About Us

Fresh Start Recovery is an accredited and recognized organization in Calgary and Lethbridge. We provide 123 treatment beds and 112 post-treatment beds to individuals seeking recovery. We are not just a treatment centre but a source of knowledge and understanding. We recognize that addiction is a chronic brain disorder, and this understanding allows us to employ an interdisciplinary client-centred approach to treatment, empowering individuals to live healthy and productive lives free from the effects of addiction.

Fresh Start Recovery aligns with the philosophy that recovery is restoring an individual’s sense of belonging through self-determination and reconnection with others and the community. We utilize a comprehensive goal-setting strategy, building resiliency by developing and exploring interpersonal relationships, spirituality, education, employment, housing, culture, and a further introspective look at oneself. This approach is enhanced through recreational and therapeutic activities in an atmosphere conducive to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual growth. Our use of peer support runs in unison with our treatment program, derived from the 12-step abstinence-based approach to recovery and underpinned by a biopsychosocial-spiritual model that is further enhanced through community partnerships and relationships.

Our staffing model is exceptionally diverse and eclectic. Over 300 years of combined lived and shared experience among our employees allow us to bring forth an empirically based approach to treatment, reinforced with varying degrees of academic recognition. Our insight, compassion, and understanding of recovery allow us to provide our clients with the means to engage with and become part of a larger recovery community.

We are committed to developing and implementing strategies and best practices that provide solutions for treating addiction and substance abuse.