by Joan Braveman | Mar 6, 2024 | Recovery Journey
Hi. My name is Linda and I am here to tell you that I don’t know where I would be today without COMHAR! The doctors were fantastic and made me feel comfortable and helped me build my self-esteem. After graduating from the Partial Hospitalization program, I began...
by Joan Braveman | Jan 12, 2024 | Recovery Journey
Arleen, a member of COMHAR’s Community Living Room (CLR) program and an active participant, has become a pillar of support within the COMHAR community. Arleen has taken charge of her own journey, creating a transformative NA meeting named “No Excuses.”...
by Joan Braveman | Jul 27, 2023 | Recovery Journey
Hi, my name is Marisa Ozuna, and I am a member of the Open Door Clubhouse at COMHAR. I’ve been with COMHAR as a whole since 2010. I found out about the Open Door Clubhouse through the Latino Program that is offered here at COMHAR. Now as a member of the Open...
by Joan Braveman | Jul 25, 2023 | Recovery Journey
Following the two-year Covid-19 lockdown, dealing with the isolation and loneliness at home, my symptoms of anxiety and depression significantly worsened, for this reason my OP therapist at that time referred me to the CIRC program. I was admitted to CIRC-Hope Latino...
by COMHAR | Mar 2, 2023 | Recovery Journey
Joe has been a member of COMHAR’s Open Door Clubhouse, a recovery community that offers people with mental health challenges hope and a place to belong and connect with their peers. Joe had been depressed and suicidal and entered into a psychiatric hospital. Joe was...
by COMHAR | Mar 1, 2023 | Recovery Journey
Amarilis was filled with despair and depression, isolated, alone, and scared. At the request of her friends, she joined the COMHAR Open Door Clubhouse. At the Open Door Clubhouse she participated in a Healing Verse workshop and was featured on WHYY. In her words,...
