RALEIGH (WTVD) — As the sun rose early Christmas morning. a group of women worked as hard as Santa’s elves. But instead of toys, they made a hot breakfast. “We are serving eggs, we are serving hash browns, sausage gravy and biscuits, bacon and sausage,” Mary Bolick said. Bolick organized the meal. It was served…
December 24, 2018 By Taylor Knopf Everyone knows holidays can be stressful. And if you’re in recovery from addiction, that just adds to the stress. Here are some ways to make your holidays – and those of folks you love – a little smoother. Terri Edwards’ first Christmas home after entering an addiction recovery program…
By Richard Adkins, WRAL Photojournalist Raleigh, N.C. — The new year is approaching, a time when many people resolve to get in shape, to better connect with friends, or just vow to be a better person. There is a group in Raleigh who can help with all that. It’s a free program they call F3.…
I came through the doors of Healing Transitions on January 9, 2012. I was a 33-year-old high school dropout, and I had spent the better part of my adult life incarcerated as a direct result of my addiction. I started out smoking pot and drinking in high school and then eventually graduated to harder drugs.…
It was after watching an employee successfully perform CPR and administer the anti-opioid drug naloxone to an overdosed patient, that Chris Budnick knew he had to revise his organization’s approach to addressing the opioid crisis. Budnick is the executive director of Healing Transitions, a peer-run addiction recovery center in Raleigh, North Carolina, that’s on the…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Like many things growing around the Triangle, the problem of drugs and alcohol is not immune. The number of people coming through the doors at Healing Transitions looking for help with alcoholism and other substance use disorders has gone up. Healing Transitions is the only long-term, peer-based recovery program in Wake…
Last month the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office announced a series of drug seizures that netted 30 arrests, including a number in which methamphetamine was a factor, alongside heroin, opioid pain pills, cocaine and marijuana, according to the Wilkes Journal Patriot. Many headlines about the dangers of drug addiction in recent months have focused on heroin…
When Casy and Jason had met in 1999, they were already actively using. From the start of their relationship, drugs and alcohol were a big part of their relationship. “We were together for a year when I got pregnant with our son,” said Casy. “I thought a child would settle us down and that we’d…
RALEIGH (April 23, 2018) – Healing Transitions, an addiction recovery program in Raleigh, marked two major milestones in its history this month: graduating 1,000 participants through the recovery program and providing 1 million beds of shelter to homeless men in the community since the program opened in 2001. In addition, Healing Transitions has provided 330,000…
February 20th, 2018 – Healing Transitions Men’s Campus – We were honored to have Governor Roy Cooper visit and tour our men’s campus Tuesday. He spent over an hour with us and learned everything about our program and how Healing Transitions helps individuals find recovery. He also had the opportunity to hear inspiring recovery stories from participants and staff. When…