|
|
Current Bethel Village House for
Residential Addiction Recovery
-
For women who are ready to
choose a new path in life, a life lived for Christ, a
5-phase program is ready to help them. The recovery
program is for women who have made unwise decision, leading
life down rough paths. When they are ready, Panama
City Rescue Mission provides a supportive environment
where students grow in integrity, responsibility, and
commitment.
-
Bethel Village house includes
dorms for 16 ladies. There are also 5 beds in the "Crossroads"
dorms for women
in transition (last phase of the recovery program) and a
dorm for live-in 1 house supervisor. The
program is task-oriented, rather than time-oriented.
So each lady will complete the program at different paces,
often though, it will take nearly a year.
-
Plans are being made to build
onto the campus. Additions would include energy
efficient homes for program students, single and family transitional housing,
and moving the women's emergency shelter to the campus. For more information, contact
Rev. Billy
Fox at 769-0783.
|
The program includes: |
Phase 1:
Determining the probability of completing the program.
- Lodging
- Three Meals a Day
- Personal needs
Phase 2: Evangelism and Stabilization
- Alcohol and Drug Treatment
- Joining a church in the community
- Individual and group counseling
- 12-step Christian Centered Program, "Power to
Choose" and other texts
- Beautiful 6-acre campus with playground
and meditation/walking trail
|
Phase 3: Education and Work Therapy
-
Vocational Training
-
Life Skills
-
Preparing for GED
-
Adult education
Phase 4: Experience
Phase 5: Employment and Crossroads
|
|
Meet Tara and
Learn How She's Overcoming Depression
|
|
Tara Martinez, 26, said she started drinking at a
very early age.
“My mom would give me alcohol when I was
just four years old. I was a full alcoholic by the age of
fourteen.”
Tara was married and they had three children
together. But she continued to use drugs and alcohol
intermittently. He was abusive and the marriage didn’t last
long.
“I came home from work one day and the kids
were gone. My dad had sent them to live with their dad because
he thought I was using drugs again.”
|
|
|
Tara says that time she wasn’t using and the
fact that no one believed her threw her into a deep depression.
That’s when she started back and ended up in
a car wreck in December of 2006.
Her blood alcohol level was so high, the
doctors said the wreck actually saved her life. They were able
to prevent alcohol poisoning when she was brought to the
hospital.
Such close call wasn’t enough to stop Tara
from using that time.
“I haven’t seen or talked to the kids in
four years. I gave up on myself and them. ”
Tara’s depression grew worse. She attempted
suicide seven times. While in intensive care a counselor
referred her to Bethel Village.
Since being in the program Tara has begun to
smile again. She now has something to live for, Jesus!
“I’m looking forward to seeing my children
again and I want to go back to school.”
More about
Bethel
|
Bethel
Village Graduate Becomes Volunteer Coordinator Staff Member
|
|
Jacki Dumas,
48, officially promotes to Volunteer Coordinator Staff at the
September recovery program graduation ceremony. Held the
first Wednesday of each month, students share their testimony at
this festive celebration.
|
 |
|
Jacki Dumas, 48, lost a great job
due to her addictions. But thanks to the support of Bethel
Village, she now finds new purpose in life.
She was once a nurse at a hospital
in Mobile, Ala.
Jacki says that for 18 years while
working as a nurse, she never thought about stealing drugs until
1996. For two years, she got away with it. While she did
attend a program before, it wasn’t until she came to the
Rescue Mission that things began to change.
This is Jacki's second time at the
mission.
The first time, she stayed six
months and then went back home to Mobile. When she found herself
falling back into old habits, Dumas returned to Panama City.
“Us addicts learn the hard
way,” Dumas said.
Now that she's finished her
recovery program, she coordinates volunteers for the Panama City
Rescue Mission's many programs. She has impressed mission
officials with her professionalism and organization skills, both
much needed for the demanding position of a volunteer
coordinator.
“All of us are searching for
something to fill the emptiness; for me, that was drugs and
alcohol.”
Volunteer
More
about Bethel
Donate
Back to top
|
|
|
|
 |
