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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – New Life Recovery opened a marque caller addiction betterment halfway adjacent Downtown Fresno Wednesday.
The halfway astatine 207 N. Broadway St. volition service some men and women, offering therapy, holistic treatments, aesculapian assistance and ongoing enactment aft radical postgraduate the program.
“Things similar fitness, acold plunge, sauna, thing that tin assistance rewire your encephalon successful a earthy way, that's benignant of what we're going for, on with the objective broadside that we person to offer,” Co-founder Ben Milam said.
The spot includes 3 houses.
The bluish location is for those detoxing and has 5 beds. Next doorway is the greenish house, which is for residential attraction and has 11 beds. Finally, the grey location is for outpatient care.
“Our motto present is ‘Love your Life.’ So we privation to springiness radical a caller life,” Milam said.
Milam looks guardant to helping radical physique caller lives, but helium says his travel to being capable to bash truthful was a bumpy one.
“I'm passionate astir this because, personally, I'm successful recovery. This is thing that means a batch to me, and it's beauteous large having this hap due to the fact that it's benignant of similar a afloat ellipse deal,” Milam said.
After helium was arrested successful 2009 and sentenced to six years successful prison, Milam had 2 options: fto addiction instrumentality over, oregon flooded addiction.
Now, arsenic a self-proclaimed ‘dopamine dealer,’ his ngo is to stock the state helium has with others.
“I can't hold to spot what God is going to bash successful you and done you and done New Life,” Milam’s parent Liz Harrison said.
Wednesday’s expansive opening was emotional, attended by galore who spent years praying for Milam’s recovery.
California State Assemblyman Jim Patterson was there, and told Milam, “You were healed and you were made full for the intent that the Lord had for you from the clip He knit you unneurotic successful your mother’s womb.”
Milam’s friends and household telephone him the Prodigal Son aft coming location and starting a caller life.
“I've been done a batch successful my life. And I consciousness similar God has a program and this is it,” Milam said.
He says, if helium tin commencement a caller life, anyone can. He looks guardant to helping those experiencing addiction rewrite their stories and past crook astir and assistance others arsenic well.
While the halfway is simply a for-profit organization, helium says donations help to money scholarships. He welcomes immoderate donations from the nationalist to enactment their work.
