Summer 2008

The Talbott Times will be issued quarterly and will be published on the first of: January, April, July and September. Each new addition will be posted on the TRC website and will be available from the Home Page and in the Alumni Services Section along with an archive of previous editions.

Starting in September of 2007 we will be working to distribute subsequent editions of the Times electronically. With the publication of a new edition an email notification will be sent to all parties in our data base letting them know the latest edition is available. In that email a link will take you directly to the current edition. Our goal is to conserve resources (financial and natural - trees and paper) and to cut down on the excessive amount of "extra" paper mail most of us receive. Savings from electronic distribution and the savings on copies returned due to out of date addresses will allow TRC to expand the number and types of services we provide you.

To insure that you continue to receive your copy of the Talbott Times, please make sure that T'Erica Endsley (terica.endsley@uhsinc.com) has all your current contact information (especially your email address) so we can update and maintain our database. This information will also insure that you receive the emails that Carol Bowers issues with sobriety tips, alumni news and information about upcoming events.

If you cannot get email or would prefer to continue to receive the Talbott Times via mail in hard copy form, please let T'Erica know so we can continue to deliver the Times to your door. If we have not heard from you before we distribute the September issue, you will stop receiving the newsletter by mail so let us know what you prefer as soon as possible.

In each edition of the Talbott Times we try to keep you informed about what is going on here at TRC and provide you with information that will be useful to you in moving your recovery forward. In the twelve step fellowships there is nothing more powerful than one alcoholic helping another. The Talbott Times provides each of you another opportunity to share your experience, strength and hope with other alumni. But the Times is your newsletter. What was your experience when you returned home from treatment? What challenges have you faced in your recovery and how did you work through them? What did you learn or what insight did you gain from a return visit to TRC. Your experiences can benefit others.

We promise to protect your anonymity. Going forward we would like to include at least one alumni story per edition. If you have suggestions for the Times or would like to be a contributor, please click here or send your story to Carol Bowers (carol.bowers@uhsinc.com). If you have questions about how to get started or proceed, please feel free to call Carol at 678.251.3114.