Providence Retreat

Providence Retreat is just that, a retreat. The difference between the retreat and a typical rehab is that we do not provide psychiatric or medical care. We are a 12-step based spiritual retreat. What that means is we use a proven method of recovery based on spiritual principles. The men that lead our program are men who live by these principles and want to pass them on to other men. We take men through the twelve step process in the first 28 days they are with us, thus giving them a solid foundation for putting these principles into action in their lives as quickly as possible.

The work is done mostly one-on-one, peer-to-peer. The men are not given an overload of information throughout the day, they are led methodically through the book of A.A., giving them time to reflect and learn as they go through the process.

We formed the Retreat as an opportunity for men who have had trouble in the past with the traditional rehab, have stumbled in their step work and who need a place where they can pull back and get into the work of the twelve steps. They may need a new experience - and that is what we offer. We have many alum who come back to our meetings to pass on what was given to them. That is how we measure our success. This is not an overnight matter. The retreat is just the beginning of the recovery process, spiritual progress is the goal. If persisted in, the results will be great.