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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...
What to Look for When Entering Treatment During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to facilities that provide substance abuse treatment and sober living accommodations. These include limited access to COVID-19 tests, scarcity of available Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the...
How to Cope with Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We are living in a time of unprecedented upheaval in which the lives of people across the world are severely affected. As a result, the global pandemic has clearly been a catalyst for negative emotions, most notably that of fear. The fear of infection, illness, and...
Letter from The Board – Heartland House COVID-19 Measures
Please see the below letter from our Board of Directors regarding the adjustments we have made to our operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At Heartland House, our number one priority is the safety of our residents and staff. While we continue to...
Virtual 12-Step Meetings
The COVID-19 pandemic has ended in-person 12-step meetings for the time being. In response, many 12-step meeting groups have moved to virtual formats. This has happened very quickly over the past t two weeks and the practice of online meetings is still evolving but...
Staying Sober During a Pandemic Quarantine
We are in an unprecedented time of our lives, and of an entire generation. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it a for people of every demographic. When unable to interact as before with one’s doctors, therapists, loved ones and fellows in recovery,...
Resources for Southern Californians During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While communities across the globe are feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the responses and available resources to alleviate the pandemic’s impacts vary widely by locale. Our Heartland House team has collected resources and information that may be useful to...
Heartland House Celebrates 60 Years of Service
Heartland House is proud to announce, and celebrate, 59 years in service to the recovery community in San Diego! Our organization began as a small soup kitchen operation servicing the homeless in downtown San Diego in 1960. This began to rapidly evolve as the needs of...
Storage Shed Fundraiser
In 2018, Heartland House ran a fundraiser for the installation of two heavy-duty storage sheds. Our current sheds, as you can see, had served us well but had outlived their service life. And because we were (and still are!) growing and expanding, we needed more space...
Surviving the Winter Blues
So you made it through the holidays sober - now what? Happy New Year welcome to 2020! whether you are new in sobriety or not hopefully you just made it through a sober holiday season. The holidays are the most stressful time of year for everyone whether you have...