A new drug and alcohol recovery group, Great Bear Recovery Collective, is hosting a disc golf night on Friday at Aant’iyiek Park and Disc Golf Course.<\/p>\n
The game will go from 6-8 p.m. and there will be a limited number of discs provided.<\/p>\n
Michael VanLinden and Carrie Amott of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) created the collective this spring, which seeks to “cultivate a thriving fellowship of people in recovery who have gained a life of meaning and purpose and wish to share it back.”<\/p>\n
It can be hard for recovering addicts to know where to begin looking for meaning in their life once they’ve stopped using drugs or alcohol, says Amott.<\/p>\n
“It’s like the next step in sobriety, it’s reconditioning your brain to engage in activities and have fun while being sober at the same time,” Amott said. “That can be … hard to know where to start.”<\/p>\n
Disc golf is one of the sports that VanLinden says doesn’t need to involve alcohol or drugs to enjoy.<\/p>\n
“We’re trying to teach people to have fun again because a lot of times is what causes relapses is being bored and not being able to enjoy regular things,” VanLinden said. “Then it also sort of supports a community because you get new friends because a lot times people have a problem of going back to their old friends because they don’t know anybody in recovery.”<\/p>\n
The Great Bear Recovery Collective has seven board members and a growing number of participants. For more information, go to http:\/\/greatbearrecovery.com\/.<\/p>\n
• Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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