This month, AdCare congratulates its two new outpatient directors, Keith Marks, LMHC and Michelle Adams, LMHC and LDDC. Both Marks and Adams are receiving promotions after holding other positions within the organization. Marks, a former counselor at Quincy Outpatient, has been a member of the AdCare...
If you’re living in recovery, you’ve already cut out one unnecessary New Year’s ‘tradition’ by saying no to booze and other substances. This year, cut out the second unnecessary custom: making a New Year’s resolution. Each year, nearly half the population commits to being BETTER in...
The average day in recovery has many challenges, like managing guilt, confronting triggers, and rebuilding relationships, to name a few. Over the holidays, individuals in recovery are often forced to confront multiple challenges simultaneously. So how does one maintain sobriety in the face of so...
AdCare will be participating in the Gardner Community Safety Forum this Wednesday, December 7th. The event, sponsored by the District Attorney’s Central Massachusetts Opioid Task Force, will run from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Gardner High School. In addition to resource tables, the event will...
We love the holidays for the extra time we get to spend with loved ones! But the stress of gift-giving, parties, and seeing those relatives you just don’t see eye-to-eye with can make the holidays a stressful event. Holiday stress can be especially difficult for...
Dr. Patrice M. Muchowski, Vice President of Clinical Services By: Jennifer Daltorio In the past year, medical and government institutions alike have responded to the drug epidemic plaguing the nation. Their attention to the health crisis has resulted in several significant advancements: In March, the CDC issued...
AdCare Hospital’s Treatment Director, Susan Hillis LICSW, will present Addiction 101 at the Great Beginnings Conference this Friday, October 28th at the Worcester DCU Center. Hosted by Criterion Child Enrichment, the conference is geared toward professional and families seeking to understand substance use and its...
Helping Survivors of Opioid Overdoses into Treatment and Recovery AdCare Addiction Treatment Coordinator Kate Duffy has firsthand experience with the progression of substance use and the process of recovery. Before her use of alcohol and cocaine consumed her life, Kate lived with her husband on an...
During Recovery Month and throughout the year, AdCare is pleased to promote awareness that families can and do recover from substance use disorders. This year’s Recovery Month theme, Our Families, Our Stories, Our Recovery, places special attention on how families are impacted by substance use. Because...
Editorial By: Georganna Koppermann, AdCare VP of Marketing & Community Services Prescription pain medication has played a large role in the current opioid overdose crisis. Despite the fact that Americans reported about the same amounts of pain, the sale of prescription opioids nearly quadrupled from 1999...
