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FPD offers local recovery group a new home By KIMBERLY LONG The Fulton Sun
Police Chief Steve Myers confirmed the decision Tuesday, and Living Clean NA chairperson Christopher Seip said services could begin as early as Sunday. NA members had been meeting Sundays and Wednesdays at a shelter in Veteran's Park, and prior to that the City's Boy Scout Cabin. Recent renovations at the cabin and a change in the site's rental policy caused the group to move to the park shelter, and approaching weather conditions spurred their need to seek a more permanent location. Myers said the substation - located in the lower-level of the Shirley Evans Resource Center at 300 Carver Drive - has been vacant nearly four years, and seemed the ideal location for the group's purpose. “(Mr. Seip) came to me and said they could no longer afford the scout cabin and that they needed a place to go,” Myers explained. “We don't really need it, and they needed a home, so we were able to accommodate their need.” Myers said the key exchange would likely be done today. The upper level of the building, he said, will be used by the Each One Teach One organization - a program dealing with drug and alcohol prevention for youth and adults. Fulton currently has two NA organizations - the other group, Positive Changes, meets at 8 p.m. each Friday at Court Street United Methodist Church. Seip said Living Clean has been in existence a little more than two years, with one main purpose. “To carry the message to addicts that still suffer,” he said. In addition to providing a recovery process and support network, he said the organization also engages in community service projects. “One of the theories of NA is to do something for someone and not expect something in return,” Seip said. “The goal is that they will become civic-minded members of the community.” Seip said admitting a drug problem is the first step to recovery, and having a city that offers support is essential. “I take this program very seriously,” Seip said. “Which is why I went to such great lengths to find a location for the meetings. “Fulton has a drug problem and a recovery group like this is vital to the success of those trying to overcome their addiction.” |
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