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When suffering with substance use disorders, individuals’ and families’ worlds become small and restricted—enjoyment of simple life pleasures is lost when the goal to secure alcohol or other drugs is paramount in one’s life. Destructive personal and interpersonal behavior often results in alienation from one’s family and friends who can no longer live with a loved one’s downward spiral. As substance use progresses, individuals may lose their children, their homes and their jobs.
Getting into recovery through treatment is the first step, but it is not always enough. Living in recovery may be a lifelong pursuit, requiring, at times, long-term support through a community of people who understand the unique struggle and daily successes that are part of a recovery lifestyle.
Safe Harbor Recovery Center, located at 865 Islington Street Portsmouth, NH, offers that support: we welcome individuals seeking recovery or those who want to be part of a community of people living, sometimes struggling, and often flourishing as they build a new, rich and productive life.
Safe Harbor also welcomes families and loved ones of those with substance use disorder We offer a wide range of supports for and with individuals and their families. Striving to provide best practices in peer and recovery supports, Safe Harbor continually works to improve its program—from creating a well-ordered, comfortable and welcoming environment, to ensuring that staff are well-trained and responsive to its members. Wellness, personal enrichment and support programs are ever-evolving to meet the diverse needs of those members.
Safe Harbor Recovery Center offers that support: we welcome individuals seeking recovery or those who want to be part of a community of people living, sometimes struggling, and often flourishing as they build a new, rich and productive life.
Safe Harbor also welcomes families and loved ones of those with substance use disorders. We offer a wide range of supports for and with individuals and their families. Striving to provide best practices in peer and recovery supports, Safe Harbor continually works to improve its program—from creating a well-ordered, comfortable and welcoming environment, to ensuring that staff are well-trained and responsive to its members. Wellness, personal enrichment and support programs are ever-evolving to meet the diverse needs of those members.
Safe Harbor employs peer counselors, including volunteer peer counselors within all its programs. Peer counselors require a unique form of supervision and support; these are dedicated individuals who are committed to “giving back” by extending a hand to someone on his or her own recovery journey. Basic training is provided at onboarding, and volunteer staff receive guidance, support and supervision to work with individuals toward great empowerment.
Safe Harbor is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services (CAPRSS).
SHRC is open weekdays from 8:30 am until the evening’s programming ends and Saturdays, from 8:30 am-2:00 pm. This range of hours for program scheduling allows us to make our programs accessible for as many clients as possible whether working or not. The evening and weekend options allow clients to attend who may be in school, training, work or may have transportation barriers.
For more information please contact Whitney Brown, Director at wbrown@granitepathways.org or call 603-570-9444.
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