November/December 2021 3rd Street Beat

3rd Street Beat

“Come for the coffee, stay for the love!”

The 3rd Street Beat Mission Statement

The Third Street Beat is a newsletter written by and created for people with addiction. Our mission is to validate that experience so people know that they are not alone, and to emphasize the many unique roads that we take to recovery. This is an opportunity to share our experiences to creatively support each other. We are non-political, non-denominational, multi-racial, and gender neutral. Our mission is one of recovery and harm reduction, and all experiences are welcome. All the viewpoints herein are personal in nature and related specifically to our contributors’ recovery.

The 3rd Street Beat Editorial Team

The 3rd Street Beat is produced byThe Recovery Center community with assistance from the occupational therapy team.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES

Cover Art by William Edwards

Pics on pages 3

Culinary Grads p. 4

PoeTry and Prose

Ode To My Soul by Hector Ramos p. 3

How Are You Today?

By William Edwards p. 3

Inspired byArt Poems

By Moses Flores p. 5

The Rest

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An Ode to My Soul

An ode to my soul I feel your spirit

You let me see The beauty that I possess In you I see the wonders of the world

You bring much tranquility

Thank you soul for giving me A positive outlook on life I choose you soul because You are always with me And never deceive me

By Hector Ramos

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Magda Collecting Seeds

CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATES OF THE PRI CULINARY ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM! HAPPY GRADUATION!!

INSPIRED BY ART

A Mother’s/Parent’s Love

By: Moses Flores

There is no more endless than this besides time itself.

Then again, a life span consists of exactly that- time.

I speak of the endless love that a mother/parent has for her child.

It is endless, unconditional, relentless and uncompromising.

There is no retirement plan. This love is for life.

It might waver from time to time, but it never relinquishes.

It is endless.

It is a mother’s/parent’s love.

Superman/Subhuman

By: Moses Flores

I am a superhero from within. Yes my flesh and my insecurities hinders me into my true self. A subhuman.

My mind and my spirit float like a helium balloon, yet my flesh makes me grounded, like an anchor at the bottom of the ocean.

My mind says I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

But flesh is my kryptonite that just makes me meek and keeps me down. So I challenge my flesh to contend my spirit.

So that I can be super as opposed to the sub under that my flesh can create.