Recovery:
“Recovery is a process of change whereby individuals improve their health and wellness, to live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.” (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014)
Four Key Components of Recovery:
Finding and maintaining hope
Addressing the personal aspects of recovery
Building a meaningful life
Affirming autonomy and personal responsibility to take control of one’s life
Resources to Help Support a Life In Recovery:
Housing
- Anchor House Ministries for Boys
- Champions House of Hope
- George Harris Jr. Runaway & Youth Crisis Center
- Heart For Winter Haven
- Housing Assistance (Source Library)
- Lakeland Housing Authority
- Lakeland Presbyterian Apartments
- Lighthouse Ministries
- Single Family Housing Programs
- St. Luke’s Life Center Apartments
- Talbot House
- Transition House
- Wilson House
Community
- Across the Spectrum Parent Support Group
- Advent Health Cancer Support Group
- Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- ASD/Autism Support Group (Last Friday of Every Month)
- Catholic Charities of Central Florida
- Frostproof Care Center
- Hardee Help Center
- Heart for Winter Haven
- Lake Wales Care Center
- Meals on Wheels
- Mulberry Community Service Center
- Narcotics Anonymous
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- VISTE (Volunteers in Service to the Elderly)
- United Way Food Distribution schedules (Polk, Highlands, Hardee counties)
Health
- Acadia Healthcare Lakeland Comprehensive Treatment Centers
- Atala Counseling
- BayCare
- Banyan Treatment Centers
- Bethany Center for Grieving Children
- Central Florida Healthcare
- Children’s Medical Services Agency
- Choices Pregnancy Care Program
- COVE Behavioral Health
- Elder Helpline Agency
- Elite DNA Behavioral Health
- Family Healthcare Foundation
- Florida Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT)
- Groups Recover Together
- Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine Agency
- Haley Center
- Hardee Department of Health
- Highlands Department of Health
- MFCS Senior Services
- Orlando Psychiatric Associates
- Polk Department of Health
- Polk Healthcare Plan
- Senior Connection Center
- Talbot House Ministries Good Samaritan Free Clinic
- Tri-County Human Services
- We Care of Central Florida Agency
- WhiteSands Treatment Center
- Winter Haven Hospital for Behavioral Health
- Women, Infants, and Child (WIC)
Purpose
- Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc.
- Alliance for Independence
- Career Source Polk
- Center for Independent Living
- Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center
- Children’s Home Society
- Early Learning Coalition
- Early Steps
- East Area Adult School
- Farm Workers Ministry
- Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST)
- Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System (FDLRS)
- Florida Literacy Coalition
- Florida MENTOR
- Florida Relay Service
- Head Start
- Healthy Families
- Healthy Start Coalition
- Heartland for Children
- Lakeland Mom – Homeschool Resources
- Lighthouse for the Blind
- New Life Center for Family Preservation
- New Life Outreach Ministry
- NU-HOPE Elder Care Services
- Parenting Programs
- Polk County EmployU
- Ridge Area Arc
- Salvation Army Family Living Center
- West Area Adult School
- Women’s Resource Center
- Youth and Family Alternatives