“So, we’re trying to make a safe place for people to say, ‘Hey, I need some help,’ and then be able to get back to life,' said Sam Garcia, a community liaison for Banyan Alaska, a new substance abuse treatment center.
The clinical building at Wasilla’s new center for substance abuse recovery, Banyan Alaska.
According to the Alaska Mental Health Trust, about one in nine Alaskans need treatment for a drug or alcohol problem. But there’s only treatment space for a fraction of that population. “Now if you get sent out of state,” he said, “that means you’re leaving your family, your kids, your sober support. And I don’t believe you have to do that to get help.”
“When you’re in a treatment center, and you’re working with somebody that has been through something similar, it makes you more effective at being able to reach them and meet them where they’re at,” he said.
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