The Tabor Group is a provider of residential addiction treatment services in Ireland. It aims to offer hope, healing, and recovery to clients suffering from addictions through integrated and caring services. In addition to two residential facilities, the organisation provides a continuing care programme to clients who have completed treatment in order to assist with their recovery as well as a community-based programme. Its family support programme offers counselling to families whose loved ones are struggling with an addiction. In 2022, the Tabor Group published its annual report for 2021.1 This article highlights services provided by the Tabor Group to individuals with a substance use addiction in 2021.

Tabor Lodge: residential addiction treatment centre

Tabor Lodge is a residential addiction treatment centre for the treatment of people addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, and food. It is situated 15 miles south of Cork city. Tabor Lodge is guided by the Minnesota Model of addiction treatment in delivering its treatment programme. This model is characterised by the understanding that addiction is primarily a substance use disorder. The primary focus of the treatment programme is to educate clients on the dynamics of this disorder as they manifest in the life of the individual. Another important focus of the treatment programme is to assist clients develop the skills necessary to manage their disorder while going forward in their lives.

A total of 127 clients (64% male) were admitted to Tabor Lodge for residential treatment of addiction in 2021; 32% were aged between 18 and 30 years. Sixty-four per cent of clients admitted to Tabor Lodge reported alcohol as their main reason for referral, 14% reported other drugs, while 20% reported addiction issues with both alcohol and other drugs.

Tabor Fellowship: integrated recovery programme

Tabor Fellowship is located at Spur Hill in Doughcloyne on the outskirts of Cork city. The integrated recovery programme is based on the Hazelden Minnesota Model and promotes total abstinence. The aim is to build on and consolidate the work of recovery already begun in primary treatment – even if that treatment was not in the recent past and the client is struggling to maintain sobriety.

In 2021, some 82 clients (71% male) were admitted to Tabor Fellowship for extended treatment; 62% were under 32 years of age. The report observed that the just over one-half of clients (51%) reported addiction issues with both alcohol and other drugs.
 

1          Tabor Group (2022) Tabor Group annual report 2021. Cork: Tabor Group. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/36458/