Recovery Works Martinsville cuts ribbon on drug treatment center
MARTINSVILLE — "Each person reaches recovery in their own way."
That quote from Joe Pritchard, chief executive officer for Pinnacle Treatment Centers, adorns a wall in the cafeteria of Recovery Works Martinsville, a 64-bed drug treatment facility situated on nine acres at 504 Grand Valley Blvd.
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A recovering addict himself, Pritchard knows that there is no catch-all method to treating drug addiction. It's why he set out to create a treatment campus and recovery community that addresses the problem from multiple schools of thought.
"I realized early on the challenge of just getting sober, and that not everyone reaches their journey the same way," Pritchard said. "A provider like Pinnacle needs to be willing to get them help."
On Wednesday, Pinnacle employees were joined by state officials and local community members to celebrate the grand opening of the facility, the company's third of its kind in Indiana. It also operates treatment centers in Cambridge City and Merrittville.
Phase one of Recovery Works Martinsville is a 32-bed drug and alcohol addiction detox and residential treatment center. Soon to follow is a 32-bed inpatient psychiatric center for people with mental health issues related to substance use disorders and an outpatient opioid addiction treatment center called Martinsville Treatment Services.
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Each patient at Recovery Works will receive an individualized treatment plan that will incorporate individual, group and family therapy, medication if needed, and other activities such as art, meditation, and yoga, Pinnacle officials said.
It's part of the company's effort to provide "a full continuum of services" to people living with drug and alcohol addiction. They plan to start accepting patients next week.
An ongoing epidemic
Drug overdoses in the U.S. eclipsed 100,000 annually last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hoosiers are not immune to the opioid epidemic. The state of Indiana reported a 32 percent increase in fatal overdoses during the 12-month period beginning in April 2020 and April 2021, according to CDC data.
"If we're all honest with each other, all of our families are affected one way or the other with addiction or some type of problem that this facility can help people with," Martinsville Mayor Kenny Costin said Wednesday.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch said mental health and addiction remain a top priority for her administration. She shared her own family's struggles with mental illness and addiction.
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Her mother suffered from depression, her sister committed suicide and her brother is an alcoholic, she said.
"Those Hoosiers whose inherent genes predispose them to these conditions deserve an opportunity to be successful," she said. "But they need a place to go to be successful."
In addition to helping its patients, the facility will also contribute to the city's tax base and provide jobs for more than 40 people, officials said, though they plan to hire more workers when they take on more patients.
The company also plans to transform the 44-unit apartment complex formerly known as Artesian Court Apartments on South Drive into transitional housing for some of its patients.
Headquartered in New Jersey, Pinnacle Treatment Centers serves nearly 35,000 patients in eight states.
Contact reporter Peter Blanchard at 765-346-2942 or pblanchard@reporter-times.com. Follow him on Twitter @peterlblanchard.
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