Since June of 1987, The Magdalen House has worked toward a single purpose: helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism. And for over three decades, we have helped thousands of alcoholic women through our 14-day residential First Step program and 12-Step recovery classes, meetings, and workshops.
Next Step: Support, Education, and Accountability
Our Next Step program provides support, education, and accountability to any alcoholic woman at any stage of recovery. Through Next Step, alcoholic women receive a structured alternative to a traditional clinical outpatient treatment, at absolutely no cost.
Similar to clinical outpatient treatment, participants receive ongoing care and support from peers in recovery, along with weekly requirements that include accountability groups and volunteering.
Unique to our Next Step program, and unlike traditional clinical outpatient treatment, participants are provided weekly, workshops where they get to study the 12 Steps in an in-depth, interactive format.
Ultimately the program teaches alcoholic women how to use and apply the 12 Steps in their everyday lives to experience long-term, sustainable recovery.
Read More: Next Step – Frequently Asked Questions
A New Way to Help Alcoholic Women
A couple of years ago, we found ourselves asking, “But what about alcoholic women seeking more – those who don’t need or qualify for our First Step program, but desire something more structured than meetings alone?” Ultimately, it led us to develop what is now known as our Next Step program.
After a successful beta program group launched in the fall of 2019, the word was out. By March 2020, we had two full groups with a waitlist. As women graduated and spots opened up, our waitlist continued to grow. We added a third group in the summer and a fourth and fifth in the fall.
