“The BrightView team is committed to helping people recover and communities thrive,” Community Outreach Manager Orlando Howard said in a press release. “Preventing overdose deaths is a top concern, and we need to continue to spread awareness about substance use disorder and (that) outpatient addiction treatment is successful.”
“They’re not alone battling addiction and there are people here to truly help them,” said Hines. “We’re all in this position, we wouldn’t work to help people battling addiction if we weren’t here to help them. If we were going to judge them, we’re in the wrong field. I’m not here to judge my patients, I’m here to help them. Everything they tell us here is confidential.”
A new documentary released by BrightView Health shines a light on the growing issue of addiction. BrightView’s Medical Director Dr. Gilbert Schmidt and the Film’s Producer David McDonald discuss the documentary, Addiction Ultimatum: Jail, Death, Recovery that premieres on October 30th from 7pm-9pm, inviting people to join to help remove the stigmas that surrounds this devastating disease.
The number of people dying from fatal drug overdoses is dropping nationwide, as well as in Virginia and North Carolina, CDC data shows. April 2024 is 15 percent lower than April 2023 in Virginia, according to the preliminary data.
We come together, one, to honor those individuals that are in recovery from substance use disorders, as well as the different service providers that make recovery possible,” Jewel White, community outreach manager for Brightview Health, said. “Today, we have a lot of community agencies, we have some probation departments, some courts that are present here. We have representation of all different types of entities that support individuals that are in recovery.”
CareSource partnered with Brightview Health and SOAR WV to bring Save a Life Day to Hopkins County on Sept. 26. Over 300 counties across the country joined in this event designed to distribute naloxone and provide aid to those in need.
n honor of National Recovery Month, BrightView Health Addiction Treatment Center hosted an open house on Oct. 18. The community was invited to learn more about their outpatient addiction services. The event was a time to celebrate recovery, raise awareness about substance abuse disorder (SUD), and offer support, said Chelsae King, BrightView’s Community Outreach manager, who talked about the significance of the gathering.
National Recovery Month kicks off after Overdose Awareness Day which is on Aug. 31. The month gives recovery centers a platform to bring awareness to substance use disorders and the stigma surrounding them to help get resources out to folks. BrightView Health, an outpatient treatment facility, took a trip to Frankfort this month to advocate for recovery centers. They heard from people who were in active recovery, shared resources with other providers and heard from lawmakers.
BrightView Kentucky team members were proud to be at the Kentucky state capitol today. In addition to signing a proclamation about September’s recovery month, @Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced several counties that are “Recovery Ready” including Pulaski County — home to our Somerset facility.
The Brightview Health Somerset Addiction Treatment Center held its 15th annual Community Recovery Rally. Kristie Gossett, the rally’s organizer, started the community gathering 15 years ago when there was a need for recovery resources in Somerset and across Kentucky. “We’re here to love on people and to help people when they need it,” Gossett said.