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I’m Frances Stone — a recovery educator, author and Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor. For more than 20 years, recovery has been part of my life personally and professionally.

My mission is mothers.

It always has been and always will be.

A Life of Service

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Mother

Co-parenting three children

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Recovery

Living the experience

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Counsellor

Frontline work in treatment and mental health

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Advocate

Policy change for single mothers

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Founder

Family recovery society and SOS Recovery Services

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Educator

Adult education, workshops and curriculum

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Creator

Author of two books, YouTube, podcasts

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A Message to You

Welcome.


I'm so grateful that you're here.


Life is a story. Sometimes that story includes challenges, loss, grief, or experiences that leave us wondering how we found ourselves here. Yet I believe those experiences can also become part of our healing. They can bring us closer to who we truly are and to the life we are meant to live. 


My hope is that you'll find this to be a safe place. A place where you don't have to have all the answers. A place where you can lay down the mask, speak your truth, and begin to discover what you need to move forward. Whether we meet through counselling, education, writing, or conversation, I look forward to walking alongside you.

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My Philosophy

Feet on the ground. Head in the clouds.

The Practical

Skills
Education
Structure
Accountability
Recovery capital
Relationships
Daily action

Community

The Spiritual

Meaning
Identity
Connection
Hope
Faith
Purpose
Possibility
Love

Recovery is not simply about stopping something.

It’s about starting to learn who you really are

and what you need to succeed. 

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Experience

Twenty years of learning by doing.

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COUNSELLING & MENTAL HEALTH

Women's Health

Men's Health

Co-ed Psychiatric Recovery & Rehab at Riverview with Coast Mental Health

COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP

Mother’s Recovery Society
Family Recovery Society
Together We Can Collaborations

ADVOCACY
 

Child-support Clawback Campaign
Municipal advocacy
Public advisory work

MEDIA & EDUCATION

Talk Recovery
Public speaking
Adult education
YouTube
Writing

The Oak Tree

by Johnny Ray Ryder Jr.

A mighty wind blew night and day
It stole the oak tree's leaves away
Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark
Until the oak was tired and stark

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But still the oak tree held its ground
While other trees fell all around
The weary wind gave up and spoke,
"How can you still be standing Oak?"

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The oak tree said, "I know that you
Can break each branch of mine in two
Carry every leaf away
Shake my limbs, and make me sway.

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But I have roots stretched in the earth
Growing stronger since my birth
You'll never touch them, for you see
They are the deepest part of me.

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Until today, I wasn't sure
Of just how much I could endure
But now I've found, with thanks to you
I'm stronger than I ever knew."
 

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