About StraightWay Training Center – Hungerford
StraightWay Training Center in Hungerford, Texas, was a residential program for drug and alcohol addiction treatment located just 35 miles southwest of the Houston metropolitan area. They’re closed now but they were a Christian based drug and alcohol rehab program that was founded in 1975 and operated for over three decades to treat whole families, single parents, unwed mothers, and single adults.
Their primary goal was to teach you ways of dealing with daily challenges by using the Living Word of God as your foundation. They offered education and training that supported Biblically based leadership in the home and church and Vocational employment for people who had a life controlled by drug and alcohol addiction.
To be evaluated for the program you had to submit psychiatric records and other treatment reports, undergo a physical examination, and interview. The program was designed to develop a strong base in Christianity and a personal relationship with Jesus. You took individual classes over a three-month period and advanced classes for the following 6 months.
Finally, you took leadership courses to support your sustainable recovery and ability to take a leadership role in your home or church. The program used discipleship training and included work in guidance counseling, prison, jail, and street outreach, and community services. They were locally supported and dependent on student sponsorship, but we’re not State licensed nor did they receive federal and state aid.
Fairly strict house rules focused on developing speech and conduct that honored Christ and the program lasted approximately 15 months, with 24/7 supervision. You were allowed visitors after the first two weeks and only after approval.
No incoming phone calls were allowed and outgoing calls could be made, not to exceed two calls each week. The house rules also included bathing and grooming rules, cleaning the facility, abstinence, and censoring incoming and outgoing mail.