Our "classroom" here, after all, is the great outdoors, and the real teachers are the Earth and her winged and four-legged...and sometimes under this star-filled
sky, the Universe itself.
The ranch holds a Talking Circle and Sweat Lodge guided by a 
Lakota Sioux in recovery. Past clients and their families are
welcome to join in the ceremony. During the Talking Circle
participants share their stories of progress - their disappointments, successes and goals for maintaining a sustainable recovery - and then enter the lodge to sing and to pray. Participation in the sweat lodge ceremony is voluntary and everyone is monitored.
Afterward we all join in a feast and share the communal experience of the ceremony.
C2C clients may attend a nearby church for Sunday services. Once a month there is a potluck so that clients can begin to relearn how to become a part of community.
Four nights out of the week clients attend AA/NA meetings in the local area. On Wednesday and Saturday nights a Talking Circle is held at the ranch for past and present clients and their families.
During the summer months clients take day trips to the local Paint Mines and other geographic areas to re-commune with their natural settings.
Weekends are spent at local rodeos and fairs so that clients can re-learn how to have fun while sober.
For true and lasting recovery to occur, the Whole Person needs to be treated - particularly within the context of their environment.
Work and play and meditation have a purpose here beyond their own ends. And that is to re-train the body and brain to function together in the world in a sober and respectful way.
Courage to Change Addiction Recovery Ranch is unique from other programs.