What does treatment consist of?

We use a combination of therapy, education, and living skill development to assist in the recovery process.  This includes: 

• Individual and group substance abuse counseling
• Specialized treatment and psychiatric consultation for residents with co-occurring mental disorders
• Active participation in a therapeutic milieu, with substance abuse professionals, paraprofessionals, and peers
• Referrals to a variety of support services including educational, vocational, mental health, and family counseling
• Random drug testing
• Daily living skills training
• Parenting groups and skills building

Psycho-Education Groups Include:

• Early Recovery Skills
• Relapse Prevention
• Women’s Group
• Nurturing Parent Group
• Addiction education (including neurophysiological and psychological effects)
• Life skills education and training

Daily Living Skills Include:

• Completing regularly scheduled household chores such as meal preparation, cleaning, vacuuming, mopping floors, etc.
• Establishing daily personal structure, important in early recovery
• Practicing daily personal care and hygiene
• Learning time management skills—an important part of keeping up with personal responsibilities, assignments, and program requirements

Residents participate in daily meditations and house meetings. In addition to this, residents actively take part in 12-step community support meetings or other support meetings and activities in order to build personalized recovery networks free from their active addictions.

How much contact will I have with the outside world?

Recovery is much more than maintaining sobriety. Recovery involves setting goals that will foster independence, family supports, self-confidence, and a new lifestyle that will lead to success in many areas of life while maintaining a sober lifestyle.

Our staff includes an Integration Specialist and Client Care Coordinator who support the residents by providing area resources to continue with the recovery process during their stay and after they graduate from the program.  

 Wellspring’s Infinity House works with its residents to address recovery, vocational, and employment needs. It has established community partners with resources including:

• Partners for Peace (formerly Spruce Run) for domestic violence survivors
• The Women’s Project to support services such as transportation and one on one community support
• Penquis CAP for parenting classes and other parenting needs
• The Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN) for recovery supports
• The Learning Center to acquire a GED
• The Career Center for employment services, and more!