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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 28, 2011 at 2:56pm

I've been inquiring about jobs in the substance abuse field and called up a nonprofit to see if they were hiring. Although they were not, the guy on the phone spent close to a half hour with me! He gave me the low-down on the great vibe in ABQ, in particular the recovery community. More so, he gave me a list of places to check out for jobs. This would not happen if I made the same call in Boston or New York. It just wouldn't.

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Permalink Reply by K on July 29, 2011 at 6:27am

I have been searching the UNM website for jobs and did notice one or two openings for substance abuse counselors.  I think it would be at UNMH.  You might try that.

 

I'm originally from Pittsburgh and have been here for 27 years and still love it.  Its home.  You'll love it too, especially the weather.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 29, 2011 at 6:38am

I'm on it! Thank you very much. I also doing  an online application for substance abuse counselor at bernco.gov

I am sensing a feeling of community about ABQ that I think I'm really going to love. The kind of place where one really wants to make a positive impact. I don't feel that here in the burbs of Boston. I am so so psyched to get on that plane next week and when I get there I understand that it might be a gradual process before I say to myself, "Okay, I can do this". If that's the case, I'll be out there mid to late September. 

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Permalink Reply by ramon t on July 29, 2011 at 10:11am

Here is another place to look.  It is part of UNM itself and not part of UNMH.  I could be wrong but worth a look...

 

http://amci.unm.edu/

 

And here is a list of treatment centers...

 

http://www.treatment-centers.net/directory/new-mexico/albuquerque.html

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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 29, 2011 at 12:04pm

Thank you. I went on it and will pursue.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Meaders on July 30, 2011 at 11:45pm

About AMCI (Albuq. Metro Central Intake): I used to work there, and I still keep in touch with a few people.  They just laid off most of their drug counselors.  The Drug Court is cutting back, too.  The Governor vetoed a bill that would have sent people to treatment instead of incarceration.  It also would have saved the state $18 million.  She is a former prosecuter, and is busy going after low-income voters and foreign residents with drivers licenses.  She is also trying to roll back environmental and other regulations; the courts have had to overturn several of her edicts.

Unfortunately there are hiring freezes and cutbacks in public agencies, and she is trying to "modernize" Medicaid, which worries many of us.  New Mexico already has the lowest per-capita spending on behavioral health in the country.

 

It's a hard time to be looking for work in human services; maybe the VA is hiring, since they are Federal.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 31, 2011 at 9:03am

Thank you for that. Any information helps tremendously. I am open to all job possibilities if do end up moving to ABQ  and fortunately not under a lot of stress in having to find a job immediately, but would like to get something in the first year. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Booboo la Rue on July 28, 2011 at 3:39pm

Hey Bill, you will love ABQ -- it is an interesting and yes, quirky place. I am a New England transplant myself, just 8 years ago, and it was worth it. Every day, I remind myself of how lucky I am to have come here. 

 

While the job situation isn't always the best, the move is worth it. It will be a total quality of life improvement leaving Boston (I did my time there too). When you visit, you must take a day trip to Acoma Pueblo if you want to blow your mind in a short stay of a week. I'm happy to give you other tips if you like. Namaste.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 28, 2011 at 3:57pm

Namaste and thank you!!  How cool is it when we can tap into the cosmic mind of the universe and receive answers? Awesome stuff. If certain people only knew. I just got back from the Whole Foods in Hingham (A wealthy suburb of Boston) and quite literally had to put my spiritual armor on when I entered-the energy being so mean and uptight. Even exiting you are not free until you can maneuver out of the crowded parking lot, and by then someone has given you a mean look for edging out. I am done!! Thank you for the tip about Acoma Pueblo. I know it's cliche but there is that feeling of being "pulled" out there and in thinking back on how I ever came up with ABQ, well, I can't. I just started listening. Last Wed. I was drving the company car and  stuck in terrible Boston traffic and yelled out, "Please show me a sign on what direction I should take with my life. Please show me a sign about New Mexico!!" ( I never pray out loud but this time, for some reason, I did.) The NEXT DAY, I was called in by the mean corporate brass and "laid off". To be collecting unemployment from the state of Mass while actively seeking work in New Mexico is an absolute gift from the divine.

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Permalink Reply by Booboo la Rue on July 29, 2011 at 1:00pm

LOL, a layoff is exactly why my sister moved here, and I followed six months later. Any thought to where you want to live in ABQ? If you are in the city, I highly recommend the downtown area and Old Town area for affordable and interesting. The NE heights is lovely but too many happy shiney people, if you know what I mean. Rio Rancho is big and growing and has some nice places as well, but the commute into town can be a little hairy. And the drivers are the worst in the world, worse than Boston by far!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Smith on July 29, 2011 at 1:45pm

Funny, I've been hearing about those drivers. I am weary of those happy shiney people so perhaps I'll take a quick peruse of NE heights. They tend to have too many facial twitches and probably walked over one too many hot coals at the last Anthony Robbins seminar. So, Old Town and downtown area. Hmmm. I would prefer to not go over 700 a month for a one bedroom but would if I really had to. I am really simple, low key, don't need a whole lot kind of person and yet in the same breath, I don't mind those newish, generic apartment complexes with the laundry facility and pool. I'm open to it all I guess. At 42, I like to be near where it's happening but at the same time I'm not a bar person or club person unless I have a good social reason.

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Permalink Reply by Grumpy on July 29, 2011 at 2:20pm

I live in the NE heights and sometimes resent the assumptions made about us.  You would be surprised at the wide variety of people, attitudes, sprititual interests, social mores and etc. that are found ALL OVER Albuquerque. Please, don't co-opt the simplistic thought that considers Nob Hill and Downtown as the only places authentic people live. It's just plain insulting and unoriginal. 

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