{"id":6302,"date":"2015-10-29T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T19:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T19:07:56","slug":"grace-house-helps-women-rebuild-their-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/grace-house-helps-women-rebuild-their-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace House Helps Women Rebuild Their Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/230671043&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nGrace House provides gender specific treatment to women who have become dependent on alcohol or drugs so that they may lead sober and productive lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love it here. It\u2019s like a big sorority except we take drug tests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simone G gives me a tour around her home for the last six months &#8212; Grace House, the residential treatment program for women struggling with substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our kitchen where we eat and have groups,\u201d Simone explains.<\/p>\n<p>Grace House is specifically for women. The companion program, Bridge House, is for men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a therapeutic community,\u201d Simone explains. \u201cWe hold each other accountable and ourselves. And we run the house. We do all the cleaning, all the cooking, all the maintenance, all the leadership, encouragement. And it\u2019s all self-supporting. I work at warehouse, some girls work in the kitchen, the car lot, the thrift store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simone usually has grits and eggs for breakfast. That\u2019s at 6:30 a.m. At 7 a.m., it\u2019s time for silent meditation, which Grace prefers to a morning walk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause its\u2019 so hot outside,\u201d she explains, \u201cand it\u2019s the only time I have &#8212; I work at the warehouse all day, so I\u2019m on my feet. So I sit. That\u2019s my 30 minutes to think and pray for the morning and get ready for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This morning, Simone thought about her conversation yesterday, with her mother. Part of her treatment at Grace House involves the 12 step program. Step number nine is restitution. And that meant a call home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been trying to get me treatment since I was 14,\u201d Simone explains. \u201cI\u2019m 48 now. I was apologizing for hard years. My dad passed two months ago. She told me she forgave me and just keep doing what I\u2019m doing. She said she was proud of me. That makes you feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We walk down the block to Simone\u2019s job, where she processes donations for the Bridge House\/Grace House Thrift Stores. Along the way, she tells me that when she first came to Grace House she was suicidal. She\u2019s had a long struggle with substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was 14 it was weed and acid and stuff like that. The pain killer addiction didn\u2019t start until I was 32. That took me down a bad path. Like a lot of Americans you start taking them for a legitimate reason, but it ends up being a lot worse. You can\u2019t get off of them. And we tried. I tried the methadone clinics, and that didn\u2019t work. So I asked my younger brother to take power of attorney over me and have me committed, and a social worker and him got me into here. Some come from jail. I didn\u2019t have to do that, but I came from own jail in my house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continues. \u201cThis is the warehouse. I come in every morning, and I work back here sorting clothes and pricing. That goes to our thrift stores where they sell that, and that helps us pay room and board. So we don\u2019t have to worry about rent, electricity, food, a bed. We don\u2019t have to worry about any of that while we\u2019re in treatment. We work to bring money back in the house. Everything is free of charge.\u00a0 And it helps self-esteem. You give back to the community. And it gives us something to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simone will be applying for jobs soon. She\u2019d like to work in an office. She plans to remain living at Grace House for a while, paying a little rent, until she\u2019s ready to move on. She has her support group there, and her community. Grace House is a refuge for people who\u2019ve lost everything, people who want to recover &#8212; not in a rush, but in a way that will last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first got here, I took it minute by minute,\u201d says Simone. \u201cNow I take it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Eve Abrams for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by WWNO in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bridge House\/ Grace House<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace House provides gender specific treatment to women who have become dependent on alcohol or drugs so that they may lead sober and productive lives. \u201cI love it here. 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