Sunday, December 26, 2010

Oxford Houses

I have just recently attended my first meeting last week with Lenny Jason's DePaul University's Group doing Action Research on Oxford Houses. I learned of Oxford House only a few years ago when presenting on a panel with Lenny, and then through a good friend, Maya Hennessey. They have been around for 37 years, and have many in the Chicago, Joliet and Waukegan area. They are opening homes for Latinas, women and children, the deaf community and are open to ideas. I am hoping to get involved as a Research Assistant volunteer with their NIDA and NIAAA grants, and am hoping that perhaps Motivational Interviewing could be used somewhere in this (they are looking at retention) and the use of CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Therapy) as a way of helping folks who are looking for sober living to find a place to obtain sobriety. They do involve AA meeting attendance yet what makes them unique is they are self-supporting and the 12 Traditions are used to govern the homes. That should ideally mean that there is no one making money off of this, anymore than the Central Service Office in New York makes money off of AA meetings.

If anyone has had experiences with an Oxford House, I would be interested. I am hoping to visit a few and get involved, and many thanks to Frank Ponziano who helped bring me into this possible new fold.

Jacque
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Motivational Interviewing Resources

FREE INTERVENTIONS FOR FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES ARE STRUGGLING WITH A SUBSTANCE

I WILL DO FREE INTERVENTIONS FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WHO ARE AT THE LAST STOP. Formal Interventions used to be free in Illinois. Does anyone remember that? I do. I am a Licensed Couple/Family therapist and in order to stop interventionists who are charging any money, let alone ridiculous amounts of money for ripping you off, I will do this at no cost. Yes, I have experience. I have done them, and they are difficult for you, the family. Not me. Yet I care about people living instead of dying, and I am angry with counselors and therapist who are preying on misery of families, and taking what is supposed to be a Step of Alcoholics Anonymous and Charging for it. That is against the Traditions of AA. And they know it.
Now, I cannot afford transportation or anything as I am not employed right now at all yet I will do my best to assist you.
These interventions should be saved for the person who you believe you may never see again because they may die from their substance misuse. Other counseling interventions work better than Formal Intervention (which can often tear families apart rather than keeping them together) yet talking about it and getting the details will help determine that.
Don't pay a penny for an intervention. Please.