Episode #138 - Harbor House

In Episode 138 of Recovery Lab, David Sugg sits down with Dedria Black, Executive Director of Harbor House Chemical Dependency Services, Jacqueline Lampley, Assistant Executive Director, and Chris Bates for a powerful conversation about the real work of recovery in Mississippi. With Brynn at home caring for a sick family this week, the discussion dives deep into the mission of Harbor House, a long-standing treatment organization that has been serving individuals battling substance use disorders for more than 50 years. The conversation explores how Harbor House supports men and women in recovery through residential treatment, co-occurring disorder care, MAT support, veteran services, peer support, and transitional programming. This episode also takes an honest look at the growing challenges facing people in recovery today, including homelessness, trauma, re-entry after incarceration, lack of permanent housing, and the stigma surrounding addiction treatment. Dedria and Jacqueline share how Harbor House is working to become a fully trauma-informed organization, not only for clients, but also for the staff who carry the weight of this work every day. Chris Bates offers insight from the board level, while David shares a deeply personal connection to Harbor House and the life-changing impact it had on his own family. This is a moving conversation about dignity, hope, recovery, and what it means to truly meet people where they are.   #RecoveryLab #AddictionRecovery #HarborHouse #SubstanceAbuseRecovery #MentalHealth #TraumaInformedCare #MAT #Sobriety #RecoveryPodcast #MississippiRecovery #AddictionTreatment #HopeInRecovery #CoOccurringDisorders #VeteranRecovery #SoberLiving   This episode is produced by Daniel Anderson at Audio Alchemy Productions.