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Foothills Sentry
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Sober living host allays neighborhood fears
Residents on the quiet street of
Patrician in Villa Park have been up in arms about the establish- ment of a sober living home in their midst. In an unprecedented move, owner Izzy Hirson deter- mined to meet the neighboring naysayers head-on, and invited them to a luncheon in the of- fending home. City Manager Jarad Hildenbrand and Mayor Diana Fascenelli were among the guests. The all-women facility, which
Kip and Deanna Craig, former long-time residents of Silverado Canyon, announce the engagement of their daughter Chloe Liann Craig to Derek Siegmann, eldest son of Gary and Tina Siegmann of Fullerton. Derek proposed to Chloe during a trip to Mammoth, one of their favorite places, and an April wedding is planned. Chloe gradu- ated from the University of San Diego and is an account manager for Houzz. Derek manages property for The Irvine Company.
Orange Unified School District
has determined that music, once cut from the district budget, will return to the schools. The process, funding and execution is still sub- ject to discussion. Villa Park High School’s well-
established instrumental music program, under the direction of Major Chuck Jay, will pilot an Elementary Music Initiative in support of the district initiative. Fourth, fifth and sixth grade stu- dents from the feeder elementary schools, plus Cerro Villa Middle School musicians, will convene at
the high school on Thursday, Apr. 9 for amu- sical showcase. The approxi- mately 2,000 students will be introduced to
orchestra,
jazz and marching band, drum and bugle corps and color guard. The students will learn about the various high school instrumental music programs, meet the musi- cians, and find out how they, too, may become a musician.
has beds for up to six, plus a housemother, was void of clients. (The residents are clients, not pa- tients, as the facility cannot pro- vide medical services, other than emergency CPR or first aid.) Hirson, a British-born Ameri- can citizen, chic and energetic, was happy to display the home’s manicured lawn, sparkling pool and contemporary, all-white inte- rior. After a contentious begin- ning, when one of the neighbors monopolized the group with an unending diatribe of complaints, Hirson was forced to interrupt and insist on taking the floor, to actually address those concerns. She posed one significant ques- tion: “If you had a child on drugs, what would you do? What would you do?”
Whatever it takes Hirson knows the answer: You
would do whatever necessary to help your child. Her daughter, a terrific student and achiever, implausibly became hooked on pain meds while in college. Her then-boyfriend had cystic fibro- sis, and shared his pain medica- tion with her. “It was surprising how quickly I was hooked. I did things I never would have imag- ined doing,” she said. The family
Villa Park Mayor Diana Fascenelli (left) and Izzy Hirson.
was in shock and turmoil, until a successful rehab stint took hold. The daughter, clean and sober, now 26, serves as the house- mother to clients at the Patrician home. Izzy and husband David, an attorney, had learned a great deal while helping their daugh- ter, and determined to give back and help other addicts. Their facility is a legal, li-
censed boutique treatment cen- ter for, primarily, private-pay or insured clients. (Scholarships may be provided.) The clients are not court-ordered, or forced to be at the facility to becomeAB 109-compliant, but are often re- ferred by therapists and are will- ingly committed to the program to address their disease of alco- holism or addiction to drugs.
Live by the rules Clients are not methamphet-
amine addicts or in jail. The house is equipped with cameras and monitored 24/7. If a client is
in the throes of detoxification, a clinician is on-site. Clients are driven to and from therapy treat- ments. There are strict rules: the clients, age 18 and up, may not leave the premises, and have a 10 p.m. curfew. They may not have phones or computers. Visitors, relatives only, are allowed only on weekends. Breaking the rules, or a positive urine test,will result in a client being removed from the house. The goal of the Hirson's Ad-
diction Recovery Rehab pro- gram is to teach the clients how to re-invent themselves and live successfully without the numb- ing effects of drugs or alcohol. Approximately one in every 10 Americans over the age of 12 is addicted to drugs or alcohol. Af- fluent Orange County has one of the highest number of addicts. Izzy Hirson is trying to help, by placing her clients in a serene, residential setting, away from temptation.
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