Joe McQuany - Founder
November 16, 1928 -
October 25, 2007
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About Us
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| A Message from Joe | |
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A Message From Joe The idea to develop a treatment center as well as the treatment model, Recovery Dynamics, began over thirty-two years ago when I saw the significant need the community had for a treatment center designed specifically to treat the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction. The results since then have been astonishing. I well remember the day I entered the first building we rented on 10th and Gaines Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas, having only $300.00, and great deal of generous hard work from others. As I entered the empty building there was nothing remaining there except a little plaque on the wall with the inscription, “We are born for one purpose…to help one another.” The quote was from Tolstoy and to this day I have taken this to heart and made this my sole mission. I have never been here for profit and if I felt we were no longer helping others I would move on where I could be of such assistance. Serenity House, Inc. d/b/a, Serenity Park, our treatment facility, was first incorporated and opened in March 1972. We have been successful, despite limited funding, in treating over 30, 000 individuals from all over the world and have been of support to a multitude of families, other agencies, employers, and therefore have been a major asset to the community as well. Serenity Park has recently been rated as one of the top ranked treatment facilities in the country and we strongly believe we are number one due to our successful treatment outcome. The one guarantee we can make to the individual receiving treatment is they never have to abuse substances again provided they are willing to put into practice the principles we teach them. As my journey continues, I am compelled to focus my efforts toward completing the vision I always had for Serenity House, Inc., and preserving it through an endowment fund. The vision I have will have been completed with the construction and actual implementation of an all women’s treatment facility on the grounds of Serenity Park. The disease of addiction is growing at an alarming rate in the female population and continues to be overlooked in many cases by society. Women have always been the nucleus of the family and community and the disease of addiction adversely affects the lives of the family, and especially those of the children. Children are being raised in the middle of the disease process. It becomes a way of life for them and they know no other way than a future filled with alcohol and drugs. It is our desire to be a part of the solution to this problem by providing a separate full-service residential facility for women. I have always maintained the philosophy of separation for treatment of women and men as this has been proven to be the most effective treatment environment, allowing people to focus solely on their recovery goals without distractions. All of us at Serenity Park wish to welcome you as a partner in this venture of recovery for women, helping women to once again become the productive people they were always capable of being and, just as important, contributing to their families and to society the experience and gift of recovery. After all, “We are born for one purpose…to help one another.”
Yours In Service, Joe McQuany |
