Friday, June 19, 2009

Patricia Herbert, You Will Be Missed.

Patricia Herbert, the longtime heart and guiding force of The Chrysalis House, Inc. passed away on June 8th, 2009 after a long illness.

Her daughter, Melanie, took over as the Resident Manager in late-2006 when Patricia became ill. Melanie later became the Executive Director with the intention to carry on her mother's work.

For more info about Patricia http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/Patricia_Mary .

Monday, June 1, 2009

The Chrysalis House, Inc. of Tampa, Florida

In 1983, three women had a dream to provide a safe and secure place for women to heal and grow during the process of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. These professional women made that dream come true with pot -luck dinners, secondhand furniture and small donations from friends and family- along with the help from our corporate friends. The dream became a reality; a recovery home for women, a home that would provide a safe, structured and nurturing environment conductive to recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.

The residents of The Chrysalis House, Inc. are bound by a strict set of rules that provide the structure they need to turn their lives around and become contributing members of society. The women attend a twelve-step meeting on a daily basis, have a curfew, participate in individualized treatment programs, perform assigned daily chores and have a job. There is a zero tolerance policy for drug and alcohol use.

We have a working relationship with several treatment centers and hospitals in the Tampa Bay area. Our applicants come to us from local centers as-well-as the Betty Ford Center and Hazelton Treatment Centers. The Chrysalis House, Inc. has enjoyed a very high success rate through the years; seventy percent recovery for alcoholics and sixty percent for drug addicts stay clean and sober.