Courage House

Courage House reports using: buprenorphine, often known as Suboxone, which reduces opioid cravings and withdrawal so you can focus on recovery; extended-release naltrexone, often known as Vivitrol, a once-monthly shot that blocks the effects of opioids and can reduce alcohol cravings; oral naltrexone, a daily pill that can reduce alcohol cravings or block the effects of opioids; clonidine, a medication that can calm some physical symptoms of withdrawal.

Courage House reports offering: cognitive behavioral therapy, a talk therapy that helps you notice and change the thought patterns that lead to substance use; motivational interviewing, a counseling style that helps you find your own reasons to change, without lectures or judgment; contingency management, a program that gives real rewards, like vouchers, for staying in treatment; relapse prevention, which helps you spot your triggers early and make a plan so a hard moment doesn't undo your progress; community reinforcement, an approach that helps you build a rewarding daily life without substances, sometimes with voucher rewards; substance use counseling, regular sessions with a counselor focused on your recovery.

Yes. Courage House reports offering beds so your children can stay with you during residential treatment.

Possibly, yes. Courage House reports offering housing services, help finding or keeping a stable place to live.

Yes. Courage House reports offering employment counseling or training, help finding work or building job skills.

Treatment doesn't just stop when your program ends. Courage House reports offering: discharge planning, a concrete plan made with you before you leave; aftercare and continuing care, ongoing support after your main program ends; follow-up after discharge, check-ins to see how you're doing; self-help groups, peer meetings like AA, NA, or SMART Recovery.

Yes. Courage House reports offering naloxone and overdose education. Naloxone is a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose.

Yes, in designated areas. Courage House allows smoking in set areas, not everywhere on site. Vaping is allowed in designated areas.

Courage House reports serving women. If you're not sure whether a program is the right fit for you, call and ask. It's a normal question and they hear it every day.

Courage House reports serving young adults and adults.