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Chris Cotton
May 2, 20243 min read
What does this picture of my breakfast have to do with the legal system?
This morning my wife and I were supposed to be on the road early to visit our daughter. She's incarcerated (re-incarcerated) at Rockville...
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Chris Cotton
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Peer-Led Is Effective
"You don't know what I'm dealing with!" is an exclamation I have heard pretty often the last four years. Sometimes it's true. Most of the...
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Chris Cotton
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Really? Transportation is an issue?
Yes. It's a big one in rural communities like ours. Topics of conversation I hear often include the price of gas and inflation. Think...
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Chris Cotton
Sep 21, 20234 min read
What Do You Mean by "Hope"?
I'm currently reading the book You Are Changing the World - Whether You Like It or Not by David LaMotte. It's helping me a ton because I...
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Chris Cotton
Sep 7, 20233 min read
Justice Involved?
What does the term, "justice involved" mean? Well, it's a relatively new way to say someone has open court cases, is on probation or...
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Chris Cotton
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What towns are in Kosciusko County?
If you're like me, and likely most of my fellow county residents, you can't name all the towns in Kosciusko County. But I'm certain the...
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Chris Cotton
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Should I Block my Loved One?
Thanks to our Board Member, Michelle Weidenbenner for this useful information. Should I Block My Loved One? Today, a mom asked me if she...
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Chris Cotton
Aug 2, 20232 min read
Do you keep Narcan at your place of business?
Most would answer, "No," to that question. Admittedly many would be much more forceful against it. But given the results of this survey...
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Chris Cotton
Jul 27, 20231 min read
What is a Recovery Café?
We get asked this question a lot. We aren't opening a food service business or trying to compete against our friends at Harvest Coffee....
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Chris Cotton
Jun 29, 20231 min read
LITE in the News
https://www.inkfreenews.com/2023/06/21/living-in-transition-effectively-offers-hope-to-current-and-former-inmates/ Have you seen us in...
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Chris Cotton
May 10, 20232 min read
Help Launch LITE Recovery Cafe
Our founders, Chris and Tammy Cotton, attended the Jail Ministry of Elkhart County Dessert Banquet last night at Nappanee Missionary...
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Michelle Weidenbenner
Apr 17, 20231 min read
MEET the BOARD - Who's Tim Gillum?
Michelle interviewed fellow Board Member, Tim Gillum, recently.
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Chris Cotton
Apr 14, 20233 min read
WARNING: Reading Can Seriously Damage Your Ignorance
Yesterday Tammy and I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dan Spalding and Roger Grossman of www.NewsNowWarsaw.com for Kensington...
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Chris Cotton
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Our Executive Director Rocks!
I need to brag about my wife, Tammy Kinerk-Cotton. In the coming weeks you are going to read and hear about things that LITE in KCJ and...
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Chris Cotton
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Newsworthy?
I recently cut advertising ties with a local media outlet. When my parents started Cotton & Cotton Insurance in 1983 they began...
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Chris Cotton
Feb 22, 20231 min read
This will save lives...and anger some people of course
What is a NaloxBox? A NaloxBox holds free, readily available intranasal (sprayed through the nose) Naloxone. Naloxone is an emergency...
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Chris Cotton
Feb 18, 20238 min read
Rochelle - Before and After
1. Can you share some of your addiction story? I started using drugs at 13 to escape my pain, a pain I had no idea how to explain. My...
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Chris Cotton
Jan 27, 20232 min read
I just want...normal
This morning I was struggling to find the right blog topic. I had lots of ideas, but they mostly centered on attacking why we have some...
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Chris Cotton
Jan 25, 20233 min read
It's what makes us feel human...
https://www.wctv.tv/2023/01/24/my-mom-cant-keep-me-animal-shelter-shares-heartbreaking-note-left-with-abandoned-dog/?fbclid=IwAR1y5fWS161...
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Chris Cotton
Dec 26, 20222 min read
True Friendship
Like many today, the day after Christmas, I have worked very had at doing absolutely nothing. My autoresponder in my work email account...
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