We asked CORE House Managers, \u201cWhat\u2019s the best thing about CORE<\/em>?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why seek their views? Simple: they have ample experience in our program, having volunteered to stay well beyond their initial year at CORE to give back and help others! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please keep in mind that they were free to answer in any way they wanted. It could be stuff like our classes, making new friends, our residential amenities \u2013 virtually anything! Their captivating insights are set forth below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt CORE I arrived to a point where I could turn my will and life over to the care of God, instead of running the show myself.\u00a0 There\u2019s also accountability here and other options that will help with recovery<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGod uses CORE to bring people together in one house, one class, and one building, who normally wouldn\u2019t mix.\u00a0 We all mesh because we have a common understanding.\u00a0 We want a different life.\u00a0 We want to live<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s structure here upon which to create a solid foundation from scratch.\u00a0 It\u2019s a start and a base, and a place to gain some kind of grounding.\u00a0 It\u2019s a center for faith, too, something to hold on to while you\u2019re growing into recovery and giving it a shot.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen many miracles here<\/em>.\u201d \u201cMy journey to CORE was the path back to God.\u00a0 That\u2019s the best and most important thing, finding my way back to God<\/em>.\u201d \u201cIf you follow the clear-cut, precise directions of the Big Book, at CORE you build a relationship with God that allows you to recover.\u00a0 It\u2019s here where we learn how to step out of self and give back even though we spent all our lives just taking.\u00a0 We learn what it\u2019s like having that blessing at the end of the day, knowing we helped somebody without wanting anything in return<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThere are so many things, but one is the change of lifestyle.\u00a0 CORE provides a safe, drug-free, and drama-free environment in which to make the changes we wanted by moving here.\u00a0 It\u2019s the right setting to build a new life in<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cLearning patience.\u00a0 Initially I was going to leave after my year was up, but I received counsel from Kevin Hunt and began learning patience, about receiving the things hoped for when we wait.\u00a0 By being grounded, working on myself, and practicing patience, things started happening.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t jump the gun just because I was feeling better, and good things came to me.\u00a0 Patience probably kept me from getting \u2018hit in the face\u2019 because I wasn\u2019t really prepared, too<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCORE is where I was introduced to God as my Higher Power.\u00a0 It is a completely judgment-free zone where I could turn my life around with the 12 Steps<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFinding purpose in life, and truly knowing what it feels like to have peace and contentment.\u00a0 Even before I started using drugs, I was never truly happy.\u00a0 I was always trying to find the next thing to make me happy.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t understand what it meant to have a relationship with God.\u00a0 I know what that is now.\u00a0 I know what it means to have peace and what it means to know God<\/em>.\u201d \u201cI was so emotionally detached when I first got here. CORE gave me a human connection where I could allow myself to love others and let them love me. That\u2019s how I learned to love myself, which I had to do before I could go on to learn anything else. It was the first thing that started the \u2018psychic change\u2019 and led to all my spiritual growth<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Brittany Breunig (6th Street House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s the mutual trust and friendship here, the camaraderie.\u00a0 Everyone here shares the same problem.\u00a0 We\u2019re going through the same thing and trying to do the same thing, which is recover.\u00a0 So our community is the best thing, in my opinion \u2013 the \u2018C\u2019 in CORE.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe fellowship has become \u2018family.\u2019\u00a0 If I really needed something, there might be 200 people here who would come to my assistance at the drop of a hat, without even thinking about it or asking what they\u2019ll get in return.\u00a0 That\u2019s family<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cEveryone who\u2019s a house manager or works here has already been through the program.\u00a0 When I first got here, I knew that they had all been where I was.\u00a0 By following their example and suggestions I was able to build a relationship with God and Jesus Christ<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFinding a relationship with God.\u00a0 CORE is where I found it, through the 12 Steps<\/em>.\u201d \u201cI love the fellowship here, welcoming the newcomer, socializing with the women, and helping them.\u00a0 Spirituality plays a big role in our program here, too.\u00a0 It\u2019s really the foundation of our recovery program, and leading by example helps build that<\/em>.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a safe place to come find recovery, but even more, CORE gives you the opportunity to pass on what is given to you.\u00a0 At so many places you come, you get, and you go.\u00a0 Not here.\u00a0 You\u2019re not a product of CORE; you become part of CORE.\u00a0 Now you are in a position to help others, to teach, and to carry a message of hope<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCORE redirected my life.\u00a0 If you knew me before CORE, I\u2019d been a drug addict forever, was fresh out of jail, and just lost.\u00a0 No communication with my family; things were just a mess.\u00a0 From the second I entered CORE, I knew that it\u2019s what I wanted.\u00a0 I completely turned my life around.\u00a0 So of course my family is now a big supporter.\u00a0 They\u2019re \u2018Team CORE\u2019 too<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe camaraderie that comes with it.\u00a0 Everybody in leadership has come through this program already.\u00a0 They struggled with addiction too.\u00a0 This is not someplace with counselors who never lived it.\u00a0 You come into CORE surrounded by staff who were once there too, and they have recovered<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCORE is like a toolbox when you\u2019re going to work.\u00a0 They give you so many tools that when you leave the program, you can still use them every day to stay clean and healthy.\u00a0 It\u2019s a simple program, and if you just do it the way they suggest, it becomes so much easier<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 The Best Thing About CORE We asked CORE House Managers, \u201cWhat\u2019s the best thing about CORE?\u201d Why seek their views? Simple: they have ample experience in our program, having volunteered to stay well beyond their initial year at CORE to give back and help others! 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\u2013 Neil \u201cDuck Daddy\u201d Finley (Duck House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Mykaella Ross (JJ House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Joe Redl (Cardinal House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Jen Brinkmann (Quail House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 James Favor (Seahawk House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Mikayla Brillos (Outdoor House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Scott Bourbon (Bird House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Alicia Short (Vaughn House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Blake Wilson (Pelican House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Dylan Butler (Falcon House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Kim Stewart (Swan House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Mitchell Brooks (Sparrow House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Bracy Sams (Hawkeye House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Tamara Spencer (Quail House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Marty Neal (Raven House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Sherrie Bowman (Dove House)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Jeremy Hampton (Condor House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Kelly Creson (Eagle House)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"