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Your Journey to Healing and Community Begins Here

Recovery Café Longmont is more than just a place; it’s a community of refuge and healing for people in recovery. Our mission is to provide a stable, supportive environment where individuals can truly thrive.

Recovery isn’t just a decision; it’s a journey, and we’re here for the long haul. We create a healthy, stable community—a place to belong—because while we teach the skills to stay recovered, it’s our relationships that support us through the darkest times.

The Recovery Café Model

Our model is based on the belief that everyone is in recovery from something and that those who choose the recovery journey have wisdom to share. This belief grounds our recovery programming, which provides four types of social support:

Emotional Support

Empathy, caring, and concern to build self-esteem.

Informational Support

Sharing knowledge and providing life and vocational training.

Instrumental Support

Offering concrete assistance to help accomplish tasks.

Affiliational Support

Facilitating social connections to promote learning, create community, and install a sense of belonging.

What We Are Not

Recovery Café is not treatment, but we operate within a substance/alcohol use disorder recovery and mental health framework and we welcome collaboration with treatment partners. Many members are already engaged with the treatment system, in which case we provide support to remain anchored in an environment that supports recovery.

Recovery Café is more than a drop-in center. While we provide radical hospitality to all who enter the front door, we encourage visitors to become a contributing and consistent member of our community.

At Recovery Café Longmont We Recover Together. Without ongoing recovery support, the challenge of maintaining stability may feel nearly impossible. Recovery is a life-long journey that is often not met solely by 30-day treatment programs. Where can you go on day 31?

Who We Serve

At Recovery Café Longmont, we believe everyone is in recovery from something. Whether you’re seeking support for mental health challenges, substance/alcohol use, isolation, trauma, or other life difficulties, there’s a place for you here. We offer various pathways to recovery in a safe environment that encourages personal growth and connection. Our Café is home to multiple support groups, including Alcoholics Anonymous, SMART Recovery, and Crystal Meth Anonymous.

Our primary approach to recovery is through building a loving community. Within this community, we provide peer support, education, resource referrals, recreational activities, shared meals, and programs of accountability.

Membership

Becoming a member means committing to our community values:

1. Be substance-free in the Café

2. Participate in a Weekly Recovery Circle

3. Contribute to the Life of the Café

4. Abide by the Guiding Principles of the Recovery Café Community

Begin Your Journey Today

At Recovery Café Longmont, we offer a loving, warm, safe, substance-free community space to anchor people in their sustained recovery. Our vision is to be an enlightened community where individuals are empowered to become the best version of themselves.

If you’re ready to start your journey of recovery, please:

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