So how is it possible in what we all call the greatest country in the world where men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice and a free and better nation that Insurance companies pretty much control our destiny when it comes to life span and out personal health. Has anyone tried to have certain testing done or ... Read More
The Experience Blog
FHE Health is comprised of a team of professionals dedicated to improving our patients well-being. In this section our experience is used to weigh in on current events including legislation and trends as well as expert opinion articles directly contributed by our staff. The proof of our program is our Alumni, so we often feature articles from those who have completed our program. They offer real-life stories of struggle, hope and a new life. In our blog you’ll also find out about upcoming events and community impact efforts FHE Health is taking part in.
Are You Kidding Me! by Peter Marinelli
Thank you To the Families by Peter Marinelli
I once again heard the story of an Al-Anon member over the weekend and was reminded of the struggles they have to endure and have endured at the hands of the alcoholics illness. Lost days never to be replaced and sleepless and perhaps years lost as well. Each time weather it was the correct decision or not they ... Read More
911 by Peter Marinelli
At the end of the road, the sufferer of addiction knows loneliness and isolation like few do. Desperation and the thoughts of ending one’s life appear with regularity. It isn’t how it starts out however. At the beginning when we first use everything seems to feel right. We feel we are part of life at last and life ... Read More
Our Newcomers by Peter Marinelli
It seems many of our young folks have a genuine passion for getting well. It has excited many of our old timers and disturbed a few. Passion ignites the heart in others and when I see new folks wanting to take the message of recovery and share with whoever will listen and get involved in service and our big book it is ... Read More
The Dark Night of the Soul by Peter Marinelli
Sometimes folks who are walking on a spiritual or religious path have experienced what St. John of the Cross referred to as “The Dark Night of The Soul.” It’s a valley that one doesn’t plan on entering, or can one see coming. Yet when it’s upon it feels as if one may never return to the feeling of connectedness they ... Read More
Meditation On Loss Or Fear Of Loss by Peter Marinelli
“God gives me messages about the material world and the spiritual world. We are born into the material world through the spiritual. Through our lives in the material we forget where we are truly from. So when we experience death around us it is painful, sometimes too painful if we are not connected to the ... Read More
Is Once Enough? by Peter Marinelli
As I have started a journey through the steps once again (as I do annually) I have already been provided with new insights. When I was first brought to the steps, I was told it was to be done once and then one could live in steps 10-12. I did this for a bunch of years and found that at some point something more was ... Read More
The Meeting After The Meeting by Peter Marinelli
Like so many nights, about ten recovering folks swooped down on a local eatery for dinner after a meeting last evening for fun fellowship and just “catching up”. It one of the bright spots of the recovering life that we get to look forward to. Taking a new comer with us and showing them how we are after a meeting ... Read More
