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04/13/2026

04/13/2026

Your recovery journey didn’t end when you left Pavillon—it continues every day, and you are part of a community that is still helping others find the same hope you did. By setting up a small monthly automatic donation, you can make a steady, meaningful impact on someone who is just beginning their path to recovery.

Even a modest gift, given consistently, helps ensure that more individuals have access to life-changing treatment and support. Your experience matters, and your continued support can help someone else believe that lasting recovery is possible.

Consider an Automatic Donation – It’s Easy and makes a BIG Difference!

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04/12/2026

Statistics...

Let's look at some numbers:
1. 65%- 70% people relapse within 90 days after treatment.
2. 85% relapse within first year.
3. 40%-60% relapse over a lifetime. (These numbers take in consideration all drugs.)
Alcohol Specific:
1. Only 33% are sober after a year.
2. If they make it into a second year their numbers increase to 50%.
3. After 5 years the numbers say that the chance of a relapse is less than 15%.

Positive Factors Affecting Recovery
One is the length of involvement in a structured recovery environment. That would involve inpatient, outpatient (IOP) and participation in community peer support groups which are AA/NA, Celebrate Recovery. Effective self-care habits are essential- healthy nutrition, exercise and proper sleep hygiene. But the most vital element and one all research says is the most critical one for your recovery is a personal, strong commitment to recovery. In other words...you are the deciding factor.

Numbers, especially statistics are just what they are- nameless, faceless, heartless, cold figures on a spreadsheet some computer nerd put together so he would look smart or defend some useless point he is trying to prove. They are lifeless, they have no spirit. They cannot gauge your heart, your will to survive, your commitment to freedom or your love for yourself and others. They cannot calculate your spirit. You are the driving dynamic. Look again at the statistics above. The magic number and the one not up there is 100%. If you want it bad enough, "..if you are painstaking", if you look within yourself in order to find the needed changes and are willing to make them, if integrity, honor, pride, discipline, service, courage and willingness to succeed mean more to you than the next drink, then the number with your name on it can very easily be 100%. You can defy all the statistics, crush all the odds and screw up a whole bunch of research. I hated all those odds they threw at me in my early recovery and I took it personal. I have been rubbing their faces in those databases for over 33 years. It makes me smile every time I think about it.

"Out of the night that covers me, black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul... I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul." -Invictus: William Henley

~Oren W.

04/10/2026

04/08/2026

Did You Know? The ability to find feelings of grace for or to extend forgiveness to others and ourselves may be very beneficial for our wellbeing. Practicing grace, forgiveness, and letting go of past hurts, anger, and pain may reduce risks for stress, depression, heart disease, and diabetes. Choices around forgiveness, grace, and letting go have been correlated with improved sleep, enhanced immunity, lowered blood pressure, improved mood, increased longevity, and improved overall wellbeing.

microPOP™ with Lesli J. is a new resource that will be offered once a month in the Lifeline and on the Pavillon app.

This week’s microPOP™ is GRACE.

Pavillon microPOPs are designed to help experience more pleasure, purpose, productivity, and MORE anytime and almost anywhere. “POP” is short for “Pleasure Or Pain.”

microPOP™: Think about something you have done that you regret or someone who has recently caused pain or disruption in your life. See if you can create the desire to feel grace or for yourself and/or the other person. You might prefer to think of “letting go” instead of grace or forgiveness.

TIP #1: Imagine any freedom or feelings of empowerment that grace and forgiveness might provide. You might even write down how your life could improve through increased grace and forgiveness.

TIP #2: Identify those you have hurt and who have hurt you. With whom do you wish to make amends or have an honest conversation about the hurt you feel they have caused? One way to think about GRACE for others is that we were all once small, sweet children, and we all came into this world with our DNA and innocence wrapped together.

TIP #3: When you have hurt yourself or been hurt by others, allow yourself to be honest by simply naming the feelings that are there. Studies show that by “naming” the hurt in your life, you can decrease the negative emotional response and subsequent impact in your brain. Once the hurt has been “named,” you might continue trying any or all of the above.

Imagine growing in GRACE with yourself, others, and our shared world.

04/06/2026

Our "Spring Peeps Contest " at Pavillon did not disappoint this year.

HR kicked things off by distributing hundreds of marshmallow bunnies and Peeps to 10 teams across campus—and what followed was nothing short of incredible. The creativity was off the charts, blending sweetness, hilarity, and (unexpectedly) a bit of destruction.

🥉 Third Place: “The Peep Show” by our Kitchen team, featuring an impressive LEGO fair—complete with a moving Ferris wheel.

🥈 Second Place: “The Chimney-Peeps” by Housekeeping, a clever and detailed tribute to Chimney Rock.

🥇 First Place: “Peep-Zilla: Sweet Destruction” by our Marketing team, Kim Nelson, Amber Brown—a full sensory experience with a Godzilla-style Peep towering over a city, complete with flashing lights, smoke effects, and an original soundtrack of roars, peeps, and first responders rushing in.

The competition was fierce this year, with participants already promising to “go big or go home” in 2027.

Events like this do more than spark creativity they strengthen connection. It’s the shared laughter, the hallway conversations (“Did you see…?” “Don’t forget to vote!”), and the camaraderie that make our campus culture so special.
Grateful to be part of a team that knows how to work hard—and have fun doing it.

04/05/2026

Step 4

I lit a lamp
and walked inside.
Not into a house, but into myself.
The walls were made of old beliefs, the floors, layered with dust
from every memory I buried.
I opened drawers labeled:
Anger.
Fear.
Shame.
Control.
And in each one, I found not monsters,
but younger versions of me
- still waiting to be seen.
This was not destruction.
It was excavation.
I did not flinch.
I named what lived there.
And in that naming, I reclaimed myself.
Courage was not fire.
It was the quiet act of telling the truth all the way through.

~ Amy G.

04/03/2026

Our SC Business Development team, Ed Schafer and Frankie Sheheen, had the pleasure of visiting Barnabas Behavioral Healthcare this week. Frankie shared, “We were grateful for the warm welcome and thoughtful, collaborative conversation with their team of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and licensed counselors.”

Pavillon is always glad to connect with providers who share a commitment to compassionate, individualized care. Barnabas’s integrated approach, offering both counseling and medication management, creates a strong foundation for supporting individuals at many stages of their journey. We appreciated the opportunity to share more about our residential treatment and virtual outpatient services as additional resources for patients who may benefit from a higher level of care.

We value the connection and look forward to staying in touch.

04/02/2026

Patrick Balsley and the Sana House team hosted the most incredible Recovery-themed celebratory evening at the Hornets/Celtics game in Charlotte! Special thanks to The Guest House Ocala team for hosting Pavillon in the suite they sponsored.

We always love an opportunity to connect with small programs driven by employees that are dedicated to their work on an personal level. Like Pavillon, Sana House and Guest House are programs that provide meaningful attention to the individual, and prioritize quality care.

The networking and connection that was created in the game-day suites was such a fun experience! Pavillon was able to connect with some very interesting people, including the retired Hornets professional basketball player, Michael Gminski, along with many other wonderful colleagues that traveled in from all over the country.

04/01/2026

We had the opportunity to visit Jeremy French, founder of Making Whole, in his woodworking studio in Asheville and it left a lasting impression. Director of Marketing & Business Development Kimberly Nelson, MA, and Treatment Program Director Charlie Dennis not only enjoyed a shared meal, but experienced firsthand the sense of fellowship and possibility among Jeremy, his staff, and the apprentices. It was palpable.

Spaces like this are rare. For young men in early recovery, developing pride in meaningful work and a sense of purpose is foundational. Learning a craft, working with one’s hands, and growing into the identity of a true artisan offers more than skill-building, it fosters dignity, confidence, and a sustainable path forward.

Making Whole is a community built around a classical apprenticeship model, where men in recovery create meaningful work while rebuilding their lives. Through hands-on craftsmanship, shared meals, and mentorship, the emphasis is on the process: showing up, doing simple things well, and growing consistently over time.

Kim and Charlie thoroughly enjoyed their time in the studio and look forward to collaborating with Jeremy and his team as we expand opportunities for young adults in our care who are seeking creative, purpose-driven pathways in recovery.

Making Whole Kim Nelson