Evidence of The Golden Rule

My husband, Mike, was the Chief Probation Officer in Tifton, Ga. until his recent retirement. He and his Probation officers are those in the Department of Corrections who send these women with substance abuse problems to The Golden Rule. They have a choice of either going there to recover from their addictions or to jail. According to him, there are other residence programs of this type in existence, but often are not effective.

Judge Gary McCorvey from the Tifton Judicial circuit always gives these women a lecture as he gives them The Golden Rule as an option and basically says,
"If you are serious about getting help, there is a place for you to go. If you are not serious, you will not be there very long. The folks at the Golden Rule don't play with you. That is one of the most effective drug and alcohol progams anywhere."

Mike and his staff found The Golden Rule to have a high success rate and a program that gives these women the tools to make it in life if they want to. If there had been time on our program Saturday night, he would have shared this with the group. Doesn't this sound like how we were coached?

Also, Mike was a "green-horn" basketball coach back in 1971 who had not won a game until he attended a coaching seminar in Albany, at Merry Acres Restaurant featuring Coach Norman Carter. Mike implemented the simple offensive plays he learned there and won his first game! Based on what he learned from Coach Carter, he never had a losing season. It is a small world.........