Ark House Treatment Centre

The Aim of Ark House is to ‘Enable Recovery’ from Alcohol / Drug dependency

Ark House is a residential Treatment Centre for Alcohol/drug dependant clients.

The treatment supplied at Ark House is a comprehensive program known as 12
Step’s Therapy.

The 12 Step Therapy is a program of instructional and self help materials, relying
on following the original 12 steps of Alcoholic anonymous. Hence 12 Step Therapy
is not a new form of treatment. It is a clear concise and sequenced explanation of
the 12 Step’s. The service user (with help of structured lectures and groups) will
with his/her assigned counsellor be guided through the steps to reach specified
goals. This facilitates an understanding of the problem, the solution to the problem,
and the plan of action to change that leads to recovery.

Ark House helps Service Users to get clean and sober from alcohol and drugs by
using a proven program that is readily available to them for continuing support
after they leave Ark House. No new theories. No changes in direction. A continuous
recovery through the 12 steps, pure and simple.

Alcoholics Anonymous designed the 12 Step’s and the fellowship. It has meetings
all over the world. They have also allowed other addicted people to use the 12 Step’
s successfully for example: Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Family
Groups Anonymous, Al Anon, Overeater's Anonymous, and Smokers Anonymous.
Etc. There are several million Addicts/Alcoholics using the 12 Step’s Therapy as a
continued way to attain and maintain a drug/drink free life.

The steps are used as a procedure to obtain the goals that lead to recovery.

Step One is there to help the Service User understand the exact nature of his/her
problem, after identifying the problem.
Step Two offers a solution to the problem.
Steps Three to Nine define for the Service User which changes they personally
need to make in order to recover from their addiction.

Steps Ten to Twelve involve practising the principles of the twelve steps program
to ensure continued sobriety. This is explained in detail in our extended care
program.