Lindsay P. Horvath awarded Awakening Recovery a Certificate from the County of Los Angeles to recognize the positive work that the recovery home has done in the community.
The District 3 L.A. County Supervisor said, “Awakening Recovery’s structured, peer-mentoring based recovery home was created to provide a safe and effective environment for people to build the foundation of a fulfilling and productive life. At Awakening Recovery, residents are able to pursue recovery oriented goals through a year-plus social model recovery process, where they begin repairing relationships, getting a job, and positively impacting others as peer mentors. Those who have graduated from Awakening Recovery stay integrated with a substantial sober support community and participate in their own and others’ recovery.”
The award was presented to David Van Der Velde, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Awakening Recovery, who thanked Lindsey Horvath for the recognition and added, “We are proud to partner with you and we are eager to work more with you to deliver positive outcomes in Los Angeles. Through our long-term recovery home process, our alumni staff and residents provide peer mentoring that includes learning behavioral tools, family house meetings, daily and weekly activities, and actively participating in a 12-step process. We strive every day to provide a safe place to save lives.”
You can watch the presentation on Lindsey Horvath’s YouTube Channel here.
David got clean and sober in 1988 at the age of 19, close to death from his own struggles with drug addiction and alcoholism. Now 32+ years clean and sober, he has been consistently active in his recovery community by mentoring others, serves on recovery and youth related non-profit Boards such as LifeWorks and the West Hollywood Recovery Center, and serves on panels at institutions speaking from his own experience about recovery.
Joelene Knight, is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Grace Recovery, a sub-acute and residential treatment program located in Hollywood, California, as well as a Board Member at Awakening Recovery, a unique life-saving nonprofit that specializes in recovery homes with a long-term, 12-Step addiction solution that creates a lasting change in core beliefs and behaviors.