In 2023, we updated our Help, Healing, Health and Hope marketing campaign to feature 11 individuals from our network of provider agencies as the new faces of the campaign. We’re continuing the use of this campaign, which promotes the value of community-based mental health and addiction services available through the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) network of provider agencies.
One of the people featured in the campaign is Angela Reitter-Stella, who received services at CompDrug, an ADAMH provider that specializes in providing outpatient treatment for all substance use disorders.
While Angela has been in recovery for almost six years now, she struggled with addiction and mental health issues for years before finding the right path forward. Along her journey to recovery, Angela was going to Safe Point, a harm reduction program run by Equitas Health and Columbus Public Health, where she met a woman who worked for CompDrug as a health educator. This person provided Angela with her contact information and told her to call whenever she was ready to get help. Angela didn’t waste time; she reached out almost immediately. The health educator at CompDrug got Angela into services the next day, after Angela promised she was serious about committing to recovery.
“I saw her weekly for a couple years. She ended up being my guardian angel,” said Angela. “Every person I’ve worked with at CompDrug has been amazing, above and beyond.”
With CompDrug having expertise in both mental health and addiction services, it was the right fit for Angela. She recognized that her problems were intertwined. When she wasn’t taking her mental health medication, she found herself actively using drugs. “CompDrug supported all aspects of getting well,” said Angela.
It wasn’t just traditional treatment that helped Angela. She said she enjoyed the wide array of classes CompDrug offered—like yoga and music therapy. “The classes helped get me through because I didn’t have a safe place to go in that beginning time. I was out on the street and didn’t have a safe, sober place, and they gave that to me,” said Angela. “I was into art long before the drugs and alcohol took over my life. It was nice to re-find those things that I enjoyed.”
Angela has since started teaching her own class at CompDrug, a gardening class complete with a community garden, to help provide connection and support for others on a similar journey.
The health educator who played an important role in Angela’s path to recovery was part of the organization’s early community outreach efforts. Today, CompDrug has an entire team of community health advocates who engage actively in the community with a focus on vulnerable populations. In addition to building relationships and linking to care when appropriate, they distribute harm reduction supplies like naloxone, fentanyl and xylazine test strips, wound care kits and more.
Looking to start your own journey to recovery or know someone who is? Learn more about CompDrug’s services and browse the ADAMH network directory for other community-based providers.
In 2023, we updated our Help, Healing, Health and Hope marketing campaign to feature 11 individuals from our network of provider agencies as the new faces of the campaign. We’re continuing the use of this campaign, which promotes the value of community-based mental health and addiction services available through the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) network of provider agencies.
One of the people featured in the campaign is Angela Reitter-Stella, who received services at CompDrug, an ADAMH provider that specializes in providing outpatient treatment for all substance use disorders.
While Angela has been in recovery for almost six years now, she struggled with addiction and mental health issues for years before finding the right path forward. Along her journey to recovery, Angela was going to Safe Point, a harm reduction program run by Equitas Health and Columbus Public Health, where she met a woman who worked for CompDrug as a health educator. This person provided Angela with her contact information and told her to call whenever she was ready to get help. Angela didn’t waste time; she reached out almost immediately. The health educator at CompDrug got Angela into services the next day, after Angela promised she was serious about committing to recovery.
“I saw her weekly for a couple years. She ended up being my guardian angel,” said Angela. “Every person I’ve worked with at CompDrug has been amazing, above and beyond.”
With CompDrug having expertise in both mental health and addiction services, it was the right fit for Angela. She recognized that her problems were intertwined. When she wasn’t taking her mental health medication, she found herself actively using drugs. “CompDrug supported all aspects of getting well,” said Angela.
It wasn’t just traditional treatment that helped Angela. She said she enjoyed the wide array of classes CompDrug offered—like yoga and music therapy. “The classes helped get me through because I didn’t have a safe place to go in that beginning time. I was out on the street and didn’t have a safe, sober place, and they gave that to me,” said Angela. “I was into art long before the drugs and alcohol took over my life. It was nice to re-find those things that I enjoyed.”
Angela has since started teaching her own class at CompDrug, a gardening class complete with a community garden, to help provide connection and support for others on a similar journey.
The health educator who played an important role in Angela’s path to recovery was part of the organization’s early community outreach efforts. Today, CompDrug has an entire team of community health advocates who engage actively in the community with a focus on vulnerable populations. In addition to building relationships and linking to care when appropriate, they distribute harm reduction supplies like naloxone, fentanyl and xylazine test strips, wound care kits and more.
Looking to start your own journey to recovery or know someone who is? Learn more about CompDrug’s services and browse the ADAMH network directory for other community-based providers.