Helping Friends & Families

Changing Lives Foundation is a Colorado Organization providing hope and help for families struggling with addiction, alcoholism or substance abuse.

We provide guidance with clear, concise information—on substance abuse, drug addiction and alcoholism. Perhaps more importantly, we focus on how families recover from these problems. By partnering with organizations across the USA to provide resources (books, CDs and DVDs), we help educate families and friends who are searching for answers.

Dramatic Changes Are Possible With The Right Support

Joe Herzanek is a man who battled his own demons of addiction over thirty years ago. Joe’s own life struggles and practical advice offer hope and solutions to those living amidst the turmoil of someone’s alcohol and drug abuse. From age 13 to 29, Joe battled his own drug and alcohol addiction—finally receiving treatment. He now has over 33 years of abstinence from mind-altering substances. Treatment gave him the information and structure needed to begin his journey of recovery. Joe expresses his words of encouragement when he says, 

Joe Herzanek is the president and founder of Changing Lives Foundation and currently serves as Chaplain at the Boulder County Jail (Boulder, CO). He previously spent over 30 years working in the criminal justice system as the Chaplain at various Colorado Criminal Justice Facilities and as a Certified Addiction Professional. Joe is the former host of Recovery Television and Eye on Addiction Radio, speaker, producer of several DVDs, including “The 10 Toughest Questions Families and Friends Ask About Addiction and Recovery” and author of the award-winning book “Why Don't They Just Quit? What families and friends need to know about addiction and recovery.” Joe and his wife Judy have three (adult) children, Jami, Jake, and Jessica, and enjoy the beautiful Colorado outdoors.

Joe’s passion is to help men and women who are struggling with addiction, as well as providing answers and solutions to family and friends who are searching for ways to help their loved-one begin the road to recovery.