ICGH

09/29/2025

🌟 ICGH Thanks the Iredell Community! 🌟
This past Saturday, the 8th Annual Iredell Walk for Recovery brought together hundreds of people to celebrate hope, resilience, and recovery. 🎶✨
From inspiring speakers and live performances to kids’ activities, food, and community partners, it was an amazing day filled with connection and support. 💜
ICGH was honored to serve as a Platinum Sponsor alongside so many dedicated organizations working to carry the message of recovery. We are grateful to the organizers, sponsors, and especially the families and individuals who showed up to walk together in strength and solidarity.
Recovery is possible. Community makes it stronger. 💪

09/26/2025

In 2022, Carteret County lost 39 of our neighbors to overdose. By 2024, that number had fallen to just 4.

This remarkable progress is the result of the leadership of Dr. Randall Williams, Director of Carteret County Health and Human Services, and the dedication of the County’s PORT team. Working with community partners such as ICGH and Carteret Health, they have created a system of care that saves lives.

Since partnering with the PORT team in 2023, ICGH has expanded immediate access to medical care, licensed therapists and doctors through its low barrier, telemedicine services, as well as federally funded recovery housing and transportation. Together with our peer support specialists and community partners, we’ve been able to remove barriers, offer free care to the uninsured, and provide a pathway forward for those in crisis.

In 2024, ICGH opened its Morehead City office, expanded men’s and women’s recovery housing in Carteret and Craven counties, and in January 2025 launched the Carolina Wellness Center at Sea Level, a 24/7 inpatient crisis and detox facility with residential treatment. Federal support has allowed us to continue offering housing, care, and recovery supports at no cost to many who otherwise would go without.

Looking ahead to 2026, new adolescent crisis and treatment beds, along with involuntary commitment services, will expand access to care even further.

While these milestones matter, today we celebrate the leadership of Dr. Williams, the PORT team, and the collaborative spirit of Carteret County. Their work—alongside the contributions of many partners—has brought hope, healing, and life-saving results to our community.

Together, we are building a stronger, healthier, and more hopeful future for Carteret County and beyond. 💜

09/26/2025

A Heartfelt Thank You

We are grateful to everyone who helped make the 2025 Breaking Darkness Music Festival a success! Because of your support:

Over $4,000 was raised for charity

More than 475 people attended

3 dozen individuals accepted Christ

Over 60 volunteers served faithfully

200 gift bags were given away

We came close to a sell-out crowd

Special thanks to our incredible partners — Recovery NC, Bethel Colony of Mercy, and Safe Harbor — for standing with us in this mission.

We look forward to partnering with you again for an even bigger 2026 Breaking Darkness Festival!

09/25/2025

🎉✨ Celebrating Sharday Black! ✨🎉

Today we are overjoyed to celebrate our amazing Corporate Office Manager, Sharday Black!
Sharday joined the ICGH team two years ago and has continued to blow us away with her accomplishments, dedication, loyalty, and incredible work ethic. She shows up early, stays late, and tackles every challenge with ambition, professionalism, and grace.
What sets Sharday apart is not just her talent and drive, but her love for God — the foundation that has shaped her into the powerful, fierce woman she is today.
Today was extra special: Sharday signed the papers for her forever home 🏡💙. We were honored to celebrate this milestone with her. She thought she was just coming in for CPR training (and of course, in true Sharday fashion, she showed up without a complaint!) — but instead, we got to shower her with love and congratulations.
Sharday, we admire you, we appreciate you, and we are beyond blessed to have you on our team. We can’t wait to see all the next chapters God has in store for you.
Congratulations, Sharday, on your new home and all of your hard work! 💐🙌

09/23/2025

🌟 Join ICGH at the Iredell Walk for Recovery! 🌟

We’re excited to walk alongside our community at the Iredell Walk for Recovery this Saturday, September 27th, 2025 from 4:00–7:00 PM at South Iredell High School (299 Old Mountain Road, Troutman, NC).

Recovery is about more than treatment—it’s about hope, connection, and building stronger communities together. 💙

Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to show support, honor recovery journeys, and stand with us in reducing stigma around addiction and mental health.

👣 Walk with us.
💬 Share stories of strength.
🌈 Celebrate recovery.

We can’t wait to see you there!

09/22/2025

If you are a person in recovery, may this be your meditation for today:

I see you with grace, not with judgment. Whatever has happened in your past does not define who you are or limit what you are capable of. What matters most is the strength you carry right now, and the courage you have shown by changing people's lives one at a time. You are doing big, brave, and beautiful things – things that take faith, perseverance, and heart. As you walk this journey, know that you are not alone. I, and many others, are here to stand with you, to hold you up when the road feels heavy, to celebrate with you when victories come, and to remind you of all that you have accomplished. My hope is that you feel supported, encouraged, and lifted – not weighed down. That you feel believed in, never doubted. That you know, deep down, you are worthy of the life you are building. The future ahead of you is full of beauty and endless possibilities. And so are the life’s you are helping . I believe in every step you will take to get there. You are amazing, with a beautiful soul that is changing lives as we know it. I am honored and blessed to be a part of your team.

09/22/2025

🌟 Positivity in Recovery 🌟

At ICGH, recovery is more than just not using. It’s about building a new way of life. With medication, counseling, and community resources working together, we help people not just survive—but thrive.

We’re not a “dose-and-go” or a “group-for-billing” program. We are a mission-driven organization made up of people from all walks of life, most of us in recovery ourselves, with one shared purpose: helping individuals put their lives back together—whether that’s through addiction treatment or mental health support.

Recovery is not about standing still—it’s about growth, connection, and purpose. You are either part of the problem or part of the solution. And at ICGH, we choose to be part of the solution every single day. 💙

✨ Don’t just stop—start living.

09/21/2025

09/21/2025

At ICGH, we know addiction can hijack the brain—leading to choices you never would have made otherwise. For some, that’s meant the loss of children, careers, freedom, or even lives. But nobody is unredeemable.

Through our peer support specialists, counselors, and doctors—many of us also in recovery—we meet you without stigma or judgment. Recovery isn’t just about making amends, it’s about using your story to help others avoid the same mistakes.

Do not allow something in your past during active addiction to define you or your recovery. The wreckage of your past can become the firm foundation of how you help others in the future.

09/21/2025

Choosing the Right Path to Recovery

At ICGH, we only incorporate evidence-based models of care—interventions proven to work across populations, not just anecdotal success stories.

Be careful who you trust on your recovery journey. Just because one person is enthusiastic about a program doesn’t mean it’s evidence-based. Unfortunately, many people are harmed by approaches that haven’t been validated and don’t hold up statistically.

Too many predatory providers are trying to cash in on families’ pain and people’s struggles with addiction. Recovery should never be about profit—it should be about proven care, dignity, and healing.

And while some agencies only provide counseling or medication, ICGH delivers proven outcomes that have allowed us to secure multiple federal grants and county contracts year after year—because people who enroll in our services simply get better.

At ICGH, we stand firm: evidence, not opinion. Outcomes, not empty promises.

09/20/2025

🌟 We’re out at the FIRST Annual Gaston County Recovery Walk today at Erwin Park until 3 PM! 🌟

ICGH Gastonia is proud to be part of this family-friendly event celebrating recovery, community, and hope. 💙✨

Come join us—there’s something for everyone, and together we can show that recovery is possible!