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Employee Spotlight – Lafitte Banville
Lafitte Banville serves Heartland House in multiple, valuable roles. He is a credentialed SUD (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor to the House’s clients, and additionally holds the title of Program/Operations Manager. In that capacity, Lafitte oversees the orderly...
How to Set up Facebook Nonprofit Donation Campaigns
How to Set up Facebook Nonprofit Donation Campaigns There are a few ways to support nonprofits using Facebook. You can support a nonprofit directly from your posts inside your personal account, you can do a birthday fundraiser, or you can share information directly...
Surviving Quarantine With Roommates – Advice From The Experts
Surviving Quarantine With Roommates - Advice From The Experts COVID-19 has forced many of us to cope with a new normal of being indoors and staying isolated from the outside world. If you are doing so with a roommate or your significant other, you have no doubt...
Substance Abuse Rises During COVID-19
Substance Abuse Rises During COVID-19 -------------------------- In what is clearly a crisis within a crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a concurrent rise in alcohol- related -related incidents, overdoses, and the crimes that accompany heavy substance. Herein we...
Rule 62 During COVID-19
Rule 62 During COVID-19 Staying sober during the COVID-19 pandemic can be truly challenging . With seemingly continual lockdowns occurring in California and  increasing numbers of positive cases, recovering alcoholics and addicts find their serenity and sobriety at...
COVID Through the Holidays in California
COVID Through the Holidays in California Overview California is going through a difficult time right now. To get us all to the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, we all need to work together. But while we’re each doing our part, we still can celebrate the...
Thriving in Social Isolation
Thriving in Social Isolation Social isolation can lead to a variety of hardships for people of any age. As humans, we crave connection. Staying inside all day without interacting with others can cause depression, anxiety, and other negative feelings. These negative...
Emotional Sobriety
Different Phases of Recovery A person in recovery goes through a great many changes on the journey from newcomer to long-term sober individual. This blog discusses the emotional experiences and transformations that are a significant part of this journey. Experience...
Telehealth in Substance Abuse Treatment: Many Pluses, Much Potential
Telehealth in Substance Abuse Treatment: Many Pluses, Much PotentialCan technology provide the answer to the current shortage of addiction treatment providers? Trends are showing that telehealth is becoming a more commonly used resource for those who would otherwise...
Featured Donor: Old Mission Rotary
Heartland House is delighted to showcase Old Mission Rotary for its timely and generous grant of funding for video equipment in support of our telehealth efforts. The monitors and audio accessories that we will procure will help transform our gathering area into a...
Telehealth and Substance Abuse Treatment
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on with social distancing and other measures still in effect across the country, organizations must continue to look at how this is affecting their operations. For Heartland House this means continuing to look at our programming and...
Resources
RESOURCES During the holiday season, many people find it much more difficult to stay sober. Asking for help can be difficult! San Diego has tremendous resources for alcoholism, drug addiction, and the family members who suffer as well. REACH OUT!  Recovery...
Help the House
The program fees we receive from government agencies and clients pays only a portion of our expenses. Your donation enables Heartland House to offer services on a need-based, sliding scale, expand our onsite therapy and medical services, and serve more men with...
Happening at the House
Happening at the House Just over a week ago, San Diego County was placed in the COVID-19 purple tier, which requires the state’s most restrictive pandemic preventive measures on the part of individuals and organizations. At Heartland House we have...
Spotlight
Meet Mike McDaniel Medical Director, Heartland House Mike McDaniel grew up in Pacific Beach, went to college at UCSD, graduated medical school from UCLA, and completed his residency in psychiatry at UCSD. He has practiced psychiatry for forty years, is...
A Person-Centered, Non-Timebound Program
From Tim Goodfellow, Chair, Heartland House Board of Directors Greetings and welcome to our inaugural issue of From the House, Heartland House’s e-newsletter. We are delighted at this opportunity to reach out with updates for our friends, donors, recovery...
How To Setup Amazon Smile To Support Heartland House Donations
Intro Amazon Smile is one of the easiest ways that you can support your favorite charitable organizations every time you shop on Amazon. All of the most important charities are supported through this platform, even the Heartland House. We have created this guide in...
The Future of Treatment After COVID-19
What will substance abuse treatment look like after the pandemic is over? As professionals in substance abuse treatment, we are looking ahead to the post-pandemic future of our facilities and operations. What follows are some thoughts on that future. There is a New...