Archive for April, 2011
HAS to Host 4th Annual Treating Moms Well Benefit Luncheon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Treating Moms Well Luncheon Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. has been a leading nonprofit provider of English and Spanish behavioral health care in the Chicago area since 1974. Â Each year, services are provided to some 8,000 individuals and families in Chicagoland, regardless of the ability to pay. HAS provides a continuum of substance … [Read More…]
HAS to Take Part in Community Tobacco Prevention Project
Local organizations to receive more than $2 million for tobacco prevention efforts H.A.S. awarded funds to serve Chicago residents facing behavioral health challenges September 27, 2010 (Chicago) – Healthcare Alternative Systems (H.A.S.) was one of thirty community organizations to be  awarded subcontracts totaling more than $2 million to provide vulnerable communities with smoking cessation resources … [Read More…]
Samantha F., Medication Assisted Treatment
On October 5, 2009, Samantha F. made a decision: she was going to get clean, no matter what it took. “I was in jail,†she remembers. “I was there every day—they were sick of me. And I just had this vision: I saw myself in a dumpster, dead. And I knew that if I didn’t … [Read More…]
Bobby G., Recovery Management
“If it weren’t for HAS,†states Bobby G., “I wouldn’t be here today.†Bobby, now sober for two years, drank for forty and had been in and out of treatment several times, but he came to HAS’s Recovery Management program at a particularly difficult point in his life: “I was alone, I was homeless, and … [Read More…]
Melva Q., Youth Treatment
Melva Q used to think that alcohol use—sometimes heavy alcohol use—was a normal teenage pastime, just another way to have fun. “I was going to parties all the time,†she says. “I thought I was just enjoying life, living it to the fullest.†That changed in 2009 when Melva, then seventeen, was charged with underage … [Read More…]
Glenda C., Postpartum Depression
When Glenda C. learned that her fourth child was going to be a girl, she cried—and not out of happiness. Although she cannot imagine life without her youngest daughter now, during her pregnancy the news meant only sadness and anxiety. As a survivor of childhood abuse herself, Glenda “just didn’t want to bring another girl … [Read More…]
Dulce M., BASTA! Domestic Violence
In 2007, as part of an assignment at school, Dulce M.’s daughter composed a letter to Santa. What she wanted for Christmas, she wrote, was help with her father—she wanted the violence at home to stop. Dulce’s sadness at what her daughter had seen and experienced was compounded by a frightening piece of information: social … [Read More…]
Darrell R., St. Leonard’s Ministries
Darrell R. grew up in a middle-class home. His family was never short of money, and his mother and grandmother provided him not only with material possessions, but with guidance, support, and a strong set of values. Darrell’s friends graduated from high school and set off for destinations including Northwestern, the University of Iowa, and … [Read More…]
Eunice R., Sisterhouse
Eunice R. is a busy woman. She works full-time as an accountant, volunteers at her church, is vice president of her block club, helps her mother around the house, and provides child care for her daughter. She is also on the Sisterhouse board, serves as president of its alumni association, mentors a current resident there, … [Read More…]
Jorge V., Residence
As a young man, Jorge V. vowed never to become addicted to drugs or alcohol. He had seen the effects of drinking and drug use on his stepfather, an alcoholic, and he hated it. While many of his peers became involved with gangs and crime, Jorge was active in the local Boys and Girls club … [Read More…]
