Tag: serenity recovery connection
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Colorado Springs programs respond to changing attitudes about addiction, though stigma remains high
While attitudes about addiction to drugs and alcohol are changing to reflect more acceptance and understanding, the industry is not keeping pace with the cultural shift, a recent nationwide study concludes. “The challenge now is that our policies, systems and institutions have not fully caught up with what the public already believes,” Faces & Voices of Recovery’s…
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New mental health initiatives in Colorado Springs filling system gaps
Several local organizations have started new boots-on-the-ground programs in Colorado Springs to meet mental health demands and fill gaps in addressing clinician shortages, providing LGBTQ+ care for traumatized youth, expanding adult addiction recovery and preventing suicide among all ages. Safe Passage Marking its fourth anniversary of locating multiple independent services in one building that specialize…
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High-profile Colorado Springs police sergeant transitioning into retirement
A childhood dream that refused to dim in adulthood seemed like it might not be realized for Colorado Springs police Sgt. Olav Chaney. After jumping out of aircraft while serving four years in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, it took him multiple tries to pass the battery of assessments required to become a police officer.…
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Step Springs nears completion of residential addiction recovery center for homeless men
A 55-year-old office building in a commercial and industrial zone off Garden of the Gods Road and Interstate 25 has been gutted and stripped down to its interior shell. Rising out of the wreckage is a new 50-bed rehabilitation center called Step Springs, where addicted men who are homeless or on the verge will get…
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Colorado Springs human services advocate vacates her role; familiar face prepares to take over
The numbers tell the need. In the five years that Trudy Strewler Hodges has been the CEO of Serenity Recovery Connection, clients have ballooned from 600 served when she started the job to 5,000 participants today. Support groups have grown from a handful to 20 per week, anything from Wellbriety to Recovery Dharma to Craft…