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BILL W. & DR. BOB the PLAY – A very special, star-studded and intimate reading…

Posted by on November 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

On Novermber 17th, 2001 – ONE80CENTER was pleased to host a very special reading of “Bill W. & Dr. Bob“, an award-winning hit play by Samuel Shem & Janet Surrey about the relationship between two men that led to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous – and their wives Lois and Anne who founded Al-Anon. Since 2007, the play has been performed all over America, to sold-out houses and rave reviews, breaking box office records in 35 states.

 

Hank Azaria as Bill W. & Martin Sheen as Dr. Bob reading at ONE80CENTER

As a fundraiser in efforts to help this wonderful play make it’s way back to Off-Broadway, ONE80CENTER clients and guests were privileged to an extremely unique & personal in-house reading of this play by a star-studded cast of Hank Azaria, Justin Cotta, Sharon Lawrence, Martin Sheen, JoBeth Williams & Stephanie Zimbalist.

 

Efforts are well underway to bring the play back to New York in a 199-seat Off Broadway theatre not-for-profit, funded entirely by tax-exempt donations. On their way to reach the goal of $450K, once the play is financed it will be self-supporting – and run for many years.  All revenues will be used for a national college tour to fight the epidemic of binge drinking.  Help is still needed & any donation is welcome.  “Producer” credit given for donations of $40,000 and up.

To donate, please go to www.hazelden.org/giving and click on GIVE ONLINE, then be sure to designate the “Bill W.& Dr Bob Production Fund”

Martin Sheen reading a drunk Dr. Bob to JoBeth Williams & Stephanie Zimbalist at ONE80CENTER

The reading cast: Hank Azaria, Justin Cotta, Sharon Lawrence, Martin Sheen, JoBeth Williams & Stephanie Zimbalist at ONE80CENTER.

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Noah Levine

Posted by on November 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

When ONE80CENTER hosted the recent Wellness Day 2010 event, it was just natural that we would ask the infamous Noah Levine to speak. In and around Los Angeles, the bald, heavily tattooed Levine is known as the ‘sober punk rock meditation guru.’ And rightly so.

I’d say that the seemingly disparate elements that come together in the world of Noah Levine are what make him such an icon. Combining the edgy, punk rock anthem of destruction with the peaceful transformation of meditation, he has made the practice acceptable amongst culturally diverse folks who once embraced fear and loathing as a life style. “The Buddha was dissatisfied with ordinary suffering of life and he wanted to find freedom from that suffering, Levine says. “The punk movement is founded on that same disssatisfaction- that all of this oppression and ineqaulity and political corruption sucks.” Destruction of the ego, the root of all suffering, is the crux of meditation.

Levine is known to bring the spirituality of recovery into his practice; while he offers meditation to all, there is a great sensitivity to people who have experienced the  paradigm shift of sobriety. Says Levine, in an interview from 2007, “I was shocked that meditation pracitce worked for relief from the craziness of my mind and the pain that I was experiencing. Simultaneously,, I realized – admitted- that I was a drug addict, and I got into 12 step recovery.”

We were honored to have such a great variety of speakers at the ONE80CENTER Wellness Day Event; from brain mapping and neurobiology to Reiki, psychiatrists, to Thai Drumming Chants. Noah Levine was an amazing addition to that line up, further emphasizing the diversity of approaches to overall wellness and recovery.

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Freedom from active addiction…

Posted by on June 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

“The biggest gift I have is freedom from active addiction.
I am no longer a slave to my drug of choice. I have
come to know peace and happiness and my lost
dreams have awakened.I am okay with the man in the
mirror. I am living proof that we do recovery, one day
at a time.”
- Adam S.
One80Center Alumni

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