Start Healing Now

Start Healing Now SHN, a nonprofit
organization based in Wisconsin SHN was founded in 2013 by Wisconsin mother Linda Lenz after losing her son Tony to an accidental overdose.

Since 2015, Jessica Geschke has served as President of SHN. Jessica began working within SHN and other Wisconsin-based advocacy groups after nearly losing her brother to an overdose. Jessica, along with her board of directors have spent years volunteering including endless hours of planning and executing events to raise money to help educate the public and get those addicted into treatment. Their tireless efforts have saved so many lives and have saved so many families the pain of losing their loved one. Most recently the Board of Directors have embarked on a new direction with SHN. This has included the renaming of the 501C3 non-profit and branding of the page and new website and a name change to Start Healing Now. This nonprofit organization provides a solid base of continuous care, including resources and financial assistance for safe and structured sober living homes, education, transitional aftercare programs and free access to the lifesaving drug, Narcan. Your donations to SHN fuel the OAK Program, the road to recovery and a new life for those who struggle with the disease of addiction. Your donation will literally save a life! Narcan, provided free of charge and distributed across the country, saves lives daily by reversing the effects of an overdose. There is no chance of recovery if addiction ends up in a fatal overdose but with Start Healing Now thousands will be saved in order to give them a second chance at life. Please Donate Now. CONNECT WITH US
starthealingnow.org | shndirect@gmail.com

💜 We’re excited to be part of this important community event!Start Healing Now will be at The New Drug Talk: Connect to ...
11/11/2025

💜 We’re excited to be part of this important community event!

Start Healing Now will be at The New Drug Talk: Connect to Protect on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 (6:30–8:00 PM) at Verona Area High School.

We’ll have a resource table with free NARCAN®, information about our Overdose Aid Kit - OAK Program, and support resources for families affected by substance use.

This free event features a short film from Song for Charlie, expert speakers, and practical tips for families to help keep kids safe from fake pills and fentanyl.

📍 Verona Area High School PAC – Enter Door 10
🕕 Wednesday, Nov 19 | 6:30–8:00 PM
🌐 thenewdrugtalk.org

Together, we can build safer, stronger communities. 💜

On this Veterans 🌺 Day, thank you to all who served! 🇺🇸
11/11/2025

On this Veterans 🌺 Day, thank you to all who served! 🇺🇸

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11/11/2025

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Download the app today! ❤️
11/07/2025

Download the app today! ❤️

If you’re struggling, and need help, we want you to know you don’t have to walk this path alone. There are so many wonderful resources in our community to assist you in changing things around. We brought all of our local resources into our We Heart You app available today.

11/07/2025

Sen. Jesse James says his own experience informed a bill to give Medicaid coverage for mental health and addiction to some Wisconsin prisoners.

💵 Five Dollar Fridays! 💵Just $5 can help provide:📚 Education💉 Access to NARCAN®❤️ Saving LivesYou can even make it month...
11/07/2025

💵 Five Dollar Fridays! 💵

Just $5 can help provide:
📚 Education
💉 Access to NARCAN®
❤️ Saving Lives

You can even make it monthly and keep the impact going all year. 🌟

Donate today 👉 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LS8WGCD68QSAG

Every donation helps save lives!

Campus Surge at Rutgers University was amazing last night! We absolutely love spending time with our people! Thank yo...
11/05/2025

Campus Surge at Rutgers University was amazing last night! We absolutely love spending time with our people! Thank you for hosting such an enjoyable and engaging evening Mobiize!

We've probably all seen a post going around that says, “Narcan is free but insulin isn’t?”Yes, affordable or free insuli...
11/03/2025

We've probably all seen a post going around that says, “Narcan is free but insulin isn’t?”

Yes, affordable or free insulin should be the goal. Lives depend on it. No one’s saying otherwise.

But let’s stop pretending Narcan is “free.”

Narcan distribution is funded by settlement money from lawsuits against companies like Purdue Pharma—companies that profited from misleading marketing of OxyContin and fueled the opioid crisis.

So what people call “free Narcan” is actually paid for with money recovered from death and destruction. It’s not a gift. It’s a response to a nationwide crisis that’s taken hundreds of thousands of lives.

Narcan is emergency medicine. It reverses an opioid overdose in seconds. You don’t take it daily—you use it when someone is dying.

We hand it out because every life is worth saving, no matter how they got here.

So yes—let’s keep fighting for affordable insulin. But don’t use that fight to shame harm reduction.

One doesn’t have to come at the cost of the other.

💉 Insulin saves lives.
💊 Narcan saves lives.
❤️‍🩹 Compassion saves lives.

~ Shari
Mom of Travis (forever 24) ❤️
SHN Parent Ambassador

The Fall Ball with Chasin' Mason! Thank you Rogers Behavioral Health for an amazing night and the invitation to celebrat...
11/02/2025

The Fall Ball with Chasin' Mason! Thank you Rogers Behavioral Health for an amazing night and the invitation to celebrate mental health and recovery! ❤️

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PO Box 125
Cottage Grove, WI
53527

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm

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http://www.overdoseaidkit.com/

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