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Heartland House was recently featured on  The Change Companies® blog. We spent over a year researching an evidence-based practice to use in our program, and once we found The Change Companies® it has been great ever since. We were honored to be featured in their blog....

The holiday season is upon us! For many people, this means joyful times spent with family, friends, and coworkers celebrating the season. For those in recovery from substance use disorder, the holiday season can be extra stressful and angst-filled - but you can make...

  What is Anger? “In the most general sense, anger is a feeling or emotion that ranges from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger is a natural response to those situations where we feel threatened, we believe harm will come to us, or we believe that...

Featured Supporter: McMillen Family Foundation Our mission at Heartland House is to serve men recovering from substance use disorder and related co-occurring conditions. Our goals are to provide a living environment conducive to continued recovery, conduct an...

Erica GreenClinical Director/Social WorkerLCSW Erica Green joined Heartland House in August of 2018 as our Clinical Director and Social Worker. She has been a healthcare professional since 1999 when she started working for drug court, applying the knowledge she gained...

The Heartland House Client Intake Process Each client who applies for admission to the Heartland House program first goes through an in-depth assessment in which our team determines how we can best help them. As a benchmark, this assessment uses the widely accepted...

Implementing the Social Model (12-step) Program at Heartland House Our Heartland House team considers the individually-centered aspects of our treatment program to be one of the keystones of our success. Simply put, there are differences in what works for each...

Pharmacological or Medicated-Assisted Treatment As part of our individually-centered treatment program, Heartland House focuses on different areas of recovery assistance. As indicated on our core programs page, one of these elements is assisting men in pharmacological...

Our Recovery Program - Continuing Care After completing their residential treatment program, every client requires strong social supports to help them maintain long-term sobriety as they learn how to function in mainstream society. The purpose of Continuing Care is to...

Case Management Once our clients have completed their intake process, they are assigned a caseworker from our Heartland House staff to support them in accomplishing their individualized treatment program. Assisting the Recovery Process In completing their intake...

Person-Centered Care “There is no cookie-cutter approach to treatment and recovery. Individual life experience, past trauma, physical health conditions, substance abuse history, and mental health all interact with and add complexity to each person’s addiction. Some...

Are parties still fun if since I'm sober now? A big concern for a lot of people getting sober is wondering if you can have fun anymore. You absolutely can have fun in sobriety! First of all, if you really search yourself and look back over your time of using and...

Can You Take Medications in Recovery?* Many people when entering a sober life for the first time may be concerned about certain medications they are taking, or know they may need to take. We'll walk through a few common scenarios, but the best advice is always to work...

Non-12-Step Programs While 12 step groups are some of the oldest, most well-established recovery programs for those with substance use disorder, there are non-12-step programs that have popped up over the years. The original 12-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, does...

Let's Talk About 12 Step Programs So you've made the leap into a sober life whether that be through a hospital treatment program or maybe even some time Behind Bars, what do you do now? A lot of people in recovery from substance use disorder whether it be alcohol...

Is it OK to cook with alcohol if you're in recovery? The Doctors Opinion of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book states - "...These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once...

What is a sponsor? A sponsor is simply a mentor or a guide who has been in recovery and worked through the 12 steps and no longer has to drink or use. What does a sponsor do? A sponsor is usually a member of a 12-step program who has been in recovery for usually at...

Being Of Service In Recovery Recovery Meetings There are many ways to be of service and one of the most common is in the recovery meetings. Whether it be making coffee, greeting people at the door or taking a service position such as secretary or chair, they will all...