"Valley man shares recovery journey from addiction to fentanyl." By: Sonu Wasu Originally aired at 4:10 PM, Sep 08, 2021 PHOENIX — It is a drug that is 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. In a medical setting, it is used in very small amounts to help treat pain, but [...]
By: Sonu Wasu Posted at 9:45 PM, Aug 20, 2021 and last updated 2:13 PM, Aug 21, 2021 A Valley business is working with a drug addiction treatment center to give recovering addicts a fresh start by deleting tattoos they no longer want to be associated with. The Delete Tattoo Removal and Medical Spa has [...]
This past Saturday August 14th, 2021 was National Tattoo Removal Day and the grand opening of Delete Tattoo Removal & Medical Salon in Chandler! In addition to the ceremonious ribbon cutting there were tours of the new [...]
July 2021 Public Newsletter PDF
Crossroads' Arcadia facility Program Coordinator Justin Lawson was interviewed morning for AZFamily's Drug Free Awareness Day. Justin shared his personal journey of addiction and the road to recovery through Crossroads. Justin spoke on the pervasiveness of the powerful and dangerous drug fentanyl, that is now rampant on Phoenix streets. Today almost 80% of Crossroads clients [...]
The vision for "Sammy's Room" began when we saw our recovery residents trying to engage with their children for visits conducted for custody/severance hearings. CPS, as it was called then, could not get a clear picture of interaction between mother and child. With the help of a grant from the Virginia Piper Foundation, two of [...]
My View: Learning to cope with 'reentry' anxiety amid pandemic recovery By Lee Pioske – Contributing writer Jun 23, 2021, 2:04pm EDT Anyone who lived through the NASA space flights or has watched the countless movies about the American space program, is aware of the dangers of “atmospheric reentry.” This is when the change [...]
Episode #8 of Recovery On-Air is now LIVE! Click to listen >>> https://bit.ly/3wZeJQt In this show, Donna and Beth chat with celebrity guest Jim Adkins, lead singer of Jimmy Eat World! Jim, now 7 years sober thanks to Crossroads-hosted meetings, talks about his journey in recovery and drops some awesome wisdom he has learned from [...]
In the March 2021 employee newsletter for Crossroads Addiction Rehabilitation Organization, Executive Director Lee Pioske wrote: "Today I want to introduce you to a new Crossroads employee. I want to welcome Steve Livorsi to our team as our new Human Resources Director. Steve is going to be a great asset to our already awesome HR [...]
Crossroads was recently featured in an inspiring story aired on local ABC15, about Natasha and Nick Freed. Natasha faced the unique challenge of entering addiction treatment at the beginning of the covid19 pandemic. She tells the story of her husband Nick Freed who works for Crossroads, helping her through addiction and on to a better [...]
