One Alcoholic Or Addict Working With Another
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by naples-crossroads
3y ago
AN ALCOHOLIC FELL IN A HOLE and couldn’t get out. A businessman went by and the addict called out for help. The businessman threw him some money and told him to buy himself a ladder. But the alcoholic could not buy a ladder in this hole he was in. A doctor walked by. The alcoholic said, “Help! I can’t get out!” The doctor gave him some drugs and said, “Take these. It will help you to not drink.” The alcoholic said thanks, but when the pills ran out, he was still in the hole. A well-known psychiatrist rode by and heard the alcoholic’s cries for help. He stopped and asked,” How did you get there ..read more
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I DIDN’T LOOK LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by naples-crossroads
3y ago
What does an alcoholic “look like” anyway? If I had a nickel for every time somebody told me I didn’t “look like” an alcoholic, well…  What was I supposed to look like? Disheveled, dirty, makeup smeared? Was I supposed to be broke and homeless? Jobless? I wasn’t any of those things. I had nice clothes, a house with a car in the garage. I went on vacations.  I was considered successful, even envied by many for my business achievements. I’d never been in jail or had a DUI.  Apparently, I was very good at hiding my alcoholism, which didn’t necessarily serve me well in the long run ..read more
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Crossroads Launches New Outpatient Medication-Assisted Treatment Program to Fight Opioid Addiction
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads Naples
3y ago
Naples, FL – David Lawrence Center, Collier County’s only comprehensive, not-for-profit mental health and addiction recovery treatment center serving children, adults and families, is pleased to announce the receipt of a $320,000 grant from the State of Florida through federal funding provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMSHA) State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (OpioidSTR) initiative. These funds will support a new outpatient medication-assisted treatment program.   The State’s Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis funding aims to addre ..read more
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New Hope for Opioid Addicts
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads Naples
3y ago
A program combining the drug Suboxone with therapy will help people break their addiction to opioids . . . to break free and live life again. Greg started experimenting with drugs in high school, but they did not really slow him down. He made good grades, played football, graduated, and got a job in real estate. But when he had his wisdom teeth removed in his mid-20s, he took Percocet for the pain. Before long he became another of Collier County’s many opioid addicts. “Opioids became my food,” Greg told PBS NewsHour. But after a while, and as the single father of a young daughter, “I was ..read more
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Family Members with Substance Abuse Problems: How Can You Intervene?
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by naples-crossroads
3y ago
When a loved one is struggling with addiction, it is natural to want to help. Finding the best way to help is one of the most important parts of the addiction recovery process. Each individual is unique and must be approached in a unique, personalized way. This is at the heart of the Crossroads program: individualizing services and treatment options to best meet the needs of your family. Families often wait for the individual with substance abuse problems to reach out first or to “hit rock bottom.” While they are waiting, the addicted loved one may end up taking advantage of the family’s hosp ..read more
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The Phone Call That Saved My Life
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads
3y ago
By Jody My 14-year-old daughter screamed at me on my birthday this year. It was probably the best birthday present I’ve ever had. Because it saved my life. Let me explain . . . I was a serious drug addict for a long time. A high school injury — a torn rotator cuff that led to six surgeries — left me in excruciating pain. I took Percocet to alleviate the pain, but after a while, I switched to oxycodone, and that’s when my addiction really started. I later met a man and had a couple of children, but even then I couldn’t kick my oxy habit. It got to the point where I would take a month’s worth of ..read more
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Grant Helps Clients Stay on Course
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads
3y ago
One of the hardest parts of beating an addiction is staying sober once you’ve kicked the habit. That’s why David Lawrence Center offers “wellness services” as part of its Crossroads Addiction Recovery program — to help clients stay on the right path. A $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Collier County is doing just that. The grant, designated for those wellness services, helps to provide art therapy, pet therapy, equine-facilitated psychotherapy, nutrition education, yoga, meditation, fitness training, and more. These services are not covered by insurance, but are a vital part of t ..read more
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“One of My Favorite Days”
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads
3y ago
Few things make Leslie Wasserman happier than helping people turn their lives around . . . especially if one of those lives was literally on the brink of death. Wasserman, a retired psychotherapist, volunteers at David Lawrence Center every Monday, working with women in the Crossroads addiction recovery program. Working in a group therapy setting, Wasserman specializes in helping addicts who struggle with mothering, codependency, domestic violence, rape, and trauma. “Many of the women are at their lowest point when they begin treatment at Crossroads,” says Wasserman. “Many come directly to us ..read more
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Traveling the Straight and Narrow
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads
3y ago
By: Mary R., Crossroads Recovery Blogger One of many blessings in my recovery journey has been learning to travel sober all over again. What a great feeling to fully take in the experience of new places, people, sights, and tastes — and to actually remember them! I didn’t like to take vacations when I was drinking. Not only were there the TSA rules about liquids in carry-ons, but the hassle of trying to buy alcohol in strange cities — and to find a place to drink it the way I wanted. And then I’d have to dispose of the empties at a hotel or a friend’s home, and worry about “evidence” I may hav ..read more
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“I Lied About Everything, All the Time”
Crossroads - Florida Rehabilitation Center
by Crossroads
3y ago
By. Mary R., Crossroads Volunteer Recovery Blogger When I was deep into my alcoholism, lying became a way of life. And not just lying about Big Things. I’d lie about even the littlest things, for no reason whatsoever. Lying had become just as bad of a habit as the drinking. Why did my active alcoholism make me a chronic liar? I lied to keep my alcoholism and my activities a secret. I would say and do anything to protect my disease. But why did I lie about other things too, about things so benign that a lie was completely unnecessary? I don’t really know. I was an alcoholic, and therefore a lia ..read more
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