We're Forty!

In 1969 our founders got together and decided they wanted to establish a safe place for addicts to get clean. Wait a minute - WE'RE FORTY YEARS OLD!

And in so many ways we fought and beat the odds. Inexperienced, drug addicts, alcoholics, no cash, no systems in place and no programs to imitate. With only the infamous Synanon as a somewhat sinister model of what not to do, our founders began molding what today is still in the forefront of drug and alcohol treatment progams.

Flying by the seat of their pants these men and women put together a small house with a small group of men and women whose only wish was to stay clean and stay out of jail. Bringing with them their experience in Narcotics Anonymous and the spiritual and living principles they found in that program, they began a journey that has lasted forty years.

We have come a long way from the little tract house in the San Fernando Valley that was our beginning. Today we operate a beautiful 130 bed residence on nearly three acres in Pasadena, as well as several transitional living houses, two outpatient facilities, a Los Angeles Drug Court, and two locations within the Los Angeles Sheriff's facilities. We have grown more sophisticated, much more educated, certainly credentialed, but our commitment to provide the highest quality of care remains the same.

A few weeks ago we sent out a request to everyone on our mailing list for a donation of $40 for Forty Years. The response was gratifying. If you are not on our mailing list and would like to send us a birthday check, That would be very cool. You can donate by using paypal or sending to 1680 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103, or call us and use a credit card. We're easy.

The fact is that Impact always treated me for free. The first time I was here my mother paid for my first month of treatment and I was here for a year. The last time I was here I was a client for four months. Free. There are many men and women like me who fall through the cracks of funding. Not enough money to afford private funding, not falling into any of the profiles of the funding contracts.

That's why we need help.