 The time has come to close out the year 365 days without using…for some, but, maybe for a few its months, a few more still, days. Maybe for a few New Year’s Eve will be hours clean. I know the joy of 17 clean calendar flips and I have every expectation December 31, 2010 will be my 18th in a row. But I still remember my 1st new year’s convention at the Hilton in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ –I had 14 months clean. The theme of the convention was “New Year New Life” and it was the fourth or fifth Bergen County New Year’s Eve convention and the first to take place over a weekend.
I hadn’t been clean for the others, so I don’t know what they were like, but I remember a great deal of excitement because we were moving from an overnight marathon to a full-fledged 3 day-2 night convention and it was a very big deal. It went off without a hitch.
So much so, that whenever the calendar permits the Bergen Area Convention, now renamed “New Year New Life,” regularly holds a 3-day 2-night celebration of recovery and New Year’s Eve.
Our theme this year is “Keep Your Recovery Revvin’ in 2011.” In much the same way as we have kept the convention revvin’ from the beginning until today.
I have been a part of these celebrations for 12 of the past 17 years and 10 of those 12 have been in service to the convention committee and it has served to keep my personal recovery revvin’. Aside from all of the people I’ve met from all over NJ, the country and around the world, some of the deepest and fondest friendships I’ve formed are because of the convention.
On behalf of the convention committee who has worked tirelessly for the last 365 days, I wish to encourage everyone to register for New Year New Life 17 “Keep Your Recovery Revvin’ in 2011” and come create your own memories, stay up late & rekindle a few friendships, and celebrate the birth of another year.
We’ve done all the hard work, so you only need to show-up and have the time of your life and if your new or you haven’t seen many clean new years’ eves, I hope you celebrate, what we pray, is your first of many new years to come, clean, with us.
In Loving Service,
Derrick C.
Convention Chairperson
New Year New Life 17
“Keep Your Recovery Revvin’ in 2011”
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