Jun 12, 2019 | Compassion
by Vicki Powers Urban living is a new experience for me after living in the Houston suburbs 20+ years. Walking my dog on the streets around my home reveals new things such as bus stops and homeless people. Not that there weren’t homeless people in the suburbs, but my...
Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
In The News Houston ED Opioid System Integrates Assertive Outreach with Comprehensive Care for Opioid Use Disorder Journal of Emergency Medical Services Eight months ago, 35-year old Adam Smith was living in his car in Houston, dealing with the fallout from opioid use...
May 13, 2019 | Houston Recovery Center, Alcohol, Sobering Center
Houston Recovery Center opened its doors April 13, 2013, at its ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Annise Parker. The nonprofit’s focus was helping the city reduce the number of public intoxicated people in jail by providing a safe place for these individuals to...
May 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
In The News Can This New Research Program Teach Houston How to Tackle Opioid Abuse? Houstonia From the moment Jeremy started using opioids in 2012, he spent most of his time trying to figure out how to quit. He’d ended up addicted in the same way so many others...
Apr 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
In The News Former Houston Prima Ballerina Opens Up About Dark SecretABC-13It’s been more than a decade since former prima ballerina Lauren Anderson hung up her pointe shoes, and now she’s opening up about a dark secret she kept while she was the darling...