How Narcan Saved My Life
By: Bethany Baumann, AlumniMy name is Bethany. I am a heroin addict. I have been clean for four years now. I can’t say that I will ever not be an addict because when it comes to opiates, I cannot stop. Before I found opiates, I was an angsty teen who loved trouble. As a kid, I moved around, […]
Transitional Care at The Healing Place
By: Roger Davis, Men's Transitional Care CoordinatorThe Healing Place recovery program isn’t just about getting sober. It’s designed to help clients live a sober life and maintaining their sobriety once they leave our campus. Moving from the structure of The Healing Place traditional program to the next step in recovery can be a daunting task. We have been clean and sober […]
A Happy, Joyous, Free, Sober Life
By: Carrie Knott, Revenue Cycle CoordinatorMy name is Carrie, and I am an alcoholic. My sobriety date is April 24th, 2018, my sponsor is Mandie S., and this morning when I woke up, I made a deep and personal commitment to stay clean and sober, just for today. I stumbled into detox at The Healing Place on April 23rd, 2018. […]
The Healing Place Way
By: Heather Gibson, Vice President of Program ServicesThe Healing Place is a unique place. We have our own language, practices, and beliefs. It’s nearly impossible to spend more than five minutes here and fail to recognize that we are just different… different in a good way. We believe in people helping people. We don’t talk about how we’re going to help or […]
Louisville’s Homeless Crisis
The face of homelessness is changing. Many people are one emergency away from the streets. Crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe are filled with stories of people asking for help in keeping their home due to unexpected medical bills or other expenses. Our overnight shelter is the foundation of The Healing Place. We provide a safe place […]
A Bed in Detox
By: Immanuel Guest, Donor Relations SpecialistOn June 29, 2018, I woke up in a bed in detox at The Healing Place. Having arrived in a blackout state, I struggled to piece together the events of the previous day. There was a vague recollection of a friend searching my apartment for clean clothes. I also remember clutching a bottle of vodka […]
Planting Seeds of Hope
By: Courtney Weisshaupt, Detox ManagerEvery day, men and women are coming through the doors of The Healing Place looking for one thing, hope. Hope that things in life will get better. Hope that it is possible to stop using drugs or alcohol. Hope that someone will help them. The hope about each of these things, and so much more, […]
Unconditional Love
By: Courtney Weisshaupt, Detox ManagerPeople don’t usually decide to come to detox because they are having a good day or because things in life are going well. Often, people are coming through the doors of detox on what they might consider to be one of their worst days. Our clients are struggling with feelings of guilt, shame, and remorse […]
Peace of Mind and a New Way of Living
By: Rickie Glaab, Outpatient Services Peer MentorSince being in recovery, I now have a peace of mind and a new way of living. I have a new outlook on life thanks to The Healing Place and its intensive outpatient program. They believed in me when I did not believe in myself, or anything else. I ended up on the doorstep at […]
THP Model in an Outpatient Setting
By: Richard Keeper, Outpatient Services Lead Peer Support SpecialistI love working at The Healing Place, and as an alumnus of the traditional long-term recovery program, I have learned to love myself and others as well. When I completed the program, I joined the amazing team in Outpatient Services, which takes The Healing Place’s peer-driven social model of recovery and puts it in an […]