A job well done. N.J.’s biggest drug treatment program turns 50

NJ.com, 8/27/2018

By Barry Carter | For NJ Advance Media

Up until about five years ago, Ed Keegan didn’t talk much about how Integrity House straightened out his life.

Keegan, 69, of Toms River, didn’t want anybody to know he was a recovering addict when the courts sent him to Integrity at 21-years old. There was stigma, he said, in the 1970s toward people like him.

“You never said anything. You wouldn’t get job if you did,” Keegan said.

Keegan is not quiet anymore. Integrity, the largest drug treatment program in the state, celebrated 50 years of rebuilding lives on Thursday, and Keegan is proud to say he’s one of them.

He shares his past now at support group meetings, explaining how Integrity became his family, how this program was the first thing he ever completed after taking his first shot of heroin at age 14.

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1 thought on “A job well done. N.J.’s biggest drug treatment program turns 50

  1. I prayed for help and I was connected to a childhood friend that turned out to be a counselor at the Secaucus location. He asked me if I wanted help and yes. This was the summer of 1994 and stayed with TC3, Integrity’s out reach program for us that were homeless. I graduated from TC3 in 1996. Thank God I 🙏🏿 am clean and free from drugs and alcohol for 28 years. Thank God for Integrity House. Thank you Dave Kerr and Richard Grossklaus.

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