The What and Why of Parity Legislation As we move through the holidays and winter, there is a great deal of publicity and political maneuvering occurring in an attempt to hammer out a comprehensive health care reform bill for our…
On May 8, 2009 Greta Kruger received the Ann Nichols Leadership Award for excellence in the field of addiction treatment. Greta first became involved with Residence XII as a volunteer in 1981 and then worked at Residence XII South, Highline…
Almost 10 months sober, Greta Kruger was looking for some volunteer work to keep her out of mischief. Friends urged her to call the founder and director of a new treatment center for chemically dependent women – and that was…
The 2009 Candlelight Meeting at the North Kirkland Community Center was a wonderful success. The room was filled to capacity with 250 women in recovery—during the Sobriety Countdown we learned that there were over 850 years of sobriety in the…
Addiction among women is increasing. In the past few years women have been quickly closing the gap with men in alcohol and chemical dependency addiction. They are increasingly likely to drink and use drugs at earlier ages than ever before.…
For a number of years the abuse of prescription drugs has been making headlines as the general public learns of the consequences of taking these powerful medications. When we hear of people driving under the influence or committing domestic violence,…
A major issue for women in chemical dependency treatment is the link between relapse and a history of interpersonal life stress. A remarkably high proportion of women entering chemical dependency treatment have experienced traumatic violence such as physical, sexual and…
Current News Residence XII News Fifth Annual Power of Recovery Luncheon The luncheon begins at noon on September 13 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. Our goal is to eliminate the stigma currently attached to addiction and to remove the cloak…
The brand new ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue was the site of the Third Annual Residence XII Luncheon in September, 2009. Fifty Table Captains hosted a total of 500 guests while Roberta Romero, KING 5 Television news reporter and…