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Is Recovery for Me? By Greg F. If drugs and alcohol are interfering with your basic life’s progress, then you might want to consider what is known as recovery. What we mean by “interfering,” we’ve illustrated in detail in earlier blogs. This article is about the freedom one may obtain by living a...
Read MoreAs we celebrate and recognize Martin Luther King Day, we should reflect deeply on our very purpose in life. As he so eloquently posed the question, “ What are we doing for others?” It is for when we get out of focusing on self, and focusing on being of service to others., we find...
Read MoreIf you stay sober long enough, there will come a time in your recovery when you reach Step 10: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Let’s explore more closely what this means. In the AA Big Book, there is a perfect example of questions we should...
Read MoreThe Grove and its 130 sober living volunteers along with OH Rhea teamed up with Keep Tiger Town Beautiful for a massive SERVE project – clean up off Seigen. 🙌🙌🙌 And thx to Trevor Thompson and Dalton Bein for cooking jambalaya and feeding everyone once they really worked up an appetite! 🌳 #keeptigertownbeautiful #givingbacktothecommunity...
Read MoreNavigating the Holidays: Facing Addiction Together By Grace Alello, BA, CIT The Holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanza, Hannukah, or Winter Solstice. Whatever the beliefs or traditions they share, friends and families across the globe gather for rituals and celebrations at this time of year. For many of us here in the South,...
Read MoreThe Grove teamed up with @KeepTigerTownBeautiful this morning on O’Neal lane to clean up homeless camps and blight and litter in our city. The mayors of EBR AND ST GEORGE were present with law enforcement. Our sober living community and staff were the volunteers This is the WHY OF OUR PROGRAM. We are SO...
Read MoreAhhh- What a GEM 💎 We are so blessed to have Melissa Decker on our team!!! Here’s to YOU, Melissa!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for being authentically, unapologetically YOU!!! 💖💖💖
Read More10 Signs that a Loved One is Struggling with Addiction By Greg F. You don’t have to be a professional to spot an addict. Here are 10 signs to look for if your loved one needs treatment for addiction or alcoholism. 1. They appear to have lost all sense of...
Read MoreCongratulations Morgan Wade from our Baton Rouge campus and Kaileigh Gray from our Sorrento campus on being recognized as August ‘25 Employee of the Month!! Thank you both for all y’all do- always going above and beyond for our clients!! You both are indeed our shining stars and that is why you both have...
Read MoreOn Thursday August 14th, 2025, The Grove was blessed with a visit from Senator Bill Cassidy, with the purpose of participating in a round-table discussion regarding homelessness and untreated addiction and mental illness in our Louisiana Parishes. Joining the senator were key leaders from several parishes and cities including East Baton Rouge, St....
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