BC’s leading support recovery service provider
Turning Point is BC’s leading residential support recovery service provider, providing 31 beds for men and women in three facilities in Vancouver and Richmond.

As a licensed, non-profit organization, our mission is to provide a supportive, abstinence-based environment where people may recover from the disease of addiction.

A long and successful track record
Turning Point works. On average, approximately 75% of our clients remain drug and alcohol free one year after completing our program. Established in 1982, Turning Point has served more than 2,000 men and women with problematic substance use issues.

Our program and approach
Turning Point’s recovery program is client-centered. Our approach is based upon current Best Practices and incorporates principles based upon the 12-step and abstinent-based models of recovery. Our program is founded on the belief that every individual is, or can learn to be, responsible for his or her own life and decisions.

We offer a structured and supportive environment to facilitate the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual recovery of the individual. Our residents participate in individual and group counselling, life-skills, stress management, conflict resolution and anger management sessions as well as health management and relapse prevention education.

Our residents are required to attend 12-step or other abstinence-based recovery support groups in the community to advance their recovery and develop a support system for aftercare.

A dedicated and professional staff
Turning Point’s employees are professionally trained addictions counsellors. Senior staff members are Canadian Addiction Counsellor (CAC) Certified. In 2001, Turning Point was the first Support Recovery service provider in BC to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

Turning Point is licensed under BC’s Community Care Adult Facilities Act and is subject to regular inspections. We meet, and are committed to exceed, the standards set out in our contract with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Providing value to the communities we serve
Turning Point is a key service provider within the Lower Mainland’s addiction services continuum and makes a significant contribution to the health and well-being of the communities we serve, while helping to solve one of the most pressing health and social issues facing our society today.

For more information or make a tax deductible donation, please contact:
Brenda L. Plant, Executive Director: (604) 377-5558