CORNERSTONE OF RECOVERY CRACK

вЂњI talked about what life was really like, because they donвЂ™t know. I recently held a session and not once did I mention alcohol or drugs.вЂќ

CORNERSTONE OF RECOVERY CRACK

Now guestsВ come in here, crack a Diet Coke, put their feet up on the desk and we talk about whatвЂ™s going on in their lives. вЂњI used to wear a shirt and tie and work behind a desk. Staff also need to be able to talk to people and not talk at them, Brewitt said. When we are working with a client, the first thing you have to do is create an environment and be able to deliver a package that makes it warm and receptive because then they become more receptive to what you have to offer,вЂќ he said. Then we will throw in the capital 'EвЂ™, which is education.

вЂњIf youвЂ™ve got those three thingsВ then youвЂ™re off to a pretty good start. One of the things he insists on is something he calls the Three CвЂ™s - Compassion, Character and Charisma. The combination of lived experience and education is extremely important to Brewitt, who has handpicked each and every member of his team. 'I think thereвЂ™s a lot of value in working with people who are graduates from the School of Hard Knocks and also graduates from an accredited facility that is certified in the field of addiction.вЂќ

вЂњThere was a time when I was unemployable and had no fixed address,' he said. The other thing is I have counsellors who have lived experience, so when you talk to me what itвЂ™s like to sleep under the Bloor Viaduct or camp out at Milligan's Pond, I know what youвЂ™re talking about -В been there done that,вЂќ said Brewitt, who, along with all of the counsellors at Cornerstone, know first-hand what clients are going through. вЂњIt gives us enough time to open you up and close you up. The fact Cornerstone offers a three-month program also helps to set it apart from other treatment centres. We have found that to be a very successful formula for combating recidivism.вЂќ Once you go through the program,В itвЂ™s kind of like the mob -В once youвЂ™re in, youвЂ™re in for life. вЂњWeвЂ™ve created a treatment community, whereby we have a beginning, a middle and it doesnвЂ™t end. In fact, they donвЂ™t even call themselves a treatment centre, Brewitt admitted. Different from the restД¬ornerstone, he said, is not your traditional treatment centre that has a beginning, a middle and an end. ItвЂ™s a carbon copy,вЂќ he said, noting while he has had to tweak a few things in order for the program to better suit female participants -В including security and a focus on human trafficking -В the program itself is the same. ThatвЂ™s the stance Peter Brewitt, director of programs and development for Cornerstone to Recovery, is taking in his approach when he opens a new womenвЂ™s residential addiction facility in Barrie this summer.Д«rewitt, who has worked in the field of addiction for nearly three decades, plans to replicate a program thatвЂ™s been successfully running in York Region since 2004, providing a safe and place for men who are 18 years oldВ and up to address their addiction andВ walk the path from addiction to sustainable, community-based recovery.

The following is Part 1 of a two-part series.

Cornerstone is opening a women's treatment centre on Tiffin StreetВ this summer.

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Cornerstone of recovery