"Bob" & "Jane" Blogs

EVERYONE DESERVES A 'SECOND CHANCE'.

"BOB" AND "jANE" ARE REAL STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS

CHM ASSISTED TO BEGIN THEIR 'sECOND CHANCE'.

*The images and names are fictional to protect the privacy of CHM clients.

“Let’s Get Real”

Do you know the difference between Helping vs Enabling? Often mistaken, but immensely important for the health of those involved, is to...

Facts Stacked Against Youth"

"Bob" is a young man who became an alcoholic and drug addict with major anxiety, burned all connections and bridges with family and was...

"Realities & Resolutions"

Our connection began with a family member calling on Bob’s behalf while he was incarcerated in a county jail, again, followed by phone...

With Multiple Conditions,Jane’s Life and Hope was Waning...

At 76 pounds, Jane, a cocaine and heroin addict with severe bi-polar diagnosis, contacted a residential recovery program for long-term...

"Self-Isolating and Retreating from Society"

"Bob" drank off and on throughout his life, sometimes more than usual, but “BOB’s” life didn’t seem to suffer until later. “Bob” worked a...

"Break the Cycle"

This 'Jane' story is typical of some families' struggle with addictions. However, this one is full of HOPE and new lives. Jane is 51 and...

"Dig Deeper"

A young woman, looking tired, desperate and lost, let’s call her “Jane”, walked into The SHOP at CHM telling her story and searching for...

The Dual Diagnosis Dilemma

Like many, this “Bob” was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder earlier in life, stopped taking his prescribed meds, and was self-medicating...

Relapse Happens

Young “Jane” 21, was making great progress in her Intensive Outpatient Program for a year, for drug/alcohol addiction after physical,...

Another 'second chance'

After 'Bob's' first seven years of life enduring physical abuse from his parent, he entered foster care at age eight. Then he was removed...

"BOB" AND "JANE", STORIES