Our mission is to offer recovering addicts and alcoholics the opportunity to change their substance-centered lifestyle. Reintegration into society is only part of our holistic approach in the fight against substance use. We provide a safe, sober, and supportive environment which empowers men in their recovery by helping to strengthen responsibility, discipline, and relapse-prevention skills, effectively manage daily life stressors, understanding how behaviors affect your recovery, and establishing healthy daily routines. We are committed to providing the tools necessary for allowing our residents to establish themselves as productive, self-supporting individuals—body, mind & soul.
The Link House RRS is a 6–9-month, non-working, 19 bed, addiction treatment program for adult men, 18-years of age and older. We have been in Newburyport since 1972 and are in the heart of downtown Newburyport within immediate walking access to stores, shops, hospital and medical offices, churches and synagogues, YWCA, and numerous parks with river and beach access. Although most residents complete the program within 6 months of admission, the length of treatment can vary. The Link House provides a structured program providing access to up to 14 NA/AA self-help groups per week, daily clinical groups, and weekly individual counseling. While here at Link House RRS, residents work on relapse prevention, creating healthy routines, trust with self and others, honesty, communication skills, anger management, employment, and how to lead a sober and productive life. Residents learn life skills by being required to our follow House rules, planning transitional living/aftercare plans; dealing with, but not limited to, legal issues (probation/parole), driving issues (obtaining license, paying fines), acquiring/maintaining Mass Health/health insurance, Social Security and DTA. Twelve-step recovery is incorporated into the residents’ recovery, as well as volunteering within the community. Link House is partially funded through the MA Department of Public Health and Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, and MassHealth.
Admission requirements for the Link House RRS are as follows:
*We are not a dual diagnosis program; however, we do admit people with minor mental health issues that are stable on medication.
The general process for a client to be placed on our waitlist, and to maintain placement on the waitlist is as follows, in this order:
Phone intakes are conducted on Mondays and Wednesdays between 1p—3p
The prospective client himself will complete the phone intake – no one may speak on their behalf
The phone intake asks several questions of the prospective client’s background and current state
After the phone intake is complete, we will request the following documentation:
Once the initial intake process is completed, we ask prospective clients to call back consistently on either day that they called (e.g. if the prospective client’s intake is on a Monday, they will call only on Mondays – same for intakes done on Wednesdays) – it is imperative that the prospective client call to do these check-ins, as it ensures they remain on the waitlist
After three consecutive weeks of check-ins, the prospective client will be informed when a face-to-face interview with one of our counselors is arranged. Acceptance to our program will be determined within one week of the interview date.
Once accepted, the prospective client will have to continue to check-in weekly on their given day until a bed is available.
If a prospective client does not make his weekly check-ins for more than two weeks, he will be removed from the waitlist and his intake will be considered denied – if he is still interested in residency, the client will have to start over with a new intake and will be placed on the list accordingly at the discretion of our Program Director.
Please call Link House RRS office at (978) 462-7341 to start the referral process.
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