2. Our House Addiction Recovery Center
Vision:
Our vision is a community where fewer people suffer from addictions.

3. Our House Addiction Recovery Center
Mission:
Our sole purpose is to provide an environment where men with addictions can embark on a recovery process directed towards meaningful, productive life.

4. Our House Addiction Recovery Center
A one-year residential program for men over 18 years old.
Recovery-directed programs for men and their families.
Education initiatives on recovery in the community.
A sixty bed facility.

5. Accreditation:
Our House is accredited through Accreditation Canada, a not-for-profit, independent organization that provides health organizations with an external peer review to assess the quality of their services based on standards of excellence.

6. History:
Our House is a not for profit organization operating through funds procured through fundraising, grants, donations, and residential treatment fees.
Our House began as the result of concerned church members at the Anglican church of St. Stephen the Martyr.
It began as a residential drop in facility for men and women and operated on a volunteer basis.
It was premised on the notion of “addicts helping addicts.”

7. Our House Today:
Today, Our House operates as a complete addictions recovery center.
The center offers addictions recovery programs, along with an extensive list of other programming options.
Additionally, Our House acts as a safe space, free of drugs and alcohol, where recovering individuals are able to receive access to basic human needs such as food and shelter.

8. Psycho-educational modules completed by clients:
Programming:
Throughout the course of a 1-year residency program, clients are provided hands on guidance by trained addictions recovery counsellors including 24 hour onsite support, one on one counselling sessions, and post-graduation support.
Psycho-educational modules completed by clients:
Understanding Addictions as a disease
Coping with stress
Communication
Raising Self Esteem
Assertiveness/Conflict resolution
Relapse Prevention
Co-dependency
Healthy relationships
Budgeting/Leisure
Other modules are offered to residents as required including:
Grief and loss
Mental Health First Aid
Co-occurring Disorders
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Understanding Anger
Helping Men Recover

9. Who we help: Men over the age of 18. Average age is 37 years old.
60% in the age range.
48% have not completed high school
45% report drug of choice as alcohol.
37% report drug of choice as cocaine.
87% began drinking before the age of 18.
75% began using drugs before the age of 18.
50% have been hospitalized due to their addiction.
45% report experiencing a concurrent disorder.
56% report being prescribed medication for a mental health disorder.
All respondents reported being incarcerated for 30 days or more.
66% have spent one year or more incarcerated.
48% have not completed high school.
45% report experiencing physical abuse.