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Building a Network of Support: How Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment Can Help
Intensive Outpatient Programming, or IOP, is one level of OneEighty’s continuum of care which can often fall between residential treatment and outpatient counseling. OneEighty offers two intensive outpatient addiction treatment programs: CHOICES, designed to treat individuals struggling with chemical dependency in an outpatient setting; and CADET, a similar substance-use treatment program offered to inmates at…
Read MoreSexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), aimed at raising community awareness about sexual violence prevention, public education about how to support survivors, and sharing available resources. Statistically Speaking In the United States, an individual is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds. 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men in the United States has…
Read MoreOneEighty on New Day Cleveland
OVERCOMING ADDICTION “We can’t pour from an empty cup” On Friday, March 25th, Bobbi Douglas, OneEighty’s Executive Director and Alex Morris, OneEighty’s Outpatient Services Manager, spoke with New Day Cleveland host Natalie Herbick about substance use disorder and addiction. If you or someone you know is suffering from substance use disorder or addiction please reach…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month
“And when you get to where you’re going, turn around and help her, too. For there was a time, not long ago, when she was you.” While it wasn’t until 1995 that our nation decided to formally recognize the enormous contributions women have made to our history, culture, and society, it was 1977 when a…
Read MoreResidential Treatment: A Full Continuum of Care
Residential treatment for substance use disorder is an important step in a person’s journey to recovery. OneEighty has two residential treatment facilities: Pathway for men, a Victorian house which was renovated in 2008, and the Women’s Residential Treatment Center (WRTC) which was built in 2019. “We want people to be healthy and have a life,”…
Read MoreHow Much Is Too Much? An Interview with Dr. Nicole Labor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
In 2021, the most common diagnosis at OneEighty for substance use disorder was alcohol dependence at 34%. While opioid use has seen a significant decline, this rate of alcohol dependence has remained consistent over the last three years. In the pandemic, substance use has increased, making people even more vulnerable to addiction. So why does…
Read MoreHelp Wanted: Start a New Non-Profit Career at OneEighty
“Help Wanted” …now there’s a sign that is as commonplace in today’s world as signs about Covid and masks. But for OneEighty and its clients, that sign has a startling, double meaning. On the service side of this agency, there is a grave need to employ more qualified non-profit behavior staff members. And, on the…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the Substance Use Treatment Navigator Hotline
OneEighty started the Substance Use Treatment Navigator, a hotline available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, for those encountering substance use crisis. “We’re a resource, and it doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas day, you’re lonely, or it’s 1:00 p.m. on a Tuesday,” said Alex Morris, a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor and the…
Read MoreHuman Trafficking Awareness Month
You Can Help Make an Impact Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated this month to raising awareness about the different forms of human trafficking, also known as modern slavery, and educating people about this crime and how to spot it. In the month of January, the Department of State is dedicated to raising awareness…
Read MoreHope Lives Here. Meet our substance use recovery coaches.
At OneEighty, recovery coaches are familiar with recovery because they’ve had their own lived experience with substance use or mental health issues, and they’ve been successful in their recovery journey. “We’re living, breathing examples that recovery is possible,” OneEighty Recovery Coach, Lori Radakovich explained. She self-identifies as being in active substance use recovery from substance use.…
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