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What is a Recovery Advocate

What is a Recovery Advocate

Hey, everyone! My name is Zach Gerrity, and I’m a Recovery Advocate here at Stonegate Center. My goal is to be a mentor for men struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. As someone in long-term recovery, I guide each client through the 12-Steps, facilitate our daily...
Finding God

Finding God

I always tell people that I was raised “Catholic-lite,” a personal euphemism for being raised in the Episcopal Church. My parents did the very best they could to drag my older brother and I to church every Sunday; we would kick, scream, and argue with my mom not to...
The Power of Community in Addiction Recovery

The Power of Community in Addiction Recovery

The force of community is undeniably powerful in recovery from addiction and alcoholism. The cement that binds nearly every addict to the other is their shared suffering of loneliness and isolation. Beginning early in life with feelings of “different than” or...