Welcome to the La Hacienda blog! My name is Kristen Black and I am an employee and alumni of La Hacienda. I have been working for La Hacienda since October 2005. My new role is Interactive Media Coordinator and my hope is that this blog will connect our alumni, familes and referral sources. My goal is to bring La Ha to you! Peek around for all sorts of great information and if you have any questions feel free to contact me, kblack@lahacienda.com. Sincerely, Kristen var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-7419765-4’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @lahatreatment)http://blog.lahacienda.com/ # On behalf of the Alumni Services team I would like to thank everyone who attended and helped make...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/50092959897http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/50092959897Fri, 10 May 2013 10:33:15 -0500laharecoveryla hacienda treatment centeraddictionrecoveryalumnireunionIn case you missed the alumni update from the newsletter I thought we would recap in honor of alumni...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/48693538653http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/48693538653Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:15:00 -0500The family week program is available to all patients and their families and usually takes place as...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/46510836501http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/46510836501Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:44:36 -0500laharecoveryaddictionfamilyrecoverylahaciendaLa Hacienda’s Continuing Care Department links our patients to the next steps in their recovery once...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/42928643075http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/42928643075Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:01:17 -0600laharecoveryla haciendala hacienda treatment centerextended aftercaresober homes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a09848c1d9abdd446e5fdf47630e8ce5/tumblr_mgdcjt7WlP1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>“What’s the story with all these rocks”?</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>If you have ever visited La Hacienda, whether you were a patient or just a friend, you cannot miss all the beautiful, colorful rocks all over our campus.  The rocks say many things; good bye to drugs and alcohol, good bye to deceased loved ones, intentions for the future, prayers, quotes from songs and sometimes just painted with pretty colors and designs.  For the month of January we have decided to highlight the La Ha Rocks.   I had grand plans to write a great article on the history of the rocks; how it started, why we do it, so on and so forth.  However, La Ha has been around 40 years and although we have employees that seem to have been around that long, no one knows the official story.  After more investigating it seems the significance and history of the rocks, according to the staff, is as personal and different as the rocks themselves.  Also some staff I asked are alumni, like myself, and have more of a personal experience.  So instead of a bunch of facts about the history of the rocks, I will be posting some of the feedback I have received.  We will start with mine:</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>The rocks remind me of all the people that have gone on the path of recovery before me.  That I am not alone. It reminds me of the work we do every day at La Hacienda.   I also feel, as a patient who once painted a rock – it set an intention for my recovery and connected me to the land where my life began to change.</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>If you have a rock story you would like to tell – email it to me, <a href="mailto:kblack@lahacienda.com">kblack@lahacienda.com</a></em></p></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/40288023314http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/40288023314Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:31:00 -0600If these hills could speak, the land where La Hacienda now rests would tell a captivating tale....http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/37639452491http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/37639452491Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:19:08 -0600la hacienda treatment centerlaharecoveryla hacienda hunt texas K2 and Spice These two substances seem to have emerged on the scene in the past year and are...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/35780109221http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/35780109221Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:02:19 -0600la hacienda treatment centerk2 abusespice abuseHello Alumni this is Krystle here at Alumni Headquarters! Wow, I can’t believe that Reunion has...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/33294248949http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/33294248949Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:46:58 -0500la hacienda treatment centerla hacienda hunt texasla hacienda alumniaddiction treatment Our 40th annual reunion is behind us and we are grateful for everyone who helped make it a...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32884139527http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32884139527Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:02:38 -0500la hacienda treatment centerla hacienda reunionaddiction treatment texas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayw4hHMtw1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We are getting ready for you!!  <a href="http://lahacienda.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Alumni-ContinuingCare/Flyers/2012%20flyer%20-%20full%20pg.pdf" target="_blank">Alumni reunion THIS weekend!</a></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32335744182http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32335744182Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:19:28 -0500alumni reunionla hacienda treatment center<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9moeiNG1n1qfmb96o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://anonpress.org/musts/" target="_blank">MUSTS in the Big Book</a></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32196638183http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32196638183Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:06:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_macs9mvKqv1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Accepting Change</strong><br/><br/>The winds of change blow through our life, sometimes gently, sometimes like a tropical storm. Yes, we have resting places - time to adjust to another level of living, time to get our balance, time to enjoy the rewards. We have time to catch our breath.<br/><br/>But change is inevitable, and desirable.<br/><br/>Sometimes, when the winds of change begin to rustle, we’re not certain the change is for the better. We may call it stress or a temporary condition, certain we’ll be restored to normal. Sometimes, we resist. We tuck our head down and buck the wind, hoping that things will quickly calm down, get back to the way things were. Is it possible we’re being prepared for a new “normal”?<br/><br/>Change will sweep through our life, as needed, to take us where we’re going. We can trust that our Higher Power has a plan in mind, even when we don’t know where the changes are leading.<br/><br/>We can trust that the change-taking place is good. The wind will take us where we need to go.<br/><br/><em>Today, help me, God, to let go of my resistance to change. Help me be open to the process. Help me believe that the place I’ll be dropped off will be better than the place where I was picked up. Help me surrender, trust, and accept, even if I don’t understand.</em></p> <p align="center">You are reading from the book:</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://mail.lahacienda.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpEntry.jsp?go=item%26item=1271" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://mail.lahacienda.com/exchweb/img/clear1x1.gif"/></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://mail.lahacienda.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpEntry.jsp?go=item%26item=1271" target="_blank">The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie</a></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32122203812http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/32122203812Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:18:22 -0500la hacienda treatment centerspirituality and recovery<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao2ozLIa81qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The reunion is NEXT weekend!!! </strong> Here is <a href="http://lahacienda.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Alumni-ContinuingCare/Flyers/2012%20flyer%20-%20full%20pg.pdf" target="_blank">the link to the flyer</a> that has the schedule and who will be speaking.  These speakers are incredible!!  Come back and get some La Ha LOVE on you :)  Family and friends are welcome too!</p> <p><br/> </p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31981895157http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31981895157Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:09:49 -0500la hacienda treatment centerla haciendaalumni<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_macae0FtGv1qfmb96o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><em><span><span class="homepageintrotextheader">September is <strong>Recovery Month</strong></span> </span></em></p> <p><em><span></span><span></span><strong>Recovery Month</strong> <span>promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. </span><strong>Recovery Month</strong><span> spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.</span></em></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31918143772http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31918143772Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:56:53 -0500recovery monthla hacienda treatment centerlife after treatment<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_makb42UfZ81qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31856226430http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31856226430Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:55:10 -0500la ha rocks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9h1opRnsN1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9h1opRnsN1qfmb96o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I recently had a request for some more pictures of the campus.  I admit, I have been slacking in that area.  I love seeing facility pictures too and I am going to work on getting some new ones!! </p> <p>As always, please let me know what you want to see more of!!  <a href="mailto:kblack@lahacienda.com">kblack@lahacienda.com</a>! </p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31728283608http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31728283608Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:49:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5eujoreW1qfmb96o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal">Hey guys, Krystle here from Alumni headquarters. <span> </span>Hope everyone has had an amazing summer! <span> </span>I can’t believe that it is coming to an end already. <span> </span>For many years now La Hacienda has done one of the hospitality rooms for the annual Hill Country Roundup. <span> </span>We cook lots of chili dogs for all the hungry folks in the Fellowship, and of course, we always make sure to have plenty of the carrot cake and brownies that everyone loves. <span> </span>I definitely have to thank all of the Alumni volunteers; we could not have pulled it off without them! <span> </span>They hang out for hours cooking, cleaning, and helping any way that they can. The Big Book on pg. 20 says, “Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.”<span>  </span>This was very evident during Roundup weekend; I had countless people offer to help us out. <span> </span>Plus, there were many others involved in service work to keep the conference running smoothly! <span> </span>Such an amazing weekend! <span> </span>Keep doing the deal guys! As the Book says, “It works—it really does.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Happy, Joyous, and Free,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Krystle</p></p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31518503304http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31518503304Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:00:18 -0500La Hacienda Treatment CenteralumniHill Country Round Up Reunion is coming up the last weekend of September and we would love to see all of you here! ...http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31457739940http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31457739940Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:57:08 -0500alumniLa Hacienda Treatment Center<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5jogJbgP1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31395697032http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31395697032Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:55:27 -0500la ha rocksla hacienda treatment center<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9my1pigLT1qfmb96o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9my1pigLT1qfmb96o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s time for group!</p>http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31269784809http://blog.lahacienda.com/post/31269784809Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:58:23 -0500