{"id":27575,"date":"2021-10-25T07:32:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T07:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=358819"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:11","slug":"gym-offers-free-membership-support-to-those-struggling-with-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/gym-offers-free-membership-support-to-those-struggling-with-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Gym Offers Free Membership & Support To Those Struggling With Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Phoenix is a gym that people can go to if they\u2019re struggling with addiction. The only cost of membership? 48 hours of sobriety.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to their website<\/a>, their mission is \u201cto build a sober active community that fuels resilience and harnesses the transformational power of connection so that together we rise, recover, and live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Phoenix has locations in 53 cities across the country and has more than 58,000 members. If you are unable to join in person classes, they have live-streamed classes online that you can participate in.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix\u2019s founder, Scott Strode, started the gym in Boston in 2006 after struggling with a substance use disorder himself. He found that boxing and exercise played a huge role in his recovery, and wanted to help others like him in their recoveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started to sort of melt away the shame and this sort of negative self image that I carried,\u201d Strode told<\/a> USA Today. \u201cI started to reinforce it with this belief in myself. And so it\u2019s something that carries forward as a thread in The Phoenix today. That we believe in you, even if you don\u2019t yet believe in yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Phoenix relies on donations and grants to keep their membership free and facilities up and running. For more information, click here<\/a> to visit their website.<\/p>\n