VisionQuest Recovery Society Programs

Mission Statement

VisionQuest Recovery Society will bring substance addicted clients into a comprehensive healing journey, involving mind, body and spirit. Using an holistic approach, we are dedicated to providing the most positive, affirming, life-altering experience possible in a safe, professional and sustainable manner.

Vision Statement

VisionQuest Recovery Society believes:

All people entering recovery need to be treated with dignity and respect
All people thrive where there is beauty and where they can create beauty
All people thrive in an atmosphere of acceptance
All people will feel safe when surrounded by good boundaries and guidelines
All people have the right to play
All people should, ideally, have the opportunity to reach their finest potential

VisionQuest Recovery Society believes that the individual, with a growing healthy support network, restored family ties, an educational/therapeutic healing program, and the belief in a "Power Greater than Self" can resolve addictive behavioural patterns that render one powerless and seemingly without choice regarding self-destructive behaviours.

VisionQuest Recovery Society envisions a magnificent long-term treatment centre for those with addictions and related problems opening on the Sunshine Coast as its' ultimate goal.

Our Programs

VisionQuest Recovery Society currently operates two recovery facilities in the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Hope House

Hope House was the initial facility opened by the VisionQuest Recovery Society in 2005. It is located in the heart of Langley, in a quiet residential area. British Columbia. Hope House is 20 person residence. Admission inquiries can be made to (604) 637-6356.

Satori House

Satori House is also located within the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia. It serves primarily as a Senior living house, for the purpose of productive integration into society. Up to fourteen clients can be accommodated. Admission inquiries can be made to (604) 637-6356.

"Satori - Japanese satori; Chinese: wù - from the verb Satoru) is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment. The word literally means "to understand". It is sometimes loosely used interchangeably with Kensho, but Kensho refers to the first perception of the Buddha-Nature or True-Nature, sometimes referred to as "awakening". Kensho is not a permanent state of enlightenment, but rather a clear glimpse of the true nature of creation. Satori on the other hand refers to "deep" or lasting enlightenment. According to DT Suzuki, "Satori is the raison d'etre of Zen, without which Zen is no Zen. Therefore every contrivance, disciplinary and doctrinal, is directed towards satori."[1] Satori can be found in every moment of life, it is wrapped in all daily activities, its goal to unwrap them to see satori.
As an analogy, we may think of a baby when it first walks. After much effort, it stands upright, finds its balance and walks a few steps (kensho), then falls. After continued effort the child will one day find that it is able to walk all the time (satori)". Wikipedia

Intervention

Sometimes the first steps on the road to recovery can be assisted by those caring individuals that are close to a person still suffering the ravages of addictive behaviour. Those individuals often find themselves feeling unprepared or overwhelmed by the actions of their loved ones. The VisionQuest Recovery Society is able to assist in these circumstances. The Society is able to offer an Intervention Service meeting the needs of all involved.

Residential Programs

The VisionQuest Recovery Society has developed a very effective program of recovery for those suffering from addictive behaviours. A sample of our program schedule has a number of segments in order to reach a common ground for the resident and to benefit the program and its sustainability.