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 [...]
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 [...]
In our first episode, Donna Alexander and co-host Beth Mercado each talk about their personal journeys through addiction and recovery - as well as what Crossroads is as an organization, and the work Crossroads does to change lives. LISTEN NOW HERE: Recovery On-Air Podcast In our second episode due for release later this month, [...]
This past month, Crossroads' CEO Lee Pioski (left) and Outpatient manager Riley Monahan (right), teamed up to spread the message of hope and recovery in the community. In two separate interviews done by Kayla Mortarello at Hubbard Radio, and Jenelle Vannoy at Riviera Radio, Lee and Riley talk about the struggles of holidays, the pandemic, [...]
Just in time for the holidays, Amazon recently introduced AmazonSmile Charity Lists. And as the covid pandemic has pushed us to reach out to our community for help with our in-kind donations, with have decided to take advantage of this powerful platform. Charity Lists is a new feature of AmazonSmile that provides nonprofits like us [...]
We could not be any more excited to announce the arrival of the new Crossroads Clinical Training program! This program has been a long time coming, and is really a culmination of years of experience from many of our great Crossroads’ staff members. The training is an important inclusion to the continued investment into the [...]
John Wigchert sat in front of the desk and looked out an arched window in a small admissions office at Crossroads, a residential treatment center in Phoenix. He’d come straight from jail after agreeing to treatment to shorten his four-month sentence. John, then 27, was an addict, arrested a dozen times, in and out of [...]
"Bidding Farewell to Flower, Crossroads for Women" written By Donna Alexander with introduction by Lee Pioski. (Taken from the 10/1/20 Crossroads Employee Newsletter) Well we made it through the summer, and fall is finally here. One thing that never fails, is that fall brings change. Much like everything else in life, Crossroads is constantly evolving. [...]
