Greetings from the staff: 

We are pleased to report to you that Kiamichi Council on Alcoholism and/or Other Drug Abuse, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for its Outpatient Treatment: Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions (Adults; Children and Adolescents) programs. The latest accreditation is the 3 consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the
international accrediting body, CARF, has awarded to Kiamichi Council on Alcoholism and/or Other Drug Abuse, Inc. 

By pursuing and achieving accreditation, Kiamichi Council on Alcoholism and/or Other Drug Abuse, Inc. has demonstrated that it meets international standards for quality and is committed to pursuing excellence. 

This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows our organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process. It has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit its commitment to offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality. 

Kiamichi Council on Alcoholism and/or Other Drug Abuse, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that has been providing Outpatient Treatment: Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions (Adults; Children and Adolescents) in the Durant, Hugo, and Idabel area since 1971.

CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal
outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services. 

We would welcome an opportunity to further acquaint you with our services and respond to your questions. We believe our organization is a valuable asset, and our CARF accreditation underscores our commitment to the community we serve. 

Thank you for your time
and support,


The
  Kiamichi Council Staff 

There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.
--Merle Shain

Being the victim is, or was, uncomfortably familiar to many of us. Perhaps some of us are only now realizing we have choices, that we need not let life happen to us. Becoming responsible to ourselves, choosing behavior, beliefs, friends, activities, that please us, though unfamiliar at first, soon exhilarates us. The more choices we make, the more alive we feel. The more alive we feel, the healthier our choices.

Our aim is recovery. Recovering means participating fully in our lives. It means self-assessment and self-direction.
It means trusting to move forward, step-by-step, choice-by-choice, knowing all the while that no thoughtful action can trouble us.

Many opportunities to make choices will present themselves today. The choices I make will satisfy me; they will move me toward my goal of recovery.
 

You are reading from the book:

 Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
-- Abraham Lincoln

Our negative judgments of others very frequently inform us of our own shortcomings. In other words, what we dislike in others are often those things we hate about ourselves. Much better than criticizing another's abhorrent behavior is a decision to look inwardly at our own collection of traits and attitudes. Our desire to criticize, to pass judgment, offers an excellent mirror of who we truly are. And the image we see reflected can guide our movements toward becoming healthier, happy individuals.

We can feel a bit of gladness for what our negative reactions are able to teach us - but we must be willing to learn from them. How exciting to contemplate that every hateful moment actually is offering us a positive opportunity for change.

It's human to find fault, and we shouldn't be overcome with shame. However, we hinder our own personal growth every time we quickly criticize another rather than rejoicing that we've been given an additional opportunity to move closer to the person we're being called to become.

Today I'll look beyond others' faults and recognize my own.
 
You are reading from the book:

The Promise of a New Day by Karen Casey and Martha Vanceburg