"Coming to know ourselves as loved and ... as instruments of love for others."

Recovery Café offers support for the recovery journey to men and women traumatized by homelessness, addiction and mental health challenges. Recovery Café was founded on the belief that every human being is precious and beloved regardless of past trauma, mental and emotional anguish and addictive behaviors. Recovery Café seeks to embrace everyone who enters; to help each individual come to know him/herself as one who is loved, with gifts and love to share with our community.

"Coming to know ourselves as loved..."
At Recovery Cafe, we believe that we all can come to know ourselves as loved through:

• Recovery Circles - Weekly accountability and support circles, required for every member.
• Beautiful environment - The Cafe was intentionally designed to look beautiful, as a way of saying to every visitor, "you are valuable and you are worthy of a beautiful place like this."
• Loving staff and community - The staff of Recovery Cafe are constantly working to build and nurture a loving community around the Cafe. Members tell us regularly that this is the most meaningful thing they get from their time at the Cafe.
• Service opportunities - One important way that we all come to know ourselves as loved and valuable is by finding ways in our communities to give use our gifts in service to others. Recovery Cafe members and visitors contribute hours of their time every day, helping to keep the Cafe clean and beautiful.
  

"...And as instruments of love for others."
At Recovery Cafe, we help people equip themselves to be instruments of love in the world. We sincerely believe that every person has gifts and talents that can make the world a better place, provided they have the knowledge and basic life stability to offer those gifts in the world. We help our members to build this knowledge and life stability through:

• Individual recovery plans - Members work with our staff to identify a plan for addressing challenges in his/her recovery journey.
• Recovery classes - The Cafe offers a variety of classes to support members on their journeys. Class topics have included: Anger Management, Grief and Loss, Expressive Art, Self-Confidence, Spiritual Growth and Communication
• Resource Referral - Recovery Cafe provides recovery services to help members in taking their next steps towards finding housing, employment, drug/alcohol treatment services and other supportive services.
• Transformational Leadership Program - Cafe members who exhibit exceptional leadership potential are selected for a nine-month program involving leadership training, recovery skills and mentoring.