Mary Lind Recovery Centers: Residential Substance Abuse Recovery to the Homeless

Since 1949, the Mary Lind Recovery Centers have given residential treatment to homeless people suffering from substance abuse and addiction in Southern California. Focusing on central Los Angeles and Skid Row who have the highest poverty rate at 33%. The Mary Lind Center serves over 300 people at a time – most of them are homeless.

The Mary Lind Recover Center wants to work to make men and women dependent on welfare and alcohol to become parts of society and self sufficient. Through recovery, education and job training, lives can be reshaped and sobriety can be maintained.

Addiction Among the Homeless

Fifty to sixty percent of all homeless people report having relied on substances or abusing substances at some point in their life when compared to ten percent of the non-homeless population depending on substances.

A lot of this is to blame on the mistreatment or ignoring of treatment for homeless individuals that are addicted to drugs and alcohol. People who have substance abuse problems are more likely to stay homeless than homeless people who do not, and they are two times as likely to be arrested. Common substances abused by homeless people are alcohol, meth amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana.

Give Back to the Mary Lind Recovery Centers

Donating is an easy way to support the Mary Lind Recovery Centers. You can make your checks payable to:

Mary Lind Recovery Centers
2500 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057

For more information contact Ed Woodhull (Executive Director) at 213-382-4241 or check out the Mary Lind Recovery Center website.