From Personal Victory to Mission

It all began after I completed a traditional 30–day treatment program.  For the next five years I suffered severe mood swings, experienced problems on the job, and even questioned the value of sobriety.  I knew there was something missing in my recovery “toolbox.”  After conducting my own research, I concluded that an integrative approach to addictions treatment was the missing component.  This approach recognizes that addiction is primarily a disease of the brain.  It requires rebalancing of brain chemistry and treating the body, mind, and spirit simultaneously.

I am on the other side of the addiction equation now and have been in recovery for 30 years.  A “poster child” for the integrative approach, I wholeheartedly believe that given the right tools, an addict CAN experience long-term recovery without having to “hit bottom.”

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 "I have firsthand knowledge of the familiar – and sometimes fatal – cycle of failure: treatment, relapse, back to treatment.  That insanity is no longer my life.  I found my recovery tools and have been clean & sober ever since!"

I have been an addictions counselor for over 30 years and have observed first-hand the alarmingly high relapse rates. Bridging The Gaps was founded out of a desire to address these high relapse rates! Based on what I experienced with my own recovery, combined with additional research and even meeting with various authors, my mission became clear – put together a treatment facility that would “bridge the gaps” between traditional treatment approaches and alternative therapies – and treat the WHOLE person.