RESIDENT HANDBOOK - Seabrook House

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WELCOME TO SEABROOK WEST Seabrook West is an extended care facility located just outside of Wellsboro Pennsylvania for the resident to recover from alcoholism and chemical dependency, both diagnosable and treatable diseases. Seabrook West is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Transitional Living Facility. (TLF) The program we offer is designed to help you live in a sober environment, immerse yourself in the program of AA and to help you live in full recovery from this disease for all the years to come. Recovery and a fulfilling life are quite possible if you are willing to follow the principles of 12 step programs. Seabrook West requires residents to commit to a minimum of a 90 day stay. Research cites duration of treatment increases the odds of staying clean and sober over a lifetime. In any group of individuals, there must be standards for behavior and expectations for participation. At Seabrook West, these Standards are based on practical needs. We want to help you build self-respect and foster self-discipline. Establishing a community life with other residents is essential. At Seabrook West, you are responsible for your own treatment and recovery. You are going to be a part of a community of other recovering people. The respect that you deserve will be earned. Each of the other residents must be equally respected. You have joined a therapeutic community where cooperation and consideration for others are the cornerstones of the program. This is a program designed to immerse all residents in the AA/NA way of life. We encourage you to find employment, obtain a sponsor and attend frequent AA/NA meetings during your 90 days here. These Standards promote self-discipline, as required for a full acceptance of the First Step of Alcoholics Anonymous. They are essential to your health, safety, and welfare during your stay here at Seabrook West. They are not to be viewed as disciplinary or punitive measures. We sincerely want you to be an active participant in your own recovery process at Seabrook West. There is one goal at Seabrook West - SOBRIETY. Do not try to change the program; try to change yourself. Edward M. Diehl President BHK 9/4/08 2
THE STANDARDS OF SEABROOK WEST Introduction Everything you are asked to do at Seabrook West has a therapeutic value. The Standards are a therapeutic tool written and adhered to by residents for their protection and treatment. At first, you may not understand the value of these Standards, but as your time at Seabrook West increases, it will become clearer. Here, life in the community may be difficult at times but you will soon find the meaning and strength that comes as part of living in a community of individuals working their recovery program. Residents will have difficulty in meeting all of the Standards if they do not maintain their motivation. Your willingness to cooperate in making these Standards work for you will enhance your recovery process. To maintain a high level of compliance with the Standards, the following steps have been developed: • Standards will be reviewed periodically at a Community Meeting to help insure an understanding of their content, their therapeutic value and to maintain compliance. Failure to comply with the Standards will lead to one of the following interventions: • Meeting with the Primary Counselor to develop a treatment agreement. • Depending upon the seriousness of the problem and the frequency of the offense, a decision for a therapeutic discharge may be made. The Therapeutic Community The first word in the First Step is “We.” The philosophy behind this lies in the truth that we do not live in an isolated world, and left to our own devices, we cannot find sobriety ourselves. A therapeutic community provides a microcosm, i.e. an individual or community thought of as a miniature world or universe. Basically, this means that life at Seabrook West is life in the real world. How you behave, feel, think, and relate to people in treatment is not any different than it is when you are not in treatment. What the Therapeutic Community provides is an opportunity to identify and address the way we behave, feel, think, and relate to people and the impact it has on our addiction and their consequences on our recovery. Recovery is about change. We cannot change something we cannot identify. The staff and the community help each individual identify and address addictive behaviors, underlying feelings, addictive thinking, and unhealthy relationship styles. The Standards and rules provide the framework with which these behaviors, feelings, thoughts and relationships become evident and you can begin to address these to help support a recovery lifestyle. In order for recovery to begin, Seabrook West needs to be a “safe” community- a community where one can begin to trust and to share who they are without the mask one generally wears when in the addictive state. It is our job to provide an atmosphere of openness to all residents, regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, language, national origin or disability. Seabrook West welcomes all and wants to be welcomed in the Westfield and surrounding communities. Therefore, all residents and guests of all residents need to understand that when they are out in the local communities, they are representatives of Seabrook West and need to act accordingly. We will not tolerate actions that give Seabrook West a bad name. BHK 9/4/08 3
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