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Whilst you are in primary care, days out or weekends out are not permitted.  You will only qualify for time out when you join our secondary care program (subject to conditions).

However, if you are in primary care and you need to attend a funeral or a court case, your multidisciplinary team will make the necessary arrangements.

A maximum of seven sets of clothing, as wardrobe space are limited. Warm clothing for winter.  Your bible, some photos of your loved ones to put next to your bed.

We provide bedding and upon admission you will be provided with a starter pack that include amongst other, toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, lotion etc.

Should you require specific toiletries, it can be ordered from the tuckshop.  Unfortunately, we do not allow toiletries to come onto the property, as drugs can be hidden in the containers.

Yes, we do.  We have nurses on duty 24/7, a detox facility, and can link and refer you for other medical requirements such as dentistry, physiotherapy, etc.

It is becoming increasingly evident that mental health issues co-occur with substance use disorder.

Freedom Recovery Centre is geared to give you parallel treatment for your mental health issues and has contracted the services of a psychiatrist that specialises in addiction, a clinical psychologist and an occupational therapist, in addition to registered and addiction counsellors and registered social workers.

Freedom Recovery Centre is a faith-based rehabilitation centre, but they do admit people from different religions apart from the Christian faith.

As far as is possible we also try to accommodate different religions’ requirements.

Freedom Recovery Centre is contracted to most major medical schemes.  They pay for up to 21 days rehab, depending on your scheme and plan type.

Freedom Recovery Centre may offer you up to 6 weeks after care in addition to the 21 days (terms and conditions apply).

Yes, rehab is confidential.  Upon admission you do sign an informed consent form that gives us permission to treat you within a multi-disciplinary team environment.

This means that relevant information about you may be discussed in the multidisciplinary team environment, but only that relevant information that pertains to what is discussed.

Details and sensitive information  remain  confidential.  There are limits to confidentiality though – when you threaten to harm you yourself or others, we are bound to inform relevant individuals/parties.

Yes! Freedom Recovery Centre offers a GAP Year program. After 6 months in the program, residents who would like to serve other recovering addicts on primary care program, can apply for the GAP Year Program.

Yes, you can.  Your first three weeks you will not qualify for visits (except if it is a family panel session), after that you are allowed visits every second Saturday of the month and every last Saturday of the month.  Details will be communicated with your family/support structure.

After two weeks and upon completion of certain milestones that will be discussed with you during your orientation, you will qualify for three phone calls a week.

Visits and phone calls pertain to family only.

Yes, should an application be made to court in terms of Section 33 of the Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act (70 of 2008), and the court finds that you meet the requirements of someone who would need rehab, they can section you for a period of up to 12 months to rehab.

We have qualified social workers to assist families to obtain a section 33 from Court.

Please take note, families will still be expected to pay for the treatment program privately.  Just because a court sections someone to rehab, it does not mean they pay for it.

Ideally we would want to welcome you on a  12-week program, however, shorter programs are possible (6-week, 3-week). We also offer aftercare programs such as halfway house and out-patient treatment.

We offer various treatments including counselling, therapy, medication management, cognitive behaviour therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, 12 steps step work program, group therapy, etc. We also have services of Psychologists, Occupational Therapists as well as Psychiatrists available on the premises.

Not all rehabs that proclaim they are a rehab, are legal.  Unfortunately, the rehabilitation services in South Africa are not well regulated, and you will find an enormous amount of illegal treatment centres.

These centres have no professional staff, no registered detox programs and is mostly run by Ex-addicts, clean for 3 to 6 months.

In terms of The Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, Act 70 of 2008, rehab facilities are required to be registered with the Department of Social Development.  For a rehab to be registered, they need to adhere to a certain set of minimum standards as proclaimed by the Norms and Standards of the Act.

A decent treatment facility must have a Detox facility, 24-hour nurses on duty, Registered Counsellors, 1 social worker for every 20 residents, security, professional staff like General Practitioners, Occupational therapists etc. To have these staff available to service users, costs money and for that reason program fees in registered rehab centres will be higher than illegal centres.

Most illegal centres refuse to get registered because of the compulsory detox centres, staff regime etc.

Numerous complaints have been lodged about illegal treatment centres where religion and physical abuse have been used as part of corporal punishment to “help someone recover”. For example, a registered rehab may not refuse the use of medication for treatment of mental health issues, whereas in a non-registered rehab a phrase such as “the only pill is the gospel” might be the only “medical treatment”  a service user receives.

A rehab centre is a facility that provides treatment and support for persons living with substance use disorder or associated mental health disorders that developed because of substance use disorder.

In South African a rehabilitation centre must be registered with the Depart of Social Development in terms of Act 70 of 2008 (The Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act), which we are.