Blog

From the House Newsletter Section It’s almost summertime and our Heartland House team has had a productive spring. Here’s what we’ve been up to: It’s electric: While completing our electrical system upgrades to the main building in early 2023, we determined that the...

Greetings, I’m David Long, a Heartland House board member since 2020 and the board’s Treasurer for the past two years. I serve Heartland House out of my personal passion for helping those affected by Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and my dedication to the mission...

John Karmazin is in his third stint at Heartland House, having worked with us for a total of three and a half of the past five years. A Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) Counselor, Jon primarily works the overnight shift in the House, which means ensuring a safe and...

In late 2022 our Heartland House team published a blog about a game-changing use of technology in addiction treatment: telehealth. In the two plus years since, telehealth has become second nature as a mode for connecting patients with practitioners. As this signal...

Wow, has January flown by fast! Our Heartland House team, after celebrating the 2022 holiday season in our usual energetically festive fashion, has embarked on what we know will be an exciting 2023. Here is a snapshot of the biggies that lie ahead: Yet more...

Daniel Vanwaus lends to Heartland House a skillset honed over decades of work in service professions. Born in Iowa, Daniel left the Midwest at age 17 and eventually landed in San Diego in 1997. In his first twenty years here, Daniel worked in hotel, restaurant and...

Greetings, I’m Jason Bustad and I have proudly served on the Board of Directors of Heartland House since 2005. I am a longtime San Diegan who joined our Board because I believe in giving back to my hometown. Our team at the House helps men in need of recovery, and...

Surviving the Winter Blues Happy New Year 2023 and kudos to all who celebrated the holiday season with their safety, sanity and sobriety intact. Your next mission: to skillfully experience the post-holiday calm and those cooler, darker and drearier days that can make...

  bHolidays can bring stress for many reasons. How do you stay sober? Twelve-step program guidance tells us that sober alcoholics and addicts can celebrate the holidays without drinking or drugging, provided they have developed a strong foundation of recovery and are...

Rich Sangillo is a new member of our team, having joined us in August 2022. In a short time on staff, Rich has leveraged his professional background and patient demeanor to make a highly favorable impression at the House. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Rich grew up in...

Greetings from our Heartland House team! With the holiday season fast approaching, we’re checking in with an update on what we’ve been up to at the House….. For starters, thanks to everyone who made our 61st Anniversary Gala, held on October 1, a signal success. While...

Greetings to all our Heartland House friends, My name is Rick Trepte, and I have been a member of the Board of Directors of Heartland House since 2015. I proudly serve on this board because, like my fellow board members, I am committed to our mission of helping men...