Learning to Hope
read more…: Learning to HopeFor most of us, it’s hard to open up about something we’re struggling with. We don’t want to be perceived by other people as weak or we don’t want to bother other people with our troubles.
Addiction
Losing Friends to Addiction
read more…: Losing Friends to AddictionUp until the past year, I was always on the other side of addiction. I was the person who other people worried about, the one that no one probably expected would live a whole lot longer. I was OK with that. I envisioned that before too long I’d be gone and that, hopefully, my friends would show up to my funeral and say some kind things about me. I never thought that I’d be the one in recovery, mourning the loss of my friends.
‘Amber’s Place is a place of unconditional love’
read more…: ‘Amber’s Place is a place of unconditional love’As far as she knows, this is the first emergency rescue shelter of its kind in the country, taking in those who most typically have survived a heroin overdose and, once medically cleared in a hospital emergency department, can stay up to 14 days while actively seeking treatment and recovery solutions, says Kriss Blevens. “This is a porthole for the sickest of the sick, for those whose next stop is either another arrest, an overdose or the morgue,” says Blevens.
Executive Council approves $11.5M for addiction recovery services
read more…: Executive Council approves $11.5M for addiction recovery servicesThe money will be used around the state to support new services such as withdrawal management services, medication assisted treatment and various 24/7 crisis services, including a new statewide crisis hotline.
Farnum Center North: Special focus on addiction treatment for veterans, first responders
read more…: Farnum Center North: Special focus on addiction treatment for veterans, first respondersFarnum Center North in Franklin is ready to welcome 10 new clients into the newly opened “Ray House,” named in honor New Hampshire’s well-known and generous restaurateur, Alex Ray, of the Common Man Restaurant chain, who donated $100,000 to help with the project.
HOPE for NH joins forces with national non-profit to expand services
read more…: HOPE for NH joins forces with national non-profit to expand servicesThe Hope for New Hampshire Recovery board of directors unanimously supported affiliation with Face It TOGETHER in order to expand and strengthen their addiction support programs and services in the wake of the state’s growing opioid crisis.
DHHS to hold public info sessions on substance abuse and mental health services
read more…: DHHS to hold public info sessions on substance abuse and mental health servicesThe Manchester session will be held March 9 from 6-8 p.m. at City Hall, third-floor Aldermanic chambers.
Beyond walls: Let’s solve addiction before we raise another generation of broken adults
read more…: Beyond walls: Let’s solve addiction before we raise another generation of broken adultsThis is a problem that can’t be fixed overnight, and maybe not in the next presidency, but if a 24 year-old from New Hampshire can understand and explain some of the basic issues connected to this crisis, we need to expect the leaders of our country to do so also, instead of sticking to narrow-minded pipe dreams for their own political benefit. This isn’t a partisan issue. This is a common sense issue. And it is also an issue of life or death for the millions of Americans struggling with opioid dependence.
Manchester’s mighty recovery underground
read more…: Manchester’s mighty recovery undergroundWhat Holly Cekala has done, since arriving in Manchester last summer, is activate a recovery underground with her street smarts and experience as someone in recovery herself. She’s about to help cut the ribbon on the state’s first comprehensive community recovery center in Manchester, fast-tracked only thanks to private investors. But they aren’t standing on ceremony, or waiting for the ribbon. Instead, they welcome walk-ins at the temporary peer center on Central Street, where the services are limited, but the compassion is genuine.
Why it’s time to shed the stigma of addiction
read more…: Why it’s time to shed the stigma of addictionMarty Boldin has a success story to tell, one of long-term recovery from addiction. Getting past the stigma, for many, can be an insurmountable hurdle. That’s got to change.