Before & After Clean and sober for 19 years, Maria has worked as a nurse, a financial planner, an ordained minister, and a clothing designer. Before POWER: “I didn’t feel like I was living.” At POWER: “My counselor at POWER told me that I wasn’t a failure, I had a disease.” After POWER: “There are… Continue Reading
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Dana, Eight Years Clean and Sober
SUCCESS STORY: DANA Dana started drinking when she was 11 years old. Like so many young people, she did it to fit in. What started as a social activity developed, in Dana’s words, “into a full time job”. By age 16, she was a heroin addict. Somehow Dana managed to graduate from high school. Her… Continue Reading
American Indian Elderly in Allegheny County Can Find Help
The Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center’s Elders’ Program is an outreach, information and referral services program that addresses the needs and concerns of the American Indian Elderly in Allegheny County. The program operates under the Adult Services Area Agency on Aging of Allegheny. We assist our elderly in securing social services, such as
POWER Graduates Will be Honored at POWER PROMISES – A Night of Hope
The 2010 POWER PROMISES ~ A Night of Hope event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, at Heinz Field in the West Club Lounge. One of Pittsburgh’s premier fundraising events, POWER PROMISES will feature graduates of the organization’s gender-responsive alcohol and drug treatment programs whose stories of recovery are a testament to… Continue Reading
Addiction Recovery is Different for Women
POWER helps women with recovery and the issues surrounding alcohol and other drug addictions. The organization was founded 17 years ago on the belief that treatment for addiction works—and that treatment geared to the specific needs of women works even better. Before 1991 there were no halfway house facilities in Allegheny County specifically for women… Continue Reading
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