NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.--On Saturday, September 29, 2018 a very special event to celebrate National Recovery Month will be held at Babbage Park, North Brunswick, NJ from 3:00pm to 8:00pm hosted by the Antonia Maria Foundation. Antonia Maria Montalvo, the founder of the Antonia Maria Foundation, is herself someone who has struggled with substance abuse and the terrible loss of her cousin Leo Milito from a drug overdose. Antonia’s last recovery, which was in California where spirituality was the focus of her treatment, is the one that brought her out of the darkness.
Now Ms. Montalvo has made it her life’s mission to help women who are at-risk to find their own path to recovery. Ms. Montalvo is the executive director of Gracie’s House, which provides sober living structured temporary housing and a multitude of support services for women, is located in North Brunswick, NJ. Gracie’s House and Ms. Montalvo’s organization’s purpose is to honor those who are in recovery and to help women to find their own sense of power and energy in the healing process. Ms. Montalvo told www.NJnewjersey.com reporter that through her spiritual practice she was able to find the power within herself to heal her own body.
Antonia Maria Foundation offers women the opportunity to clear out emotional stress and past traumas through such disciplines as meditation, Reiki, yoga, spiritual and intuitive healing, weekly workshops and support groups as well as developing and or enhancing life skills and a host of other resources. Through meditation is what brought Antonia Maria Montalvo to the purpose she found to open a house for women who are experiencing trauma, learn to release their trauma, not push it down and to heal and empower themselves. Through her journey, Ms. Montalvo opened her foundation two years ago and Gracie’s house one year and six months ago.
What makes Antonia Maria Foundation so successful is the idea that each client’s recovery program is unique and individualized. Ms. Montalvo acknowledges that people heal in different ways and focus is on personalized recovery through a variety of modalities and wellness strategies such as self-exploration, shamanism, yoga breathing and meditation as well as spiritual awakening.
Ms. Montalvo is grateful to her family for their transparency and especially her Director of Operations, Meredith DeGironimo whom has been a tremendous help! Ms. Montalvo has learned to surround herself with an abundance of people who support her and her passion of providing a safe place for women in recovery. Ms. Montalvo has also experienced a deep personal loss when her cousin, Leo Milito, recently passed away from a drug overdose.
On September 29th, she is hoping for people to gather together to honor and celebrate those in recovery as well as encourage addicts to seek help and find their path to recovery, whatever that path may be. Ms. Montalvo’s message is “never ever give up!”. Please join Antonia Maria Montalvo and her foundation team on September 29th in Babbage Park, North Brunswick to celebrate National Recovery Month and learn more about this wonderful and important resource for women to break from addiction and stigma. Antonia Maria will be supplying candles or feel free to bring your own for a candlelight vigil and also to bring photographs of those who have lost their lives to addiction and or to those who still are struggling with addiction. “Recovery is possible and change is beautiful.” Everyone is welcome.
Please check out Antonia Maria Foundation at www.antoniamariafoundation.org
And or call 888-633-2693
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Reported Story By
David-Douglas Brown
Written by
Leah Brown Klein
Edited by
NJ New Jersey Staff