Nick Jones is originally from England but hails from Los Angeles, where he grew up in his adult life. He is a Viet-Nam combat veteran who served in United States Army from 1968 – 1971 in the 2/47th Mechanized Infantry, Third Brigade, 9th Division (Go Panthers). He migrated to Tucson in 1992 after a short visit and met his wife to be and decided to move to Tucson.Before his retirement in 2015, Nick founded and was CEO of Old Pueblo Community Services in Tucson for eighteen years until his retirement in 2013. He implemented program design based on his experience working in treatment and incorporating his experience working in recovery in Los Angeles. Old Pueblo Community Services helped and housed men and women coming out of prison and off the streets (with drug and alcohol problems), and to help them adjust to freedom, find employment, and become productive members of society. In 18 years he took in over 25,000 clients off the streets of Tucson.
Today, Nick, now unretired, is the Director and Founding partner in Recovery in Motion Treatment Center which opened in September 2014. RIM is a 30-bed medium income residential substance abuse treatment center that serves clients from Tucson and all over the country. He also owns Paxton House Sober Living which operates 8 recovery homes in Tucson Arizona. Say hello and welcome new member, Nick Jones!
