"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,"
"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"
"Chemical Dependency Services • Continuing Care • Evening Outpatient Sessions • Family Care Program (including family education and counseling) • Medically Supervised Detoxification and Rehabilitation • Personalized Chemical Dependency Treatment In 1983, Sharp HealthCare created the first hospital-based program designed for the young children of alcoholics and other chemically dependent parents at Sharp McDonald Center. Sharp McDonald Center The McDonald Center at Sharp HealthCare (formerly Sharp Vista Pacifica) is the only medically supervised substance abuse recovery center in San Diego County that provides treatment for adults. Sharp HealthCare acquired the facility in 1998. The facility is a 14-bed chemical dependency"
"he owned a home here from 1970 his death in 1977. Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and Dinah Shore were residents of the valley and were instrumental in the creation of three major golf tournaments, the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (now hosted by comedian and golf aficionado George Lopez) and the Nabisco LPGA respectively. All three have streets named in their honor as does President Gerald Ford, a longtime Rancho Mirage resident and benefactor of the substance abuse center that bears his wife's name, the Betty Ford Center on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center,"
"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"
"drug addiction, is the current director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías, an early advocate for women's reproductive rights, helped drive and draft U.S. federal sterilization guidelines in 1979. She was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton, and was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association. Some Hispanics and Latinos have made their names in astronautics, including several NASA astronauts: Franklin Chang-Diaz, the first Latin American NASA astronaut, is co-recordholder for the most flights in outer space, and is the leading researcher on the plasma engine for rockets; France"
"and starved herself in order to accomplish this, and this eventually led to substance abuse. Gimenez took her first drink at age 12, but eventually graduated to cocaine after she became a model. She began trying to quit drugs at age 21, but achieved only intermittent success over the course of the next 13 years. The sporadic nature of her sobriety changed when her mother and a friend convinced her to go to Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, where she came under the care of Dr. Drew Pinsky. Although she checked in for a five-day detox program, she ended"
"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"
"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"
"of spiritual practices; she also decided to undertake a retreat in the Himalayas. Soon after she received the 'all clear' from cancer, Tryon underwent treatment at Farm Place, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic in Surrey. She was on a heavy dose of painkillers, and drank excessive quantities of vodka and champagne. While undergoing treatment for addiction at the clinic, she jumped from a first-floor window, broke her back and was paralysed. Tryon was left a paraplegic from her fall, and even after spending more than a year in spinal rehab she never walked again. Suffering from recurring depression, and"
"on Sundays and sell caramel custards and garbage bags door to door. They also must wash cars and do community services. Garcia's program is not financed by the government. Doctors, psychologists and others donate their time. Expenses are covered by the volunteer board of each home. Each home has enough beds for 15 people. 28 thousand people have successfully completed the program, out of 51 thousand addicts who have been treated in 36 years. In is estimated that 92% of those who have completed the program started by Garcia, have completely stayed out of drugs. Garcia's Hogares Crea have over"
"101. The Sinatras founded the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1986. The center is adjacent to the Betty Ford Center on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center. The non-profit facility provides individual and group therapy for young victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. Barbara Sinatra Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model, showgirl, socialite, philanthropist, and the fourth wife of Frank Sinatra. On March 10, 1927, she was"
"treatment facility that was away from her home neighborhood, where it would be too easy to fall back into her old patterns of addiction. It was hard to find a rehabilitation center that she could afford, and finally she found the CLARE Foundation in Santa Monica. She stopped doing drugs in 1997, because of the help she received from the CLARE Foundation. While receiving treatment, it dawned on Burton that there were not facilities like this where she lived, and she began helping other women in similar situations. Burton founded the organization A New Way of Life, where she works"
"of pharmaceutical company Richardson-Merrell to heading Merell's Department of Pharmacology. From there, she went to Riker Laboratories, then to Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories. Brown later became an Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Sciences and at the University of California, Irvine. She also lectured in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Brown created and popularized the word ""biofeedback."" She conducted her ground-breaking research when she was Chief of Experiential Physiology Research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sepulveda, California. Brown was co-founder and the first president (1969-1970)"
"the Lompoc Valley Medical Center and Addiction Medicine Services, Inc. The Lompoc Valley Medical Center was one of the first operating healthcare districts established in California. Addiction Medicine Services, Inc. provides behavioral health and chemical dependency clinical services. The entire campus is often referred to as ""Champion Center"" however the facility has two separate licenses. One license is for ""The Champion Center"" is for a 34-bed chemical dependency recovery hospital. The other licence is for ""The Oaks-A Residential Treatment Program at the Champion Center"", licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for a 16-bed residential treatment program."
"build self-esteem, improve mental health, decision-making skills, and assertiveness to prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. SAMHSA joined with the Hispanic/Latino community to develop educational materials for the initiative. The program, sponsored by SAMHSA (at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services) and leaders of the Hispanic/Latino community, garnered the support and participation of two prominent Latina community leaders: Florida's First Lady Columba Bush (Governor Jeb Bush's wife) and New York State Health Commissioner and former U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello, M.D., agreed to serve as ""Madrinas"" (godmothers, mentors, spokespersons) for the campaign, whose title"
"Codey became First Lady upon her husband's succession to the governors office, after former Governor Jim McGreevey resigned. She continued teaching school part time during her service. As First Lady, she was known for her work in mental health, postpartum depression and breast cancer. She married Richard Codey in 1981. She suffered from postpartum depression following the birth of her oldest son. She said she did not get over it until a year after her son's birth. She controlled the illness with medication, which she stopped using during her second pregnancy. To combat the depression during her pregnancy she underwent"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Champion Center Champion Center, located in Lompoc, CA, was owned and operated by the Lompoc Valley Medical Center as a chemical dependency rehabilitation hospital and residential treatment program. Champion Center provided a full spectrum of addiction treatment for patients and their families to recover from the disease of addiction and its related disorders The facility is now permanently closed. Champion Center was built by ProWest Constructors in the demolished and remodeled 43,000 square foot old Lompoc Hospital building. The new building was designed by NTD Architecture specifically for chemical dependency treatment. Champion Center is a product of a partnership between"
"started by recovering drug addicts in 1979. She worked hard to expand outreach and educational programs for HIV/AIDS infected drug users, prostitutes, and Parolee Aftercare Relapse Prevention support groups. She assembled bleach kits to decontaminate syringes and distribute them, along with condoms, to IV drug users. She started setting up information tables in Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York, East Harlem in Manhattan, and Hunts Point/Mott Haven in South Bronx. Serrano said of her work:I'm there to provide the addicts with information. It bothers me when they're sticking needles in their arms, but I feel protective. I live my"
"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"
"train engineer and her mother was a housewife. She was married at age 19, had three children and started a career in real estate. In 1986, when she was 43 with three children and unhappily married to her second husband, she reportedly suffered from depression, agoraphobia, overeating and addiction to codeine and alcohol. She called her insurance company for help, and was referred to Hope House in Los Angeles, a woman's counseling center that has since closed. After two weeks at the house, she reportedly experienced an epiphany in her thinking which created a way for her to challenge and"
"Cliffside Malibu Cliffside Malibu is a drug rehabilitation center in Malibu, California. It is notable for being frequently used by celebrities including Lindsay Lohan and Ty Lawson when they have been sentenced to rehabilitation. CEO Richard Taite had originally bought a house in Malibu to retire, but he said he decided to build a sober living facility there instead, ""to give back."" Taite had previously overcome his own addiction to crack cocaine. Cliffside Malibu is a treatment program that does not lock its doors and returns cell phones to patients after 72 hours of in-house sobriety. According to CEO Richard"
"her political aspirations. She is married to the well-known businessman Francisco José Barberi Ospina CEO of ""Tecnoquímicas"", the biggest pharmaceutical company of Colombia and one of the 50 biggest business groups of the country. Together they have two children Mauricio and Andrea Barberi Blum. Blum worked in Cali as a journalist for the newspaper El Pueblo, she directed various cultural magazines and worked as a psychologist for the ""INEM Jorge Isaacs"" school. She was director of the art foundation ""Proartes"", between 1984 and 1989, from where she revived and organized the International Art Festival of Cali and promoted public investment"
"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"
"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"
"Washington D.C. to discuss alcoholism and mental health issues. In the 1980s, after leaving the position of First Lady, Carol Judge established a state treatment program to treat nurses with substance abuse programs. Governor Thomas L. Judge and Carol Judge separated during the fall of 1979 and divorced during the winter of 1980, ending Judge's tenure as Montana's first lady. Their divorce has been described as public and ""bitter"". Her former husband lost his bid for re-election for a third term as governor in 1980, losing the Democratic primary election to his Lieutenant Governor, Ted Schwinden. Schwinden was elected Governor"
"Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, the Race to Erase MS in Los Angeles, California and the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Additionally, she is a member of the Blue Ribbon Panel of the Los Angeles Music Center. In November, 1992, she received the 1992 Promise Ball Humanitarian Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International in New York City. In 1995, she received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Colorado. In 2004, she received the Angel Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Los Angeles. She married Marvin Davis (1925–2004) in 1951."
"a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery by the American Academy of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital is the largest privately operated psychiatric hospital and premier provider of psychiatric and chemical dependency services in San Diego County. Sharp Mesa Vista joined Sharp in 1998 and currently holds 158 licensed and 154 maintained psychiatric beds. Sharp McDonald Center provides state-of-the-art treatment for adults and their families, the only medically supervised chemical dependency recovery hospital in San Diego County to do so. The hospital affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1998 and has 16 licensed beds. SharpCare Medical Group is"
"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"
"""caught up"" with her, she once noted, as she started to receive more attention for her late-night persona than for her film work, and faced the beginning of what would be a long series of run-ins with the law. She described herself as an ""addict"" in her 2014 interview with Oprah, stating that alcohol was a gateway drug to other things for her. She also admitted to using cocaine ""10 to 15 times"", explaining that it ""allowed [her] to drink more"". Her January 2007 admittance into a rehab center marked the first of six court-ordered rehab stints in a span"