In 1969 treatment centers that focused on substance abuse did not exist except in the context of hospitalization or hard-core centers that bordered on the abusive such as Synanon in Santa Monica.
Our Founding Director, Robert (Bob) Barrett, (along with co-founder Bill Beck)envisioned residential treatment that focused on introducing the addict to the Twelve Step Programs and behaviour modification that was based on "one addict helping another." To date, his vision has brought the message of hope and recovery to an estimated 30,000 men and women.
I've known Bob since 1973. At that time he was of course serving on the Board of Directors of Impact, was employed by the studios, and leased a house in Los Angeles on Crenshaw Blvd. that housed the phone lines - he also rented the bedrooms to newcomers, I lived in one of them. If my old memory serves me we called it the Crenshaw House. There was a meeting there on Friday nights.
Well, skip ahead forty years. Bob still sits on the Board, attends the monthly Credentialing Meeting, is a Counselor at Large at Impact, and 30,000 men and women have been treated here at Impact Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center, thank you Bob Barrett.
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