The Gate Recovery Programme was introduced in November 2021and is a community-based recovery programme in Limerick helping people achieve lasting recovery from alcohol, drugs, and gambling while improving overall quality of life.
The Gate Recovery Programme provides structured support for people seeking recovery while allowing them to remain at home and connected to their families, workplaces, and communities. It has a 97% Success rate for people who engage in the programme.
The Gate Recovery Programme is designed to support a person moving from a high-risk substance use to low-risk use or complete abstinence during the course of the programme
It is designed so that people who use the programme and their families can see significant improvement across a range of areas, including mental and physical health, family relationships, education, study, and social well-being.This is more than simply stopping drinking or using drugs; rather, it develops from the person's “recovering capital”, that is, the personal, social, and community support needed to sustain a long-term recovery.
This is seen as being able to build trust with family members , returning to work and study, developing healthier routines and establishing new friendships away from a life of drugs and alcohol. The Gate Recovery Programme is committed to a deep sense of equity, ensuring that people have access to high-quality services and support regardless of where they live or their particular circumstances. To this end, the structure of the Gate Recovery Programme operates within a policy that emphasises a person-centred, recovery-oriented, harm-reduction, trauma-informed and evidence-based approach.
The Gate Recovery treats addiction as a behavioural approach affecting all meaningful relationships, and the basic tenets of sensation, control and power as central themes. The Gate Recovery Programme approach draws on many models of addiction and recognises that each contributes to enabling the process of recovery. The Gate Recovery approach does not give preference to the Disease or illness model and, as such, is not a 12-step programme. While there are many pathways to recovery, the Gate Recovery Programme is an addiction-specific approach developed for use within the community. It focuses on the person's natural environment and upholds justice.
What is The Gate Programme?
The Gate Programme is a community based health led recovery-orientated care programme that is grounded in real people, families and communities. The outcome shows that people can access high quality structured treatment close to home, which reconnects with their family, work and community.
What approach does The Gate Programme use?
The Gate Programme operates within a policy that emphasises a person centered, recovery orientated, harm reduction, trauma informed and evidence based approach. It is an addiction specific approach developed for use within the community and is focused on the person’s natural environment, believing that just as addiction occurs in home surroundings, recovery can be sustained and supported within that same environment.
The Gate Programme places special emphasis on the pharmacology of substance use, personal responsibility, and addressing denial through several evidence based approaches.
What are the core principles of The Gate Programme?
The Gate Programme is a person centered, holistic approach to mental health and addiction care. Rather than focusing solely on the symptoms of addiction, it empowers individuals to develop hope, build resilience and lead satisfying, purposeful lives despite what has happened.
Recovery within The Gate Programme is:
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Person-driven through self-determination and self-direction
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Supported by peers, relationships, family and community
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Focused on addressing trauma and past life experiences
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Built on hope, respect and personal growth
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Designed to help individuals overcome stigma and shame
Each participant defines their own goals and designs their own unique path towards recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Fees:
Training for the programme is five days, in addition to being a qualified counsellor or therapist and a member of a recognised accreditation body Our counsellors are required to be trained to the highest standard