years before she found a new way to live in the program of AA.

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All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF), followed by an open Q&A for viewers. 

On this episode we are talking with Keltie Davidson from Capital City Mission. CCM and Jericho Road partner together every year for Coldest Night of the Year. Keltie shares with us the value of relational connection over professional help in regards to their ministry. Keltie has been 'Loving Thy Neighbourhood' for around 15 years at Capital City Mission, starting as a volunteer in high school. 

Check out this incredible episode!

All episodes are recorded live on Facebook (bit.ly/3dMTqtF) the second Thursday of each month at 8pm, followed by an open Q&A for viewers.