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Farnum,
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F
or an issue that has impacted
millions of families across the
country, the opioid epidemic
has been particularly hard on New
Hampshire families. In the past this
small state has one of the highest rates
of opioid overdose deaths in America.
Recently the tide began to turn, and
Farnum played a major role in the
positive shift.
Farnum, a drug and alcohol treatment
and rehabilitation center, stepped up in
response to the opioid epidemic and
expanded services to meet a growing
need. Located in Manchester and
Franklin, New Hampshire, Farnum is a
well-established and well-known
treatment center that offers a wide
variety of services for alcohol and
substance misuse. Farnum is the largest
state treatment provider in New
Hampshire.
Farnum’s success is found in its unique
approach to treatment. It is the first
center in the Northeast to incorporate
Health Realization, also known as The
3 Principles. Farnum is making a
difference in responding to the disease
of addiction by teaching clients that
they have everything within
themselves to overcome the challenges
they face. This program offers an
empowering and long-lasting approach
for clients of every background.
In the last three years, Farnum added
outpatient and inpatient services,
enhanced detox, increased capacity,
and expanded its locations. To help
those in need, Farnum provides
financial aid to NH residents who need
treatment. In 2018 alone, Farnum
provided $2,907,955 in free and
subsidized services to their clients.
Through successful programs and
exhaustive efforts, Farnum has made
tremendous strides in saving lives
while shattering the stigma
surrounding addiction.
What makes Farnum Different?
Health realization is a very significant
and distinctive approach that Farnum
has adopted for treating its clients. The
center practices what it preaches;
employees are encouraged to nurture
their own innate health, resilience, and
they attend lectures every month.
Farnum’s Philosophy
What is Health Realization?
Farnum integrates the 3 Principles of
Mind, Thought, and Consciousness,
which is also termed as ‘Health
Realization’. This helps to assist the
clients in accessing a healthier
perspective on life, allowing them to
leave their past behind.
Farnum’s Health Realization approach
is based on the 3 Principles philosophy
founded by Sydney Banks. The center
started implementing this approach five
years ago by calling the authors of the
books that it was using to master the 3
Principles and having them come in to
teach the staff this approach. This is a
person-centered approach, and it
allows people to see that outside events
do not create their feelings; it is how
they think about the events that create
the feeling.
Health Realization explains that
individuals possess a natural state of
well-being or innate health that will
spontaneously emerge when circular
thinking subsides. To elaborate this
theory, the center gives an example-
‘Have you ever driven in the car and
out of nowhere, you think of a solution
to a problem that’s bothered you all
day? That’s your innate wisdom at
work! While driving you had a quiet
mind; a new thought was available that
let you come up with the solution.’
Farnum’s Health Realization approach
has been immensely successful. A
testimony to this is the ceaseless
progress of its clients, who have gained
a fresh perspective on life; a life free
from addiction. Clients begin their path
to recovery at Farnum and learn to
access wisdom to help make decisions
that come from innate health instead of
the external world.
About the Compassionate and
Dedicated Leader
Dr. Cheryl Wilkie, COO of Farnum,
has been in a longtime recovery from
alcohol and drugs. Cheryl has
supported several clients who came to
Farnum in search of recovery. Having
faced it all herself, she has compassion
for those who are trying to find their
innate health.“In my early recovery, I
heard people in meetings talking about
their lives and mine was the same.
There was a great deal of violence and
a lot of craziness happening when I
was using drugs and alcohol, and they
were sober and sane. So it gave me
hope that if they could do it, maybe I
could, too,” expressed Wilkie.
That was the turning point of her life.
Thereafter, Wilkie found a path
towards recovery and happiness. She
geared her experience and dedicated
her life to working with others who
wanted to discover the inner peace
within them without relying on drugs
and alcohol. She has a deep and broad
personal knowledge of recovery. In
addition, she holds a Doctorate in
Forensic Psychology along with a