Second Chances

• By: Michele Fama Saint Joseph’s Residential Services
• July 1st, 2014
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This is my story about my struggles with bi-polar disorder, substance abuse, and second chances. My journey began approximately 2 years ago. Between my undiagnosed mental illness and substance abuse, I was on a road of self-destruction. I was not capable of living a normal life. I couldn’t get...

A Rainbow of Opportunities

• By: Brian Rutledge Saint Joseph’s Residential Services
• July 1st, 2014
• 477    0

Employment is an integral part of confidence building, hope, self-esteem, and an essential portion of the recovery from mental illness. In 1991, the Residential Services department of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center decided to pursue the development of a business which would provide vocational...