Mission, principles, the patient at the centre.
Mission.
To run a structured, accountable, residential recovery programme that treats every patient with dignity regardless of how they were admitted — and to give every family enough information, on schedule, to trust the work.
Method.
Ninety days, in residence, on a fixed schedule. AA-based treatment orientation paired with the B.A.R.E. Recovery Curriculum drawn from CBT, DBT, and behavioural science. Individual counselling, family counselling, structured discharge, and follow-up.
The operating principles.
In order of priority. When they conflict, the order decides.
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Safety
No harm to patients, families, staff, or self.
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Dignity
Every patient, regardless of admission route or behaviour.
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Clinical integrity
Decisions led by clinical judgement, not convenience.
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Consistency
The same rule, applied the same way, across patients and shifts.
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Confidentiality
What is shared in this house stays in this house.
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Structure
The day, the week, and the programme follow a published rhythm.
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Documentation
Anything that happens is recorded.
WHY THE PATIENT IS THE CENTRE
The patient at the centre.
Every operational loop in the foundation orbits one fact: there is a patient, in recovery, in this building. The day's rhythm, the week's family update, the on-event escalation, the quarterly improvement, all four exist in service of that one fact.
This is not a metaphor for marketing. It is the structural shape of the work.
"The system is not a chart on a wall.
It is a rhythm — keep the rhythm and the day takes care of itself."
THE PEOPLE
Clinical.
Who holds the work.
Dr Gambetta DaCosta leads the clinical work. A visiting physician attends every Sunday for medical review. A counsellor supervises every session and holds the consent file.
Operational.
Aruna holds the family contact line, the consent register, the family communication log, and the dispatch of the Saturday update.
Programme.
Five named mentor roles run the day. Each role has a published job description; each role is supervised, escalated, and reviewed against a defined protocol. The mentors are non-clinical by design — the work is carried by people who hold the rhythm and route the clinical questions to the clinician.
NINETY DAYS IN RESIDENCE
The programme.
Ninety days. One rhythm. The work runs the same way on day three, day thirty, and day eighty-eight.
At a glance.
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Ninety days in residence.
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Fixed daily schedule — wake at 05:30, lights off at 22:30.
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Three sessions a day, Monday to Friday. Workshop and yoga on Saturday. Sunday: rest, the visiting doctor, family visits from the approved list.
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B.A.R.E. Recovery Curriculum plus AA-based treatment orientation.
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Individual counselling and family counselling, on schedule.
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Discharge with a Discharge Summary, Aftercare Plan, and family discharge session.
INDICATION
Who the residential programme is for.
Adults presenting with alcohol dependence or multi-substance dependence where residential care is clinically indicated. This includes:
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Patients who require medically supervised withdrawal (managed on site or with an external provider before admission proper).
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Patients with high relapse vulnerability outside a structured environment.
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Patients who have failed outpatient care in the prior twelve months.
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Patients stepping back in after a documented relapse.
Admission is a clinical decision. We do not run a sales conversation before a clinical one.
OUT OF SCOPE
What residential is not.
Naming what we are not is part of doing it well.
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It is not a detoxification facility on its own. Detox is managed where indicated and is a precondition to the programme proper, not a substitute for it.
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It is not an indefinite stay. The programme is ninety days.
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It is not for patients in acute psychiatric crisis or acute medical instability — these are referred upward.
THE DAILY RHYTHM
Saturday and Sunday have their own shape.
Saturday.
Group therapy or workshop at 10:15. Yoga at 11:30. Intentional rest in the afternoon. Family update dispatched before 1 pm.
Sunday.
Rest day. The visiting doctor at 08:30. Family visits from the approved list, 10:00 to 13:00. Deep clean and linen change.
THE TEAM THAT HOLDS THE DAY
Five mentor roles, one clinical lead, one administrator.
The clinical lead supervises the work. The physician visits on Sundays. Five mentor roles hold the day-to-day rhythm — each with a published job description, each supervised, each accountable to a defined escalation path.
We do not publish patient images on this site, and we do not publish the names or faces of the mentor team. We name the clinical lead and the administrator; everyone else is identified by role inside the building, where it matters.