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 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 2023, the Tabor Group published its annual report for 2022.1 This article highlights services provided by the Tabor Group to individuals with a substance use addiction in 2022.

Tabor Lodge: residential addiction treatment centre

Tabor Lodge is a residential addiction treatment centre for 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 main 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 148 clients were admitted to Tabor Lodge for residential treatment of addiction in 2022. The standard length of stay for clients in 2022 was 28 days, although this varied depending on the needs of the person. Some 141 clients completed the programme and were discharged into the Continuing Care Programme. All residential treatment programmes at Tabor Group were delivered by accredited addiction counsellors and psychotherapists; there are four counsellors working with the 14 clients resident in Tabor Lodge at any one time.

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 2022, some 79 clients were admitted to Tabor Fellowship for extended treatment. The report observed that the standard length of stay for this programme was 12 weeks and that 44 of these clients transitioned to Recovery Living houses in Cork City for a further 12 weeks.

1    Tabor Group (2023) Tabor Group annual report 2022. Cork: Tabor Group. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/39057/