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INTERMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL CARE
For many chronic addicts and alcoholics, 30 to 45 days isn’t long enough to address the challenges their addiction poses; they simply need more time. For up to 14 men over the age of 18, The Bridge offers a homelike setting where they can stay for treatment up to a year.
For many men entering this program, they have lived a life many of us cannot imagine. Some have no mailing address, no checking account, no identification. Others face the barriers of no work skills or family connections or have lost the ability to care for their basic needs. The Intermediate Residential Care program is specifically designed for chronic alcoholics and addicts who have the most difficult time successfully becoming sober.
These men spend more than 30 hours per week in individual and group settings, working on the issues that led to their addictions. The compassionate staff at Cornhusker Place also work with other community agencies to help these men regain identification, learn to balance a checkbook, and gain basic work skills so they may enter the community as productive and sober members of society.
Comprehensive Services
Residents of The Bridge have access to a large array of tools to help them become successfully sober. Our trained staff work with residents to manage their anger or address their domestic violence issues. We help them establish a medical home and address basic health and wellness concerns. The Bridge also offers Family Care to help those in treatment build their relationships with family and support systems.
INSPIRING FUN
Real inspiration at Cornhusker Place exists on the top floor. There, one room is used every day for community Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. This is where the men in treatment begin returning to their community. They find they are not alone. They find sponsors who will help them return to sober living.
In addition to community-wide AA meetings, Cornhusker Place’s Loft is also where individuals learn to be social while sober. Some of these men have never partied without alcohol and have no idea how to have fun without a drink in their hands. Recovery Jam, an alcohol-free dance featuring musicians in recovery and "Soberoke" - karaoke without the alcohol - are a few ways recovering addicts learn to have fun sober.
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