Warriors Center Hardeman County seeking location for rehab center

Warriors Center Hardeman County hosted a community meeting at the First Baptist Church in Middleton. The organization is considering the old Middleton Care Center as the site for its county rehabilitation location. The meeting gave residents in-depth information about the program and an opportunity to express their opinions on establishment of the center within the city.
 Warriors Center is a faith based residential recovery program. It includes a 28 day spiritual boot camp and a long term transitional living program. The non-profit corporation was founded in 1999. Although the primary focus is helping men battling drug abuse, the organization has various other recovery programs dealing with other life controlling problems.
Warriors Center is a totally volunteer program. It accepts referrals from several areas including mental health professionals, primary care physicians, community based organizations, churches, and the criminal justice system, but the patient must volunteer for the program.
“The fact that our patients are in the program because they want to turn their lives around enhances their chances at recovery. Eighty-two percent of our intakes graduate. Yes, we have some failures, but our success rate is far higher than the average,” said David Vincent, Executive Director.
The basic treatment is the 28 day boot camp. Set in a military style environment, this period allows the patient time necessary to recover physically while setting the spiritual framework needed to begin the transformation process. According to the Warriors’ brochure, the boot camp includes pastoral care, recovery skills, relapse prevention, individual and group counseling, living skills, and aftercare.  
The transitional program is a one year residential program. It, also, is set in a structured military type environment. The Warriors’ brochure lists many components contained in this transitional phase. Living skills, personal discipline, 12 step program, GED classes, and work therapy are a few of these.
Several individuals including Steve Robinson, Treatment Director of Hardeman County’s recently established Drug Treatment Court, spoke in favor of establishing the Warriors Center. The center would be an adjunct to the court program, which requires completion of a 28 day residential program as its first phase of treatment. Currently participants have to travel to other counties for this initial treatment.   
Thirty people attended the meeting. Several spoke against the establishment of the Center in Middleton. Their main concern was safety.
“The location of the old care center is too close to the local schools” most said.

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