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POSITIVE CHANGES HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE. SPRING 2017 OUTPATIENT services: MeetinG clients WHERE THEY ARE onsider these scenarios: A woman with their families, maintain jobs is set to graduate from short-term and participate in day-to-day treatment care for substance activities. ADOLESCENT PREVENTION C INPATIENT abuse and is afraid to go home. She wonders how she will handle her Cenikor’s evidence-based outpatient ADOLESCENT OUTPATIENT DETOX old environment, and maintain her programs provide behavioral health FULL new sobriety. Or imagine a man who and recovery services on an CONTINUUM OF CARE ADULT knows he needs help, but cannot individual, group and family basis, OUTPATIENT ADULT leave his job for a month or longer including screening, assessment, SHORTTERM when his family depends on his early intervention and recovery SOBER ADULT income. Or a teen, home from 60 after-care. Adult services address LIVING LONGTERM days of rehab, who worries relapse chemical dependency, family in is imminent because life struggles recovery, gender-specific issues, are challenging her sobriety. codependency, and some focus on pregnancy and post-partum All three need support. Derrick Lott, intervention. Depending on the “OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE IS EXCEPTIONAL. LCDC, is Facility Director of Odyssey program, clients meet several times IF Clients NEED ANOTHER level OF CARE, House and previously Senior a week and and receive both group WE MAKE ARRANGEMents TO SUPPORT Outpatient Manager in Tyler and and individual counseling. says, “Outpatient care keeps our Clients WITH PROPER levels OF CARE. clients connected to treatment as Adolescents learn daily life and Clients COME BECause THEY WANT they function in everyday life. They independent living skills; drug MORE HELP.” learn and practice the tools needed education, counseling and relapse to maintain sobriety.” prevention; family in recovery; parent and guardian education; and - DERRICK LOTT, FACILITY DIRECTOR Cenikor’s adult and adolescent biopsychosocial and educational outpatient programs can be a great assessments. Looking at family first step in seeking treatment. It and social systems is essential to can also be a great second step for each teen’s success. for early or manageable symptoms people who complete long-term of substance abuse during active and short-term care and need a Cenikor also offers outpatient care employment. bridge to the sober community. It is to remote and rural areas typically also ideal for those who need clinical lacking treatment services. There are Derrick is one of many licensed help but must remain close to home many obstacles to treatment in rural clinical professionals who believe areas and small towns in the outpatient paradigm. He including availability, travel began his career working in a prison time to larger cities, expenses facility. “I didn’t always see the dots and transportation, among connect. I wanted to meet clients in others. Cenikor outpatient their regular habitat. That’s what I helps eliminate barriers to love about Cenikor’s program – the treatment. commitment to meet clients where they are. The outpatient programs Employers also value our are perfect examples.” outpatient program because we can help their employees If you, or someone you love is in need successfully move through call us today at 1-888-CENIKOR. Employee Assistance Programs and provide care 1.888.CENIKOR www.cenikor.org CENIKOR FOUNDATION l 1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT community. Drugs of choice change to meet the needs of the communities, 017 marks with each generation and availability the needs of the industry and the new Cenikor’s 50th continues to expand, with synthetic face of addiction. 2 Anniversary and drugs and prescription opioids now our long-standing having a strong impact on local The face of addiction is ever changing commitment to communities across the U.S. The new and we are dedicated to helping supporting people drugs of choice often require a new people of all walks of life. We have in need. Since 1967, approach to treatment. Cenikor has seen first-hand the stigma placed on Cenikor has evolved expanded our services to meet the substance users and therefore provide from our early days individualized needs of each client opportunities for clients to positively with a small group by offering more programs – from rebuild their lives and develop the of men dedicated to supportive detox to flexible outpatient necessary skills to successfully maintain making a change in their lives, to services, offering a full continuum of employment. For the past 50 years we one of the most successful non-profit care across Texas and Louisiana. have dedicated our lives to helping save treatment providers in the Nation. the lives of others. We look forward While Cenikor has changed in the You learned more about Outpatient to our next 50 years of changing and past 50 years, our mission of service services in our cover story. These saving lives and hope that you will to help people achieve better health outpatient services provide an excellent continue to support our mission. and better lives has remained steadfast. opportunity for clients to maintain a healthy work/life balance while learning Cenikor has changed and expanded to coping mechanisms to help them on meet the ever-evolving needs of the their road to recovery. We are adapting Bill Bailey, President/CEO BOARD SpotliGHT: WILLIAM FERGUSON illiam Texas and found both her strength machine. At each board meeting, Ferguson and her sobriety. I continue to be impressed with Wvalues life the opportunities ahead of us to and places an During one family visit at the East expand and continue to improve importance on Texas rehab center, William had a the healing process.” family, faith chance encounter with a past and fortitude as member of Cenikor’s Board of foundations for Directors. They both had a heart success. As for helping people, and shared a HELPING PEOPLE HEAL FITS INTO ONE president of compassion for those battling OF WILLIAM’S PERSONAL PHILOSOPHIES: Dallas’ Century 21, addiction issues. Not long after Judge Fite Management Company, that chance encounter, William “THERE IS A PURPOSE IN LIFE IF GOD IS he understands leadership and was asked to join the board. William RUNNING IT. THE PURPOSE GOES FAR the value of working hard for recalls, “I was concerned I had professional success. He also nothing to offer except a personal BEYOND OUR VIEW.” understands hardship. After experience of living with a young - WILLIAM FERGUSON 30 years of marriage, he lost his adult who went through rehab wife, who was his high school for a meth addiction.” William sweetheart, in an accident. “More had so much more to offer than half of me disappeared that Cenikor and his personal and day, September 4, 2012,” he says. professional experience have been valuable assets in His son, a teen at the time, and two Cenikor’s success. daughters, both young adults, were understandably bereft. They all “I’ve learned a lot about experienced grief and personal Cenikor and our push to challenges. One of his daughters help as many broken folks turned to drugs, and the family as we can. Thanks to Bill turned to the recovery community Bailey’s management and for help. William’s daughter spent organizational skills, the 70 days in a rehab program in East Foundation is a well-tuned 2 l CENIKOR FOUNDATION 1.888.CENIKOR www.cenikor.org TESTIMONIAL: SHERIDAN ADOLESCENT OUtpatient heridan started smoking cigarettes at 7 and marijuana Sat 12. She tried meth, her drug of choice, at 14. “My friends used One of Cenikor’s outpatient programs grandparents took me in. They’re and they looked like they were proved to be her answer. “I suggested half the reason I’m sober. The other having fun,” she says. the program to my parole officer,” half is me wanting to be sober, “ Sheridan says. “I went to rehab the Sheridan proclaimed Meth masked her depression over first time because everyone else family issues and helped her lose wanted me to get clean. It didn’t work. Her grandmother, Caroline, weight to unhealthy levels. (At 5’8”, Now I wanted to be clean for myself. recommends Cenikor to other she weighed 100 pounds, but wanted That made the difference.” parents. “Sheridan’s counselor to lose even more. ) When she was helped me understand what she on an “up” from meth, Sheridan was Sheridan’s outpatient group met twice was going through. These kids happy. When she was coming down, a week. She learned coping skills have a bad disease. You can’t give she became desperate and angry. and anger management. She found up on them.” people who related to what she was Sheridan’s teen years brought multiple going through. “I had other teens I For the first time, Sheridan is brushes with the law, and she was first could talk to, and my counselor Miss taking school seriously. She may arrested at 14 for burglary and assault. Linda was amazing. She was there for even become an EMT or a drug She was released after three days, me. She gave me her card and said, counselor. “I could save someone but four weeks later she failed a drug ‘Call me if you need me.’ I did call and else’s life,” she muses. test and was jailed for a month. After she talked to me. Everyone there the third arrest, she went to a Dallas understands. They don’t judge.” On February 28, 16-year-old Sheridan recovery center for three months. Two Cenikor staff really want clients to celebrated seven months sobriety. weeks after she left the program, she succeed. They will go the extra mile. We could not be prouder of Sheridan.