Spring Cleaning Your Life: Decluttering for Better Mental Health in Recovery
Declutter your life this spring to enhance your mental health in recovery. Check our tips for decluttering, mindfulness, and self-care.
Category: Life Skills
The GateHouse Turns 50: An Anniversary Story Featuring Judy Bohner
In December 2022, The GateHouse celebrated its 50th year of offering people a meaningful path to recovery. As part of this celebration, we are spotlighting prominent staff, leaders, and alumni and sharing their stories of their time at The GateHouse. This month, we’re featuring Judy Bohner, a former resident at The GateHouse who is celebrating...
The GateHouse Turns 50: an Anniversary Story with Dan Schultz
In December 2022, The GateHouse celebrated its 50th year of offering people a meaningful path to recovery. As part of this celebration, we are spotlighting prominent staff, leaders, and alumni and sharing their stories of their time at The GateHouse. When Dan Schultz first came to The GateHouse, he was broken. “My bottom led me...
The Connections Grant Program Brings Case Management to Clients in Transitional Living
How the new Transitional Living Grant Program, Connections, is supporting the needs of clients beginning their recovery journey Transitioning back into your community after completing residential treatment creates change across every aspect of life. While it’s an important step forward in the recovery journey, we know it can also be a stressful time, especially for...
The Power of Daily Routines and Positive Habits in Recovery
Humans, by nature, are creatures of habit. We crave personal structure and routine. It is the small choices we make each day that create our path in life. Just like in recovery, habits and daily routines are a practice. It takes work and dedication for them to become a more natural part of daily life....
GateHouse Transitional Living Earns PARR and NARR Recertification
Thank You to Our Transitional Living Team for Their Hard Work in Achieving This Recognition Our transitional living team works incredibly hard to make sure that every one of our transitional living recovery houses is giving our residents what they need to live a safe and healthy life in recovery. Thanks to our team, GateHouse...
The GateHouse Through the Years: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Looking Back at Over Four Decades of Substance Abuse Recovery Services as We Look Towards the Future of The GateHouse The legacy of The GateHouse was built by a small group of men and women determined to create a support system for members of their community suffering from substance abuse. The group grew from a...
The GateHouse Alumni & Friends Association: Why Graduates of The GateHouse Should Get Involved
Recovery from substance use disorder doesn’t occur once treatment ends. It’s a lifelong journey, and the road can get bumpy – especially without the support of other men and women who understand where you’ve been. That’s where Steph Prete and The GateHouse Alumni & Friends Association come in. Today, Steph–a former client at The GateHouse–helps...
‘Giving Extra’ by Breathing Life Back into Others: Kristi’s Recovery Story
Kristi knows how debilitating addiction can be. “Living with addiction is like living a walking death,” she said. Kristi Martarano BS, CADC, CCPG, is Clinical Director at The GateHouse. Like many of her colleagues, she was also once a client at The GateHouse working toward her own recovery. She’s been in the same shoes as...
‘Giving Extra’ by Creating Recovery Support for Others: Kendrick’s Recovery Story
Kendrick spent years living in a vicious cycle of addiction. “I’d use and lose everything,” he said. “Then, I’d get my life back on track for a few months only to lose it all again.” Today, Kendrick Westmoreland is the Clinical Director of Outpatient Services at The GateHouse. He also knows what it’s like to...