Serenity and Peace in Recovery from Addiction

STRESS REDUCTION ADDICTION TREATMENT REHAB

World Class Treatment Center in Boquete, Panama

World Class Treatment Center in Boquete, Panama



Serenity Vista, International World Class Drug Rehab,

John Derry, Director

John Derry @ Serenity Vista Drug Rehab Panama (with images, tweets) · SerenityVista · Storify

John Derry @ Serenity Vista Drug Rehab Panama (with images, tweets) · SerenityVista · Storify

John Derry of Serenity Vista, Panama

Am I in Denial About My Drinking?

D.E.N.I.A.L. - Don't Even kNow I Am Lying

How do I know I am in denial, if I am in denial? Denial is the hallmark symptom of addiction. Addiction is the only disease that tells you that you don't have a disease.

You can take an online quiz, or call John Derry from Serenity Vista. John Derry understands addiction, and he understands recovery. John Derry stands ready to talk to anyone who needs help. He is the Founder and Director of Serenity Vista in Panama. Exclusive, International and Private. It works.

Tropical Serenity Vista in Panama - Drug Rehab that Works.

www.serenityvista.com

Find out the truth about your drinking and drugging.

Canine Therapy in Drug Rehab. With Chocolate.

Canine Therapy in Drug Rehab. With Chocolate. from Serenity Vista Addiction Rehab Panama

(3) Sobriety and Recovery Slogans from Drug Rehab, in Panama Serenity Vista

Serenity Vista Addiction Rehab Panama

Drug Treatment for Nicotine Addiction

Former Guest Responds to Serenity Vista Press Release:

Great article!
Thanks to the support that I received from John and Jane Derry, and the breathing easy program they provided in Canada, I am now 3 years, 5 months and 10 days smoke free! I never thought that after being a smoker for 28 years that I would one day be a non smoker!  I even turned into one of those cranky non smokers that can't be around smoke :)
Thank you very much!
P. H. Manitoba

 Press Release:

Serenity Vista Addiction Facility of Panama Leads the Way for Smoking Cessation to Finally be Treated Like Other Drug Addictions

Quote From Press Release: John Derry, Director of Serenity Vista says

We'd rather facilitate the full, long term recovery of a few people to achieve a full and rewarding life free of all addictions, than have a lot of people come through the doors and leave still addicted to smoking which is highly toxic and deadly". Sadly, larger corporate treatment centers, driven by profit and economies of scale hold on to what is more popular, not necessarily what is in the best interest of those they purport to serve.

Serenity Vista Addiction Recovery Retreats helps people with alcohol, nicotine and other drug addictions. Serenity Vista helps those who struggle with gambling, food or sex issues. Serenity Vista helps those who's lives have become unmanageable due to codependency and low self-esteem.

Serenity Vista helps people from Costa Rica, Panama, and other South and Central American communities. We help people from Colorado, the UK United Kingdom, Canada and Texas, Australia and and Sweden.
Serenity Vista is an International, Affordable Luxury Drug Rehab in Boquete, Panama.

Tobacco Free Rehab Applauded - Serenity Vista Leads the Way

Regarding Press Release Below:

Hola! Serenity Vista,

I totally agree and applaud your announcement! It's a disgusting addiction that goes a step further than alcohol as it pollutes the environment. Telling that to myself many years ago helped me to stop. Later I worked as a case manager for a Sr. assistance social-aid program and went into the homes of people who were home-bound due to infirmity. I saw a lot of unpleasant things, one of which were people hooked up to oxygen machines and not being able to go anywhere without it following along behind them. Nothing to take lightly.

I agree with you totally.
Susan, Panama

PRESS RELEASE Boquete, Republic of Panama (PRWEB) April 18, 2013

Serenity Vista Addiction Facility of Panama Leads the Way for Smoking Cessation to Finally be Treated Like Other Drug Addictions

Smoking tobacco is the deadliest of all addictions, yet designated smoking areas are still the norm at most addiction treatment centers around the world. Serenity Vista in Boquete, Panama, is taking the bold step of breaking this tradition, announcing today that it is taking the often unpopular position of deciding to treat the use of nicotine the same as other drug addictions. Click to read the rest of the press release

12 & Zen - Where the 12 Steps Meet Zen Koans

  A Great New Book by Bill Krumbein.
  Available at Amazon

Foreward by Jane Derry

Bill Krumbein first made email contact with me in May of 2010. He wrote: “I’m very intrigued how you came about using Zen koans at your recovery center. This is how I found your page, by typing in ‘koan’ and ‘recovery’.” Bill told me about the Pacific Zen Institute, his connection with it, and their plans for implementing a combination of the 12 Steps and Zen. He also was curious about my own connection with Zen koans, and how they were used at our center.

1997 found me in the very early stages of a new way of life, following a sincere and passionate desire to improve my conscious contact with ‘God’. I was working on my understanding of Him/Her/It or Them by pursuing a degree in Religious Studies, and came across a tattered, falling apart copy of the 1957 book Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings, compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. Careful with the loose pages, I read them over and over. I was intrigued by how koans are sparse, short, and clean, with nothing superfluous, like a Haiku or 12 Step slogan. 10 years later, when I found myself as the Spiritual Counsellor/Facilitator at our own addiction recovery treatment center I began using the koans with our guests as a vehicle to demonstrate the lack of a linear, common sense answer to spirituality. Recovery and Zen are very similar. They make no logical sense. You have to let go to hang on, surrender to win, and die to live.

Bill has written this book out of his passion for koans and the 12 steps. In recovery one of the first things we learn is that we cannot keep what we have unless we give it away, and Bill is very generous. You may or may not be in recovery, and you may or may not have any experience with Zen, or with koans. But if you find yourself with this book in your hands, maybe 12 and Zen is the teacher that has appeared for you. 12 and Zen is fun, challenging, easy to read and may cause great upheaval when and where you least expect it. The relationship between the 12 Steps and Zen koans can be a very healthy one, based on respect, vulnerability and mutuality. This marriage of Western and Eastern spiritual traditions may be very prolific. Illustrated with Bill’s own keen Zen photos, the entire book reminds us to stop, ponder, and renew our commitment to the study of what is called in AA, the Language of the Heart. Koans are written in that same code, deciphered only when the mind is not invited, actually excluded from the party.

By connecting one koan to each of the 12 Steps, Bill has created a framework for community to share in the koan/step experience. The book can be used by an individual, but there is a greater opportunity here for a meeting of hearts to share the adventure. Wherever two or more are gathered, we see that ‘we’ can do what ‘I’ cannot. The book also becomes a structured guide for facilitators and leaders of small groups. There is something especially appealing about these combinations, ancient and contemporary, that have no right or wrong answer. They should be approached with curiosity and even better, bewilderment.

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the koans of Zen have been infiltrating my own life and journey for some 15 years now. Bill, on his own unique path, has generously shared this marriage of 12 and Zen through his work with individuals, through his blog and through his small groups at Pacific Zen Institute for several years. Having an opportunity to be a part of Bill’s gift to the world is an honour. These are some amazing peach blossoms (see Step 12), and I encourage you to go ahead and meet the teacher.

Jane Derry, Serenity Vista Addiction Recovery Retreat and Treatment, Boquete, Panama

Codependency - Time for Rehab!

Codependency is a poorly defined term describing relationship difficulties where obsession about another person in the relationship dominates and presents personal and interpersonal dysfunction. It is prevalent yet essentially overlooked from a treatment perspective. There are no 'codependency treatment centers'. The codependent in a relationship often worries about their loved one struggling with addiction, and may 'send' him or her off to rehab. But what about the codependent? Left at home, nothing changes, and the addict may return home clean, sober, and happy. But what about you? Are you happy? Do you deserve rehab too?

If addiction is a chronic, progressive, family disease, and everyone in the family system is affected, then why is it that rehab is typically only for the alcoholic or addict?

Adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) and other forms of codependency are just as significant and impactful as addiction to alcohol, other drugs, or behaviors such as gambling. The alcoholic or addict goes off to rehab and comes home a new person: freed of destructive patterns of thinking and behaving, relieved of shame, guilt and remorse, and with new life skills for living life on life's terms, one day at a time.

But what about you? Perhaps you have grown up with an alcoholic parent. Or you have been in relationship, or marriage, with a suffering alcoholic or addict. You worry about others, try to make things right, give of yourself endlessly, feel upset, disrespected, or taken for granted by the way others treat you, attempt to control people, places or things, feel empty, despair, lesser than, shame, or anger. You feel alone in a sea of people you care for. No one understands.

You need and deserve help too! You too should have a healing, nurturing place where you can go to heal. Have a break. Take time for you. Restore and renew.

Take time for you. Find out who You really are. Get help focusing on your process of change! You can heal from and let go of past hurts, stop worrying about the future, and learn skills for living life, YOUR life, in this moment, to your fullest. And you deserve to have fun too.

The mad cycle of addiction within the entire family can finally be broken. And it starts with you... not the other person who has always seemed to be 'the problem'. It's your time to be free!

Codependency rehab. It's time... and it's your turn!

John Derry is founder and director of Serenity Vista Recovery Retreat. Codependency is one of Serenity Vista's specializations. Visit http://www.serenityvista.com.

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Nicotine Addiction and Drug Rehab

Get the Help You Need

Many people who are in recovery from other drugs or behaviours continue to smoke cigarettes or cigars. Sooner or later, if you are in a 12 Step program, practicing Step 6 and 7 and 12, you need to address your nicotine addiction. When it seems impossible to quit, it is time to surrender. Underlying the physical addiction, which can be successfully treated with nicotine patches, is a rebelliousness which will eventually prove fatal. If you have tried many times to quit, and find yourself with a cigarette between your fingers again - get the emotional help you really need. It is becoming increasingly common for people to attend drug rehab for nicotine addiction.  Serenity Vista Addiction Recovery Retreat uses Nicotine Anonymous materials, as well as a full complement of holistic therapies.

If you are still smoking, you are an active drug addict. That may sound harsh, especially if you are in recovery, and have stopped using alcohol or other drugs...except nicotine.

Tobacco use kills more people than all other illicit drugs combined, yet this is often denied in the recovery community. Back in the ‘old days’ of 12 Step meetings, one of the first basic jobs for newcomers was to wash ashtrays. AA meant coffee and cigarrettes. Even the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous said not to worry about smoking cigarettes. It is very noteworthy though, that the two co-founders, Dr. Bob, and Bill W., both died early deaths from emphysema due to smoking. So, times have changed, no one denies the toxic properties of tobacco anymore, and the powerful addictive forces of nicotine.

Commonly, people in 12 Step communities strongly suggest to newcomers that they should NOT quit smoking.  The message is, don’t quit tobacco and your other drug of choice at the same time. This was the prevalent thinking in...READ MORE