At the Restoration Recovery Center, our mission is to respond to people seeking addiction recovery using a person-centered approach, promoting long-term recovery by providing faith-based and holistic alternatives in a peer support recovery center.
Why we do what we do…..
we were meant to walk this journey together….
Peers are people with lived experience in recovery who share their experiences about recovery and shares “what worked for me” with others. By sharing similar experiences and hope, meaningful connections and supportive relationships are formed. Developing a sense of understanding of self and community, peers are positioned for empowerment of others. This simple concept engages peers in the process of recovery and reduces the risk of relapse. Peers in stable recovery are able to advocate for those in new to recovery, sharing resources and skills throughout the recovery process. Peers know what it’s like to be addicted to a substance first hand or know what is like to care for someone who is. Peers can speak to the struggle of daily stress and managing life on life’s terms. The value of peer support in recovery is showing others, through our own learning and life experiences, how to let go of the guilt, shame, and stigma related to addiction. This frees people to allow them to rebuild there lives and to restore their relationships.
Restoration Recovery Center provides recovery meetings in group settings. Support groups offer encouragement, a powerful force that motivates us all to do better in life. Inclusivity and connection enable members to be inspired and given hope for sustaining recovery. Members encourage recovery and motivate each other to maintain each day. Members hear the stories of others– not just the successful parts, but also the difficult parts – and how those struggles led to true and lasting transformation.
Isolation has long been a contributor to a lifestyle of using and harmful behaviors. Support groups are vital because they let each participant know that they do not have to be disconnected from other people. Recently, with increased isolation, the threat of relapse is magnified. Peers efforts to reach out has been increased to include both virtual meetings and hybrid meetings.
Because members of the support group are committed to non-judgement and have similar experiences, the atmosphere to heal and to grow is created. Members will know safety at and acceptance . This is a nurturing relationship and a culture Restoration encourages strongly at the Center.
Holistic alternatives in recovery are based on the idea that someone is more than his or her experiences, traumas and struggles. Holistic alternatives address concerns of the mind, body and spirit simultaneously.
When we consider the overwhelming strain that addiction can have on a person’s life, a person can be consumed by the addiction. The addiction consumes a person’s thoughts, emotions, how time is spent, and effects relationships, financed, housing, food needs, and employment.
Addiction is not just a physical or mental disease. It affects a person’s spirit too. Pain, whether physical, spiritual or emotional, is self-medicated by substances in addiction. When the substances stop or are removed, the pain remains. The underlying problem and the underlying issues must still be addressed and healed. Sickness or woundedness of the mind, body or spirit may be at the root.
It’s important for recovery to be personalized and based on the needs of the individual. Holistic options offer person driven recovery approaches that address areas of recovery that substance and medications cannot reach. As an individual grows, taking the time to learn their own challenges and develop their own goals, Restoration supports and understands an individual’s recovery journey depends on their individual history and background. We assist with facing the challenges and making the goals that help ensure the best possible results for the individual.
Support those who are on the path to changing their lives!
Mark and Julia at “Substance Abuse and the Teen Brain with Dr Ruth Potee“ in Lunenburg, November 2018.
Recovery-oriented community events like Recovery Runs and Recovery Fest
Employment services to help participants find opportunities
Computers and facilities for community use
Recreational activities, like our Victory Hikes and Kayaking
Referrals for HIV testing and treatment
Family Support groups
Family Fun Nights
Meetings for all pathways of recovery, like 12-step and spiritual groups
Sober Music Jams
Creative Art and Paint Nights
Community Education and Narcan Trainings
Professional Development Training
Resource days 1st Friday of the month
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION:
Restoration Recovery Center serves all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or country of origin. We foster a culture of compassion, open-mindedness, and inclusiveness. We provide an environment of safety and inclusion with people who have diverse experiences and backgrounds. We encourage all of our participants and volunteers to create and implement new programs, groups and meetings to address the diverse needs of our dynamic community and to help foster understanding and acceptance. We use all available opportunities to educate people in regards to the importance of active equality among those we serve.
Learn more about the many ways you can get involved as a volunteer.
Donald Flagg, Mark and Julia Armstrong, State Senator Dean Tran, and Tara Riveria at the RRC Spaghetti Supper, Feb, 2019.
Restoration Recovery Center’s Open House 9/21/2019
Thank you, Sentinel and Enterprise
FITCHBURG — Jesse Maguire’s journey through sobriety, which has eclipsed four years now, has been long and difficult at times.
The 42-year-old, who was born and raised in Fitchburg, said he found hope and comfort in art, which recently led him to paint a new mural at Restoration Recovery Center on Fairmount Street.
“Art has been the cornerstone of my recovery,” Maguire said. “I hope that this mural can help someone else in recovery or looking to get sober.”
In honor of National Recovery Month in September, Maguire painted the mural to inspire those in addiction recovery and to create a visible reminder that there is always hope.
