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facilities, dietary, housekeeping, and
construction.
On asking him about the inception of
Livengrin, David shares, “Livengrin
was founded by Standish Forde
Hansell, who purchased the former
private school campus in 1960 with
plans to make it a retirement home for
men. In 1966, a friend recovering from
alcoholic effect alked to him about
opening it as a recovery center.”
World-class Recovery Services
Livengrin provides men and women
with a continuum of care including
withdrawal management, short-term
residential and partial hospitalization.
It also offers intensive outpatient
counseling; general outpatient, family
counseling, DUI Education, 12-Step
Meetings, free community education
seminars, aftercare and alumni
services. The organization has also
developed support programs to meet
the unique needs of first responders,
veterans and healthcare professionals.
Livengrin helps individuals recognize
the early stages of relapse in which the
chances of success are the greatest. The
main focus of relapse prevention
includes cognitive therapy and mind-
body relaxation, which it uses to
develop healthy coping skills. Besides
these services, Livengrin addresses
individual patient needs by assessing
life stressors and life experience. It has
developed support programs for first
responders, health care professionals
and emerging adults to complement its
core treatment model.
Excellent Co-ordination Bringing
Gratified Clients
To bring in ultimate customer
satisfaction, the organization surveys
each patient during their course of
treatment. This provides them the
opportunity to take the feedback and
utilize it for program or process
improvement. It also utilizes monthly
meetings of directors and managers in
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David Blenk
President & CEO
addition to quarterly all staff meetings
to increase communication throughout
all levels of the organization.
One of the happy patients at Livengrin
shares an intriguing experience and
says, “I was controlled by drugs and
alcohol and I was selfish in everything
I did. I would manipulate any situation
so that I would reap the benefits or
avoid the consequences. My motives
and behaviors were always centered on
myself and getting what I wanted.
While I was in active addiction my
thinking was so distorted and
delusional that I began to believe my
own lies as facts. My mother
confronted me about my drug usage
and I couldn’t hide it anymore. She
helped me to get into treatment by the
next day. I may not have been the most
vocal patient while in treatment, but
the one thing that I did was listen. I
took the suggestions provided to me. I
knew that I had to change everything
in my life if I wanted to grow. Although
the fear that I felt was nearly crippling
at times, I so badly wanted to save my
life. I met my sponsor while I was a
patient and we got right to work.
Working the 12 steps and applying
them into my life on a daily basis has
undoubtedly changed me for the best.”
Future Plans
Talking about the upcoming plans,
David says, “Changes in healthcare
laws have made access to treatment
easier and resulted in rapid growth in
the number of treatment facilities.
Livengrin Foundation will continue to
provide quality ethical treatment.”