"and subjective in drug rehabilitation, as there are no set standards for measuring recovery. The Betty Ford Institute defined recovery as achieving complete abstinence as well as personal well-being while other studies have considered ""near abstinence"" as a definition. The wide range of meanings has complicated the process of choosing rehabilitation programs. Drug rehabilitation is sometimes part of the criminal justice system. People convicted of minor drug offenses may be sentenced to rehabilitation instead of prison, and those convicted of driving while intoxicated are sometimes required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. There are a great number of ways to address"
"treatment clinic in West Los Angeles. The Center was co-founded by former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford, Leonard Firestone and Dr. James West in 1982. West also served as the Betty Ford Center's first medical director from 1982 until 1989. He left that position to become the Betty Ford Center's director of outpatient services. Betty Ford's decision to undertake such a project followed on the heels of her own battle with alcohol dependence and diazepam addiction and release from the Long Beach Naval Hospital. Betty Ford Center merged with Hazelden Foundation on February 10, 2014, to create the Hazelden Betty"
"administration's effort, Reagan's First Lady, Nancy, made the War on Drugs her main cause as First Lady, by founding the ""Just Say No"" drug awareness campaign. Today, there are still hundreds of ""Just Say No"" clinics and school clubs in operation around the country aimed at helping and rehabilitating children and teenagers with drug problems. The program demonstrated to children various ways of refusing drugs and alcohol. Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to fill the Supreme Court Justice vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Potter Stewart, as he had promised during his 1980 presidential campaign. Sandra Day O'Connor was"
"advice on how she could help others and ultimately founded her own treatment centre. ""I started in two rooms, remortgaged my home, and it began to grow from there."" In 1998, she founded the Burton Addiction Centre, now the BAC O'Connor Centre, in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and in 2002 opened a second BAC O'Connor Centre in Clayton. She has stated that BAC has one of the highest rates of success for helping people rehabilitate from drug and alcohol addictions and integrate into society. In 2011, she told the BBC that the centre's figures show 74 percent of drug users and 83"
"Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). She has served as co-chair of the NIAAA initiative, Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, and has served on the board of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. As First Lady she visited shelters, studied reports on addiction in adolescence, put together exhibitions, and connected donors with charities. In 2003, as First Lady of Florida, Bush was part of a delegation to Rome to celebrate John Paul II's 25th anniversary as Pope, at St. Peter's Basilica. Bush used her platform to become an advocate on issues like domestic violence, substance abuse,"
"declined from 33% in 1980 to 12% in 1991. First Lady Nancy Reagan made the War on Drugs her main priority by founding the ""Just Say No"" drug awareness campaign, which aimed to discourage children and teenagers from engaging in recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying ""no."" Nancy Reagan traveled to 65 cities in 33 states, raising awareness about the dangers of drugs including alcohol. According to AIDS activist organizations such as ACT UP, the Reagan administration largely ignored the AIDS crisis, which began to unfold in the United States in 1981, the same year Reagan took"
"concern. First Lady Nancy Reagan made the War on Drugs her main cause as First Lady, founding the ""Just Say No"" drug awareness campaign. Concerns about drug use prompted Congress to pass legislation such as the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, the latter of which granted $1.7 billion to fight drugs and established a mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses. Reagan also signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, which further increased criminal penalties for drug use and established the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Critics charged that Reagan's policies promoted"
"as Meri Bell), played integral roles in encouraging former First Lady Betty Ford to establish the Betty Ford Center. Bell was Ford's sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous. Ford's obituary in USA Today related developments after she received hospital treatment for recovering alcoholics: Ford was encouraged to help other drug and alcohol addicts as part of her therapy, but Bell's husband, the late Del Sharbutt, Eisenhower [Medical Center] board President John Sinn and Chairwoman Dolores Hope sought to integrally involve the Fords in their medical center. ""After she got out of treatment,"" Sharbutt told The Desert Sun in the 1990s, ""Dolores [Hope]"
"towards legal highs. In 2012 the Angelus Foundation joined forces with the Amy Winehouse Foundation to front a national campaign to make drug and alcohol education compulsory as part of the national curriculum. Maryon Stewart Maryon Stewart well known in both the UK and Australia as a pioneer in the field of non-drug medicine. In 1984 she set up the women's nutritional advisory Service, which has helped tens of thousands of women all around the world to improve their health and wellbeing. In 2010, following the death of her 21-year-old daughter Hester, Maryon founded the Angelus Foundation, the only charity"
"also founded Haymarket Center, a detox center located in Chicago, in 1975. West joined with former First Lady of the United States Betty Ford to help launch the Betty Ford Center. The facility opened on October 4, 1982. He served as the Center's first medical director from 1982 until 1989. West mandated that physicians served as full members of the center's treatment teams. In 1989, West became the director of the Betty Ford Center's outpatient programs. He remained with the Betty Ford Center until 2007, when he retired at 93 years old. West also contributed a weekly column called ""Sober"
"for drug offenses. Although the bill was criticized, Reagan considered it a personal victory. In 1988, she became the first First Lady invited to address the United Nations General Assembly, where she spoke on international drug interdiction and trafficking laws. Critics of Reagan's efforts questioned their purpose, labelled Reagan's approach to promoting drug awareness as simplistic, and argued that the program did not address many social issues, including unemployment, poverty, and family dissolution. A number of ""Just Say No"" clubs and organizations remain in operation around the country. Reagan assumed the role of unofficial ""protector"" for her husband after the"
"Ruth Runciman Dame Ruth Runciman DBE (born Ruth Hellman: 9 January 1936) is a former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission. She served for more than three decades with the Citizens Advice Bureau and made significant contributions to work on drug misuse, for which she was awarded the OBE in 1991, which was later elevated to DBE. Ruth Runciman was an early trustee of the National AIDS Trust (now known as NAT), and served as its Chair from 2000 to 2006. She was a founder of the Prison Reform Trust in 1981. She was responsible for setting up"
"the early 1960s for a pinched nerve. ""I liked alcohol,"" she wrote in her 1987 memoir. ""It made me feel warm. And I loved pills. They took away my tension and my pain"". She went into treatment for substance abuse. In 1982, after her recovery, she established the Betty Ford Center (initially called the Betty Ford Clinic) in Rancho Mirage, California, for the treatment of chemical dependency, including treating the children of alcoholics. She served as chair of the board of directors. She also co-authored with Chris Chase a book about her treatment, ""Betty: A Glad Awakening"" (1987). In 2003,"
"Pasadena Recovery Center Pasadena Recovery Center is a residential drug and alcohol treatment center located in Pasadena, California. It is licensed by the State of California Drug and Alcohol Programs. It was also the site for Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew from 2008 to 2012. The 98-bed facility was opened in 2000 and offers a 12-step based treatment program as well as treatment for dual-diagnosis. Pasadena Recovery Center was founded in 2000 by Dr. Lee Bloom and two of his children; Alison Triessl and Michael Bloom. Prior to opening the facility, Bloom served as a psychiatrist for the U.S. Air"
"later commented on the evening, saying ""We felt the ice of the Cold War crumbling."" Reagan concluded, ""It was a perfect ending for one of the great evenings of my husband's presidency."" The First Lady launched the ""Just Say No"" drug awareness campaign in 1982, which was her primary project and major initiative as first lady. Reagan first became aware of the need to educate young people about drugs during a 1980 campaign stop in Daytop village, New York. She remarked in 1981 that ""Understanding what drugs can do to your children, understanding peer pressure and understanding why they turn"
"was once addicted to heroin. Beyoncé and her mother and business partner Tina Knowles later founded the Career Academy’s Beyoncé Cosmetology Center, which offers a seven-month cosmetology training program for adults. Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Kara DioGuardi created and contributes to the Phoenix Rising Music Program, which includes recording studios in three Phoenix House Academy facilities. The program teaches teens how to operate music recording equipment and how to record their own music as part of their music therapy programs. Phoenix House is affiliated with COAF (Center on Addiction and the Family). COAF helps families affected by alcohol and other drug abuse"
"White House china, which had been paid for by private donations. Following years of lax formality, she decided to restore a Kennedyesque glamour to the White House, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention as well as criticism. She championed recreational drug prevention causes when she founded the ""Just Say No"" drug awareness campaign, which was considered her major initiative as First Lady. More discussion of her role ensued following a 1988 revelation that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the attempted assassination of her husband in 1981. She generally had"
"Crossroads Centre The Crossroads Centre is a substance-abuse rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addiction located on the Caribbean island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda. It was founded with support from guitarist/singer Eric Clapton in 1998. He has been assisting with its funding by organising the annual Crossroads Guitar Festival since 1999. The centre was founded by guitarist Eric Clapton & Richard Conte, CEO of The Priory Hospitals Group (London), and Transitional Hospitals Corporation (Nevada). All development of the facility was performed by officers and employees of these 2 companies. Conte & Clapton served as the Centre's first two"
"Chairman Vice Chairman Phoenix House Phoenix House is a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization operating in ten states with 150 programs. Programs serve individuals, families, and communities affected by substance abuse and dependency. Phoenix House was founded in 1967 by six heroin addicts who met at a detoxification program in a New York hospital. They were concerned about staying clean after detoxification, so they moved from New York City’s Addiction Services Agency (ASA) soon incorporated structure and treatment programming into the community. As Commissioner of ASA for rehabilitation, Dr. Ramirez made Phoenix House the model for a citywide treatment"
"of a reduced sentence deal. Upon his release from jail in March, 1953 Buddy attended his first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and stayed sober until the end of his life. After more than 10 years of being sober, he and a friend, Judge Leon Emerson, started what they named the ""Dana"" School (Drugs, Alcohol, Narcotics, Awareness) in Downey, California. In 1972 they formed the Southern California Alcohol and Drug Program (formerly the Southwest Council) and in 1975 opened their first recovery house, the Cider House in Norwalk, California. In 1985, they established an additional recovery house for women and their"
"provide a safe environment where the addict can begin a new life free from the drug or behaviour pattern that has been damaging them, their families and their sporting life. The philosophy is based on Adams's own experiences of his requirements as an athlete in his own recovery from alcoholism: the unity of mind, body, and spirit. The patrons include ex-Sports Minister Kate Hoey, football manager Alex Rae and musician Sir Elton John. Adams's former Arsenal and England team mate Paul Merson, himself a former attendee and recovering alcoholic, is also now a patron of the charity. The clinic is"
"In 1971 she joined the Boston-based Mental Patients Liberation Front (MPLF), and she also became associated with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University . Her affiliation with this center facilitated her role in co-founding the Ruby Rogers Advocacy and Drop-in-Centers, which are self-help institutions staffed by former psychiatric patients. and was also a founder and later a Director of Education of the National Empowerment Center. The latter is also an ex-patient run organization that provides information, technical assistance, and support to users and survivors of the psychiatric system. Its mission statement declares its intent is to ""carry a"
"children, Foley House in Whittier, California. This was the first place where addicted women could keep their children with them in a supportive controlled environment while getting clean and sober. This model for women's recovery has been used many times and is now considered the best practices method. Women who were separated from their children and labeled ""unfit mothers"", due to their substance abuse problems now had a chance to succeed and keep their families together. They added parenting classes and work training in their attempt to allow the women to succeed once they left Foley House. After Marcia's death"
"the arts, substance abuse, and healthcare. In 1984, First Lady Yankelewitz founded the Costan Rican chapter of Hogares CREA to battle treat drug addiction among young people. She also helped to open the Center for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics (Centro para la Rehabilitación de Alcohólicos), a clinic focusing on alcoholism. Additionally, she sponsored a number of healthcare and community organizations, including the Hospital San Juan de Dios in San José and the Red Cross. Owing to her background in the arts, Yankelewitz established two artistic institutions, the Casa de la Cultura de Puntarenas and the Artesanías de Sarchí (""Sarchí Craft"
"Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is an addiction treatment and advocacy organization that was created in 2014 with the merger of the Minnesota-based Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California in the United States. The organizations have a long history together. Hazelden was founded in 1949, and Betty Ford herself visited its Minnesota headquarters in 1982 when she was planning to open the facility in Rancho Mirage. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation bases its residential and outpatient services on a Twelve Step, abstinence-based treatment model for individuals with addiction to alcohol and"
"(founder of the Hanly Centre for Addiction in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland in 1978), Ita McCraith, Joan McGowan and Kay Duffy. Carl Berkeley also played a pivotal role in the Association's beginnings [1]. Ursula O'Farrell was Cathaoirleach of the Irish Association for Counselling from 1991 to 1995, which became the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Ursula O'Farrell set up her own private practice in the early 1980s, having successfully completed a two-year Diploma in Psychology at UCD. ‘""I was a fledgling counsellor … It was thrilling, I loved every busy minute of it … but it was terrifying too"".’ [2]"
"Force, offering treatment to U.S. pilots returning home after the Vietnam War. He was also known for his work in chemical dependency for some time before founding Pasadena Recovery Center. After Bloom's death in 2008, control of Pasadena Recovery Center went to his son, Michael, who opened a sober living center less than a mile from the treatment facility to accommodate patients transitioning from treatment. Bloom’s wife, Tobie Bloom currently serves as chairman of the board for the center. Pasadena Recovery Center Pasadena Recovery Center is a residential drug and alcohol treatment center located in Pasadena, California. It is licensed"
"Phoenix House Phoenix House is a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization operating in ten states with 150 programs. Programs serve individuals, families, and communities affected by substance abuse and dependency. Phoenix House was founded in 1967 by six heroin addicts who met at a detoxification program in a New York hospital. They were concerned about staying clean after detoxification, so they moved from New York City’s Addiction Services Agency (ASA) soon incorporated structure and treatment programming into the community. As Commissioner of ASA for rehabilitation, Dr. Ramirez made Phoenix House the model for a citywide treatment network. Phoenix House"
"in the 1960s, alcohol had always been her drug of first choice, just as it had been for her father. She entered a rehabilitation program in Pennsylvania in 1978 and has maintained her sobriety ever since, even through such traumatic events as the death of her only child, Clark, who committed suicide in 1992 at age 33 after a long bout with clinical depression and substance abuse. Since his death, she has also become an activist for suicide prevention. In April 1996, she married designer Louis Nelson, whom she had been seeing since April 1978. They live in Manhattan in"
"In 1992, Father Canice Connors was appointed as the third president of Saint Luke Institute. A psychologist, Connors was the former president of Southdown, a Church-run psychiatric hospital near Toronto that originally specialized in treating alcoholism and depression, and which Connors had led to focus on treating child molesters using a twelve-step program aimed not at cure, but at recovery, similar to the view of Alcoholics Anonymous toward alcoholism. Connors was himself a victim of child abuse from an older man. Connors’ tenure in the early 1990s coincided with the rise of the child sexual abuse scandal in the US,"
"High Watch Recovery Center High Watch Recovery Center is an alcohol and drug addiction recovery center located in Kent, Connecticut. It was the nation's first recovery center founded on the principals of Alcoholics Anonymous. High Watch Recovery Center was founded in 1939 when Etheldred Folson, the owner of High Watch Farm in Kent, Connecticut met Marty Mann and Bill Wilson, who had recently founded Alcoholics Anonymous. Folson, who was a devotee of Emma Curtis Hopkins, had purchased a large farm in Kent, CT called Joy Farm. She had been utilizing the farm as a spiritual retreat center where she disseminated"
"2016, Melanie Waters, former chief executive of The Poppy Factory, became the chief executive of the charity when Bryn Parry stood down after nine years in charge. In partnership with the Ministry of Defence and The Royal British Legion, Help for Heroes runs four recovery centres: Tedworth House (Tidworth), Chavasse VC House (Colchester), Naval Service Recovery Centre (Plymouth) and Phoenix House (Catterick). Each centre is a location for the Defence Recovery Capability programme. Participants in the programme receive coordinated medical, psychological and welfare support designed to help them overcome sickness and injury, and ultimately return to active duty or transition"
"recover. As of 2015, the Brattleboro Retreat is still in operation serving a wide variety of mental conditions on a 1000-acre (4 km²) campus. Anna Marsh Anna Hunt Marsh (c. 1770 – 1834) left $10,000 in her will to establish the Vermont Asylum of the Insane in 1834. Marsh was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire to Jonathan Hunt. She married Perley Marsh in 1793. She is responsible for the creation of the Brattleboro Retreat, originally known as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane. She was the first woman credited with starting a hospital for the mentally ill. She was responsible"