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Heather in The Haven
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The Haven (801)533-0070 974 East South Temple
By Dorothy Cummings
Homeless on the street of
Ogden, and bathing in the
Ogden River Heather
worked the streets of Salt
Lake to support her habit and
survive. Speed being her
“main thing” Heather would
also use alcohol, pills
(Oxy’s), marijuana, and had
a short bout with cocaine
which brought her down
hard and fast. Over the last
four years she had been in
jail with the longest period
being out was a 5 month
period of time. Heather
states “I heard of the Haven
many times but never wanted
to stop I always wanted to
just get out of jail and get
Still in The Haven
By Matteo Scardaccione
Mike Nish has been the
Chairman of The Haven for
the last two years. He runs
successfully another
company, but he’s proud to
donate even two hundred
hours per month to The
Haven. Why? “The Haven
saved my life”, he claims.
Ten years ago Mike was an
alcoholic. He needed
desperately to be helped, but
even if he knew about The
Fall, 2004
Volume 1, Issue
Heather in The Haven
opening at The Haven. After
waiting on the list for 3
months Heather was
accepted into The Haven
with only 3 votes against her.
Heather reports at her intake
she was a mess, “that was
my nick name, the mess”.
Straight from jail wearing
the cloths she was arrested in
she was dropped off to wait
on the porch in the rain for
her intake. Heather could
have run right then but
decided again she wanted
something different so she
stayed.
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high again”. She had been
sent to outpatient treatment 6
times in Ogden.
Heather’s partying came
to a stop when she was
arrested December 20, 2003.
She was partying at a friends
house when the police came
looking for someone else.
Every one was arrested, and
taken to jail. As far as
Heather knows she is the
only one seeking help for her
addiction.
APP recommended prison
for Heather, her legal
defender suggested going to
The Haven and the judge
said she needed a chance.
Heather’s choice was go to
prison and do time, or do
something different. She
was willing to wait for an
Haven
, he did not want to go
because like he says, “People
look at The Haven as the end
of the road.” Nevertheless,
he realized he was mistaken
at that time; in fact, The
Haven enabled him to start a
new life. It was hard to come
back from the hell, but it was
worthy. After going through
every step of the
rehabilitation, Mike decided
to try to do anything he
could to help who saved his
life. And The Haven needs
help all the time from
people, businesses, and other
organizations. Nowadays,
Mike’s main functions are to
raise money and oversee
constantly the budget. He
says that the most important
challenge is to keep the cost
of living for residents as low
as possible. He confesses
that it is not always easy to
deal with money issues, but
his colleagues at The Haven
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