* We offer a forty-two day (six week) recovery program for substance dependent, adult males  

* Our residential capacity is twenty clients 

* Surfside Recovery House is staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Administration staff is available from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to help answer all questions about Surfside  Recovery House and it’s entry procedures. A full-time night man and weekend person enable the client to feel safe while keeping a structured program environment during ‘quiet time’

* Both Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings are attended regularly by our clients at night in the community  

* Our counselors facilitate the program in a classroom style setting daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. The program consists of: lectures, vidoe/audio presentations, and group & individual counseling, and peer assessments  

* A weekly intensive Relapse Prevention program is facilitated for our clients  

* We also have a means of testing for suspected substance misuse. At present, we use a test kit whichallows us to have results in approx. three minutes. Testing is done at random, or if a staff member suspects that drugs and/or alcohol have been used. Positive testing results in IMMEDIATE dismissal  

* Our non-profit organization relies heavily on volunteers generously donating their time to help out. Mostof these volunteers are past clients, and thus, give encouragement to those still going through our program  

* Our ‘Alumni’ hold a weekly meeting for our ‘in-program’ clients, giving hope and encouragement to those still learning. We gratefully acknowledge our Alumni’s contribution to our program and wish to  express gratitude, on behalf of the in-house clients, to the Alumni for all their assistance, sharing, and support

* We offer clean, double occupancy rooms with close proximity to recreational areas and easy access to public transportation