9 Week In person Addiction Recovery Support Program
Begins Monday, October 20, 2025, running consecutively for nine Mondays.
Parkland Wellness is pleased to open applications to our Addiction Recovery Support Program, T.H.O.R.(Time To Hammer Out Recovery).
What: This is a 9 week, in-person, targeted and personalized program to formulate a structured plan of recovery. The goal is for you to walk away with your personalized plan, which allows you to find meaning and purpose in your life again outside of the cycle of addiction. The T.H.O.R. program is a dynamic approach to recovery that is evidence-based, experiential, psychoeducational and interactive. ( The group allows for 8 people maximum and may run again in the new year of 2026 if there is a high demand)
When: Beginning Monday, October 20, 2025 from 7-8:30 pm, this program runs for nine consecutive Mondays and is NOT a drop-in support style group. Your nine-week commitment is required, as the program is cumulative.
Where: In person, Parkland Wellness Center, 180 Century Road, Spruce Grove, AB
Your investment: $50 application fee. Once you have applied for the program, you will be contacted by the group facilitators for an interview to ensure that the program best meets your needs and is suited for your present situation.
After the interview process, If the program is not a good fit for you, you will be reimbursed your application fee. There are no reimbursements issued after this time.
*NOTE: to pay $50 by etransfer from your bank website, use:
etransfer@parklandwellnesscenter.com
Your FacilitatorsJohn Millett, Associate Addiction Counsellor, MAAs John’s Masters degree thesis, he wrote a manual that is an approach to recovery called T.H.O.R. (Time to Hammer Out Recovery), which will be utilized in the program. John utilizes both TTM (Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change) and Motivational Interviewing in his treatment approaches.John's competencies come from years of training and experience. He was born in London, England in the late 50s, experiencing the cultural tensions of being a son to an Irish father and English mother. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Cold War Era as a Stoker (marine engineer), aboard Canadian Destroyers. He became a problematic drinker in the military, and it remained with him as he reintegrated as a civilian. He had a spiritual awakening that set his life course towards sobriety and found his call to be a support in the liberation of others captured by substance use.John is an Ordained Minister, Life Coach and Chaplain, has extensive training in addiction recovery, and is licensed as an Associate Addiction Counsellor with the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation. He has served as a Recovery Support Worker with AHS, in-patient psychiatry, at St. Therese Hospital, as a one-to-one worker, group therapy facilitator and Recreational Therapist. John co-led Celebrate Recovery for several years. He is passionate about music, physical fitness, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.Torene Neuman, Co-Facilitator, Director of Community Helps Program, Co-ordinator, Late Night CafeTorene has numerous years of experience working alongside marginalized and unsheltered communities. She recognizes the need for formal, inexpensive, and accessible addiction recovery interventions as a way to help lead community members to greater meaning and purpose in their lives. Torene is a passionate and compassionate advocate for those who seek betterment in their lives. She looks forward to co-facilitating this dynamic program and being a witness to your transformation and empowerment.
Once you have applied for the program, you will be contacted by the group facilitators for an interview to enure that the program best meets your needs and is suited for your present situation.
If the program is not a good fit for you, you will be reimbursed your application fee. There are no reimbursements issued after this time.
