News Updates From The Next Door

Recycling is Mindfulness

May 21, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Laryssa Schepel

by Kellie Kroening, TND Intake Specialist and avid baker
Recycling is a mindfulness practice. Maybe you know someone who recycles like it’s their full time job. Maybe you know someone who thinks the whole thing is a joke. Unfortunately, the movement for recycling sometimes get a bad reputation because of the way it’s been presented – for instance, “if you’re not recycling, then you hate animals and the eventual disappearance of the polar ice caps is on you and your empty Dr.…

Nashville Public Television Opioids Town Hall

April 19, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

As our country grapples with the opioid epidemic, NPT held a public forum about how Middle Tennesseans are dealing with this health crisis, recorded on April 9, 2019, in studio A. Our audience discussed how this substance is affecting communities, families and health systems.…

Rx Summit Spotlight: Blending Faith and Science a Winning Combination

April 15, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

Even amid a crippling opioid crisis, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder remains highly controversial in the state where April Barnes, RN, works. At this month’s Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, the outreach director at Nashville, Tenn.-based The Next Door will argue for a treatment approach that fully integrates physical, emotional and spiritual components.…

WKRN Nashville – Decoding the Fentanyl Formula

March 29, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – There are two types of opioids: naturally-occurring and synthetic. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid.
Dr. Michael Ferri, medical director at Next Door, explained further, “There are naturally occurring opioids like morphine, which comes out of the poppy plant, the tar of the poppy pod.…

WKRN Nashville – Fentanyl’s Potency Creates Hurdle in Fighting Opioid Overdoses

March 28, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Overdose deaths are skyrocketing across the country from synthetic opioids.
According to the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, much of the overdoses stem from illicitly-manufactured fentanyl, a synthetic opioid health experts call dangerously potent.
A woman, News 2 is naming Sarah out of confidentiality, knows this all too well.…

WKRN Nashville – The F Word: Fentanyl Emerging as a Scourge Across Tennessee

March 25, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

MIDDLE TENNESSEE (WKRN) – Danny Schaeffer is in the business of dealing with bad things. Fentanyl is one of them.
Schaeffer is the EMS director in Cheatham County, which is feeling the impact of the synthetic opioid. “We’ve had three confirmed deaths this year off of fentanyl,” he told News 2 recently.…

FOXCARES – March 2019’s Non-Profit – The Next Door

March 4, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

A new month means a new FOXCARES partnership! As always, if you book your move with Fox Moving and Storage, we will contribute $10 from your move to a Nashville local non-profit. This month, Fox Moving and Storage is thrilled to announce our community giving partnership with The Next Door. …

News Channel 5 Nashville – New Mothers Battling Addiction Avoid Opiates After Birth

January 31, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Battling opioid addiction is tough enough. It can be even harder for a pregnant woman.
The Next Door is an organization that helps women, pregnant or not, battle their addiction to opiates.
For the most part, avoiding painkillers is the only option to continue recovery even after birth.…

Fox 17 – Secreatary Ben Carson Visits Nashville Recovery Center for Women, Discusses Opioid Crisis

January 31, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson made a stop in Music City Thursday to discuss the opioid crisis and the importance of treatment facilities for those who need it most.
Carson toured the Next Door Recovery Center in Nashville and participated in a round table with health care providers.…

The Tennessee Tribune – HUD Secretary Ben Carson Comes to Nashville

January 31, 2019/0 Comments/in news /by Annalise Droitcour

NASHVILLE, TN – Last week Congress passed the $3.3 billion Support for Patients and Communities Act to address the national opioid crisis. The day after it passed, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson visited The Next Door Recovery Center in Nashville. …

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