The Grounds Recovery
La Jolla, CA

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The Grounds Gets Dirty
For Earth Day!

The Grounds members celebrated Earth Day this year by joining over 100 local citizens in cleaning up trash-ridden homeless camps along several of San Diego's arroyos & riverbeds. Offering the important parallel messages of the importance of keeping our water sources clean and gratitude, it was a clear reminder of the often results of untreated mental illness and heavily progressed substance abuse. It was humbling and eye-opening for all.

The Grounds requires all members gain employment and work 30+ hours per week along with their multiple clinical commitments and programmatic responsibilities. Even still, service is a foundational value and significant priority. We believe that there is no better feeling than getting outside of oneself- not a typical default behavior for most of us.

We hope you were able to participate in giving back to our planet in your own way within your community.

The Grounds Recovery is a transitional living program for young men (18-30) who have struggled with substance use and addiction, and who have completed a primary treatment, wilderness, therapeutic boarding school or other intervention. Our typical member is looking for a supportive environment to strengthen their recovery, prevent relapse and integrate newly acquired skills into a more normalized environment.