by abachrodt | Feb 26, 2020 | Newsletter
“Caring for the Caretaker” The MSH staff serve as guides on our residents’ journey, helping each woman navigate through the obstacles they face. Working with women who have experienced trauma, addiction, and incarceration is no easy task. We bear witness...
by abachrodt | Feb 3, 2020 | Newsletter
Stronger Together In the past year Magdalene Serenity House adopted a new logo. The logo depicts two mountains with a valley in between. At the bottom of the second mountain is a star. For many of the residents entering our program, the mountains are at first quite...
by abachrodt | Jan 21, 2020 | Newsletter
Recovery During The Holidays Holidays are generally a time of joy and celebration but for many people the holidays can be a painful reminder of years past where anxiety, trauma, and addiction took precedence over all other things in life. Holidays may be anniversaries...
by abachrodt | Jan 21, 2020 | Newsletter
Weighing Cost & Benefit The staff at Magdalene Serenity House completed training for SMART Recovery this year. Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) was started in 1994 and uses cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques to help people with substance use...
by abachrodt | Oct 29, 2019 | Newsletter
What are you dressing up as this Halloween? At Halloween some of us wear masks or disguise ourselves so others won’t recognize us. Do you ever feel like doing that at any other time of the year? Do you wish you could be the assertive one in the room and stand up...
by abachrodt | Sep 24, 2019 | Newsletter
Lessons Learned Magdalene Serenity House accepted its first resident two years ago. She works full-time, has her own apartment, and has custody of her son. Our next graduate is scheduled to leave in February. She will return to her home and regain custody of her two...
by abachrodt | Aug 21, 2019 | Newsletter
Grief & Loss In Recovery People with substance use disorder (SUD) often suffer losses due to their addiction. Consequences of addiction result in many losses: jobs and careers, financial well-being, friendships and relationships (significant others and children),...
by abachrodt | Jul 24, 2019 | Newsletter
Medication Assisted Treatment Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is now available for people with substance use disorders (SUD). According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2019) MAT “combines behavioral therapy and medications to treat SUD and...
by abachrodt | Jul 8, 2019 | Newsletter
Where is Bottom? We often hear people comment that someone who is not ready to make lifestyle changes relating to addiction, have not yet hit bottom. Where is bottom? Is it in a cardboard box behind a dumpster, a jail cell, a hotel room estranged from family and...
by abachrodt | May 20, 2019 | Newsletter
Welcome to Holland This poignant story was written by a mother of a child with autism. She describes how she was not prepared for the experience. She likened it to preparing for a trip to Italy and after landing finding out she was in Holland. She finds the new...
