Photo: David Hutts, far left, and Sherri Layton, fifth from left and next to U.S. Senator John Cornyn, recently met with the senator and his staff. Two La Hacienda staffers were a part of a Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP) group that met with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in Washington, D.C. Outpatient Services Administrator Sherri Layton and Business Development … Read More
Chris Raymer for Reunion 2019
Recovery Community Director Chris Raymer has an invitation for alumni and their families for Reunion 2019.
Slip Away to Hunt in May
Not all of the patient-painted rocks at La Hacienda are just stones and color, nor or they all on the ground. You never know where you will find them or what new messages they will offer. In addition to the tiny metal airplane, this rock wedged in the limbs of a Serenity Hill cedar tree also contains the now-faded first … Read More
Dodgeball Daring Highlights 4th Recovery Tournament
Photo: From right, Todd Benedict bravely charges while Cade Saurage corrals a loose ball and Frost Readel observes. It was a valiant, but brief, effort by the La Hacienda team. La Hacienda’s fourth annual Invitational Recovery Tournament featured a new venue, different sports, and a David vs. Goliath storyline. Representatives from 20 treatment centers in Texas, California and New York … Read More
The Issue Man Mystery
By Chris Raymer, Recovery Community Director Photo: Chris and one of the Issue Man drawings that hang on his office wall. When I was working at La Hacienda back in the ’90s and ’00s, I started drawing Issue Man on the Bodega whiteboard to try and make clear what substance use disorder is. He’s a simple circle and stick figure … Read More
No Foolin’, the Counselors Want to See Alumni
Photo: These counselors and more are looking forward to visiting with alumni on Saturday morning, May 4, during Reunion 2019. We’re a little more than a month away from Alumni Reunion 2019, and the La Hacienda clinical staff would like to remind you that they’re looking forward to seeing you. Time is set aside from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday … Read More
Return to Where Recovery Started
As Charlotte Safir says, it’s a joy “watching the miracle of people who return to celebrate where their recovery started” during Reunion. We are looking forward to seeing each one you walking miracles coming up the hill to the Big Tent on Friday afternoon of Reunion weekend. The only reservation needed to participate is for a place to stay during … Read More
LaHa Sluggers in Vegas Softball Series
Photo: LaHa staff on Lickety Split are, from left, Jon Garcia, Frost Readel, Ryan McBride, Todd Benedict and Cade Saurage. Center front is Libby, the mascot. As the song says, it’s time to “root, root, root for the home team.” Lickety Split, a men’s softball team sponsored by La Hacienda, is playing in the 2019 Clean and Sober Softball Spring … Read More
LaHa Sluggers in Vegas Softball Series
Photo: Steve Layton, center, with Clinical Services Director Janet Blackburn (left) and Outpatient Services Administrator Sherri Layton (right). La Hacienda has a reputation for long-serving staff but even the most-dedicated counselors, nurses, doctors, and others eventually feel the need to “get their cake” and retire. On the afternoon of March 12, co-workers filled the Upper Dining Room to share Intern … Read More
Solutions Hosts ‘Recovery to Practice’ Training
Photo: Joseph Gorordo, left, one of the Recovery to Practice presenters, poses with Solutions staff members (left to right) David Hutts, Mary Pilsitz, Carla Allen, Natalie Roberts, and Michael Batton. Seventy-five recovery professionals and others interested in the field packed a Recovery to Practice training session at La Hacienda’s Solutions in Austin on March 8. The free event, through which … Read More