This document is a newsletter from GraceWay Recovery Residence, a long-term residential treatment program for women with substance abuse issues. It thanks supporters for their contributions, which allow the program to operate without government funding. It provides an update on the program, including the opening of a new outpatient facility called "The Core" and transitional sober living apartments called "The Way." It also recognizes people who have supported GraceWay and shares reflections from residents on their recovery experiences.

1. us permission to call for
advice, expertise or
support when we have
specific projects or needs.
We can count on these
people and their circles
of influence to advocate
for the work GraceWay
does when the opportuni-
ty arises. Everyone is
invited to join this group.
If your heart moves you
to do so, please call
229-446-4550. They will
be happy to discuss the
opportunity with you and
give you and your friends
a tour of the residence if
you’d like.
We believe that anyone
who comes to know what
good work is going on
here will want to help.
Thank you for your
faithful support this year.
Please continue to pray
for us as we pray for all of
you in 2015.
Warmest regards,
Dr. Jay Dallas, President
Ben Barrow, Matt Luke,
Rose Palazzolo, David
Clayton, Debbie Foreman,
Tim Mazur, Duncan
Moore and Lynette Talley
As we celebrate a joyful
Christmas season, we,
the Board, staff,
residents and family of
GraceWay, give thanks
to God for you, our
wonderful supporters.
Without you, our culture
of health in mind, body
and spirit - the essence
of the “Miracle of
GraceWay" - could not
exist. We pray that each
of you will be greatly
blessed in return for
your sacrificial legacy
of love to our mission.
Please use the enclosed
envelope to make a
2014 life-saving,
year-end gift. We
receive no government
funding and rely on your
generous contributions
to ensure the availabil-
ity of recovery for
women in need. By
investing in our mission,
you invest in the actual
lives of our recovering
residents.
Her story is now part
of your story. We have
options to make your
giving easier. Monthly
giving provides predict-
able income and plays
an important role in
our sustainability and
planning for the future.
Sign up for recurring or
credit card gifts at
gracewayrecovery.com.
To make a stock donation
or legacy gift, simply call
229-446-4550.
Our 2014 Board
established an initiative
that reaches out to a
growing group of good
people who choose to
enter into a relationship
with GraceWay.
We call these faithful
people the "Friends of
GraceWay". There will be
no meetings to attend or
dues to pay. They will
simply be friends giving
GraceWay
C H R I S T M A S 2 0 1 4
S P E C I A L P O I N T S
O F I N T E R E S T :
 What is
GraceWay?
 So, what is
The Way?
 Core Counseling
Outpatient
Recovery
Education
 Lakeside Low
Country Boil a
success
 K of C presents
GraceWay check
 Debbie Mazur
receives NCCA
Sister Mary
Ignatia Award
 2014 Needs List
 Loop the Lake
2014 Sponsors
Watch our new video:
“Looking for a sign? This is
it!” on our website at
www.gracewayrecovery.com

2. P A G E 2
“Residents
practice the
spiritual principles
underlying these
12 steps in a highly
-structured, truth-
filled, home-like
environment,
staffed 24/7/365.”
So, what is the Way?
What about ongoing recovery?
The Story of GraceWay
GraceWay Recovery Residence founded in 2003, provides the setting,
encouragement and motivation to achieve a life of sobriety through spiritual
recovery. GraceWay offers women a “fresh start” and teaches recovery
tools utilizing the Twelve Step methodology of Alcoholics Anonymous in a
comprehensive long-term phased program.
Residents practice the spiritual principles underlying these 12 steps in a
highly-structured, truth-filled, home-like environment, staffed 24/7/365.
Addiction is a family disease. GraceWay’s family workshops and ongoing
communications greatly enhance the commitment to ongoing recovery for
the entire family.
Introducing “The Core”
New OUTPATIENT care
Located at 411 West Tift Ave. in Albany.
GraceWay “graduates” transition to Sober Living
Apartments – “The Way”, located right next door
to GraceWay. This safe affordable housing offers
recovering women increased independence and a
chance to refine life skills as they employ the tools of
addiction recovery in their lives.
Residents continue to focus on application of the
12-Steps to solve every day problems while practicing
personal responsibility and working and pursuing
ongoing education. Honesty (behavioral and emotional)
is the foundation of a durable long-term recovery.
When combined with openness to direction and
experience of others, and the willingness to follow
suggestions, a strong foundation for individual recovery
and a stronger recovery network is developed.

3. Lakeside Low Country Boil a Success!
P A G E 3
From left to right: Nate Dallas,
Sunni Dallas, Margaret Laurie
Wright, and Holland Wright.
Hats off to our events sponsors: Nate and Sunni Dallas and Margaret
Laurie and Holland Wright.
We are so grateful to your for you selflessness and willingness to help
us make a difference in the lives of our recovering residents.
Thank you to all who attended the event. We hope to see you next year!
Congratulations to Debbie Mazur for being the first non-clergy recipient of the
Sister Mary Ignatia Award by the NCCA at their 65th Annual Convention and
Awards Ceremony this year.
Sister Ignatia was the 1935 AA Pioneer who opened the world’s first detox and
and treatment center at St. Thomas Hospital and worked closely with Dr. Bob
and Bill W., co-founders of AA.
What an incredible honor. We are so very proud of you!
Our Knights in Shining Armor presented a
check to GraceWay from state and local
fundraiser proceeds.
Thank you for your continuous support
of our mission!
Knights in shining armor present check to GraceWay
Mazur awarded NCCA Sister Mary Ignatia Award

4. From GraceWay residents:
“If the living hell caused by my pill addiction problems have brought me to prayer, then they have served a purpose. A
blessing in disguise. Now I know that a divine solution is possible...and it is spiritual. It is real and it is lasting. It is my new
life in recovery.”
“I found my faith in God here at GraceWay. I am learning to humble myself and surrender my old ways. Now I ask God for
His help. Then, I do what He says. I trust in His power - my Higher Power. He can do what I couldn’t do for myself and
whatever I need Him to do and will help me do my part. I trust His wisdom - He knows what, when and how to do it and
He wants to share His amazing grace with me as I work my steps to a new life . . . One day at a time.”
Admissions Office: 229-446-7800
Toll-free: 866-290-2966
Administrative Office: 229-446-4550
E-mail: liz@gracewayrecovery.com
2014 Needs List for Residents
Gift Cards - Walmart, Grocery Stores
Gain powder detergent
Dove shampoo (pump)
Dove conditioner (pump)
Dove bar soap
Dove body wash
Bounty dryer sheets
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Kleenex or Puffs
Toothbrushes
Spiral notebooks
Loose Leaf Paper
Stamps
GraceWay Recovery Residence
412 West Tift Ave.
Albany, GA 31701
Thank you to our 2014 Loop the Lake sponsors!
Please call 229-446-4550 to make arrangements to
deliver items to 412 West Tift Avenue.
Thank you for your compassionate outreach.