RECOVERY CAFE LONGMONT
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Mission Statement
We are a community of refuge and healing for people in recovery.
About This Cause
Recovery Café Longmont (RCL) is a community of refuge and healing for people in recovery from addiction, mental health, homelessness, and additional life challenges. RCL was formed in late 2018 to address the unmet need for adequate, accessible, long-term recovery services in Boulder County. The need seemed self-evident: in Colorado, 1 in 8 suffer from a mental health condition, and nearly half of those also struggle with substance abuse. In Boulder County, more people die from heroin overdose than in car accidents, and Colorado ranks 9th in the nation for suicide. Treatment rates are poor: The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration indicates that only 18% of those who needed treatment received it. Worse still, relapse is more common than continued recovery. The Recovery Café model was chosen for Longmont because it works. It works by standing in the gap between trauma/crisis and stability, between post-treatment and long-term recovery, and between loneliness/isolation and loving community. The Café model is based on the new Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC). An ROSC meets people where they are on the recovery continuum, engages them for a lifetime of managing their disease, focuses holistically on a person’s needs, and empowers them to build a life that realizes their full potential. This person-centered system of care supports a person as they establish a healthy life and recognizes that we all need a meaningful sense of membership and belonging in community, thus Café participants are referred to as Members rather than clients, participants or consumers. The Café is committed to growing and nurturing our Members to rebuild their lives, as well as help other Members of the Café community do so as well. This peer-to-peer aspect of recovery support is one of the most powerful pieces of Recovery Café's success. It helps people build the minimum foundation of two years of sobriety required to stay in recovery from a Substance Use Disorder (National Institute of Health).