Hazelden Foundation

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The Hazelden Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Center City, Minnesota. Hazelden has facilities in Minnesota (Center City, Plymouth and Saint Paul), Oregon, Illinois and New York. It offers assessment and primary residential addiction treatment for adults and youth, including extended care and intermediate care, as well as outpatient treatment, aftercare services and a family program. According to their mission statement, Hazelden helps "people sustain lifelong recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. We will accomplish this through a commitment to treatment, publishing, education, research, public advocacy and shared learning with other organizations."^[1]

[edit] History

The idea for Hazelden was born in 1947 when Austin Ripley, a recovering alcoholic, set out to create a treatment center in Minnesota specifically for alcoholic priests. After Lynn Carroll and other key supporters got involved, the priest-only concept was rejected for a broader patient base. Hazelden was incorporated on January 10, 1949, as "a sanatorium for curable alcoholics of the professional class." The property on which Hazelden's Center City, Minnesota, campus now stands was called "Hazelden," named for Hazel Thompson of the Thompson family that acquired the property in 1925. The name Hazelden stuck when the Hazelden Board of Trustees sought incorporation.

Hazelden's modest roots began in the Old Lodge, a farmhouse retreat for male alcoholics only in Center City. Carroll, Hazelden's first counselor, led a simple recovery program based on Alcoholics Anonymous principles. The Twelve Steps and treatment with dignity and respect formed the foundation of care, the same core components of Hazelden treatment today. In the first 18 months, 156 men came through Hazelden's doors. Today, more than 250,000 men, women and young people have benefited directly from Hazelden's recovery services, and millions have been touched worldwide by Hazelden educational materials and the Hazelden model of care.

Hazelden's first three years were shaky, but once the Butler Family assumed financial control of Hazelden and Pat Butler was named president in 1952, Hazelden flourished. In 1953, Fellowship Club in St. Paul was established as a halfway house to provide a safe haven for those in recovery who needed a longer period of education and support. In 1954, Pat Butler acquired the rights to Twenty-Four Hours a Day, a daily meditation book for alcoholics that launched Hazelden's publishing endeavors. Two years later, Hazelden established Dia Linn in Dellwood, Minnesota, one of the first treatment centers specifically for women.

The decade of the 1960s was a period of great innovation and growth. This is when the holistic, multidisciplinary team approach to treatment really took shape, an approach that became known as the "Minnesota Model" and has been emulated worldwide. Under the direction of Daniel Anderson, Dia Linn served as the laboratory for the Minnesota Model experiment. By the mid-1960s, psychologists, full-time chaplains, family services, and a comprehensive medical unit became part of the treatment regimen. Treatment beds increased from 26 to 157 in the mid-1960s, and female patients were moved to Center City. The tradition of gender-specific care for men and women continued at the shared location. Addiction training of counselors, clergy, and other professionals also began in the 1960s.

The 1970s and 1980s was a period of tremendous growth for Hazelden Publishing, as self-help materials for recovering alcoholics and addicts, "codependents," and people with other addictions gained popularity. In 1981, Hazelden Pioneer House opened in Plymouth, Minnesota, to serve addicted young people (ages 14–25) and their families. A full continuum of care opened in 1986 at Hanley-Hazelden Center at St. Mary's in West Palm Beach, Florida, marking Hazelden's first major regional expansion. Regional centers were added in 1992 in New York and in 1997 in Chicago. Hanley-Hazelden specialized in providing treatment services for older adults in the early 1990s.

The late 1980s and early 1990s represented a volatile period for substance abuse treatment services as hundreds of treatment centers closed or downsized. However, under President Jerry Spicer's leadership, Hazelden stressed fiscal responsibility and quality improvement during the early 1990s, positioning itself for growth. Instead of downsizing, it remained committed to sustaining and enhancing its continuum of care. In 1999, Hazelden celebrated its 50th anniversary and declared itself fit to build recovery with even greater pace and passion into the 21st century. Its legacy of providing addiction education and training took a huge leap in 1999 when it opened the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies in Center City.

In August 2001, the Hazelden Meditation Center in Center City opened, signifying Hazelden's strong commitment to the all-important spiritual component of care. It was built on the site of the Old Lodge, where treatment was delivered to Hazelden's first patients. In May 2006, the meditation center was named the Lavinia Neill Meditation Center in memory of Lavinia Neill, mother of Hazelden boardmember Lavinia Johnston. In January 2002, Hazelden acquired Springbrook Northwest, a treatment center in Newberg, Oregon. Springbrook already employed a Twelve Step, multidisciplinary approach to care, similar to Hazelden's, so it fit in well with Hazelden's national continuum of services.

In November 2002, Ellen Breyer was named president and CEO of Hazelden. As the sixth president and CEO of Hazelden, she was the first woman to lead Hazelden. She set out to implement a Hazelden strategic plan with two main goals: increase access to Hazelden treatment services and improve patient outcomes. To support the first goal, phase one of the new Women's Recovery Center was completed in September 2006 as a new two-story, two-unit, state-of-the-art facility exclusively for women opened in Center City. MORE (My Ongoing Recovery Experience), a major continuing care initiative to provide intensive support for patients 18 months after primary care, was launched in 2006. Mark G. Mishek was named Hazelden President and CEO in August 2008, succeeding Ellen Breyer. Mishek came to Hazelden from Allina Hospitals & Clinics, where he had been President of United Hospital of St. Paul.[2]

What follows is a timeline that cites some of the major milestones in Hazelden history:

Jan. 10, 1949 – Hazelden incorporates.
May 1, 1949 – Hazelden's official opening.
December 1952 – Patrick Butler is chosen president of Hazelden, Butlers provide financial stability.
December 1953 – Fellowship Club, halfway house for men, opens in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1954 – Pat Butler acquires rights to Twenty-Four Hours a Day, a meditation book for alcoholics, launching the beginning of Hazelden publishing efforts.
1956 – Dia Linn, one of the first residential treatment programs specifically for women in the United States, opens in Dellwood, Minn.
1958 – In a talk, Dia Linn nurse Jane Cain initiates the term "chemical dependency" to help define addiction to all mood-altering substances.
1961 – Dan Anderson joins Hazelden full-time as executive vice president and director.
Aug. 22, 1964 – Groundbreaking for major expansion at Center City.
January 1965 – Gordon Grimm joins Hazelden as its first full-time chaplain.
1965–1966 – Expansion of Residential Program at Center City – Ignatia Hall (the medical unit, called the "Infirmary" back then) and four new units (Tiebout, Silkworth, Dia Linn and Shoemaker) are opened.
April 1966 – On Good Friday, women patients move from Dia Linn to the newly expanded Center City campus, joining male patients. Some called it "Bad Friday," because many male alums predicted it would disrupt the therapeutic environment; the women liked the peace and serenity of the Dia Linn site. Separate treatment services remain for men and women.
July 1966 – Lynn Carroll leaves Hazelden, marking the end of an era. The strict AA style of care is replaced with the holistic, multidisciplinary approach to treatment. The AA foundation remains, headed by licensed professional addiction counselors, but other components of care are merged to meet the spiritual, family, social and psychological needs of patients and their families.
1968 – Extended Rehabilitation Program, or extended care, begins for patients needing long-term care. Men are housed at the old Dia Linn site, women stay at the Pine Cottage near the Old Lodge.
July 1969 – Construction begins on second major building expansion, includes 316-seat Bigelow Auditorium; Lilly Hall, a residential unit; and Jellinek Hall, home to extended care patients and Hazelden students of training programs.
1970 – Hazelden Center City has 167 beds for primary care patients, 22 admitting beds in Ignatia Hall (the medical skills/detox unit), and 23 beds at Jellinek Hall (extended care).
1971 – Dan Anderson succeeds Patrick Butler as president; Butler becomes chairman of the Board of Trustees.
1972 – Family Program, led by Harold Swift and Terence Williams, is developed and based on Al-Anon principles and the welfare of the family members. Professionals in Residence programming begins for teachers, serves as forerunner to more structured and individualized training that is developed later for professionals of many disciplines.
1981 – Hazelden Pioneer House in Plymouth, Minn., is purchased to serve as a treatment center for adolescents and young adults, with Damian McElrath serving as director. Women's Outpatient Program is established at Nicollet Clinic.
1982 – Each Day a New Beginning, a classic meditation book, is published.
1983 – Hanley-Hazelden Resource Clinic opens in West Palm Beach, Fla., provides day-treatment outpatient services. Clarence Snyder Hall, a halfway house for adolescents, opens in Turtle Lake, Wis. Prevention programs begin.
1984 – Renewal Center, a Twelve Step retreat facility, opens in Center City under Rev. Jerry Dollard's direction.
March 1986 – Dan Anderson retires, Harold Swift is named new Hazelden president.
Sept. 29, 1986 – Hanley-Hazelden Center at St. Mary's in West Palm Beach, Florida opens. It is a six-building, full continuum of care facility, with Patrick Griffin as executive director.
1986 – Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie, is published, becomes a New York Times bestseller.
1988 – Demolition of the Old Lodge. Hazelden Services, Inc. opens at Hazelden Park Avenue site. Hazelden Education Services Incorporated opens in Cork, Ireland, to serve as distribution center for published items.
1992 – New York Fellowship Club (renamed Hazelden New York in 1995) opens in midtown Manhattan. Jerry Spicer succeeds Harold Swift as president. Chicago Resource Center opens. Hazelden Institute is established to enhance leadership in public policy and research; Center for Public Policy and the Butler Center for Research and Learning serve as its two main components.
May 1993 – Hazelden-Pittman Archives, a major repository of historic pamphlets, books, tracts, and other materials on alcoholism, is established.
1996 – Hazelden establishes its Web site on the Internet.
1997 – Hazelden Chicago opens new center with a continuum of care, including inpatient and outpatient treatment services; Women and Children's Recovery Community established in New Brighton, Minn.
Jan. 10, 1999 – Hazelden celebrates 50 years of service.
September 1999: Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies opens to its first class of six students.
April 2001 – Jerry Spicer resigns, Nick Hilger named president and CEO of Hazelden.
August 2001 – Hazelden Meditation Center opens.
Jan. 2002 – Hazelden acquires Hazelden Springbrook, a 50-bed addiction treatment center in Newberg, Oregon. The facility, located on a 23-acre campus in a suburb of Portland, offers men and women a primary residential treatment program that is similar to Hazelden's.
May 2002 – Nick Hilger resigns as president/CEO. Ellen Breyer named interim president/CEO.
November 2002 – Ellen L. Breyer is named president and CEO. She is the first woman hired to lead Hazelden in that position.
February 19, 2003 – Dan Anderson, addiction treatment pioneer and former president, dies at age 81.
December 2003 – Hazelden launches "Making Recovery America's Business," a national campaign to raise awareness about addiction and substance abuse in the workplace.
December 14, 2003 – Fellowship Club in St. Paul celebrates its 50th anniversary of providing a safe, structured, sober halfway house for men and women in early recovery.
May 2004 – Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services celebrates 50 years of publishing Twenty-Four Hours a Day and thus 50 years in the publishing business.
December 2004 – Hanley-Hazelden Center and the Hazelden Foundation agree to terms to end their 21-year relationship. Effective January 1, 2005, Hanley-Hazelden Center begins operation as an independent entity called the Hanley Center.
Sept. 2006 – Phase I of the new Women's Recovery Center opens with a new two-story, state-of-the-art facility built exclusively for women. Two new 22-bed units, named the Simpson Unit and Simmons Unit, open to women patients. Clinical program enhancements are added to women's care.
December 2006 – Hazelden adds FDA-approved anti-craving drugs as a treatment tool.
March 2007 – Hazelden unveils its new visual identify, with a new logo and a new brand promise: Hazelden promises patients, families and customers the best opportunity for lifelong recovery.
June 2007 – Graduate School of Addiction Studies earns Higher Learning Commission accreditation.
March 2008 – Extended care in Center City becomes gender-specific; Jellinek Unit becomes a men's unit, new Lilly Unit opens to women.
April 2008 – President and CEO Ellen Breyer resigns.
August 2008 – Mark G. Mishek was named Hazelden President and CEO.