Our Residential Recovery Program

Our 8 week Residential Recovery Program includes:

• Comfortable private bedroom with a queen size bed
• A linen and towel laundry service
• All meals with dinner prepared by a professional chef
• Full use of onsite facilities; common areas, meeting rooms, recreational areas
• 24/7 on site professional care
• Guided supportive house meetings at least five times a week
• One-on-one weekly counselling sessions with a qualified clinician
• Cooking lessons with a qualified chef throughout the week
• Cleaners for bathrooms and common areas
• Psycho-education groups covering various topics including Relapse Prevention
• Organised weekend excursions
• Exit planning

Additional services can be arranged during your stay at extra cost, including:

• Specialist medical services such as psychiatrists or specific medical specialists
• Additional allied health practitioners – for example: external psychologists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, exercise physiologists etc.
• Complementary therapists such as acupuncturists, osteopaths, chiropractors, yoga instructors etc.
• Family inclusive therapy
• Gyms and personal trainers
• Extra-curricular activities such as art, music, photography, rock climbing, etc.

We offer several packages to enable you to access the exact combination of services and activities you need.

• Every resident is assigned their own private bedroom, all with linen and towels provided. Residents share fully renovated, large communal living areas, group and meeting rooms,  a specially purposed kitchen and recreational areas.
• Residents are provided with all meals, with dinner prepared by a qualified professional chef. Residents participate in meal preparation under the supervision and guidance of our chef, ensuring valuable self-care skills are developed. 
• Riverina Recovery House is fully furnished and serviced by cleaners weekly, but residents are expected to maintain their bedrooms and common areas to an agreed common standard. 
• All residents are also expected to comply with Riverina Recovery House’s Code of Conduct and support specific rules and guidelines designed to promote cooperation, respect and harmony within the household. We will run through the code of conduct as part of your admission preparation.
• In your first few weeks in residence, your movements will be restricted and monitored, but you’ll earn more freedom later to come and go. When we think you’re ready, you’ll get to enjoy the freedom to explore the many opportunities that Wagga Wagga has to offer but always with the necessary support you need to stay on track.  
• Nightly curfews always apply however, and this remains a key condition of your stay with us.

For many people, ceasing regular use of drugs and alcohol is generally not the core issue requiring treatment. Many people can and do stop using for a period of time on their own if sufficiently motivated, or when supply of preferred substances ceases or is limited. What proves to be difficult is continued and sustained abstinence.

Most people use substances to avoid something or as an answer to a problem, so when they stop using substances, they are faced with exactly what they were trying to avoid in the first place. These can be unbearable thoughts, feelings, fears, anxieties, and/or even difficult situations they need to face.  Without guidance and support, unresolved issues can be overwhelming and distressing which can push you to return to substance use.

The Riverina Recovery House was established to address this very need for support and guidance at the early stages of recovery.  By bringing together expert, caring clinicians within the safety of a nurturing environment, we are able to optimise every valuable opportunity for our clients to identify and address their underlying issues. 

Our residents are assisted to establish a healthy, positive routine from the outset, so resilience and tolerance can be built and strengthened, increasing your chance of successful recovery.

We aim to help you build confidence so you can face difficulties, reconcile your behaviour with your goals, promote integration with yourself and build stronger and more authentic relationships and connections with others.

During your stay, you will be encouraged to identify and access a range of supports in the community, such as allied health or complementary health practitioners, fitness and skill building activities, and importantly you’ll be encouraged to take advantage of all the wonderful resources, sights and services available in the Riverina region.

We also expect residents to attend regular addiction support meetings (such as 12 step) or to access equivalent support. Our aim is for our residents to be personally responsible for their own recovery.

The longer you stay, the more you will be encouraged to build connections with others through contributing (in any way you can) to the local community.