Please accept my wholehearted endorsement of The González Recovery Residences. I feel that they are very much needed and will be greatly utilized in coming years.

The González Recovery Residences minimize the possibility of relapse by providing chemically dependent residents with a gradual reentry into society. Individuals in early recovery having participated in a treatment program no longer have to jump directly from the secure environment of the treatment facility back into the possible alcohol and drug ridden environment in which they and their addiction originated.

The González Recovery Residences provide the residents with a 'home like' atmosphere where they can return to their professions while living with other recovering addicts in the protective environment of a lovely 'home away from home' with tennis courts and swimming pool in a quiet residential neighborhood.

I am delighted to see that The González Recovery Residences incorporate A.A. into the transitional extended aftercare and residential living schedule. The program of Alcoholics Anonymous is an important adjunct to professional treatment. A person can recover with only one or the other, but in my twenty years experience as a Board Certified Addictions Counselor, their chances for a lasting recovery are far greater and more rewarding with both professional treatment and the support of the A.A. community.

I extend my best wishes to The González Recovery Residences and offer my full support.

              Sincerely
              
              Paul A Fearson, CAC, CSAC
              Executive Director, Retired,
              Alexandria Alcohol Safety
              Action Program