In the Spotlight: Cody Cook’s Story of Recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cody Cook is a Business Development Representative for Midwest Detox Center in Maumee, Ohio. Originally from Pataskala, Ohio, Cook now resides in Columbus, where he has been an active member of the city’s recovery community for more than six years. “I began my journey a little over six years ago,” he said. “I received treatment […]
In the Spotlight: Caleigh Hoskins
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Caleigh Hoskins is the Director for Business Development at Midwest Recovery Center and Midwest Detox Center in Toledo, Ohio. Originally from Powell, Ohio, Hoskins began her own recovery in 2014 after moving to Florida. Early in recovery, she began working in the addiction treatment business development field, where she has more than five years’ professional […]
Unused Prescription Drugs Can Be Dangerous If They Fall Into Your Kid’s Hands
National Drug Take Back Day—created by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)—is October 24th. This Saturday, people can get rid of prescription pills by dropping them off at a collection site, where they will be disposed of safely and without judgement. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, that year, prescription drugs […]
In the Spotlight: Client Activities Coordinator Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore is the new Client Activities Coordinator for Midwest Recovery Center. Amanda grew up in Palm Springs National Park in Arkansas. From an early age, she developed a love for the great outdoors and became aware of its great personal healing powers. “Growing up, I was a minute and a half from a trail,” […]
‘We Need a Stronger Plan’ : Dax Shepard’s Relapse
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the September 25 episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, the actor revealed he had relapsed on Vicodin after 16 years of continuous sobriety; he was recently prescribed this drug to treat pain from an injury. By the time Shepard disclosed his relapse, he had close to two weeks of sobriety. Shepard’s story is […]
Here’s to Five Years: Matt Bell’s Story of Recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Five years ago, Midwest Recovery CEO and Team Recovery President and Co-Founder, Matt Bell, was contemplating suicide in his mothers’ garage. He stole a gun from someone with whom he used and broke into his mothers’ garage. For the previous nine years, Bell had been using heroin. It all began after a baseball injury, when […]
Happy National Coming Out Day
Today (October 11th) is National Coming Out Day! As a sober person who is part of the LGBTQI community, I know our recovery journeys are unique and worth celebrating. Of course, LGBTQI people are not a monolith; everyone has their own experience, based both on their intersections of identities and individual circumstances. But every queer […]
Five Years in Recovery for Midwest COO Josh Dressel
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Josh Dressel likes to drive fast and–when the weather is nice–with the top down. “I’ve accumulated things,” he said. “I have a convertible; I have a motorcycle; I have a Jeep. But it can all go away with one bad decision.” Part of Dressel’s morning routine is driving his convertible to Midwest Detox Center (MDC) […]
Mack CARES: GATC Employee to Receive Special Certification
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“I’ve always wanted to reach a point where I have initials behind my name,” Mack Cook said with a laugh. “I just want to keep moving up.” Cook–who is the Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor at Georgia Addiction Treatment Center in Peachtree City, Georgia–now has the opportunity to do just that. This week, he was accepted […]
In The Spotlight: Blueprint Alumnus Patrick H.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Patrick H.–an alumnus of the program at Blueprint Recovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire–grew up an only child in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was raised by very loving parents in a home without substance use issues. His father never drank, while his mother only had an occasional glass of wine. Patrick was diagnosed with ADHD and […]