BoMar Drop In Center

11/08/2025

Saturday, November 8

We are closed today. Enjoy your weekend.

6:00 NA

November 08, 2025
Praying for Tolerance
Page 323

"We have found tolerance to be a principle that strengthens not only our own recovery but also our relationships with individuals who are a source of irritation to us."

Just for Today, "Tolerance," June 24

So many of us have had the experience of calling our sponsor to complain about that terrible person at work or that loathsome family member or that insufferable fool at the area service committee meeting. If not for them, how peaceful and pleasant our lives would be! Our patient and loving sponsor gently asks, "Have you prayed for them?" So cliched!

Of course, sponsors tend to speak from experience--they know that when we pray for the people who bother us, we are often the ones who change. Sure, sometimes people around us do become more tolerable; people grow and change all the time--even insufferable fools. But when we pray for the people who bother us, we increase our own tolerance and compassion.

While everyone in the world has room for growth, tolerance is a much surer way for us to experience peace and harmony than simply waiting for those around us to get better. Some people will take a long time to change; others may never improve at all. If those around us aren't going to become more tolerable, our best solution may simply be to become more tolerant. This doesn't mean accepting unacceptable behavior; we still set healthy boundaries as appropriate. Our sponsor can help us sort out the tolerable from the unacceptable. We remind ourselves that we don't need to be friends with everyone--we just need to be able to play nice with others when we're at work, at family gatherings, and at service committee meetings.

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I can't make the people around me grow on my schedule. To get along with difficult people, I will pray for tolerance.

11/07/2025

🟦 BOMAR IS HIRING! 🟦
Peer Recovery Support Specialist / Administrative Assistant
📍 Location: Ripley, WV
📅 Schedule: Part-Time, Monday–Friday
💵 Pay: $13.00/hour (NEC contractual)
💼 Position Overview:
Join Bomar’s dedicated team and help transform lives through recovery support and administrative excellence. This dual role combines compassionate peer engagement with essential office coordination.
✅ Qualifications:
• Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (or eligible for certification)
• Personal experience with recovery and a passion for helping others
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic computer tasks
• High school diploma or equivalent
📌 Responsibilities Include:
• Providing peer support and mentorship
• Coordinating appointments and maintaining records
• Supporting clients through recovery resources
• Managing office communications and scheduling
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Send your resume to: bomarclub@yahoo.com Deadline to apply: December 7, 2025
Let’s build recovery together.

11/07/2025

Friday, November 7

Good morning and TGIF! We are open from 9-5 today. Drop in and grab some resources, have e a cup a cup of coffee, and make today the first day of the rest of your life!

12:30 Drop-In Center NA meeting

November 07, 2025
Purpose and Our Path Forward
Page 322

"Faith in the process means believing that we are moving in the right direction, even if it's not where we thought we would be going."

Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Desperation to Passion"

On the day of our first NA meeting, we may have predictions about what our lives will look like without drugs, but what if our dreams don't come true? Desperation has forced us to strive for something new, but what will it be? We now have choices about how we live that we didn't have before, but how do we know which is the "right" path and if we're following our life's "true" purpose? If we don't have a whole lot of faith in the future, how can we get more?

Whatever questions we have about finding our true purpose, the same crystal ball that didn't work when we were high doesn't when we're clean either. Thankfully, more is revealed as we stay clean. Through the Steps, we discover our values and convictions. For many of us, that means our purpose radically shifts, or we find one at last. Recovery gives us a chance to revisit goals that addiction interfered with, or we start from scratch. Hope helps us to believe we're headed down the right path, and faith keeps our feet moving in that direction.

We find purpose (or many purposes, as time passes) in NA, in a career, in relationships, in our communities, on a mountaintop, in a foreign land, or in sitting still. We learn to serve others more than our egos. We practice self-acceptance and model it for newer members who think that being okay with themselves is unattainable. Many of us also have--or regain and revitalize--our faith in a God who has a plan for us that we can't predict, ardently believing this plan is better than one we could create on our own. Others find purpose in a life guided by spiritual principles or believe the universe conspires in our favor, cheering us on. Having faith in finding and living our purpose takes practice. Recovery in NA provides us with tools to manage our discomfort with trial and error, impossible without plenty of open-mindedness and willingness along the journey.

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I can't predict the future, but I believe I have one. I will move in a direction and see where the path leads. It's worth staying alive to find out.

11/06/2025

Sharing local resources.

11/06/2025

11/06/2025

Stay tuned . . . If we don't have water, we can't operate.

11/06/2025

*EDIT: We have not taken the time to confirm any of these places. If you have any first hand knowledge of the validity of this list, please comment in the post and let other folks know.