MISSION STATEMENT
To provide a safe, caring, non-judgmental environment for people
seeking recovery from abusive and addictive lifestyles.
PHILOSOPHY
Hope for Freedom Society operates on a “Family Concept”, in which
staff and residents relate to one another in mutually supportive ways,
always looking to God for Strength. Our program offers an eclectic
and intrinsic approach to treatment, recognizing each resident as a
true individual, and their right to acquire their own values.
Counsellors and lay staff are seen as role models. There is an emphasis
on seeking God for strength and wisdom to trust and recognize the potential
for change and growth that is available through the program for all
residents. Substance abuse is seen as a disease - we aim first at eradicating
“drug-taking behaviours”, along with distrust, greed and dishonesty.
Secondly, we focus on developing self-awareness, self-control, discipline
and appropriate expression of feelings. The sense of family is instilled
in the residents as a result of mutual respect, love and responsibility
to God, self, and others.
TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY
We consider dependency to be a physical, mental and spiritual disease
and the chemically dependent person to be deserving of the same respect
and dignity afforded to persons afflicted with any other illness. We
believe that individuals can recover from their disease and can rebuild
abstinent productive lives in recovery.
We consider it essential to address the full spectrum of each client's
psychological, physical and spiritual needs. Without addressing the
whole person, the individual struggling with addiction is left without
all the necessary tools to return to a healthy, rewarding life in recovery.
Recovery from addictive disorders is a process of transformation.
And while we cannot provide a cure for addictive disorders or promise
that our clients will never experience relapse, we can and do prepare
our clients to recognize and respond to their own relapse process. In
this way, each clients recovery is optimized.
Clients are encouraged to respect themselves and to take responsibility
for their lives. Recovery from chemical dependency requires a decision
on the part of the client to accept and fully participate in the treatment
process, and to encourage the participation of family and significant
others, when appropriate. We provide a supportive atmosphere conducive
to the clients making the right decisions.
To ensure optimal response to our treatment program, a wide variety
of treatment modalities are offered, including the work of Terence Gorski,
one of the leading authorities on recovery and relapse prevention. And,
while our multi-disciplinary treatment team is committed to expanding
our repertoire of modalities, we believe that the self-help groups of
Alcoholics Anonymous / Narcotics Anonymous are the modalities with the
broadest measure of success. Combined with supportive peer groups and
community mentoring the clients receive the support in order to return
to being productive members of the community. |
