Nycm incontrol11/29/2023 ![]() My personal favorites are from Caleb Daniloff, author of “Running Ransom Road” and the article by Jamie Quatro on the ‘third layer’ of the spiritual running experience. There is no more spiritual place on Sunday than the finish line of a marathon.įor an incredible series of articles on running and addiction, check out this link of essays “Getting Your Endorphin Fix” from the New York Times. Well, at least it does these things for me, but it is pretty much the reason others run as well. It strengthens the body, the legs, the heart, the lungs, it rearranges your mind, provides clarity, detoxes emotions and effuses anger, and provides a spiritualfeeling of well-being, gratitude and connects you with your place in the universe. It is a body, mind, and spiritual affliction, so a successful treatment program will meet all of these areas of the disease.Īnd that is part of why running works so well. Like cancer that we treat with chemotherapy and radiation and diet change and pray and hope for ‘No Evidence of Disease’ and then continue to track to make sure it stays in remission, addiction treatment needs a steady and multifaceted approach that never gives up. I was in a handful of detox centers, hospitals, and outpatient clinics and was literally bleeding out of my ass before I started my current run of sobriety. ![]() The ones who eventually get sober are often the most hopeless, since the dire, abject circumstances are the needed fuel for desperate measures to take place. Having a child get their father back, or a spouse get their partner back, is the most rewarding part of helping others in recovery. Addiction is a disease that has a mind of its own, and it is the only disease that will convince those who its stricken that it doesn’t exist. ![]() It’s like a hostile parasite has taken over their body and you’re not sure who is in control. You are always worried if they will go on a binge, always wondering if they are using and if they are telling the truth. You feel completely powerless (because you are) and revolve your life, sanity, and well-being on their decisions. Losing a family to addiction is slow, hurtful, and torturous. But your loved one, who isn’t under the influence, feels the pain without the numbness of sedatives. When you are in your addiction, you don’t see this, because you are in the middle of imploding, and you have skewed your perspective so drastically. The repercussions send tsunami-like waves that wipe out their families. The implications of addiction go beyond the individual struggling with the affliction. It’s a silly cliché, but if just one person feels more inspired to run as part of their recovery from addiction, then the efforts will send ripples that are farther reaching. So Runwell is the perfect pack to run alongside of. Running is the best way to feel high that I know, and is a great tool for those who want to get off the destructive path. I believe in the message that ‘Getting High’ isn’t bad, it is part of what we live for, but using drugs to get there causes devastation. It would be an overstatement to say running got me sober, but it certainly is one of the greatest rewards of sobriety. The quality of my 21 years of sobriety has been incredibly enhanced by what running has done for me. I summarized all these posts in Chasing the Dragon: Running to Get High. In addition to monitoring safe driving factors, inControl provides the additional benefit of “teenage driver coaching” in which parents receive information on braking and acceleration, vehicle use times and driving boundaries which can be used to monitor the driving of household members.įor more information on usage based insurance programs call our office at Runwell Team at the 2013 NYCM If you visited this blog once or twice, you’ve probably heard me share a sobriety anniversary date, the joy of a holiday run, or all the reasons why I think running has special meaning for those in recovery. Their program, known as inControl, uses information technology to promote safe driving by monitoring the way a vehicle is driven. One company that offers such a program is the New York Central Mutual Insurance Company () based in Edmeston, NY. If, after a trial period, the data indicates that the vehicle is operated safely, a discount will be applied to your premium. Data may include information such as the time of day a vehicle is driven, rapid acceleration, hard braking, vehicle speed and the number of miles driven. This is sometimes referred to as telematics. Many auto insurers now offer discounts in exchange for good driving habits that are monitored through a device that plugs into the OBD port on your car and transmits vehicle use data to the insurance company.
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