Sunset Park drug counseling center expanding its mission
Will train people how to use overdose antidote
Donna Mae DePola is a busy woman who’s about to get a lot busier.
DePola is the president and CEO of The Recovery & Life Coaching Academy, a non-profit Sunset Park-based drug and alcohol counseling center she founded 20 years ago to help addicts and alcoholics get off drugs and drink, reclaim their lives and move forward.
The center, headquartered in a five-story brick building at 449 39th St. in Sunset Park, has 22 employees and offers a wide variety of services, including substance abuse assessments, outpatient chemical dependency treatment, outpatient detox, counseling, medication management, programs to combat DWI, sessions with volunteer recovery coaches and help in becoming employment-ready.