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How addicts in recovery, others with behavioral health issues are getting help amid pandemic

Jordan Hussey, executive director of The Jeffrey Dallas Gay Jr. Recovery Center, known as J’s Place, uses Zoom for a video conference with outreach coordinator David White and recovery coach Will Allison. Photo courtesy J’s Place.

03292020 HELP — Jordan Hussey, executive director of The Jeffrey Dallas Gay Jr. Recovery Center, known as J’s Place, uses Zoom for a video conference with outreach coordinator David White and recovery coach Will Allison. Photo courtesy J’s Place.

For the past week, J’s Place has been empty, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been busy. People attending group meetings to address substance use disorders or other behavioral health issues have not been in the recovery facility but cyberspace.