It's No Secret

12/10/2024

It's No Secret with Katie Jones
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12/10/2024

Tomorrow December 10, 2024 at 11am. Katie Jones joins me right here on It's No Secret💜 Katie will share her journey with us. Addiction, the struggles and the light at the end of the tunnel. I am honored to have Katie join me for this very personal and important story.

12/05/2024

In a community hard-hit by opioids, one pastor is knocking on motel room doors to invite people to worship. The message: We're all broken people.

12/03/2024

If anybody got it, it was this man. This is an incredible loss for our community. Sending much love and many hugs to his family and all those that knew and loved him. 💜

11/25/2024

A must listen!!

11/12/2024

11/12/2024

Today at The Turning Point Center of Central Vermont 💜

11/04/2024

Did you know? Recovery Centers aren't just for people seeking to recovery, but for family members who may be having a tough time with their loved one's use. Almost all our members offer groups and meetings for family members.

11/04/2024

There will be no podcast this week. I will be working at the polls tomorrow all while praying for change‼️We NEED to stop the flow of drugs into this state, we NEED much harsher punishment for people dealing and killing our loved ones. We NEED more funding for LONG TERM TREATMENT‼️We NEED more SUD education in our schools and community 💜 WE NEED CHANGE‼️

10/24/2024

Thank you Heather Perreault Slayton for inviting me to speak at the Washington County Mental Health Services Legislative update forum this morning. I appreciate you giving me the platform to have a voice for the mental health and substance use community. I heard the priorities of incumbents and those vying for a seat in office. While I have great passion for each priority I understand now more than ever that the majority of elected officials and some that are vying for a seat are missing the most important root of these issues. Top of mind should be mental health and substance use disorder. Fight that war and you'll win many. We desperately NEED education for our youth when it comes to mental health and substance use disorder. What happened to D.A.R.E.? We desperately NEED education for our community so that they can have a clear understanding of the problems we face and the supports needed. We NEED access to long term inpatient treatment for those struggling with substance use disorder. 14 to 21 days is detox, NOT rehabilitation. We NEED wrap around community service upon completion of inpatient services. Each life turned around gives us one more person that enters the workforce, one more taxpayer and many less crimes. We have a chance to create a home owner, we have a chance to give peace not only to the person struggling but our community. We NEED funding for mental health and substance use disorder services. Without providing these services we will continue to see a rise in homelessness, crime, su***de, domestic violence and food insecurities. This is your chance to spend more where it will truly count! So again I will say, fight this war and you'll win many 💜

Raylene Meunier

10/24/2024

Please support the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by su***de. Donate or register to walk!

10/21/2024

It was an honor to be a part of the remembrance tree lighting at The Turning Point Center of Central Vermont this afternoon. I took a couple of pictures but chose not to go live. It's important that we remember our loved ones, but it's just as important that we sometimes remember those loved ones in the comfort and security of our own. Addiction is such a lonely world for those fighting the demon but also for those that fight beside them. It's grief for those that have lost someone they love and it's fear for those that wait for the call all while praying it never comes. Addiction is anger, love, fear, heartache and grief. So many feelings worn on so many faces. Truth be told, it's the face that many of you see and just don't know.
If you were unable to make it today, or maybe you're just not quite ready but would like to add a name, please stop by. The tree will remain at the center. At Turning Point we are all the same, we have a common demon that we fight every day. Here, we just don't fight alone. Here we have an amazing team willing to walk beside us and hold us up.
💜 Thank you to all of the amazing team members. Thank you for the groups, resources and support you all provide for so many. We are blessed to have you all in our community.
Thank you Moriah Clark Haggett for creating this event, for making it all pull together so beautifully. Thank you for being strong with such a loving heart but most of all thanks for being real. It's not a secret💜

10/20/2024

Join us today at 2pm at 17 Ayers street in Barre for a memorial tree lighting ceremony. We will honor and remember those we love and lost to substance use disorder. All are welcome. We hope you will join us 💜

10/16/2024

How lucky are we to have all of these community partners!?! There is hope💜