REACH United Initiative

10/13/2023

Startling statistics about addiction in our community!!

09/11/2023

Meet the REACH United Initiative Team !!

Meet Dr. Stephen Loyd, a member of the advisory board for REACH!! United!!

Dr. Stephen Loyd is one of the nation’s most respected and recognized experts on substance abuse, addiction, and recovery. He currently serves as the Chair of TN’s Opioid Abatement Council which oversees the state’s distribution of opioid settlement funding; medical director of 5 TN-based treatment centers; an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at East Tennessee State University; and a Guest Lecturer at Vanderbilt University’s Medical School. His subject matter expertise has been included in reporting by virtual all major national news outlets; he has been a frequent expert witness in front of national and state legislative bodies; and has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences and association meetings around the country.

09/11/2023

09/08/2023

Meet the REACH United Initiative Team!!
Jim Murphy is the President of REACH United Initiative. A veteran GOP campaign strategist, he has held senior level positions in the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, and Bob Dole — as well as over seventy other gubernatorial, congressional, and statewide campaigns over the last 40 years. He was President and Managing Partner of DCI Group, one of the country’s largest independent public affairs companies that provided grassroots, government affairs, and public relations services to some of the country’s leading brands. He is also an ICF certified Executive Leadership and Transformational Life Coach, having earned an Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership.

09/07/2023

Meet REACH United Initiative TEAM!

George Massengill, BSSW, LADAC has over 35 years of experience in the healthcare, information technology and business financial industry. He served as CMO/EVP and board member for Journey Pure — a national behavioral health company. George has successfully opened and operated several behavioral health care companies. Those companies hinged on his expertise and were pioneers in developing, combining, and operating state-wide integrated networks of In-Patient Detoxification, Residential – Outpatient, Transitional Living, Case Management, In-Home counseling, and coaching services. George has founded and sold: The Wellness Centers, Health Connect America, Recovery Living Services and Serenity Centers/Serenity Network.

09/06/2023

Meet the REACH United InitiativeTeam!

Samuel A. MacMaster, Ph.D. is an expert in the behavioral health field with over three decades of experience in the design, delivery, and evaluation of substance use and mental health treatment services. He was the Co-founder of a behavioral health company where he served as the Chief Clinical Officer and built ten residential and twenty outpatient facilities across the southeast. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College and was previously a member of the faculty of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor Medical College and the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. He holds a doctorate in social welfare and a Master of Science in social administration from Case Western Reserve University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Miami of Ohio.

09/04/2023

https://musiciansrecoverynetwork.com/f/one-historic-account-of-music-used-as-therapy

Music has all kinds therapeutic value for the listener, or even all who are exposed to it There’s a ton of science behind that statement, probably some incredibly detailed studies that back up the therapeutic value of mu...

09/01/2023

Tennessee is a “carry” state. We carry NARCAN to save lives !

08/31/2023

https://musiciansrecoverynetwork.com/f/international-overdose-awareness-day---remembering-brad-austin

Today (August 31, 2023) is International Overdose Awareness day. It’s a day in which the Recovery Community, Politicians, Treatment Centers, Drug coalitions and other recovery advocates try to create an awareness about t...

08/20/2023

71 Lives Lost per day due to drug related factors. REACH United Initiative is dedicated to helping those individuals battling addiction!