The Earamas Foundation 

The Earamas Foundation is a 501(3) (c) organization with a mission to prevent alcohol and drug abuse with safe, accessible, patient-centric programs to transform lives with discovery, performance, and experience of the healing power of music as a complementary and integrative health approach for advancing and improving a whole person health and wellness framework.

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Our Work

Our work is offered for alcohol and drug recovery centers, addiction treatments centers, mental health facilities, residential youth facilities, juvenile justice centers, drop-in shelters, shelters for mothers with young children and harm reduction centers, anywhere there is a need for the healing power of music for individuals and groups in a whole person health and wellness framework. 
 
An integrative whole person health approach can empower individuals, families, communities, and populations transform their lives and prevent alcohol and drug abuse by improving their health in multiple interconnected domains: biological, behavioral, social, spiritual, and environmental. 

Individuals that participate music programs are more likely to complete recovery and reenter society as productive members, gaining employment, establishing community, rebuilding families, and avoiding falling back into drug and alcohol addiction.

​We currently provide free music instruments & lessons to multiple Recovery Centers in Kentucky and Tennessee for over 75 residents, including:

• Hickory Hills Recovery Center in Emmalena, KY
• Recovery Resources in Johnson City, TN
• SkyHope Recovery Center in Somerset, KY

Survey Results

Recovery Impact - In Their Words

• learning music and playing music gets me away from troubles, is a time I meditate and ponder God's word.
• It helps my recovery because of the endorpine that the music triggers.
• It relaxes you so you can have a better day
• it makes me want to learn more about playing because my son plays and I would let me get something more in common with him. I would love to able to play along side him
• made me want music in my life
• it slows me down and lets me focus on music just for the moment
• music gives me hope and allows me to heal
• I enjoyed the instructors and learning more about music
• helps with my depression
• it gives me hope when someone takes the time to come in here and teach us. It gives me peace and serinity
• it was good to hear music. Some times in rehab all a person hears is peoples voices from different directions in the room music takes me to a different point
• it clears my mind for the moment
• relaxing theraputic
• music calms me to where I can better work on my issues
• this is therapy
• helped me learn and calm down
• it let me feel great that these men take time to teach us things that we will never know
• a piece of relaxation
• gives me peace of mind
• it’s a real good class
• its good to have music in your life it helps to relax
• music is my life and soul. I love music and when I'm down it pick my soul up
• it brought back a passion I had and im going to pursue this further because I love music and knowledge
• music speaks where words fail. Music helps me connect to my higher power and aids in releiving my depression
• gives me a sense of happiness and a calmer day
• helped me relearn some music theory
• gives me a different outlook an hobbies and having fun
• allows me to self express my thoughts and feelimngs though music
• i've found music therapy is a crucial part of my recovery

Participant Requests

• Be more often than it is, once a week or more
• Fine just as it currently is
• more music, less teaching
• To have more instruments to the center for the clients to practice on
• keep doing what there doing. It’s a great experience for me because for me I love any type of music and its incredilble comfort music
• If they could come every week instead of every month
• put on music events here
• its purfect right now
• more instruments
• have it more often
• more guitars for clients to practice with
• more guitars for clients to practice with
• have it more often
• if we had it more often. Its a great experience
• more guitars for clients 
• more instruments
• come more often
• have more instruments for everyone to experience the joy and powerful feeling the instruments cause when playing
• more time
• more instruments, left handed
• more instruments like guitars
• learn more
• more time here
• come up here more
• getting to have it more often
• more often and more time
• if it occurred more often
• individual follow up lessons
• to come more often
• could happen more often