Harm reduction is treatment
Image caption: Ron Jackson, directly left of sign, at a methadone clinic in Corpus Christi, TX (Ron Jackson, personal collection) For fifty years, Evergreen Treatment Services has had the privilege...
Medication Assisted Treatment
We’re in this for the long haul
For fifty years, Evergreen Treatment Services has had the privilege of serving the greater Puget Sound community. Since first opening its doors in 1973, much has changed about ETS –...
Five Recovery Lessons from ETS Staff and Clients
Photo credit: Ted Zee A harm reduction approach to substance use means making appropriate services accessible to the people who can most benefit from them. It also means recognizing that...
Acupuncture at ETS
Photo credit: Ted Zee for Evergreen Treatment Services Evergreen Treatment Services provides evidence-informed recovery services for clients seeking substance use treatment. Substance use is often the result of traumas and...
“My life is just continuing to get better”
We introduced our supporters to Brandon back in 2014 when he was well into recovery as a patient at Evergreen Treatment Services and studying molecular biology at Western Washington University....
A doctor’s view on the intersection of a pandemic and an epidemic
We want to give you an inside look at our response to the COVID-19 crisis from the points of view of our incredible staff. They’ve been working together to keep...
”I might be the only person my new patients are seeing.”
We want to give you an inside look at our response to the COVID-19 crisis from the points of view of our incredible staff. They’ve been working together to keep...
Taking a Deep Breath
We want to give you an inside look at our response to the COVID-19 crisis from the points of view of our incredible staff. They’ve been working together to keep...
Mobile clinics break barriers to treatment
We first reported on Treatment in Motion (TIM) back in April. We’re proud to report that TIM made great progress taking treatment on the road over the summer. TIM is...
South Sound Clinic Is Now Bigger and Better
Evergreen Treatment Services recently celebrated an expansion and renovation of our clinic in the South Sound area. Thanks to the increase in space, we are now able to serve more...
Celebrating the Grays Harbor Clinic
Evergreen Treatment Services is regretfully closing our Grays Harbor County facility in May 2019. Our patients are in the process of transitioning to a new clinic, Grays Harbor Treatment...
We’re taking our life-saving treatment on the road!
We're excited to launch Treatment in Transit! Our life-saving treatment will be traveling to our patients in the University District, Belltown, and North Seattle. The program is expected to start...
What’s Working in Seattle
By Chloe Gale, REACH Co-Director and Sean Soth, Director of Clinical Services— If you haven’t seen the recent KOMO special “Seattle is Dying,” watch it with a skeptical eye....
“I was such a different person. I had no hope.”
Ben started using at a young age while living with his mom in his hometown of Spokane. It started with abusing medication to treat his anxiety. He soon moved on...
April’s Story
“I was tired of living, had nothing, lost everything, just tired of it,” says April. April is a Flex Care patient at Evergreen Treatment Services. “I truly feel if...
WATCH: Rotary Club of Seattle Panel Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic
ETS Executive Director Molly Carney joins the Rotary Club of Seattle's panel discussion on opioid use disorders in Washington State. Molly, along with activist and former KIRO News anchor Penny...
When defining recovery, let the patient decide.
“Recovery looks different for everyone,” says Michael, a counselor at Evergreen Treatment Services South King County Clinic in Renton. “I’m not here to tell people how they should recover; I...
Employees Community Fund of Boeing makes getting into treatment easier – literally!
Daily treatment at Evergreen Treatment Services takes dedication. Our patients come to the clinic six days a week to receive the medication and counseling that help them recover from opioid...
Compassion and Collaboration: Keys to Ending the Opioid Crisis
The University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) conducted a survey at 25 syringe exchange program (SEP) sites around the state. Informed by data and compassion, the sites...
“Our patients aren’t perfect, but neither am I, and neither are you. We all deserve the opportunity to live our best lives.”
An interview with Bill Benham, director of clinical services Bill Benham oversees the new patient program as well as Evergreen Treatment Services' counseling services. Along with the medical directors, he...
Joseph’s Story
We recently sat down with Joseph Conniff, a treatment provider for people with substance use disorder at Therapeutic Health Services (THS) in Seattle. Joseph struggled with substance use for much...
Five Things You Should Know from an Addiction Medicine PA
Just like any other disease: congestive heart failure, hypertension, or diabetes, Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) should be treated with approved medication. The idea that OUD is some sort of shortcoming...
Why you should read our latest impact report
We want you to read our newly published impact report for three reasons: In the midst of a crushing opioid epidemic and homelessness crisis, this report provides hope. Last...
Ride on to Recovery
One morning while doing outreach in downtown Seattle, one of our REACH care managers, Garrett, met a woman who was packing up a bedroll into her Harley Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle....
Flex Care: Check out our new video!
Flex Care is a medication assisted treatment program that provides patients the option to be prescribed buprenorphine from a medical prescriber. Through this program, we pair the medical prescriber with...
Murals Bring Hope and Inspiration to Patients in Seattle
Entering into recovery from opioid use disorders is about more than clinical treatment. The people and places we surround ourselves with have a tremendous impact on our sense of well-being....
Medication-Assisted Treatment: Essential in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
We are in the midst of a wide-spread opioid epidemic. Seventy-eight people die every day in the US from an opioid-related overdose, and yet only 20 percent of people with...
Seattle Times: Opioid treatment available but limited by funding, stigma
Originally published on SeattleTimes.com, June 7, 2016. Opioid-use disorders need to be recognized for what they are: a chronic, relapsing medical condition. It is a brain disease, not a...
Seattle Times: A lifesaving drug for opioid users, but it’s not easy to get
Originally published on SeattleTimes.com, May 17, 2016. Naloxone can mean the difference between life and death, but it’s not easy to get. By Molly Carney and Michelle Peavy, Special...