603.935.7524
293 Wilson Street, Manchester, NH 03103

Hours: Monday – Saturday 3-9 pm

Welcome

Welcome to Hope for New Hampshire Recovery. If you’re looking for help with your drug or alcohol issues, you’re in the right place. If you’re already in recovery and want to connect with others, you’re in the right place. If you want to discover some of the magic within you through painting, music, writing or just spending time with positive folks, you’re in the right place.

What We Do

Peer Support:

At Hope, we walk with you, meeting you where you’re at; not telling you what to do but offering suggestions along the way. This is your recovery! Our staff can help you make a recovery plan and find your personal recovery pathway but most importantly we help you connect to others with similar interests so that you don’t have to feel alone in this new way of life. We can also help you access treatment information, and other resources such as health insurance, housing, and basic needs. Making connections to a supportive recovery community gives you the support you need to help you through challenging times in recovery.

Telephone Recovery Support:

Telephone Recovery Support (TRS) is another service we offer. Once a week someone at Hope will call you to see how you are doing in your recovery. This is great support if you can’t come to the center in person. TRS can be a lifeline. You are cared about, accepted, and wanted. If a reoccurrence happens, we continue to reach out to you, keep you engaged in the program, support you with resources, and offer hope.

Sign up for Peer Support or Telephone Recovery Support

Our Recovery Center

Hope is for people who are interested in recovery. We offer a safe judgment-free space and peer support to folks seeking recovery, their families and friends, or people already in recovery.

We can help you get comfortable in your recovery. Everyone who works at Hope is in recovery. We are peers, not experts. Learning about recovery is important, so we host a bunch of different meetings throughout the week, including Recovery Dharma, SMART Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Heroin Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous, and other 12-Step programs. Being comfortable in recovery is also important, so we offer art, music, writing, and lots of other activities.

Hope for NH Recovery Names a New Executive Director

 

The Board of Directors for Hope for NH Recovery is announcing Randy Stevens as our new Executive Director. Hope’s mission has been to connect people to recovery through community for nearly nine years, and we are excited for Randy’s leadership moving forward!

Randy Stevens comes to Hope Recovery from The Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative led by the Governor’s Office, administered through Granite United Way, where he most recently worked as a Recovery Friendly Advisor. Randy’s qualifications for leading Hope are built out of his personal experience in recovery along with extensive work in the mental health field. These elements have shaped Randy to be a leader who centers each person’s whole experience of life in their recovery. Randy’s integrative approach to helping each individual find recovery as a whole person within the recovery community makes us very excited for the days ahead at Hope for NH Recovery.

 Hope’s focus is on peer-to-peer recovery support for those struggling with problematic substance use. The community center offers peer-based recovery coaching, a safe place for people to gather, and space for meetings and groups representing a variety of pathways to recovery. As Executive Director, Randy will be responsible for creating partnerships and relationships with the community. His duties include staff and operational management, strategic planning, and development, in addition to emphasizing the value of lived experience in the role of peer support, through professional enhancement. 

“I am thrilled to be joining a team that is so passionate about supporting this community. Personally, and professionally, I have been a part of Manchester for the past few years and know that there is an ongoing need for a safe place for people seeking recovery. Hope has continued to be a beacon of light for many living in and around the city. My hope is to see this light grow even brighter as we address the growing needs of the population we serve.” Says Randy.

 Randy takes the helm, replacing Keith Howard, who led the organization since 2018 until his resignation last October due to health issues. He begins his new position on March 18.

 Hope for NH Recovery opened its Manchester Community Center in 2015.  After a couple of location changes to accommodate growing demand, the center landed at 293 Wilson Street which has nearly 1000 visits weekly. 

For a more in-depth understanding of Randy’s personal journey, a video is available from his time working at The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester HERE

Many Pathways

Not everyone approaches recovery from the same place. People seeking or maintaining recovery have different backgrounds, values, needs, and situations. Because of this, we value ALL pathways to recovery, whether spiritual or secular. We can help you find what works for you.

Some of the options available are mutual support groups, faith-based groups, therapy/counseling, inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, yoga, mindfulness, and exercise to name a few.

Helping a Loved One

Hope for NH Recovery is not solely focused on the recoveree, we are here to support the family as well. Our goal is to strengthen relations between family members diminished by addiction and alcoholism. We provide family support groups throughout the week. Know you are not alone in this; many families have suffered from substance misuse. Recovery is possible!  

Families deal with and experience the disease of addiction in many different ways. Coming to grips with the reality of what’s happening can be extremely difficult.  Sometimes confusion, misunderstanding, and other barriers can make the process of getting good help very hard.

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About

Mission:
I Matter, You Matter, We Matter
Connecting People to Recovery Through Community

 

Friends of Recovery NH, dba Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, is a 501c3 organization, making your donations tax-deductible.  Tax id: 02-0521502

Dear Hope Nation letters began in March of 2020 when Hope temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  For the first 120 days, Keith wrote a daily letter to Hope members to be a constant reminder that help was still available even though the center was closed.  The letters stopped when Hope reopened its doors in July.  In November the center closed again due to another spike in COVID-19 cases, so the letters started back up again.  Visit the archives to see what they were all about HERE. 

Members share a little of their stories:

Arts

Art, music, writing, acting—these are some of the things that makes Hope Hope.

Many of us in recovery from drug or alcohol issues look back at our using days and see the talents, interests, and joys we shed in pursuing our substance of choice. Hope is about reclaiming those things we threw overboard from our sinking ships. Part of this reclamation is rediscovering the joys of childhood and becoming playful again. Here are some of the ways you can learn to express yourself and reclaim your life.

Art—When first-time visitors walk Hope’s halls or look into any of the rooms, they almost always comment on the paintings that cover the walls. More than 500 paintings, all made by Hope members, are hung with pride and joy throughout the center. Some of the art is truly stunning. Some are interesting. Some are simple. Every single work of art on our walls screams, “I am somebody and I was here.” Please, the next time you visit, grab a canvas, some brushes, and a variety of acrylic paints and make YOUR flag.

Music—With two pianos kept mostly in tune, a variety of stringed instruments, an electric keyboard, and various percussion instruments, Hope offers you a chance to improve your musical skills or just to find out what you’ve got hidden inside you.

Writing of all and any kind—Whether journaling, writing letters, composing poetry, or starting the Great American Novel inside you, Hope offers quiet space to write, along with staff and other members with whom to workshop your material.

Get Involved

Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer!  What experience or skills can you share with our members?

  • Run a group/class/meeting
  • Special events, outings, sports tournaments
  • General help like making coffee, and/or light cleaning

Send us your contact information to speak about volunteering

Start a Meeting/Group

If you are interested in starting a new:

  • Recovery Meeting
  • Workshop – Study Group
  • Training
  • Art – Music – Writing – Craft Group
  • Yoga – Meditation
  • Dance  – Exercise 

Have an idea?  Talk to our staff or email us

 

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When you donate to Hope Recovery, you help us change lives. Not only for the person with substance use disorder but their families and friends as well.  Learn More

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