The $4 million Manchester Recovery and Treatment Center, at 293 Wilson St., will occupy the second and third floors of the former Hoitt Furniture building. Construction is expected to begin in March.
The Manchester Monarchs, proud ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, announced the first round of hockey personalities scheduled to attend the Hockey for Hope event that will take place on June 12 at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
The full-featured website, www.hopeforNHrecovery.org, has been completely redesigned to be a “one stop shop” for individuals and loved ones touched by addiction. It includes information about the disease of addiction, the process of getting well, links to resources and details about the organization’s recovery centers opening across the state.
Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, a Manchester based, grassroots nonprofit has several fundraising events planned this summer.
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal, co-founders of The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), announce three new treatment partners, in New Hampshire and Florida, all owned by former Delray Beach, Fla., Police Officer Michael Brown.
I’ve found that throughout my life there was always quite a difference between the person I was and the person I wanted to be. I knew deep down inside that I wasn’t giving life my best shot. Teachers would remark about my “potential,” but I was happy not to study for tests and do well enough. I handed in assignments late and got points off, content because I knew I’d still get a good enough grade. I was always a fan of shortcuts, easy fixes and doing the bare minimum; whatever was good enough to get by. Why do today what I can put off ’til tomorrow, right?
For 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.
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.
The 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.
All gifts received will help increase the number of treatment beds by 62 at Easter Seals NH, which has been on the front lines of this battle and is committed to supporting people in need, through substance abuse treatment programs at the Farnum Center in Manchester, and Farnum North in Franklin. With New Hampshire ranking 49th in access to treatment for substance addiction, and heroin use at epidemic proportions, Granite State residents have joined together to support their own.