Hebron Trust, Norwich
Supportive community environment in which to detox and rehabilitate from drug and alcohol dependency
About us:
Hebron House is a safe, nurturing and intensively supportive community environment in which to detox and to rehabilitate from drug and alcohol dependency and the life-dominating problems that serious substance misuse can cause.
As a resident you will remove yourself from your immediate environment and join up to nine other women aged 18-45 who share the common goal of recovery. By leaving home you will break free from old contacts and by joining a sheltered community you will be able to focus fully on your recovery without distraction.
In recovery we recognise that while the main problem is substance misuse, there are multiple and complex problems that lie behind the dependency which need to be addressed. You will have the opportunity to begin to address these problems in the context of a highly structured and timetabled programme that focuses on self-help techniques, one-to-one counselling and a combination of life stories, individual work and one-to-one and group therapy.
We offer space and time for reflection on and recollection of past trauma and dysfunction. Even though the treatment is highly structured, we offer each person an individual and flexible structure of care.
The community which Hebron aims to create is supportive and affirmative based on respect, openness, honesty, trust, choice and a willingness to change. We operate on shared responsibility and community meetings where you will take part in joint decision making, discussion of problems and facing issues in order to solve them, taking responsibility for your own actions, gaining interpersonal skills and ways of dealing with conflict and behavioural control that embody principles of recovery.
In deciding if you are eligible for placement at Hebron House we consider, among other things, long term or out of control use of drugs or alcohol. The most popular drugs of choice are alcohol, heroin, benzodiazepines and stimulants, though we cater for any drug misuse and polydrug use as well. We also consider clients with deteriorating physical health, complex or deteriorating mental health problems, self-harm or suicide attempts, chaotic lifestyle, repeated offending, unsatisfactory housing, history of physical or sexual abuse, eating disorders, failure of previous interventions and time spent in custody or care. We would also consider the appropriateness of an all-female setting. As one of the few specialized women-only treatment centres in the country we recognise that the needs and expectations of women in recovery are different to those of men and without access to a women-only setting, some women will not recover.
We may not be able to accept some women:
• who are not fully mobile or who cannot manage their own self care or who are unable to participate fully in the normal household routine
• who have a clearly diagnosed psychiatric illness that requires maintenance medication
• who have serious personality problems (not directly related to addiction) characterised by poor impulse control, violent/aggressive or extremely anti-social behaviour, compulsive self-harm etc. In order to benefit from being at Hebron House clients must be able to be integrated into the household community without putting other residents at risk and be able to fully co-operate with the programme.
We may not be able to accept some women for detoxification:
• who have serious medical complications. Acutely ill referrals and those with chronic medical conditions which may become unstable during detox will require hospital detoxification.
• Who have a history of fits. These as well will require hospital detoxification prior to being admitted to Hebron House.
• Who are using more than the benzodiazepine equivalent of 100mg diazepam daily.
We will not take women:
• who have had an arson conviction in the past seven years
• who have a history of violence which is not related to their drug or alcohol use
• who are pregnant and need to detoxify
While all of our staff and volunteers are Christian, we neither require residents to be Christian nor do we pressure them into making any kind of religious commitment. We do ask, however, that they are open to the spiritual principles on which our way of life and our recovery treatment is based. We offer places without discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, philosophical belief, sexual orientation or social class.
Contact Details:
Hebron Trust
12 Stanley Avenue
Norwich
Norfolk
NR7 0BE
Telephone: 01603 439905