Alumni
The Hazelden alumni is expansive.
Spin-offs from Hazelden’s early single-modality program include Chit-Chat Farms (Caron), established in 1959 in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, Cumberland Heights, established in Nashville, Tennessee in 1969, Lynnville Treatment Center, established in Jordan, Minnesota in 1969, and Carrollton Treatment Center, established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1973.
Direct spin-offs from Hazelden’s multimodality program include Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis (1970), Edgewood Treatment Center in St. Louis, Missouri (1971), St. John’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota (1971), Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha (1971), St. Joseph Community Hospital in Vancouver, Washington (1973), St. Vincent Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa (1974), Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic in Clifton Springs, New York (1976), Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi (1976), and Mercy Hospital at Council Bluffs, Iowa (1977). All of these were established by former Hazelden staff.
Finally, there was the Parkside chain of alcoholism treatment hospitals spawned by Nelson Bradley’s program at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. By 1989, Parkside delivered addiction treatment at nearly 100 sites. The Parkside chain collapsed in the mid-1990s.
Hazelden also became the country’s biggest publisher of addiction treatment materials in the 1970s, publishing countless video and audio tapes of their lectures.