Freedom House Inc

09/09/2025

Please join us this Sunday at Franke Park Pavilion #1 for our BBQ Fundraiser. Great food, fellowship and three mini-leads. We hope to see you there!

10/07/2024

For all my friends in recovery and/or who support recovery, Freedom House is holding its annual BBQ Fundraiser on Sunday, October 20th (36 years of saving lives!) Yummy Shigs 'n' Pit BBQ, great 12-Step mini-leads, and inspiring fellowship. If you buy your tickets by this Wednesday, they are $20 each. At the door, they will be $25. Donations also are welcome (PM me if you like.)

A special thank you to our sponsors: Fort Wayne Recovery, Trademark Title, Inc., Union Savings Bank, Starks Enterprises, Star Financial Bank, Dick Boggess, Stu Hambrick, George Wilson and so many others.

05/12/2024

Wishing a love-filled Mothering's Day to all who nurture, guide, protect, encourage, cheer, soothe, feed, clean, and love the children in their lives (young and old, human and otherwise, birthed or simply bonded). May you know how wonderful you are!

01/02/2024

Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford encourages us to face reality honestly.

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I have one request:
may I never use my reason against truth.
~Elie Wiesel

Honesty with ourselves is a great asset in every situation we confront. The skill to look reality square in the face and call it what it is takes us a good distance toward coping with it. However, many of us also have the skill to spin or rationalize our actions so that we don't have to face something unpleasant. That skill provides us with excuses and evasions, but it is the greatest betrayal of ourselves.

When we use our brain to cleverly cover the truth of our actions, we often believe our own lies, and then they keep us stuck. Just as dishonesty builds and grows on itself, so does honesty. We cannot one day decide to be honest and change in a flash because we don’t see all of our self-deceit yet. But we can make the decision to be as honest as we know how. Then we will soon be surprised by how much is revealed to us as the fog of our self-deceit lifts and our honesty builds on itself.

Today, I will strive to see reality as it is and not shape it to suit my ego’s desires.

11/28/2023

Today's Gift from Hazelden:

Finding Hope
Since devoting myself to recovery, I've never been without hope. I've experienced some really dark times in recovery, and there have been times when hope was all that I had. There's an Italian proverb that says "Hope is the last thing ever lost." How beautiful. How inspiring. I now understand that sharing hope is the most important thing I can do. Hope can be planted like a seed. I confess I was once a dope dealer; now I'm a hope dealer. I can share my experience and my knowledge to inspire hope in others. I can show them how to share their hope. And hope will spread. Hope will grow.

Hope is really about believing that things just might be okay. We can hope for healed relationships. We can hope for fresh starts. We can hope to make it through the next hour, next day, next week, next month, and next year in our recovery. We can hope to feel joy again. Hope means glimmers of light in the darkness, in the darkest of despair.

We all have hope. Somewhere. We might have to dig deep, but it's there.

11/22/2023

Here's the latest meeting schedule for Fort Wayne area!

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11/22/2023

09/09/2023

Freedom House is so blessed to be celebrating 35 years of helping individuals recovering from substance abuse. Here's a shout out to everyone who has been a part of our past, those who are linked with us today, and those who will be future friends.

We will be holding our 35th Anniversary Dinner tomorrow afternoon at Franke Park. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored this event and who has purchased tickets.

08/03/2023

Freedom House will celebrate 35 years of helping to save lives on Sunday, September 10, 2023. We invite you to join us for delicious BBQ from Shigs 'n' Pit and inspiring stories from members of the recovering community and the agencies that serve them.

Tickets are $16 per person, and only 250 are available! Tickets must be purchased by September 1st.

Sponsorships are also available. Contact us for more information!

03/22/2023

Do you know someone passionate about helping men in early recovery?

Freedom House is hiring a full-time On-Site Resident Manager to help maintain a safe and secure setting for clients and staff in our residential program. This salaried, non-clinical position includes on-site apartment/utilities, meals, paid time off and vacation. Salary ranges from $30,000-$36,000 per year depending on experience and qualifications.

Link to Indeed Job Posting: https://www.indeed.com/job/transitional-living-residential-manager-b23ed22789ed9493

Position Requirements:
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate level problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task
• Single, adult male with a passion for serving adult males in early recovery
• Knowledge of how to maintain sobriety through a 12-step program
• Clean and sober, with a minimum of 2 years continuous sobriety in a 12-step program
• Ability to handle stressful situations with people-management / basic conflict-resolution skills
• Must live on-site in a private apartment
• Effective use of Microsoft Office / 365 (especially word, excel, outlook) and basic data management for record-keeping
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and transportation
• Minimum High School diploma or GED
Position Responsibilities
• Actively promote and strive to develop community atmosphere; communicate with, and serve as a liaison between residents, and staff
• Make regular rounds of buildings/grounds to ensure safety, security, and optimal facility operations
• Assist clients and peers in making appropriate decisions
• Ability to respond to any site issues or concerns at all times
• Deliver ongoing, non-clinical oversight of client activity
• Complete accurate and timely documentation utilizing designated software / processes
• Respond to emergencies or incidents through conflict resolution and crisis management techniques
• Perform routine non-clinical intake duties as required
• Recognize behavior changes and monitor client movement

Questions? Please contact Freedom House office at 260-456-8097.

Freedom House, Inc.

02/07/2023

Today's reading from Hazelden Betty Ford reminds me that in recovery, compulsiveness is dangerous.

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Avoiding compulsiveness
Being compulsive people, once we leave the alcohol and other drugs behind, we want our dreams fulfilled now. But when we first get into recovery, all we have is potential. Fulfillment is not realized immediately; rather it is something we work toward.

Each day we must work on our lives with what we know today. Gradually we will grow closer toward our ideal. (Recovery is a process.) But we won't get anywhere if we try forcing ourselves into situations we are not ready for. Our Higher Power sets the pace.

Have I stopped being compulsive?

Higher Power, I pray for the patience to live today with what I have and what I know.

I will avoid being compulsive today by…

01/31/2023

Today's reading from Hazelden Betty Ford reminds us that forgiveness frees us from the chains of resentment.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
~Hannah Arendt

Resentments keep us in the past, a past that can never be relived. Resentments keep a stranglehold on our mind. They keep us from appreciating the beauty of a moment. They stop us from hearing the loving voices of friends. We forget that we have a mission to fulfill God's Divine plan for our life.

Fortunately, we can shake this hold on us, and our freedom comes when we decide to forgive whatever transgressions are made against us. This decision, with some practice, can become second nature.

Clearly the choice to resent no one is our opportunity to free our mind and heart for the real activities God hopes we'll attend to. Our purpose in this life goes unfulfilled when we're consumed by resentments. Now we have a program of recovery to help us develop a forgiving heart and find the peace and joy that are part of God's will for each of us.

Holding resentments against others hurts me. Forgiveness can make me glad I'm alive today.