Services
Learn more about our three main services. We have a lot of exciting new events taking place so we welcome you to check them out, and learn & grow with us!
Virtual Peer Support
Struggling? …and need to interact with someone through Zoom?
We have created inviting and engaging Zoom meetings that promote mental wellness and community for people living with mental health and substance use peers and recovery challenges. Each meeting is hosted by a peer specialist with similar life experiences.
Warm Line
Depressed? …and just need someone to listen?
If you need someone to talk with, are feeling isolated, depressed or anxious please call the MN Warmline anytime from 5pm to 9am anytime.
Recovery in the Woods
We’re in this together.
We believe that recovery is possible for everyone and we all have a right to choose the path that works best for us. We would be honored to walk alongside you on your recovery journey.
The Fentanyl Crisis
How Synthetic Opioids Are Driving Addiction, Overdose, And Deaths
“We must take every opportunity to spread the word to prevent fentanyl-related overdose death and poisonings from claiming scores of American lives every day.”
~Anne Milgram, DEA Administrator
Fentanyl is destroying and killing innocent lives right now in your local community!
We need to come together, take action and create more awareness to fight in this drug war!
“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered.”
“Fentanyl is everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community is safe from this poison.”
Why is fentanyl so dangerous?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine and is the primary driver of the overdose crisis. Since it is so much stronger, only a very small amount, such as a few grains, can be lethal. It has a quicker but shorter high and is quicker to lead to withdrawals.
What To Do During An Overdose?
In order to effectively respond when a friend or loved one who has overdosed, it's important to know the signs, which may include but are not limited to:
Small, constricted “pinpoint pupils”
Falling asleep or losing consciousness.
Slow, weak, or no breathing.
Choking or gurgling sounds.
Limp body.
Cold and/or clammy skin. Discolored skin (especially in lips and nails)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has provided a comprehensive overdose response tool kit that illustrates how to:
Identifying Signs of Overdose
Administer Naloxone (Narcan)
Provide CPR
Monitor and Manage Responses
Support Breathing
Once your loved one is conscious, wait with them until paramedics arrive. The chances of surviving an overdose depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to timeliness and effectiveness of the response, how much fentanyl they have in their system, pre-existing health conditions, and more.
Find Naloxone near you in Minnesota
Naloxone, also known as Narcan®, is a potentially lifesaving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. It can be administered as an injection or nasal spray. When a person administers naloxone during an opioid overdose, naloxone disables an opioid’s harmful effects to the brain, temporarily reversing an opioid overdose. It is only effective for an opioid overdose and is otherwise harmless. The effects of naloxone wear off after 30-45 minutes, so call 911 immediately. Learn more about Opioid Overdose Prevention
Additional Help
Call 911 if you are in immediate danger.
911 is ONLY for emergencies (police, fire or medical) where an immediate response is required – when there is an emergency, lives are in danger, there is crime in progress, or immediate action is required.
Call the Crisis Line
If you are thinking of taking your life, need to talk to a mental health professional in your area, please call: National Suicide Prevention Line.
Upcoming Events
Join us for many of our upcoming events.
Trainings
WRAP®
Wellness Recovery Action Plan
What is WRAP®?
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) is a prevention and wellness process that anyone can use to get well, stay well and make their life more the way they want it through a series of tools and action plans called a WRAP®. This is a process for anyone who wants to make positive changes in the way they feel and the way they react to life. WRAP® workshops are adaptable and can be modified to use with teams, and different types of community groups.
Hope on Purpose
Hope on Purpose is a service of Wellness in The Woods that provides WRAP® workshops to those who have experience in the Department of Corrections and County Jails across the state of Minnesota.
Mental Health First Aid
Increasing understanding while decreasing stigma, Wellness in the Woods certified trainers offer an 8 hour class on Mental Health First Aid that identifies common mental health and substance use recovery struggles and an action plan to assist others in crisis.
Question, Persuade, Refer
QPR is a 1.5 hour training for any community member to learn basic skills to assist someone at risk for suicide. By asking a simple question, you can save a life.
Imagine Network
Imagine Network is an in-person, peer-to-peer program designed to provide opportunities for those utilizing mental healthand substance use recovery services to interact and participate with each other in a safe and empowering environment.
