Residential Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation
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Each day,
residents practice recovery by attending A.A. or N.A. meetings,
participating in group and individual counseling with A.A. members and
other residents, and receiving education by lecture, video and literature.
Just as importantly, we provide therapeutic work for our residents. There
is no staff at the Bridges of Hope for cleaning, housekeeping,
maintenance, repair, gardening and the like. Residents do that work, and
occasionally go off site to perform community service. Work at the Bridges
of Hope can include helping with vegetable gardening and livestock at
those facilities with working farms. In addition to reducing food costs,
this self-sufficiency enables residents to prepare and provide nourishing
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| Residents
stay in dormitories and learn to live closely with others. To begin recovery
and change their lives, most come to the Bridges of Hope desperately in
need of two things: discipline and focus. Residents learn discipline and
teamwork by getting up early, eating together, attending meetings
together, working together and recovering together in a highly structured,
rigorous, occasionally even confrontational environment. To help residents
focus on their recovery, there are restrictions on recreation, phone use
and visitation. Residents who have not completed high school are enrolled
in adult education to earn their high school equivalency.
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