A New Way To Support Frequent Emergency Department Visitors
A Texas safety-net system has shifted its approach to caring for regular emergency department users.
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Updates, announcements and historical coverage from Houston Recovery Center.
Recovery’s Impact on the LGBTQIA+ Community
As we close out this year, we feel so much gratitude towards our clients, our staff, and our partners. These are the people who have built the foundation on […]
What We Most Want You to Know – 10 Days to $10k
This time of year is always the perfect time to reflect on what we are grateful for: Food, friends, family, and warmth are a few things that come to mind. […]
So Much More Than a Sobering Center
Houston Recovery Center is So Much More than a sobering center. This year, we placed hundreds in treatment, provided many with life-saving Narcan, partnered with community organizations to raise […]
San Francisco Experiments with Sobering Center as New Solution to Drug Crisis
San Francisco Examiner, July 19, 2021
Our executive director shares our Houston sobering center model and results as part of the conversation for the new California sobering center.
Overdose Deaths: A Grim Reality but Hopeful Future
by Vicki Powers Americans are more likely to die of an accidental opioid overdose than a motor vehicle crash. Let that sink in. National Safety Council’s most recent data (2019) […]
Is 2021 the Year of Kindness?
Is 2021 the Year of Kindness? by Vicki Powers An article in Forbes in late January, “Why You Should Make 2021 the Year of Kindness,” caught my eye because I knew this February […]
How Do You Rate Your Resiliency During Tough Times?
By Vicki Powers Life can certainly throw curve balls our way, as well as traumatic moments. How do you respond to difficult times? “Bouncing back” from adversity is not a […]
When the Opioid Crisis Hits Home, a Houston Program Knocks on the Door
Houston Chronicle | 2/21/2020
This provides an update on how Houston is addressing the opioid crisis through HEROES program and the impact in the community. Jessica Yeager, our peer recovery support specialist, is interviewed.
How Can We Spread Kindness Throughout Houston?
How Can We Spread Kindness Throughout Houston? By Vicki Powers The world can never have too much kindness. Random acts of kindness are a tangible way to put others before […]
What’s Your BAC on a Saturday Night?
by Vicki Powers The liver has a limit to the amount of alcohol it can process per hour. The remainder enters the blood stream. This is how blood alcohol content […]
Harris County Receives More than $2 Million Grant From CDC to Combat Opioid Overdoses
KHOU | November 19, 2019
Houston Recovery Center client Damascus Wright shares his success story with MAT and recovery coaching. The new grant from CDC will help others like Damascus get their lives back from substance use disorder.