Although known largely as a faith-based and recovery-oriented event, Hope Fest actually is that and “so much more,” says the event’s co-founder Jaye Lene Long. The fifth annual Hope Fest will take to the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza this weekend, and Long says it will bring together as… Read more »
Sixty-nine-year-old Tom Liaboe of Prescott was watching television this past winter when he stood up and unexpectedly fell. His wife, Carol, heard the noise and ran upstairs to find Tom on the floor. He was barely able to move his right side, part of his face was drooping,… Read more »
Three local recovery centers and another from Scottsdale are suing the Health Net insurance company for actions that allegedly have had “a severe and adverse effect” on the treatment centers, as well as the clients. The legal complaint by Chapter 5 Counseling Center LLC, Prescott House Inc., Desert… Read more »
The new Arizona statute allowing municipalities to govern their own structured sober-living homes goes into effect Aug. 6, and the City Council is hammering out how to protect the homes’ residents and how to satisfy their neighbors’ standard of living. At the council’s Tuesday, July 12, study session,… Read more »
At 13, Sandy Kenyon was a precocious teenager who after one of his family’s dinner parties drained the remains from all the guest’s wine glasses. An adolescent prank? In hindsight, Kenyon sees that incident as a preamble to his tale of addiction, an eye-opening story of his journey… Read more »
The proliferation of drug and alcohol recovery homes in Prescott is of major concern to our community and has been for the past decade. In conjunction with, and in anticipation of passage of Representative Noel Campbell’s H.B. 2107 to regulate structured sober living recovery homes, the City of… Read more »
Greg Horvath doesn’t mince words when talking about the recovery industry, and neither does his documentary movie, “The Business of Recovery.” The movie opens by pointing out that the recovery industry is “selling hope to people in crisis,” and it goes on to document the perceived failings of… Read more »
Working from a downtown office as an independent addiction counselor, Dr. Marilyn Clark has seen hundreds of her clients recover and, often enough, stick around to prosper in town. Clark recognizes the existence of a lack of comprehension from those who just don’t get addictive behavior. “They can’t… Read more »
Is it something in the air? Prescott is becoming America’s “Recovery City.” The truth is, not all that much happens in Prescott, Arizona. Back in 1964, Barry Goldwater launched his doomed presidential campaign from the steps of Prescott’s Yavapai County Courthouse. Its most famous local residents are arguably… Read more »