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program is not about stopping using. using. stopping about not is program health support. support. health
“Our explained. Waco, in Manager new ones for a positive outcome. positive a for ones new community resources and mental mental and resources community
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Cenikor’s short-term program prepares prepares program short-term Cenikor’s integrity, loyalty, work ethic, doing the the doing ethic, work loyalty, integrity, recovery. recovery.
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behavior. and attitudes thinking, given over to family visitation. Family Family visitation. family to over given
system in her recovery community. community. recovery her in system distorted addresses approach without alcohol or drugs. Sundays are are Sundays drugs. or alcohol without
relies on a big and healthy support support healthy and big a on relies cognitive treatment’s Long-term remind clients it’s possible to enjoy life life enjoy to possible it’s clients remind
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decided the better choice was to stay stay to was choice better the decided - activities—rec alternative of hours
to Memphis after Cenikor, but she she but Cenikor, after Memphis to LCDC, Senior Vice-President. Senior LCDC,
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Cenikor’s Vocational Services Services Vocational Cenikor’s Cenikor clients begin to understand understand to begin clients Cenikor
deal with negative influences. influences. negative with deal long-term (18 to 24 months) programs, programs, months) 24 to (18 long-term
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Helping people people Helping f o ontinuum c ull f a h roug h t are. c SITIVE O P CHANGES LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT lost a good friend Jerry’s personal commitment to Each day, I am honored to work with our and the Cenikor long-term recovery is evident by the committed board members, dedicated Ifamily lost a leader many people he has influenced over staff and motivated clients who are with the recent the years. In preparation for this issue, steadfast on their recovery journey. passing of Jerry Hall, Jerry shared his insight into long-term Senior Vice President recovery and how Cenikor prepares of Cenikor. clients as they complete treatment. Jerry’s commitment In our long-term therapeutic Bill Bailey, President/CEO to the substance communities, we provide educational abuse field and the and job training classes as well as people who struggle vocational services, in addition to with it, was unparalleled. He always took substance abuse counseling. I believe Jerry’s family requests that in lieu of flowers, the time to get to know and better if we help people gain sobriety without memorial donations can be made to Cenikor understand people and meet them helping them prepare for a productive where they were at in their recovery life, we’ve missed a golden opportunity. Foundation, 11111 Katy Freeway, Suite 500, journey. He brought a wealth of clinical We must return them to their Houston, TX 77079 or www.cenikor.org/ knowledge and could relate that communities with increased volunteers-donations. information on a personal level. His education, job skills and strengthened insight and gift of service helped people family relationships. That’s why our feel at ease when dealing with the therapeutic program focuses on All donations made in Jerry’s honor will difficult subject of addiction. Jerry had a the whole person to help build the go toward the Jerry G. Hall Memorial tremendous impact on Cenikor staff and foundation for long-term recovery. Scholarship Fund. leadership, and will truly be missed.
JANET: A PROMISE MADE IS A PROMISE KEPT anet’s road to recovery began She started with a promise. “I told GST Manufacturing. One promotion with a broken arm. Along with God I’d do whatever it took to get led to another, and now she’s a project Ja cast, the doctor gave her a my life back. There were times I had manager overseeing steel erection in prescription for 40 pain pills, and it to force myself to stick it out. God commercial buildings. was refilled every 10 days for seven was challenging me: ‘If you do this, months until an overdose landed I’ll make it better.’ And it always got She recently broke her arm again. “I her in the hospital. better.” learned just how many people are there to help me. I also learned that I When she admitted she needed help, She absorbed lessons she hangs on to can manage my physical pain without her cousin recommended Cenikor. today, six years after she completed needing to medicate emotional pain.” Along with her daughter and sister, the program. “I was told I was loved Janet drove from Memphis to the Fort until I began to love myself. Once I “Recovery is such a good life if you let Worth Facility where she was told to learned I was okay, I set boundaries it be.” There are still difficulties. For come back when she’d been clean for so no one could convince me I wasn’t.” instance, she was recently asked to five days. She did, and though it wasn’t Janet worked in-house during speak at a Cenikor luncheon. “I really, easy, she decided to take advantage of her Cenikor program, and upon really didn’t want to because I’m not a everything the program offered. completion was offered a newly public speaker, but I remembered that created position as an expediter at promise to God…”
PROGRAM OUTCOMES Data averages after one year of completion from Cenikor’s short-term, long-term, adolescent and outpatient treatment programs between July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016.
are EMPLOYED 91% ARE LAW 78% HAVE BEEN ALCOHOL 65% ABIDING CITIZENS AND DRUG FREE for the past 60-90 days 85% are in a stable 36% ATTENDED A PEER living ENVIRONMENT LEAD SUPPORT GROUP in the past 60 days
2 l Cenikor Foundation 1.888.CENIKOR www.cenikor.org Advisory Boards connect Cenikor to community “ enikor helps really good people who Advisory Boards include a network need help getting back on their feet,” of industry experts, influential busi- Csaid Brian Daigle when asked why he ness people and community leaders. serves on the Advisory Board of Cenikor They foster relationships with civic, Houston. entrepreneurial, financial, advocacy, religious and judicial organizations. As Vice President and Plant Manager of They also offer advice, lend Turner Industries Group, Brian knows fundraising support and help the program well. In 2008, when his with facility-hosted events. shop was doubling its workforce and having a hard time finding qualified Cenikor is indebted to the men employees, he reached out to Cenikor. and women who volunteer to serve “The first couple of Cenikor clients in each community. They spread For more information or to SERVE on an who came to us were outstanding. Our Cenikor’s message and increase advisory board in your community, contact supervisor asked for more. As clients our local participation. Just as completed the program, we hired them important, they help us meet the Becky howland, director of development at full-time. Today, of our 150 shop needs of each community. 713.341.5915 or [email protected] employees, 30 percent of them are from Cenikor.” When Cenikor expanded into Tyler, Texas, Bill Bailey turned to Ed Moore, Brian believes the interaction between City Councilman for District 3. They Ed now serves on Tyler’s Advisory Cenikor and the community is so began the conversation about how Board. As he continues to learn about important that when he was asked to Cenikor and the community could its services, he is a vocal advocate chair the Houston golf tournament, he work together. for the help it offers. “We need Tyler said yes. He has served on the Advisory employers to embrace the program. Board for six years because he sees “the “I felt Cenikor was needed in the Tyler Addiction doesn’t discriminate, and good things they do over and above area,” Ed said. “I have worked with a it doesn’t have to be the end of the employment. It’s important that we company that offered a recovery story. Cenikor and its recovery program spread the message and convince the program for its employees, so I know can help people be productive community to give clients a chance.” recovery saves jobs and saves lives.” employees and productive citizens.”
REMEMBERING JERRY G. HALL
ur friend and worked as a LCDC-I counselor at the Facilities) accreditation. In 2016, Jerry colleague, Jerry Fort Worth long-term facility. Jerry was promoted to Clinical Executive to OHall, Senior earned his LCDC license in 2004, oversee all of Cenikor’s clinical services Vice President of obtained his master degree in social and quality of programming for our Cenikor, passed work in 2006 and licensed master of clients in addition to his duties as Senior away Tuesday, social work credential in 2007. Vice President. May 30, 2017. Jerry’s commitment to service led to Over the past 21 years, Jerry has Jerry was his promotion to Regional Vice President mentored and impacted all of Cenikor’s well-loved and of Cenikor’s Deer Park Facility in 2004 leadership team, hundreds of individual respected for his until 2008, Vice President of Program team members and thousands of clients. commitment to and Clinical Services from 2008 until His legacy will continue through the helping people achieve sobriety, and 2010, and in 2011 Jerry was promoted lives of those individuals and leaders has impacted thousands of people to Senior Vice President with oversight he has affected with his genuine care, over the years. We are all united in of the long-term programs. As Cenikor concern and commitment of service. our grief and our memories of his expanded, Jerry’s leadership Jerry will not be forgotten. incredible spirit. We want to celebrate contributed to the successful Jerry’s life and honor his steadfast development of Cenikor’s short-stay/ devotion to serving others. detox and outpatient programs, and in 2013 he transferred to Waco to oversee to honor and celebrate the life and Jerry Hall, LCSW-S, LCDC began his these new programs. In addition, legacy of Jerry G. Hall, Please email career with Cenikor on March 18, 1996 Jerry was instrumental in Cenikor’s [email protected] TO share as a Resident-In-Training working in achievement of CARF (Commission prevention and operations and later on Accreditation of Rehabilitation stories, notes, photos and memories of jerry.
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