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Peer coaches offer substance use support in the ER – Crisis connection
By Faith Miller While emergency department staff have the best of intentions when treating people who’ve just overdosed, they sometimes have trouble relating to patients. “We know that doctors and nurses do great work, and they save people’s lives every day,” says Tonya Wheeler, the executive director of Denver nonprofit Advocates for Recovery. “Oftentimes the…
GUEST COLUMN: Transcending the stigma about addiction recovery
Based on a recent community meeting to address the proposed variance to the property use at 820 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, (currently the First Evangelical Free Church), and the subsequent reaction by some members of the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, we feel compelled to address citizens of Colorado Springs to talk about the importance of…
Springs Recovery Connection welcomes Trudy Strewler Hodges as new CEO
Springs Recovery Connection (SRC), a local non-profit dedicated to furthering community support and advocacy for those affected by substance use disorder, is pleased to announce the addition of Trudy Strewler Hodges as the new Chief Executive Officer. Hodges, the former CEO of Pikes Peak Community Foundation and longtime Executive Director at CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, has over three decades working in non-profit management in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. “I am honored to have been chosen as the CEO of Springs Recovery Connection,” said Hodges.
Alcoholism brought her to death’s door at 31. Now she’s helping others recover through hospital peer coach program
“She began drinking alcohol at age 11 and didn’t stop until 20 years later, when her liver and kidneys began failing to the point that doctors told her she had just a few weeks to live….one physician told Lemuel’s mother to start making her funeral arrangements.”
Pandemic accelerated addictions, Colorado Springs treatment facilities racing to catch up
The need for programs to help Colorado Springs residents beat addiction to substances is as great as the gap is wide, say those working in recovery, but they see hope on the horizon. One huge hole: There’s no inpatient facility in the city for rehabilitative treatment extending 30 to 90 days, said Trudy Hodges, CEO…