us permission to call for advice, expertise or support when we have specific projects or needs. We can count on these people and their circles of influence to advocate for the work GraceWay does when the opportuni-ty arises. Everyone is invited to join this group. If your heart moves you to do so, please call 229-446-4550. They will be happy to discuss the opportunity with you and give you and your friends a tour of the residence if you’d like. We believe that anyone who comes to know what good work is going on here will want to help. Thank you for your faithful support this year. Please continue to pray for us as we pray for all of you in 2015. Warmest regards, Dr. Jay Dallas, President Ben Barrow, Matt Luke, Rose Palazzolo, David Clayton, Debbie Foreman, Tim Mazur, Duncan Moore and Lynette Talley

As we celebrate a joyful Christmas season, we, the Board, staff, residents and family of GraceWay, give thanks to God for you, our wonderful supporters. Without you, our culture of health in mind, body and spirit - the essence of the “Miracle of GraceWay" - could not exist. We pray that each of you will be greatly blessed in return for your sacrificial legacy of love to our mission. Please use the enclosed envelope to make a 2014 life-saving, year-end gift. We receive no government funding and rely on your generous contributions to ensure the availabil-ity of recovery for women in need. By investing in our mission, you invest in the actual lives of our recovering residents. Her story is now part of your story. We have options to make your giving easier. Monthly giving provides predict-able income and plays

an important role in our sustainability and planning for the future. Sign up for recurring or credit card gifts at gracewayrecovery.com. To make a stock donation or legacy gift, simply call 229-446-4550. Our 2014 Board established an initiative that reaches out to a growing group of good people who choose to enter into a relationship with GraceWay. We call these faithful people the "Friends of GraceWay". There will be no meetings to attend or dues to pay. They will simply be friends giving

GraceWay C H R I S T M A S 2 0 1 4

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

What is

GraceWay?

So, what is

The Way?

Core Counseling

Outpatient

Recovery

Education

Lakeside Low

Country Boil a

success

K of C presents

GraceWay check

Debbie Mazur

receives NCCA

Sister Mary

Ignatia Award

2014 Needs List

Loop the Lake

2014 Sponsors

Watch our new video:

“Looking for a sign? This is

it!” on our website at

www.gracewayrecovery.com

P A G E 2

“Residents

practice the

spiritual principles

underlying these

12 steps in a highly

-structured, truth-

filled, home-like

environment,

staffed 24/7/365.”

So, what is the Way?

What about ongoing recovery?

The Story of GraceWay GraceWay Recovery Residence founded in 2003, provides the setting,

encouragement and motivation to achieve a life of sobriety through spiritual

recovery. GraceWay offers women a “fresh start” and teaches recovery

tools utilizing the Twelve Step methodology of Alcoholics Anonymous in a

comprehensive long-term phased program.

Residents practice the spiritual principles underlying these 12 steps in a

highly-structured, truth-filled, home-like environment, staffed 24/7/365.

Addiction is a family disease. GraceWay’s family workshops and ongoing

communications greatly enhance the commitment to ongoing recovery for

the entire family.

Introducing “The Core”

New OUTPATIENT care

Located at 411 West Tift Ave. in Albany.

GraceWay “graduates” transition to Sober Living

Apartments – “The Way”, located right next door

to GraceWay. This safe affordable housing offers

recovering women increased independence and a

chance to refine life skills as they employ the tools of

addiction recovery in their lives.

Residents continue to focus on application of the

12-Steps to solve every day problems while practicing

personal responsibility and working and pursuing

ongoing education. Honesty (behavioral and emotional)

is the foundation of a durable long-term recovery.

When combined with openness to direction and

experience of others, and the willingness to follow

suggestions, a strong foundation for individual recovery

and a stronger recovery network is developed.

Lakeside Low Country Boil a Success! P A G E 3

From left to right: Nate Dallas,

Sunni Dallas, Margaret Laurie

Wright, and Holland Wright.

Hats off to our events sponsors: Nate and Sunni Dallas and Margaret

Laurie and Holland Wright.

We are so grateful to your for you selflessness and willingness to help

us make a difference in the lives of our recovering residents.

Thank you to all who attended the event. We hope to see you next year!

Congratulations to Debbie Mazur for being the first non-clergy recipient of the

Sister Mary Ignatia Award by the NCCA at their 65th Annual Convention and

Awards Ceremony this year.

Sister Ignatia was the 1935 AA Pioneer who opened the world’s first detox and

and treatment center at St. Thomas Hospital and worked closely with Dr. Bob

and Bill W., co-founders of AA.

What an incredible honor. We are so very proud of you!

Our Knights in Shining Armor presented a

check to GraceWay from state and local

fundraiser proceeds.

Thank you for your continuous support

of our mission!

Knights in shining armor present check to GraceWay

Mazur awarded NCCA Sister Mary Ignatia Award

From GraceWay residents:

“If the living hell caused by my pill addiction problems have brought me to prayer, then they have served a purpose. A

blessing in disguise. Now I know that a divine solution is possible...and it is spiritual. It is real and it is lasting. It is my new

life in recovery.”

“I found my faith in God here at GraceWay. I am learning to humble myself and surrender my old ways. Now I ask God for

His help. Then, I do what He says. I trust in His power - my Higher Power. He can do what I couldn’t do for myself and

whatever I need Him to do and will help me do my part. I trust His wisdom - He knows what, when and how to do it and

He wants to share His amazing grace with me as I work my steps to a new life . . . One day at a time.”

Admissions Office: 229-446-7800

Toll-free: 866-290-2966

Administrative Office: 229-446-4550

E-mail: liz@gracewayrecovery.com

2014 Needs List for Residents

Gift Cards - Walmart, Grocery Stores

Gain powder detergent

Dove shampoo (pump)

Dove conditioner (pump)

Dove bar soap

Dove body wash

Bounty dryer sheets

Paper towels

Toilet paper

Kleenex or Puffs

Toothbrushes

Spiral notebooks

Loose Leaf Paper

Stamps

GraceWay Recovery Residence

412 West Tift Ave.

Albany, GA 31701

Thank you to our 2014 Loop the Lake sponsors!

Please call 229-446-4550 to make arrangements to

deliver items to 412 West Tift Avenue.

Thank you for your compassionate outreach.