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Ronni was 70 years old and facing issues with addiction, but she found sobriety in the company of her fellow women at Malibu Beach Recovery Center's Brentwood House.
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Malibu Beach Recovery Center Addiction Recovery Digest
Volume II, Number 3 – August 21, 2014
www.TheBrentwoodHouseBlog.com
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
Our alumni come from every age group, from barely out of high school to past retirement.
Ronni came to treatment at the age of 70, one month after The Brentwood House opened, at the insistence of her children and former husband.
Ronni is the ex-wife of a Hollywood entertainment attorney, mom of a television executive. She has another son, a daughter and a grandson. Her husband divorced her after 50 years of marriage because of pills, drugs, and alcohol. She admitted to having prescriptions for ambien, clonopin, and in the past vicodin. Her son thinks there are any more. She got a generous divorce settlement, but squandered it every month so son now in charge of money. She has previously failed several rehabs and sober livings.
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
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Ronni was in residential treatment for 60 days. Because she had relapsed so often and believed in the Malibu Beach Recovery Centers policy which encourages alumni to “stay in touch,” she asked for ways to be of service. She has led Big Book groups and regularly helps newcomers adjust. In the third year of the campaign to fund CURES, California’s online, real-time prescription drug data base, she took on the task of organizing meetings between our alumni and various State Senators and Assemblymen/women so that we could personally explain the importance of the data base.
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
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Due in great part to her efforts our alumni met with their representatives, testified in Sacramento, and helped pass an important piece of legislation. Currently she is working with Malibu Beach Recovery Center on the campaign to stop Blue Cross from issuing checks meant for out of network providers to addicts in their first days of recovery. The Blue Cross Policy has resulted in overdoses and deaths, creating a public safety issue in California and other states.
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
www.TheBrentwoodHouseBlog.com
Due in great part to her efforts our alumni met with their representatives, testified in Sacramento, and helped pass an important piece of legislation. Currently she is working with Malibu Beach Recovery Center on the campaign to stop Blue Cross from issuing checks meant for out of network providers to addicts in their first days of recovery. The Blue Cross Policy has resulted in overdoses and deaths, creating a public safety issue in California and other states.
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
www.TheBrentwoodHouseBlog.com
If you would like to see Ronni and other former addicts share their stories,
visit our YouTube channel by clicking here.
“Ronni: I Finally Got Sober in the Company of Women ”
www.TheBrentwoodHouseBlog.com
