Recovery Mentor Program

Over and over those in recovery say, “I thought addiction was my fate.”

After growing up with parents who abused drugs or alcohol, never holding a job, not knowing anyone who has stayed clean and sober, how does a person learn to live a “normal” life?  By following the guidance of a peer mentor – a person who has traveled the road to recovery and succeeded. 

Since it began in 1999 as the idea of recovered addicts, CCC’s Recovery Mentor Program (RMP) has been successful beyond expectation.

Mentors make sure newly recovering people commit to a regimen of intensive outpatient medical, chemical dependency, and mental health treatment. The longer a client stays in outpatient treatment, the greater the chance of long-term sobriety.

Mentors literally take clients by the hand and deliver them first to drug-free housing; then accompany them to their first support group meeting, and encourage them to develop new relationships with other recovering people, gradually learning a new way of living. 

While providing a strong social network and encouragement, mentors hold clients accountable for their actions.  With the mentors’ help, addicts learn that transformation is possible.

Impact

• 122 clients participated in the Recovery Mentor Program in 2007
• Of 77 people exiting the program in 2007, 73% completed treatment successfully
• 840 clients have participated since 2000.