In an opioid overdose, every minute matters. An opioid overdose can happen anywhere. At home. In a parking lot. At work. Even if you don’t know anyone who uses opioids, it’s possible you’ll someday find yourself in a position to help. That’s why carrying naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, has become as […]
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Health You Can’t Measure When people think about health, they often think about annual checkups, exercise, healthy eating, or managing chronic conditions. Those things matter. But health is about more than what happens in a doctor’s office. Health is also connection. It’s purpose. It’s having people you can call when life gets difficult. It’s managing
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Supporting a loved one through addiction isn’t always easy. Watching someone you care about struggle with substance use disorder can be heartbreaking. Whether it’s a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or close friend, it’s natural to want to help. It’s also natural to feel overwhelmed. Many people wonder if they’re saying the wrong thing, doing too
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How NOT to Leave Welcome House At 53 years old, John arrived at Welcome House with a plan and that plan was not a recovery program. The plan was to stay long enough to leave. “I was already figuring out when I could go drink again,” he said. John had just come out of detox.
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Planning for Life After Welcome House Recovery is often described as starting over, but for many people, it feels more like rebuilding. Brick by brick. Choice by choice. Day by day. For RJ, who has been in recovery since May of 2024, preparing for life after Welcome House is not defined by a single moment
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Finding My Way Back To Me Matthew Miller is no longer in the early days of recovery. The hardest days are behind him, but getting here wasn’t the result of one dramatic moment or one life-changing decision. Like many people, his story is one of small choices that slowly added up until one day he
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A Place to Build a Life Sometimes healing begins with something as simple as believing you’re worth investing in. Robert has lived in a lot of places over the years. Some were good, some weren’t. He has been through different recovery programs, stayed in different recovery houses, and tried more than once to rebuild his
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Thank you for making the 7th Annual Swing Fore Recovery Golf Classic the BEST! Together we raised more than $150,000 for Welcome House! We’re absolutely blown away by the incredible support and generosity shown at the 7th Annual Swing Fore Recovery Golf Classic presented by AdventHealth Shawnee Mission and Cumulus Media Kansas City! Thanks to
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