From the Heart
The Houston Recovery Center Blog
So Much More Than a Sobering Center
Houston Recovery Center is So Much More than a sobering center. This year, we placed hundreds in treatment, provided many with life-saving Narcan, partnered with community organizations to raise HIV Awareness, and built relationships with Houston hospitals to...
San Francisco Experiments with Sobering Center as New Solution to Drug Crisis
San Francisco Examiner, July 19, 2021
Our executive director shares our Houston sobering center model and results as part of the conversation for the new California sobering center.
Overdose Deaths: A Grim Reality but Hopeful Future
by Vicki Powers Americans are more likely to die of an accidental opioid overdose than a motor vehicle crash. Let that sink in. National Safety Council’s most recent data (2019) reveal the lifetime odds at 1 in 92 chance of dying of an opioid overdose. The lifetime...
Is 2021 the Year of Kindness?
Is 2021 the Year of Kindness? by Vicki Powers An article in Forbes in late January, “Why You Should Make 2021 the Year of Kindness,” caught my eye because I knew this February issue was focusing on kindness. What timing, I thought. It’s also appropriate as folks...
How Do You Rate Your Resiliency During Tough Times?
By Vicki Powers Life can certainly throw curve balls our way, as well as traumatic moments. How do you respond to difficult times? “Bouncing back” from adversity is not a thing, according to Meg Jay, PhD, clinical psychologist and associate professor at University of...
When the Opioid Crisis Hits Home, a Houston Program Knocks on the Door
Houston Chronicle | 2/21/2020
This provides an update on how Houston is addressing the opioid crisis through HEROES program and the impact in the community. Jessica Yeager, our peer recovery support specialist, is interviewed.
How Can We Spread Kindness Throughout Houston?
How Can We Spread Kindness Throughout Houston? By Vicki Powers The world can never have too much kindness. Random acts of kindness are a tangible way to put others before yourself. Just one act of kindness can serve as a wave that ripples beyond that person when he or...
What’s Your BAC on a Saturday Night?
by Vicki Powers The liver has a limit to the amount of alcohol it can process per hour. The remainder enters the blood stream. This is how blood alcohol content (BAC) is measured. A simple alcohol consumption guideline is one standard drink an hour. Drink a six pack,...
Harris County Receives More than $2 Million Grant From CDC to Combat Opioid Overdoses
KHOU | November 19, 2019
Houston Recovery Center client Damascus Wright shares his success story with MAT and recovery coaching. The new grant from CDC will help others like Damascus get their lives back from substance use disorder.
The Empty Chair
By Vicki Powers “There’s an empty chair in our house, and I’m not sure what to do with it…” While many families gather over the holidays to celebrate together, others have a stark and obvious void at the table – an empty chair. This chair symbolizes those who can’t be...