last door is a long term facility we been in new west for 30 years we got good community support it’s a real open door policy we’re work with my guys are respectful in the community they contribute we’re not in the middle of nowhere that was one of the things we wanted to do
we wanted to do a program that was central because it’s the whole community its everything from the coffee shop to the local meetings, to the gym you make a foot print and you’re part of the community and our style is a community approach its long term, people stay however long they need so for the guys who go back to specific jobs, they might stay three months, other guys might stay 6 and long term could be a year or more it changes things for them
you get time to develop the skills to stay clean rather than just stay clean okay, shake your hand, good luck we really want you to be good at it by the time you’re leaving like if that means, have a relationship, then you start dating while you’re here if it’s to get a new career, then you’re going to be going back to school and explore that when you have that kind of time frame, you can get into those situations with people and if it’s someone who’s coming off the street you pretty much have to help them reinvent their whole life.
they need a new social network they need new friends they often have so much family damage that that alone is going to take alot of work to make some peace and open up the lines of communication and take responsibility we work with couples, women, collaterals, co dependents we work with kids as well we got a youth program
small, 10 to 12 beds, 14 to 19 and our men’s program is integrated in the sense we will work with guy’s wives and the whole family if we have to and we want them to enjoy it not feeling better is not how you’re going to get off drugs to feel better to be happy a spiritual awakening could be as simple as a good night sleep somebody cares, something to eat
not being afraid, living in anxiety, the paranoia you get dirty inside when you use, you know because i have such a diverse group, like i got firefighters here, doctors here, lawyers here, guys who own companies you take a guy off the street and put him in that mix he gets inspired, it elevates him and on the other hand, those guys you know they have to be careful of ego and arrogance and not appreciating what they have and so when we meet in the middle some real good things happen
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