The Hazelden Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Center City, Minnesota

Center City, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 582 people, 194 households, and 148 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,240.8 people per square mile . There were 214 housing units at an average density of 456.3 per square mile...

. Hazelden has alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Minnesota (Center City

Center City, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 582 people, 194 households, and 148 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,240.8 people per square mile . There were 214 housing units at an average density of 456.3 per square mile...

, Plymouth

Plymouth, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 65,894 people, 24,820 households, and 17,647 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,002.0 persons per square mile . There were 25,258 housing units at an average density of 767.4 per square mile...

, Maple Grove

Maple Grove, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 50,365 people , 17,532 households, and 13,955 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,532.3 people per square mile . There were 17,745 housing units at an average density of 539.9 per square mile...

, and Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

); Newberg, Oregon

Newberg, Oregon

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; Chicago, Illinois; Naples, Florida

Naples, Florida

Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653. Naples is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on July 1, 2007...

 and New York City, New York. It offers assessment and primary residential addiction

Addiction

Historically, addiction has been defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain.Addiction can also be viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity...

 treatment for adults and youth, including extended care and intermediate care, as well as outpatient treatment, aftercare services and a family program.
According to their mission statement, Hazelden "helps restore hope, healing, and health to people affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs."

Hazelden began publishing in 1954 with the book Twenty-four Hours a Day

Twenty-Four Hours A Day

Twenty-Four Hours A Day, written by Richmond Walker, is often referred to as "the little black book." It is a daily meditation books that offers thoughts, meditations and prayers for living a clean and sober life.-History:...

. Current authors include Melody Beattie

Melody Beattie

Melody Beattie is the author of Codependent No More, published in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation. The book was successful and influential within the self-help movement, selling over eight million copies and introducing the word codependent to the general public.Following the success of Codependent...

, William G. Borchert

William G. Borchert

William G. Borchert is an American screenwriter who wrote the script for the 1989 film My Name is Bill W., based on the true story of Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson....

, Karen Casey, Drew Pinsky

Drew Pinsky

David Drew Pinsky , best known as Dr. Drew, is an American board-certified internist, addiction medicine specialist, and radio and television personality. He has hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline since the show's inception in 1984. On television, he hosts the talk show Dr...

, Dan Olweus, and William C. Moyers (son of Bill Moyers).

The Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies in Center City, Minn. offers a Master of Arts degree in addiction counseling

Intervention (counseling)

An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem. The term intervention is most often used when the traumatic event involves addiction to drugs...

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History

Hazelden began as a simple farmhouse retreat called the Old Lodge in 1949. It was limited to male alcoholics

Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...

. The original program designed by Lynne Carroll was based on Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...

 principles, especially the Twelve Steps. In the first 18 months 156 men were helped. In 1953, the Fellowship Club was established as a halfway house

Halfway house

The purpose of a halfway house, also called a recovery house or sober house, is generally to allow people to begin the process of reintegration with society, while still providing monitoring and support; this is generally believed to reduce the risk of recidivism or relapse when compared to a...

 to provide additional help for patients after attending the Center City program. The Dellwood site was later moved to the Center City campus.

Dan Anderson

Dan Anderson (psychologist)

Dan Anderson was an American psychologist and head of Hazelden between 1961 and his retirement in 1986. He was the pioneer of the Minnesota Model for alcohol and drug addiction treatment, based in part on the twelve-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous.Anderson was born in Minneapolis and studied...

 was vice president of Hazelden from 1961 and president between 1971 and 1986. Mark G. Mishek was named Hazelden President and CEO in August 2008, succeeding Ellen Breyer. Mishek came to Hazelden from Allina Hospitals & Clinics

Allina Hospitals & Clinics

Allina Hospitals & Clinics is network of health care providers based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Allina owns or operates 11 hospitals and more than 85 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin...

, where he had been President of United Hospital of St. Paul

United Hospital

United Hospital, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a 556 bed non-profit hospital that serves Saint Paul, Minnesota and the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. United Hospital is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics and offers specialty services including pregnancy care, birth center, behavioral...

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1999 saw the opening of the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies in Center City.