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K ATY AREA RECOVERY EDUCATION
Katy Area Recovery Education, 26311 Westheimer Parkway, Katy, TX 77494
Email address: info@katyrecovery.com Website: www.katyrecovery.com 832-368-5983
Sober Fun Night at the YMCA
By Judy Bou Kheir
KARE and the YMCAs of Katy have partnered
together to provide Sober Fun Nights for teens that
are in recovery from addiction. These events will
begin with a Fall kick-off on Saturday, August 3,
2019 at the Monty Ballard Cinco Ranch YMCA
location. What are some of the activities we will be
doing? Our teen focus group decided that the
following would be fun to try. Our first event will be
a Zumba class with a YMCA instructor.
Z umb a - This cardio-Latin fusion class features
aerobic interval training to maximize fat burning
and total body toning, all to incredible music with
moves that are easy to learn!
Bo dy P ump - This barbell class will sculpt, tone
and strengthen your entire body, fast. Focusing on
low weight loads and high repetition movements,
you’ll burn fat, gain strength and quickly produce
Drug Use In Junior High
According to DrugRehab.com, one misconception
in understanding how teens will be introduced to
substance use is that it cannot happen in junior
high. “Your child’s middle school years are a time
of rapid growth, intense curiosity and strong
desire to fit in with peers. This early adolescent
phase is also a high-risk period for substance
abuse because it typically marks the first point in
their lives when they’ll encounter drugs and
alcohol.”
The adolescent period is the place where children
learn to become independent from their adult
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Volume 2, Issue 6
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Sober Fun Night at the YMCA 1
Drug Use in Junior High 1
KARE Information Booths 2
Meet a Teen in Recovery 2
lean body muscle conditioning.
Yo ga - Yoga builds a strong body, mind and spirit.
This class incorporates Yoga postures, breathing
exercises and a mind focus to improve balance,
strength and flexibility. Restorative breathing
exercises and final relaxation will promote stress
reduction and mental clarity.
L ati n Da nce - Dance salsa, merengue, cumbia
and mambo to fun and motivational music.
Check out the KARE website under EVENTS for
more information about future activities!
caregivers. It’s also a place where children are
“hard-wired” to be risk-takers and less inhibited to
try new things. These attributes of adolescence
will be valuable in discovering their world and
independence in that world. But they can also be a
danger, due to teen’s inexperience with what may
be harmful to them.
For more information about the dangers of
substance abuse in the junior high years, click on
the link: https://www.drugrehab.com/teens/middle-school/
KARE is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation that accepts tax-
deductible donations. Let us hear from you!
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KARE Information Booths
By Judy Bou Kheir
Hello Katy Community! We are excited to share
with you what we are currently doing in our
community, and what we have planned for the
future with Katy Area Recovery Education. This
summer, we began sharing through our KARE
Information Booths at area community locations.
Be on the lookout for KARE at your local gym,
bank, grocery store and favorite coffee shop. We
are excited to meet the citizens of Katy, providing
information about our organization - how we can
help your teen and provide your family with
information supporting teen recovery in Katy!
Meet a Teen in Recovery
We were fortunate to have two teens at the Meet &
Greet in April, sharing their story of recovery from
addiction. Here are some excerpts from one teen’s
story with some additional information about KARE’s
mission to provide hope to our community.
“Whenever I found out that I could do drugs and
alcohol as soon as I got to junior high, that’s when
things really started to take off.” This teen continues
to share that as his drug and alcohol use increased,
the window of hope that he could quit became
smaller. He describes the end of his using, “When I
was using, it was a really dark [place].”
Now he has over a year of sobriety. His desire to help
other teens struggling with addiction is a priority in
“We can be a voice to the
community that recovery is
available and recovery works.”
Judy Bou Kheir, Founder and Executive Director
Katy Area Recovery Education
KARE’s Information Booth at the Mark A. Chapman
Katy Main Street YMCA on Saturday, June 29th .
KARE will be hosting these information booths at
area locations to provide information about our
organization’s three-pronged service structure:
EDUCATE the community about recovery
CONNECT families with resources for recovery
SERVE teens in whatever capacity needed so they
remain sober and substance-free
his life today, “I’m really glad that we’re able to
[share our story] and make an effort to show other
teens that are struggling with addiction.”
KARE is ready and able to provide presentations
for parents groups, community organizations and
school assemblies. Please help us share the
message or prevention and recovery with our
community!
Mission
Katy Area Recovery Education (KARE) exists
to support Katy-area teens with recovery
resources, so they remain sober and
substance-free.
Vision
To position Katy, Texas as a strong recovery
community that works together, bringing
recovery resources and services to its
youth.
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