From Addiction to Purpose: Horse Therapy, Thanksgiving for Truckers, and Inspiring Stories

Stable Recovery: A Second Chance with Horses

• 🐎 Stable Recovery is a year-long, free residential program in Kentucky that helps men and women in early addiction recovery.
• 🤝 The program is an unlikely partnership between a Kentucky horse farm and individuals seeking a new beginning, rooted in Christian values and the 12 steps.
• 🐴 Participants spend their first 90 days learning horsemanship skills, with 100% of graduates securing jobs in the horse industry.
• 🧠 The program leverages the unconditional acceptance of horses to help individuals rebuild trust and find purpose, with early results showing success rates significantly above the national average.
• 🌟 The program has expanded its reach, attracting individuals from 49 states and three countries.

Inspiring Thanksgiving Traditions and Acts of Kindness

• 🦃 A wrong-number text in 2016 sparked a decade-long Thanksgiving tradition between a young man and a stranger who welcomed him into her home.
• 🚚 A Colorado family is providing home-cooked Thanksgiving meals to truckers who cannot make it home for the holiday, supported by a GoFundMe campaign.
• 🌟 Other feel-good stories include a hedgehog hospital in Scotland, an octopus trained to play the piano, farm workers saving children from a burning bus, and janitors creating a video game about trash.

A 94-Year-Old Fashion Icon and Personal Reflections

• 👠 Carmen Doloriche, a 94-year-old fashion model, continues her career, having graced her first Vogue cover in 1946 and now featured in a new photo book.
• ✨ The host reflects on the holidays as a time for gratitude and tradition, but also a reminder of the importance of making room for new beginnings.
• 💡 New beginnings are encouraged to start small, emphasizing willingness over perfection, drawing inspiration from biblical calls to embrace the new.

Taking the First Step in Recovery

• 📞 For those struggling with addiction, the first step is to pick up the phone and admit there's a problem and a desire to change.
• ⏳ The disease of addiction is progressive and fatal, making it crucial not to hesitate in seeking help.
• 💖 The program emphasizes that healing can begin in unexpected places, offering community, connection, prayer, and unconditional acceptance alongside structure and purpose.