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Behavioral Health
Patient Story

“My name is Ruthie and I want to tell you some of my recovery sucked my life out of me. I feel that I’ve made a huge change
story. When I walked into Caring Health I was a broken woman in my life but I wouldn’t have been able to do this without
with no hopes or dreams, thinking that I was going to be an the guidance and support of CHC BH team. I want to thank
addict for the rest of my life. The drugs had hijacked my body everyone of the Team that helped in so many ways. There
for such a long time that 13 years passed and I felt there was no are no words to describe how much they have helped me
way out. That all changed with the help of the team at CHC that to turn my life around. Right now I’m in school and I also
worked with me. When I walked in I wasn’t treated like have a team in Drug Court that works with CHC for my
an outcast and that meant a lot to me. I had tried to get help goals and needs. They work as a team for my future.
at other facilities but never felt the heartwarming connection I’ve never had anything like this before.
that I felt at CHC Behavioral Health (BH) Department I was
broken and they stood by me, like they really cared. Their I’m so happy for the day I walked through these doors.
dedication helped me with my mental state and to just find It’s the best thing that has ever happened to me. It’s my second
myself mentally, emotionally, physically. I never had that home. They do this work because they care, not because it’s just
before, they helped me as a team, they gave me choices a job. I have felt their concern and caring for me, as a person.
and resources and options. They helped me work on myself. They see me as a human being who needs help and they give it.
Therapy helps me talk about all the pain I held inside for so I want other people who are struggling with substance use to
many years that led to my addiction. Their main concern was come to CHC BH Department and get the help they need to
how I felt inside and how I felt on the outside when I wasn’t recover, heal, and find themselves again, to create the life they
in the program. In the groups I learned how to stay away from always wanted but didn’t have and never dreamed they could
drugs, how to talk about my feelings and turn a bad situation have. If I can do it, they can do it too! No one judges me in this
into a good one and that I don’t have to turn to drugs when program. They work as a team with me and for me. Everything
something goes wrong. They helped me find the Ruthie that I needed is right here at CHC BH in one place and that made all
I lost along the way with so many drugs in my body that hid the difference. I could get what I needed all in one place. If I had
the real me. I’m happy to share that now I live happily because to go to several different places and try to piece it all together
of the help they provided for me. I am closer to my kids and I wouldn’t have been able to do it, I would have been
grandchildren. I have goals now, I went back to school and discouraged and given up. Today I feel hopeful, amazed
I’m even thinking of my career now. If it wasn’t for their at myself and my changed life, I feel strong and happy and
determination to help me I would be dead by now, I weighed want others to know this too.“ ~Ruthie
only ninety pounds. I was like a dead soul walking. The drugs

Behavioral Health Services

At Caring Health Center, our Integrated Behavioral
Health/Recovery Services team believes that each
individual has unique medical, behavioral health
and recovery needs and deserves the most effective
treatment we can provide. We believe that providing
comprehensive, integrated care in a respectful, non-
judgmental environment allows each person served
to choose their healing journey and progress at their
own pace. We accomplish this through trauma-
informed, strength-based interventions for all
individuals seeking healing and support in
recreating their lives.

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