Alcohol and Drug Assessment, Education and Treatment

Avenues Philosophy:

Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency are diseases. The excessive use of alcohol and/or drugs reduces the overall quality of human existence and endangers physical health and life expectancy. Therefore it is essential to intervene actively and aggressively against the physical, psychological, social, vocational and spiritual crises exhibited by a chemically dependent client. Unity, trust, hope, understanding and caring are characteristics which must be present to ensure a high level of quality care for the client and progress towards the desired goals and a meaningful recovery.

Avenues to Recovery, Inc.

Is a full service drug and alcohol assessment, education and counseling center. Founded by Lucy Brown in 2003, the focus is on offering confidential, professional assistance to clients in a holistic, caring, safe, friendly and accepting environment. Lucy has many years of experience in the substance abuse field in Johnson County and has been actively working in Olathe in the field of addictions since 1993. She opened Avenues to Recovery, Inc. in 2003 as she saw the need for a new agency which offered the kind of holistic and sensitive programs that it does. In 2009, Mrs. Lucy Brown was selected for and awarded the Kansas Department of Corrections’ Northern Parole Region’s Contractor of the Year award for supporting the mission by exceptional job performance, consistency, dependability, reliability and exemplary service.