Rick Hubbard's guest appearances

Rick Hubbard

Chico (Hospital for) Cats Podcast

Origins: Something More

Let The Journey Begin

All Ears on Addiction: An NAATP Podcast

Sarah Williams

Jason Wahler

Jennifer Smith

Daniel Patterson

Matt Pinfield

Chad Robichaux

Russell Howard

Ester Nicholson

Hilary Roberts

Veronica Valli

Anthony Brown

Lisa Brown

Paul Alexander

Carolyn Coker Ross

William Walker

OwlTail

In this episode, we are talking with Rick Hubbard. Rick is the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins.  Rick shares about his journey from the commercial banking industry to being the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations. He shares his struggles with alcohol and drugs and finally surrendering to God.  He shares how he found and surrendered to go in the ditch.  Show Notes:  [00:37 We are excited to welcome Rick Hubbard. Rick is the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins. [01:29] Rick serves as the leader of the Origins professional relations team. Their team is responsible for serving as a liaison between their facilities and the outside world. He builds relationships and those relationships facilitate healing.  [03:41] Through that process of listening they can determine the extent of which the patient is suffering, the patient’s immediate family, and loved ones.  Then they are charged with the responsibility of identifying what a solution can be.  [04:31] Rick shares his journey from working in commercial banking to where he is now. There are many similarities between what he was doing in the banking industry and what he is doing now.   [06:56] Part of the action was to take the home buyers out to dinner and happy hour and he found himself caught up in problematic drinking.   [08:12] He always lived in a certain amount of fear and anxiety and the alcohol helped to treat that for him but eventually it became such a burden that he found himself engaged in behavior that he never thought he would.  [09:43] He got deeper and deeper into alcohol and drug use. It wore him down and eventually he found himself in a treatment center for the first time in 2000.   [11:32] When he went to the addiction center for the second time they told him that they could help him but they would need to change everything about himself but if he was not willing nothing would change.   [13:23] He learned that there were things in his life that were more important to him and if he would give up those things and find a God of my understanding that his life would get better, but he would have to surrender.  [15:33] His mom's words to not come back until he got it right haunted him and motivated him to get it right.  [17:01] Rick shares his experience about getting a construction job.  [19:45] He found himself praying as he was digging the ditches. After a while he surrendered and asked God to give him the perseverance for the work.  [21:08] He was literally in a ditch and he found God in a ditch in Abilene, Texas. He learned that no matter what he thinks he needs, God’s plan is always much better and a greater plan than anything he could devise.   [22:29] His sponsor told him that he knew what to do and now you need to do it.  [24:01] His faith grew more and more as he was better able to put his trust in the God of his understanding. The evidence was true that there was a power greater than him working in his life and if he would just surrender everything was going to be okay and get better.  [26:07] Doing God’s will sometimes means accepting where we are and doing the next right thing and the best we can.  [28:05] One year and three weeks after he took that construction job, he got a call from the treatment center CEO saying he had a job for him. He realized that everything in his life had prepared him for that moment and he realized that is why he suffered.  [30:29] None of us can avoid suffering. Our suffering can either be something that clings on and keeps us sick or that is transformed into something that has meaning and value.  [33:03] He is seeing things today that he didn’t see forty years ago in the inner cities and communities of color. The degree to which he sees people suffering from various levels of mental health disorders has seemed to increase drastically in the past three to four years.  Many are also struggling with substance abuse.  [34:56] We have to decide as treatment providers that we are going to be deliberate and focused on a strategy to provide the specialized outreach needed to reach these communities. As providers we have to begin to look at how we deliver treatment services.  [36:24] We have failed and that failure has been misassociated with a lack of funding.  There is truly a lack of funding but there is also a lack of effort.  [38:49] Ask the questions and have the dialogue.  We can change the way we exist if we will just listen and talk to each other.   Links and Resources:   Something More Podcast Origins Website Origins on Facebook Origins on Instagram 

In this episode, we are talking with Rick Hubbard. Rick is the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins.  Rick shares about his journey from the commercial banking industry to being the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations. He shares his struggles with alcohol and drugs and finally surrendering to God.  He shares how he found and surrendered to go in the ditch.  Show Notes: <ul> <li>[00:37 We are excited to welcome Rick Hubbard. Rick is the Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins.</li> <li>[01:29] Rick serves as the leader of the Origins professional relations team. Their team is responsible for serving as a liaison between their facilities and the outside world. He builds relationships and those relationships facilitate healing. </li> <li>[03:41] Through that process of listening they can determine the extent of which the patient is suffering, the patient’s immediate family, and loved ones.  Then they are charged with the responsibility of identifying what a solution can be. </li> <li>[04:31] Rick shares his journey from working in commercial banking to where he is now. There are many similarities between what he was doing in the banking industry and what he is doing now.  </li> <li>[06:56] Part of the action was to take the home buyers out to dinner and happy hour and he found himself caught up in problematic drinking.  </li> <li>[08:12] He always lived in a certain amount of fear and anxiety and the alcohol helped to treat that for him but eventually it became such a burden that he found himself engaged in behavior that he never thought he would. </li> <li>[09:43] He got deeper and deeper into alcohol and drug use. It wore him down and eventually he found himself in a treatment center for the first time in 2000.  </li> <li>[11:32] When he went to the addiction center for the second time they told him that they could help him but they would need to change everything about himself but if he was not willing nothing would change.  </li> <li>[13:23] He learned that there were things in his life that were more important to him and if he would give up those things and find a God of my understanding that his life would get better, but he would have to surrender. </li> <li>[15:33] His mom's words to not come back until he got it right haunted him and motivated him to get it right. </li> <li>[17:01] Rick shares his experience about getting a construction job. </li> <li>[19:45] He found himself praying as he was digging the ditches. After a while he surrendered and asked God to give him the perseverance for the work. </li> <li>[21:08] He was literally in a ditch and he found God in a ditch in Abilene, Texas. He learned that no matter what he thinks he needs, God’s plan is always much better and a greater plan than anything he could devise.  </li> <li>[22:29] His sponsor told him that he knew what to do and now you need to do it. </li> <li>[24:01] His faith grew more and more as he was better able to put his trust in the God of his understanding. The evidence was true that there was a power greater than him working in his life and if he would just surrender everything was going to be okay and get better. </li> <li>[26:07] Doing God’s will sometimes means accepting where we are and doing the next right thing and the best we can. </li> <li>[28:05] One year and three weeks after he took that construction job, he got a call from the treatment center CEO saying he had a job for him. He realized that everything in his life had prepared him for that moment and he realized that is why he suffered. </li> <li>[30:29] None of us can avoid suffering. Our suffering can either be something that clings on and keeps us sick or that is transformed into something that has meaning and value. </li> <li>[33:03] He is seeing things today that he didn’t see forty years ago in the inner cities and communities of color. The degree to which he sees people suffering from various levels of mental health disorders has seemed to increase drastically in the past three to four years.  Many are also struggling with substance abuse. </li> <li>[34:56] We have to decide as treatment providers that we are going to be deliberate and focused on a strategy to provide the specialized outreach needed to reach these communities. As providers we have to begin to look at how we deliver treatment services. </li> <li>[36:24] We have failed and that failure has been misassociated with a lack of funding.  There is truly a lack of funding but there is also a lack of effort. </li> <li>[38:49] Ask the questions and have the dialogue.  We can change the way we exist if we will just listen and talk to each other. </li> </ul> Links and Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/origins-something-more/id1493012833" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Something More Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.originsrecovery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origins Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OriginsRecoveryCenters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origins on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/originsrecovery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origins on Instagram</a></li> </ul>

Surrendering to God in a Ditch with Rick Hubbard

It is a very special episode this week as it officially marks the one-year anniversary of Let The Journey Begin! To properly celebrate, we bring on Rick Hubbard, Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins Behavioral Healthcare to talk about his journey through sobriety. Rick is a bit different from a lot of our guests in that he did not seek help and obtain sobriety until the age of 46. He explains how he first experimented with prescription drugs as a teenager by mixing pills together that his mother brought home from work to construct his own “cocktail.” He also talks about the first time he was introduced to alcohol at the age of 15 in order to ease anxiety. These experiences, along with many others, he believes can be attributed to having a lack of identity growing up and the substances were the ultimate solution. Rick grew older and had a great deal of success in the banking industry, but further substance abuse sent his life and career into a tailspin. After Rick hit rock bottom, he finally reached out for help and has now been sober for nearly 20 years. Today, Rick has dedicated his life to service. He believes that God pulled him out of the ditch he was in so that he could help pull someone else out of their own. Rick also talks about the difficulties of admitting to a problem, especially for those who have a lot of people depending on them. His message is that although it may seem like you will be hurting those people by going away for treatment, you will ultimately be doing much more damage to those same people by not. For more information on Origins Behavioral Healthcare, please visit: OriginsRecovery.com   For more information on the Red Songbird Foundation, please visit: redsongbird.org If you are interested in donating to the Red Songbird Foundation, please visit: redsongbird.org/donate   New episode every Thursday! Check us out on YouTube every Friday! Let The Journey Begin Podcast   Please subscribe, rate, and review! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

It is a very special episode this week as it officially marks the one-year anniversary of Let The Journey Begin! To properly celebrate, we bring on Rick Hubbard, Executive Vice President of Professional Relations at Origins Behavioral Healthcare to talk about his journey through sobriety. Rick is a bit different from a lot of our guests in that he did not seek help and obtain sobriety until the age of 46. He explains how he first experimented with prescription drugs as a teenager by mixing pills together that his mother brought home from work to construct his own “cocktail.” He also talks about the first time he was introduced to alcohol at the age of 15 in order to ease anxiety. These experiences, along with many others, he believes can be attributed to having a lack of identity growing up and the substances were the ultimate solution. Rick grew older and had a great deal of success in the banking industry, but further substance abuse sent his life and career into a tailspin. After Rick hit rock bottom, he finally reached out for help and has now been sober for nearly 20 years. Today, Rick has dedicated his life to service. He believes that God pulled him out of the ditch he was in so that he could help pull someone else out of their own. Rick also talks about the difficulties of admitting to a problem, especially for those who have a lot of people depending on them. His message is that although it may seem like you will be hurting those people by going away for treatment, you will ultimately be doing much more damage to those same people by not. For more information on Origins Behavioral Healthcare, please visit: <a href="https://www.originsrecovery.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">OriginsRecovery.com</a> For more information on the Red Songbird Foundation, please visit: <a href="https://www.redsongbird.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">redsongbird.org</a> If you are interested in donating to the Red Songbird Foundation, please visit: <a href="https://www.redsongbird.org/donate" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">redsongbird.org/donate</a> New episode every Thursday! Check us out on YouTube every Friday! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3gx91v61HhvvsNOu6tGSg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Let The Journey Begin Podcast</a> Please subscribe, rate, and review! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

#054 - Down South Turnaround with Rick Hubbard

For this episode, Zina interviews Rick Hubbard, Executive Vice President at Origins Behavioral HealthCare and new member of the NAATP Board of Directors. Rick discusses his journey to recovery that led to his long career in SUD treatment, the issues impeding access to treatment for BIPOC communities, and how marketing professionals must examine their outreach and community education practices to move toward an equitable treatment field. Resources: Rick Hubbard began his career in behavioral healthcare in 2002. In 2012, Rick joined Origins Behavioral HealthCare as a Community Relations Representative and enrolled in the Addiction Studies program at Tarrant County College and received a license as a Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern. Rick was promoted to Western Region Director of Business Development at Origins in 2014, and in 2015 he accepted the role of Corporate Director of Business Development. Rick was named Vice President of Professional Relations in 2017, and promoted to Executive Vice President in November of 2018. He is trained in a variety of intervention models and has been instrumental in facilitating hundreds of structured interventions over the years. My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem Thank you to our episode sponsor, Webconsuls!Webconsuls is a digital marketing agency that understands addiction treatment. They're effective and ROI-focused. Their mission? To expand your impact by reaching new audiences. Visit webconsuls.com to take advantage of special pricing for NAATP members.Have feedback? Contact us at info@naatp.org

For this episode, Zina interviews Rick Hubbard, Executive Vice President at Origins Behavioral HealthCare and new member of the NAATP Board of Directors. Rick discusses his journey to recovery that led to his long career in SUD treatment, the issues impeding access to treatment for BIPOC communities, and how marketing professionals must examine their outreach and community education practices to move toward an equitable treatment field. Resources: Rick Hubbard began his career in behavioral healthcare in 2002. In 2012, Rick joined <a href="https://www.originsrecovery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origins Behavioral HealthCare</a> as a Community Relations Representative and enrolled in the Addiction Studies program at Tarrant County College and received a license as a Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern. Rick was promoted to Western Region Director of Business Development at Origins in 2014, and in 2015 he accepted the role of Corporate Director of Business Development. Rick was named Vice President of Professional Relations in 2017, and promoted to Executive Vice President in November of 2018. He is trained in a variety of intervention models and has been instrumental in facilitating hundreds of structured interventions over the years. <a href="https://centralrecoverypress.com/product/my-grandmothers-hands-racialized-trauma-and-the-pathway-to-mending-our-hearts-and-bodies-paperback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Grandmother's Hands</a> by Resmaa Menakem Thank you to our episode sponsor, <a href="https://www.webconsuls.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webconsuls</a>! Webconsuls is a digital marketing agency that understands addiction treatment. They're effective and ROI-focused. Their mission? To expand your impact by reaching new audiences. Visit <a href="https://www.webconsuls.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">webconsuls.com</a> to take advantage of special pricing for NAATP members. Have feedback? Contact us at <a href="https://www.naatp.org/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">info@naatp.org</a>

Colors of Recovery - Rick Hubbard