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HOPE

for
COLLIER:

DLC’s Crossroads continuum offers HOPE for healthy futures.

by Maggie Baldwin, Crossroads Continuum Services Director
David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health (DLC)
ubstance use disorders have the potential “I didn’t know what to do with my life. I didn’t know how to get
to derail lives, impacting a person’s better. I was hopeless and depressed,” she said. “I didn’t feel like there
Sability to lead a healthy and productive was any light at the end of the tunnel, and then someone connected me
life, have meaningful relationships and fulfill with David Lawrence Centers.”
their full potential. Cindy entered Crossroads, DLC’s 18 bed inpatient residential
In 2023, the Substance Abuse and Mental program, which provides essential education to community
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) members in need.
reported that approximately 30.5 million This innovative course of treatment gives participants the tools and
resources needed to develop and maintain their recovery, including
adults nationwide reported having a substance use problem. The same
how to identify relapse triggers, build meaningful relationships and
report found that approximately 13 million people over the age of
adopt strategies to live a balanced life. Individuals also participate in
12 received treatment in 2023.
MORE MOVES with we have experienced a significant increase in the number of group therapy and attend daily 12 step meetings with members of the
At David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health (DLC),
local recovery community, including members of the DLC Alumni
individuals seeking treatment or support services for substance use Association.
As part of the Crossroads program, Cindy was able to overcome her
disorders. Last year alone, we served more than 700 individuals
the WORLD’S #1 through our Crossroads and detox programs, our inpatient residential with aftercare support and sober living opportunities. She continued
addiction. Once she finished inpatient treatment, DLC connected her
program, and more than 675 individuals through our crisis
to participate in a 12 step program, receiving a sponsor and working
stabilization unit, a 28 bed, non hospital, inpatient mental health unit
that provides evaluation and treatment for individuals experiencing to rebuild her life.
Today, Cindy is a healthy and productive community member.
IN ORTHOPEDICS after her life took an unexpected turn. While her path was primed for maintains a job and apartment, and supports others through their
a psychiatric crisis.
She has successfully rebuilt relationships with her mother and son,
Cindy, a Naples resident and a DLC client, found herself at DLC
recovery.
personal and professional prosperity,
“I’m very grateful and I have a lot of hope in my life,” said Cindy.
Cindy developed an addiction to “It’s very different than where I was at. I have a lot of people that
drugs and alcohol, causing her to lose care about me. I can pick up the phone any time, call anybody in the
her family, career and home. She was program, and they would be more than happy to talk to me about
HSS is the world’s #1 in orthopedics as ranked by
at her lowest point when someone what’s going on in my life.”
Newsweek. Get back to what you love with HSS at NCH on referred her to Understanding the increased need to serve more community
DLC, where members, we have committed to expanding our vital substance use
programs. Our Hope for Collier: Building Stronger Minds Together
your team. Learn more at HSSatNCH.org. she found the
support she initiative will allow DLC to expand and enhance the thriving
Crossroads residential substance use and treatment facility and
desperately
detoxification unit.
needed.
Our care is powered by philanthropy. We invite you This historic commitment will ensure more people in need, like
Cindy, a Naples resident, sought support from Cindy, have access to our lifesaving and life changing programs.
to support our mission of expanding access to premier David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health “Hope to me means that I am free of any obsessive thoughts and
to overcome an addiction to drugs and alcohol. an emotional state that I can’t get past or through,” she said.
orthopedic services in our community by making a gift Today, she is a healthy and productive community member. “Hope is communication with the Divine for me, and that they are
“I’m very grateful and I have a lot of hope in my life,” she said. always going to tell me it’s going to be OK. Hope is priceless.”
today at NCHmd.org/donate, or call us at (239) 624-2000. For more information about David Lawrence Centers for
Scan to hear more of Cindy's story Behavioral Health or our substance use programs,
visit DLCenters.org.
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