Seasons of Recovery Series featuring Fr. Mark Hushen

Friday, November 11, 2011

Unleash the Power: Twelve Step Recovery and the Joy of Living

Featuring CEO and President of Father Martin's Ashley:
Fr. Mark Hushen, O.S.F.S.

Date: Friday, November 11, 2011

Time: 6:30 p.m. - Registration, fellowship and light refreshments
7:00-8:30 p.m. - Workshop

Where: Main Line Unitarian Church
816 S. Valley Forge Road
Devon, PA 19333

Click here for directions

This is a free event open to all. 
Please RSVP by November 7th to the Alumni Department at 410.273.2303 or click here to send an email.

The presentation will focus on how a recovering person appropriates the ancient and universal wisdom embedded in the 12 Step program to develop the capacity to live an inspired life. The mechanics of the 12 Steps will be discussed along with a strategy for integrating the spiritual principles of the steps into a recovery lifestyle. The 12 Steps will be discussed as a systematic approach to change and a methodology for "Living the Dream."

Fr. Mark hold's a master's degree in pastoral counseling from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Prior to his role at Father Martin's Ashley, Fr. Mark served as a pastoral counselor at Caron Treatment Centers, worked with adolescents at Northeast Catholic High School for Boys in Philadelphia and was associate pastor at St. Anthony's of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington. He is the 2011 recipient of the Fr. Ralph Pfau Award, which is given annually to a Catholic priest or deacon who has helped advance recovery from addictions, both in religious life and the general community. Fr. Mark is a native of Haverford, PA and an avid Phillies and Eagles fan. Come have your recovery refreshed as Fr. Mark shares his experience, strength, hope and humor!

Click here to download the workshop flyer.

Sexual Recovery Institute

For Sex & Love Addicts

Click Here to take the Men’s Sexual Addiction Test »

Have you risked your marriage or primary relationship, your job, health or finances in order to continue your sexual, romantic, or porn-related behavior?

If so, you might be a sex addict. To the right are our services, articles and resources to help you find out if you’re a sex addict and how to help yourself if you are.

The costs of sexual addiction can range from emotional and physical health problems to legal, relationship, family and career consequences. Sexual addiction is not defined by the type of sexual act or, by the choice of sexual partner, but more by the persons’ inability or unwillingness to stop their sexual acting-out despite negative consequences, combined with a history of addictive sexual behavior patterns.

We help people overcome sexually addictive behaviors. If you live in Southern California, learn about our outpatient treatment services. We also offer comfortable living arrangements near SRI for those participating in our Two-Week Intensive Programs in Beverly Hills. If you live in another state or country, learn about our residential program in the Southeast, our intensive short-term treatment services, and referrals.

For Spouses & Partners

Click Here to take the Partners Test »

Does your partner lie repeatedly about his or her sexual activities or online behavior? Does it feel like there is another lover or  ‘something’ else that is creating distance between you?

If so, your partner might be a sex, love, or porn addict. To the right are our services, articles and resources to help you learn how to help your partner and how to help yourself.

The costs of sexual addiction can range from emotional and physical health problems to legal, relationship, family and career consequences. Sexual addiction is not defined by the type of sexual act or, by the choice of sexual partner, but more by the persons’ inability or unwillingness to stop their sexual acting-out despite negative consequences, combined with a history of addictive sexual behavior patterns.

We help people overcome sexually addictive behaviors. If you live in Southern California, learn about our couples,partner, and outpatienttreatment services. If you live in another state or country, learn about our intensive short-term treatment services and referrals.

Contact Us

For help or information, call us at
(866) 585-9174

Pat Moore Foundation

Drug and Alcohol Detox and Treatment Center

The Twelve Steps are a Life Skill
Clinical Director Gina Tabrizy

The Intake Process
Intake Coordinator Katy Alexander

Our Campus by the Bay; Body
Mind & Spirit CEO Phil Allen

About Pat Moore Foundation

The alcohol and drug detox and treatment programs at Pat Moore Foundation are licensed and certified by The State of California. We provide medically managed and non-medical detoxification and primary residential treatment. Our individual homes are on a unique co-ed campus where we offer gender specific treatment. We are located in the city of Costa Mesa, Southern California, close to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.

No two drug addicts or alcoholics are alike, so no two alcohol or drug addiction treatment plans should be. Our qualified treatment staff will create an individualized treatment plan that meets each individual's needs and will give them their best opportunity to achieve long term sobriety.

Attending a long term drug rehab center helps drug addicted individuals by removing them from their environment for a period of time with less distractions. We provide a safe place that is removed from the places where our clients drank and used drugs. There is no quick fix for drug addiction and alcoholism. Recovery is a process.the skills one learns during intensive inpatient program must be integrated into everyday life, and this takes time.

Pat Moore Foundation's professional staff is certified and highly skilled. Each staff member is also involved in his or her own recovery program and understands the alcoholism and drug addiction detoxification process from a perspective that only another drug addict or alcoholic can. Because of this connection our staff is involved in the client's recovery from the first day.

Pat Moore Foundation offers medically managed detox for opiate detoxification from Heroin, Vicodin, Oxycontin, Codeine and Methadone. Our physicians utilize a wide range of pharmaceuticals including Naltrexone and Suboxone to medically manage a fast, pain-free start to withdrawal.

Many issues come up in early sobriety that can be difficult to handle. The staff at Pat Moore Foundation is on call 24-hours and understands this, and is eager to help at any time of the day or night. Our goal is to enable each person who enters our doors walk the road to a healthy and happy recovery.

Pat Moore Foundation's drug & alcohol detox and alcohol & drug addiction treatment programs are licensed and certified by The State of California. We provide non-medical and medically managed detoxification (using Suboxone, Subutex, and Buprenorphine when appropriate) and primary residential treatment. Our individual homes are on a unique co-ed campus where we offer gender specific treatment. We are located in Costa Mesa, in Orange County, Southern California, close to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, and only an hour's drive from Los Angeles and San Diego. To speak with a counselor, please call us 24-hours at (888) 377-2129or if you'd like us to contact you, send a confidential message online by filling out our online form.

Note: All medical services are administered by medical professionals, which are facilitated and operated solely under the jurisdiction of a separate medical corporation

Can the Music Industry Help Reduce Overdose Deaths?

By Jason Flom

After decades in the music industry, I've seen just about everything there is to see. I've seen talented people become superstars in a matter of weeks, and the joys and thrills of sudden fame.

But great talent often comes with great struggle, and the intensely private pain of not knowing how to cope with all of fame's demands. Many of my closest friends have struggled with drug addiction over the years. Some have worked through it and survived, but others weren't as
lucky. I've lived through decades of this -- decades of rehabs, decades of relapse, decades of the life-changing grief that comes when someone you love dies from an overdose.

I'm writing in hopes of shining a light on the problem of overdose and some solutions that can save lives.

Every year, on August 31st, people around the world join together on International Overdose Awareness Day to recognize the pain and loss associated with overdose, and to call for policy changes that will save lives.

Drug overdose, of course, isn't unique to the entertainment industry. It happens everywhere, to all kinds of people, and it's been getting a lot worse in recent years. In 2007, the last year for which data is available, more than 28,000 people died from an accidental drug overdose in America. That's the highest number of accidental overdose deaths ever -- and more than twice as many as just a decade ago.

More people now die from accidental drug overdose than from HIV/AIDS. Drug overdose is now the number one cause of accidental death for Americans between the ages of 35 and 54; and in 17 states, it is the leading overall cause of accidental death, now ending more lives than even car accidents.

That's completely unacceptable. And it's stunning that so few people even know about this. This issue needs to be addressed by the public and by policymakers, but it rarely is.

We all know why, and it's an ugly elephant in the room. But we need to say it, and start talking about it. The truth is, people don't like to talk about overdose because it's so easy and convenient to blame the victim, to blame the person who accidentally died.

The chorus of "Take no pity!" that rang out in the days following the death of Amy Winehouse was a real eye-opener for me. The typical response to drug use, of any kind, is to condemn the person who does it. All compassion is routinely discarded, and drug use is considered a moral failing.

We barely know how to have a rational conversation about drugs in this country, so it's no surprise that we don't really yet understand how to talk about overdose. It's why August 31st is so important. Perhaps the most important function of International Overdose Awareness Day is just to get people to start talking about it -- not just how we feel about it and how we suffer when it happens, but how we can prevent it from ever happening again.

The sad news -- and the hopeful news -- is that most of these deaths are easily preventable. The solutions are no mystery, and two in particular I believe to stand out as no-brainers.

The first is expanding access to naloxone -- a cheap, non-narcotic, generic drug proven to reverse the effects of opiate overdose and restore breathing. By simply expanding access to it I believe we can prevent thousands of deaths each year.

The other is passing "911 Good Samaritan" laws. Overdose witnesses are usually scared to call for help because they, or the victim themselves, frequently face arrest for possessing small amounts of drugs. New York State just became the fourth state to pass a law that allows people to call 911 when witnessing an overdose without fear of prosecution. This life-saving law should be replicated across the country.

We cannot forget the lives that have been lost, nor can we allow this catastrophe to continue. I'm calling on radio stations everywhere to help spread the word on International Overdose Awareness Day by playing music created by bands that have lost a member to a drug overdose, like Sublime, Blind Melon, Hole, Alice in Chains, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Ramones. Music by legends like Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. I hope that the radio stations will mention Overdose Awareness Day and to give out the website www.drugpolicy.org/overdose so listeners can learn more about how to reduce overdose deaths.

We hope people reading this column will call their radio stations and let them know about Overdose Awareness Day and request songs in remembrance of musicians we have lost. People can also play these artists music on their iPods, in their offices or homes and talk to their friends about the problem of overdose and the easy ways we could be addressing the problem right now.

Overdose has been in the news a lot lately. We don't know how Jani Lane of Warrant died. We don't know how Amy Winehouse died. It would be tragic if they turn out to be the next two talented musicians we've lost to something so preventable. We can't bring them back. But we can save a lot of lives by educating people how to prevent, recognize and respond to an overdose -- and simply by talking about it.

Solutions Recovery, Inc.

At Solutions Recovery Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center, we believe that addictions are biologically based and responsive to pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, rehabilitative and recovery interventions. Our Drug and Alcoholtreatment center methods are a proven success and continues to set the mark within the Substance Abuse industry.

Our Las Vegas Alcohol and Drug treatment programs will assist you in your recovery from chemical dependency, whether it be Opiates, Alcohol, Bath Salts, Cocaine,Methamphetamines, Xanax, Marijuana or other Addictive Substances.

The path to recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction is a lifelong experience. The journey often begins in turmoil and may include feelings of hopelessness and despair.

Let Solutions Recovery help you with your addiction, Solutions Recovery Staff Members are dedicated and compassionate people who always put the clients best interest in the forefront. Solutions Recovery will provide you the information, resources and treatment services necessary for clients to achieve and maintain an addiction-free life.

Solutions Recovery offersResidential Treatment Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, Chronic Pain Program, Medication Assisted Program and Co-Occurring Residential Treatment Program.

At Solutions Recovery our multidisciplinary staff provides customized, intensive and holistic services with special interest and emphasis directed towards the well being of the family. We are committed to providing comprehensive, confidential and individualized treatment services to people with addiction problems.

Solutions Recovery staff members are dedicated and compassionate people who always put the clients best interest in the forefront. Solutions Recovery will provide information, resources and treatment services necessary for clients to achieve and maintain an addiction-free life.

Call our Drug Addiction and Alcohol Addiction helpline at:1-702-228-8520 for IMMEDIATE assistance.

We offer multiple treatment programs, each specialized to meet your needs in finding a solution to you or your loved one's addiction. 

Solutions Recovery staff members are dedicated and compassionate people who always put the clients best interest in the forefront. 

We will provide information, resources and treatment services necessary for clients to achieve and maintain an addiction-free life.

We offer the following treatment programs:

• Residential Treatment Program
• Intensive Outpatient/Extended Care Treatment
• Chronic Pain Management
• Co-Occurring Residential Support
• Medication Assisted Treatment
• Detoxification
• Intervention Program

We treat the following disorders:

• Alcohol Addiction
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorders
• Depression
• Drug Addiction
• Eating Disorders
• Gambling
• Grief
• Painkiller Addiction
• Sexual Trauma
• Sexual Addiction

Call our Drug Addiction and Alcohol Addiction helpline at:1-702-228-8520 for IMMEDIATE assistance.

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Our Mission

At Solutions Recovery, we believe that addictions are biologically based and responsive to pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, rehabilitative and recovery interventions. We are committed to providing comprehensive, confidential and individualized treatment services to people with addiction problems.

Our staff members are caring and compassionate people that are empowered to act in the best interest of our clients. We will provide information, resources and treatment services necessary for clients to achieve and maintain an addiction-free life.

Call our Drug Addiction and Alcohol Addiction helpline at:1-702-228-8520 for IMMEDIATE assistance.

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Our Vision

To provide an opportunity for everyone suffering from the biological based disease of addiction to get the help they need.

To develop a team of passionate and professional people who welcome everyone, deliver the above help in a loving way, garnering help from the community and growing stronger and smarter everyday.

Call our Drug Addiction and Alcohol Addiction helpline at:1-702-228-8520 for IMMEDIATE assistance.

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About Solutions Recovery

Our staff is licensed by the State of Nevada and also holds additional national certifications. Our residences are licensed by Clark County and the State of Nevada. Solutions Recovery also maintains membership in good standing with the Chamber of Commerce.

Solutions Recovery is an Organizational Member of NAADAC.

Welcome to Malibu Horizon Treatment Center

Malibu Horizon offers the most effective, research-based alcohol and drug treatment. Our clinical team is a handpicked group of caring, experienced, professionals, who are unmatched in the industry. Every aspect of Malibu Horizon's program has been researched and proven to work. By focusing on the root cause of an individual patient's issues, our staff is able to identify and carefully address the core patterns that have caused a continual return to self destructive behaviors.

Individualized Treatment
Each client is treated as an individual with their own unique, customized, treatment plan. Every client receives a significant amount of 1-to-1 therapy using both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Enhancement Therapy. Our comprehensive, clinically-based approach, blends together a variety of the "best practices" in substance abuse treatment today.

Non 12-Step Program

Malibu Horizon is an upscale, non 12 step program. We realize AA and the 12 step model are not for everyone. Our clients frequently consist of very intelligent people, many of whom come here for treatment because they have not found success in 12 step programs. Malibu Horizon is in no way opposed to the 12 steps. In fact, we offer patients the opportunity to attend AA meetings, if they choose.

Depression, Bipolar, ADD, Anxiety

Malibu Horizon is a leader in the successful treatment of dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis occurs when a person suffers from alcohol and/or drug abuse as well as a psychological condition, including Depression, Bi-polar, Panic or Anxiety. Both conditions must be accurately diagnosed and then properly treated, to insure the achievement of long term recovery.

On-Site Detox Programs

Malibu Horizon offers a safe, comfortable, on-site detoxification program for alcohol, opiates (using Suboxone), heroin and any prescription medications. Our detox process is closely monitored and carefully supervised 24 hours per day. State-of-the-art medications are given to relieve and manage the detox withdrawal symptoms.

Healthy Lifestyle Activities	Watch Our Program Video
Our goal is to help each client discover a passion for healthy, life-enhancing activities. Malibu Horizon's holistic approach to treatment is designed to help our patients heal gently while we introduce them to activities that offer healthy alternatives to substance abuse. Exercise is an important part of a normal, healthy lifestyle. Clients are encouraged to utilize our full service gym facility. Our clients regularly visit the ocean for walks on the beach, fresh air, and sunshine. Other activities include trail hiking, shopping, trips to Santa Barbara.

Pat Moore Foundation

HOPE AT LAST: WHY OUR DETOX & TREATMENT WORK

Welcome to Pat Moore Foundation
Located in Beautiful Orange County, California 

Detox and Treatment for Alcohol and Drug Addictions.
Specializing in Suboxone and Subutex Approved Detox Programs for Heroin, Opiates, Prescription Drugs, Methadone, Cocaine, Alcohol and Other Addictive Substances.

The drug and alcohol detox and treatment programs at Pat Moore Foundation are nationally-recognized, reasonably-priced residential treatment and drug detox alternatives for men and women.

For nearly twenty-five years we have been empowering men and women caught in the life-shattering cycle of substance abuse and addiction. Through personal experience, we know that chemical dependency and alcoholism are both chronic and progressive illnesses. The disease disrupts all areas of a person's life and impacts the family and loved ones in a contagious fashion.

Our alcohol and drug detox and residential treatment programs are licensed and certified by The State of California. We provide medically managed and non-medical detoxification and primary residential treatment. Our individual homes are on a unique co-ed campus where we offer gender specific treatment. We are located in the city of Costa Mesa, in Orange County, Southern California, close to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, minutes from the John Wayne Airport, and only an hour from Los Angeles and San Diego.

Our belief is that lasting recovery requires a long-term investment. We invest in our residents as much as they invest in their new life. We are with them for the long haul, and will work with them and their families though the challenging, yet exciting stages of a rewarding life in recovery.

Please call us, day or night, at (888) 377-2129. We want to hear from you...we're here to help.

Note: Pat Moore Foundation offers medically managed detox for opiate detoxification from Heroin, Vicodin, Oxycontin, Codeine and Methadone. Our physicians utilize a wide range of pharmaceuticals including Naltrexone and Suboxone to medically manage a fast, pain-free start to withdrawal. All medical services are administered by medical professionals, which are facilitated and operated solely under the jurisdiction of a separate medical corporation.

90 Days of Treatment Can Change Your Life