Addiction affects all aspects of a person's life. Effects include problems with physical and emotional health, family, relationships, work, finances and the legal system. Therefore, at A Home Away, we utilize a holistic approach to bring restoration of health and happiness. Based upon the triad of Renewal, Recovery and Recreation, we focus our programs on the healing of the whole person including Mind, Body and Spirit.

A Home Away is not a typical drug rehab or treatment center for alcohol addiction or alcoholism treatment. We do not "treat" addiction. Our guests are people who have stopped their addiction experience a healthy way of living a new life of recovery. You are welcome regardless of what form of addiction you may have struggled with, including gambling addiction, nicotine addiction (smoking cessation), or other addictive or co-dependent behaviours such as with food, sex, exercise, or internet. You are also welcome regardless of whether you believe you have had an addiction. Perhaps you simply want a retreat where you can restore and renew. If you want what we offer, you are welcome.

A Home Away is not a mental health institution that provides medical care or conducts psycho social rehabilitation or psychotherapy. As a part of your retreat, we offer counselling that supports you achieve your goals in your life. Your dynamic full-life program will include individual and small group sharing sessions, life coaching, spiritual exploration, music, artistic expression, yoga, meditation, and sauna.

Regardless of your background or demographic, we are here for you. Drug & alcohol addiction, and all addictions, are 'an equal opportunity disease'! It affects people without regard for financial, social, or legal status, skin colour, sexual orientation, religion, education or employment. Therefore, our philosophy is that ALL deserve the best chance to recover and heal. And we offer the best there is. All that are struggling with continued abstinence and experiencing negative consequences in their lives deserve the opportunity for help. If this is you, you are welcome in our home...and all have an equal chance of full recovery!

Your stay at A Home Away will stimulate your thoughts, deepen your understanding, and help you develop a healthy, balanced life-style. As you heal, we will help you get in touch with and process your feelings.

As you face your decision about attending A Home Away, drug rehab BC, you may find yourself wondering how to stay sober and live life on life's terms. Many others simply feel 'stuck'. Perhaps you feel like a prisoner to your situation and problems. Your retreat will help you experience release, relief, empowerment, and excitement with the choices you come to see as yours to realize.

Foundational to the entire A Home Away program is the philosophy of the Twelve Step movement as characterized by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. The spiritual principles of openness, honesty, willingness, courage, belief, responsibility, forgiveness, respect and service are embedded throughout the program. Guests are invited to attend two twelve step meetings each week in the local community. Twelve Step programs have helped millions of people worldwide live a life of recovery following, or as part of their ongoing drug rehab or addiction treatment or therapy. We will then help you establish your own twelve step fellowship of support in your home town before leaving A Home Away.

It is important to note that, while spirituality is explored, A Home Away is a retreat, NOT a religious institution, facility or program. Regardless of your religion, faith, or lack thereof, you are welcome in our Home. Spirituality is a personal exploration of how one relates with self, others, nature, and their own, private concept of a Higher Power. No one is told or otherwise directed to believe any particular thing; this is about personal exploration and discovery. Your retreat offers you the chance for reflection, looking at life in new ways, and to experience how to 'live life on life's terms', as part of your ongoing life of abstinence.

Your retreat will help you to 'live life on life's terms', as part of your ongoing life of abstinence. A Home

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