About The Salvation Army – Chicago
Salvation Army – Harbor Light Center in Chicago, Illinois, is an addiction treatment center in Humboldt Park. You probably know the Salvation Army for their thrift stores and food pantries and their toy and donation drives during the holidays. But they also have addiction treatment centers like this one that can help with drug and alcohol use disorders. They offer treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
At this facility they have several levels of care and treatment programs. For men ages 18 and older, they have an inpatient program which is an intensive option if you’re at a high risk for relapse. For example, this is a treatment option for the earliest stages of your recovery or if you’ve gotten treatment and relapsed several times before. But they don’t have detox treatment here, so you’d need to detox elsewhere first.
Along with that program, they have an intensive outpatient program (IOP). This is available for adult men as well as adult women and adolescents. The IOP can be a follow up to inpatient or residential treatment to give you a gradually lower level of support, or it can be helpful if you don’t need the intensity of inpatient treatment.
The treatment here uses a combination of strategies. For starters, there’s individual counseling and group counseling to guide you through recovery and work through the issues that contribute to your addiction. Along with this, there’s work therapy as well as employment services to give you job training and help you secure a job. This gives you a strong foothold to establish your independent life in recovery and give you a stable foundation that fosters sobriety.
The most impressive aspect of this program might be the price tag, because it’s free of charge. If you don’t have the finances to support recovery, or if you don’t have insurance, this can be the way to get the treatment you need.
