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Nick saw only prison or death, you gave him a third option – hope
Nick began consuming alcohol and smoking marijuana in his mid-teens, but it was the six prescriptions of pain medication following numerous surgeries that ultimately ignited cravings for increased potency. “I had biopsy surgery,” he said. “One day I took two pills...
Matt remarried the wife he once lost because you helped provide restoration
Although Matt had used drugs at least occasionally for much of his adult life, the recreational high took a much darker turn after his father passed away in 2001. “We were very close,” he said. “We had a lawn-care business together and when he died it really messed me...
Alone in the woods: Casey’s return from homelessness and addiction
Casey began experimenting with recreational drugs when he was just 14-years-old, but by his early 20s methamphetamines had outpaced Lortab, Adderall and cocaine as his drug of choice. “I started using opiates when I was 17 or 18,” he said. “I’d had surgery and was...
Once shackled to heroin, Stuart’s now free from addiction
Experimentation with opiates began at the age of 17 to help offset the negativity he experienced from social anxiety and mild depression, but by his early 20’s Stuart found himself suffocating in a constriction of chemical dependency that had woven its tentacles into...
Quick Quote: Nick – Phase I Graduate
“To me, Royal Pines means community, it’s family.”
Looking at the Mission’s Continuum of Care Program
Although the definition of Continuum of Care (CoC) can vary slightly between, the central idea is fundamentally the same; to ensure ongoing care by guiding and tracking an individual through services and housing.