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What a Little Kindness Can Do

Fifty-two year old Jack has battled alcoholism for almost 40 years. He has suffered through homelessness, incarceration, and depression as a direct result of his drinking.

Like many who suffer from addiction, Jack’s decline spanned several decades and worsened as the years went by.  Jack shares that he would receive detoxification and treatment and get closer to his goal of sobriety but ultimately find his way back to alcohol to help him cope with the loneliness he felt inside.

Jack came to the point where he lived alone or in homeless camps, only visiting a local shelter for food for him and his dog - a companion that Jack says gave him a will to live.  Although Jack didn’t trust people or institutions, it was at a local homeless shelter where he met and developed a relationship with a case manager from the Neil Dobbins Center, a substance abuse detox and mental health crisis facility operated by ARP.  After a frightening episode which motivated Jack to get serious about changing his life, the caseworker he met at the shelter checked Jack into the Neil Dobbins Center in September of 2008 for his final detox. He has been sober ever since.

After detox Jack entered, and has remained active in, ARP’s outpatient program and aftercare groups. With the help of his care coordinator, Jack is rebuilding relationships with his family, has moved into a house with a fenced yard for his dog, and is receiving Medicaid and disability benefits, expedited due to his chronic health issues.

“At ARP I’ve learned a lot about myself and other people. I got to see just what a little kindness can do for someone.”

After Helping Others, Learning to Help Herself

"After spending years as a healthcare worker and helping other people with their needs, ARP was instrumental in assisting me to turn that care towards myself. Over the years, I had been unable to appropriately channel frustration, depression, and anxiety, and eventually began using drugs and alcohol as a way to compensate, and ultimately became dependant on them to treat my mood on a daily, habitual, and unhealthy way. Not only did ARP help me identify these unhealthy patterns in my life, they were instrumental in communicating my progress to various regulatory agencies in the state and helping me return to licensed practice.

ARP treated me with respect and understanding, and encouraged me to utilize all resources available to assist in my recovery. After completing the program that ARP tailored to meet my needs, they remain committed and available as a resource in my life."

— Angie, age 34