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We offer a comprehensive approach to addiction and SUD. Our program is open to both inpatient and outpatient treatment options.
Calgary, AB
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We do not recover alone. We ask for help, we show up for one another, and we pass on the support that was freely given to us. That is how our community grows.
Join us today for our Gratitude Ceremony as we recognize the honesty, commitment and hard work of those taking their next steps in recovery. As we welcome them into our Fresh Start Alumni family, we remind them that they have a community ready to keep walking beside them.
With Thanksgiving approaching, we are grateful for the families, friends, Alumni, staff, volunteers and supporters who make this community what it is. Your presence matters. Every act of support helps someone believe they can keep going.
📅 Today, Friday, October 9
🕐 1:15 p.m.
📍 Fresh Start Recovery, Calgary Facility
For lunch or livestream information, please contact Rene at [email protected].
Come share in the Gratitude and help us welcome our newest Alumni.
Together, Without End.
#FreshStart #Gratitude #Generosity #Community #TogetherWithoutEnd
💙 When someone you care about is struggling with addiction, it affects you too. Your well-being matters, and you don’t have to do this alone.
Fresh Start Recovery’s next Friends and Family Healing Initiative begins Thursday, October 29, 2026.
This four-week programme offers a supportive space to better understand addiction, share experiences and begin focusing on your own healing.
Led by Nicole, our Family Systems Healing Counsellor, the group provides education, practical tools and connection to help you understand how addiction affects relationships, build healthier ways of communicating and care for yourself.
Whether your loved one is in treatment, in recovery or still struggling, we welcome you to reach out. You don’t need to have every answer before taking that first step.
📅 Starts: Thursday, October 29, 2026
🗓️ Length: Four weeks
💬 For: Friends and family affected by a loved one’s addiction
Connect with Nicole for more information and registration:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ Call our front desk at 403-387-6266 and ask for Nicole.
Learn more:
https://t.co/PiVXcPGD4D
Please share this with someone who could use support. Healing grows when we have people beside us.
Providing Solutions To Save Lives, Rebuild Families, and Strengthen Communities.
#TogetherWeContinue #FreshStartRecovery #FamilyAndFriends #RecoverySupport
People deserve the best we can give them. A welcoming place. Good food. A fresh toothbrush. The opportunity to feel seen, heard and cared for.
That was at the heart of our visit to Bow Valley Food Bank in Canmore.
Through our 12 Stop Charity Ride for Recovery, our riders contributed $1,500 to give back. Cedarbrae Pharmacy stepped up and matched every dollar, bringing that support to $3,000. A few of our dentist friends contributed dental care necessities as well. Together, we delivered over 600 lbs. of food and essential items.
Thank you to Cedarbrae Pharmacy, our riders and our dental community for making this possible. You saw a need and helped us do something about it.
Sitting down with the team at Bow Valley Food Bank, we heard about the growing need and the care they put into supporting their neighbours. Their approach is something we share at Fresh Start: if this was for your family, what would you want? That should guide the care we give.
We also talked about the gifts each of us has to offer. Sometimes we don’t realize how much our time or talents could mean to someone else.
Bow Valley Food Bank could use someone with social media and website skills to volunteer their time. There are stories worth sharing and needs people should know about. If you can help them get that message out, please reach out to their team.
Visit https://t.co/J7cEAxbUat to learn more, connect with their team and find ways to help.
Thank you to the staff, volunteers and board for welcoming us and for the work you do every day. The personal connection matters. Taking a moment to shake a hand, listen and care matters.
We all need help. We all have something to give. And we have to do this together.
#TogetherWeContinue #FreshStartRecovery #CedarbraePharmacy #BowValleyFoodBank #RideForRecovery
🎃 Lethbridge, let’s celebrate a Clean and Sober Halloween together!
Hosted by Sober Cartel, this celebration is proudly sponsored by Fresh Start Recovery alongside the Fresh Start Alumni Association.
Bring your family, gather your friends and pull out your favourite costume for a night of music, laughter and connection with our recovery community. 👻💃
📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026
🕣 8:30–11:30 p.m.
📍 260 McGill Boulevard W, Lethbridge
🎟️ Entry by donation. Children 14 and under are free!
Here’s what’s waiting for you:
🎭 Costume contest with prizes
🎃 Trick-or-treat scavenger hunt for the kids
🎶 Live DJ and dancing
🎟️ 50/50 raffle
🍕 Pizza and refreshments available for purchase
👕 Limited Sober Cartel apparel available
Recovery gives us opportunities to build friendships, make memories with our families and enjoy life together. Nights like this help keep those connections growing.
Everyone in recovery, families, friends and allies are welcome. Come with your crew or come meet some new people. There’s a place for you here.
This is a family-friendly, alcohol- and substance-free event.
Thank you to Sober Cartel and our Alumni Association for helping bring our community together. We can’t wait to see your costumes! 🎃🖤
#TogetherWeContinue #FreshStartRecovery #SoberCartel #Lethbridge #CleanAndSober
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A little spooky. A lot of fun. A community celebrating recovery together.
Aventa and Fresh Start Recovery invite you, your family and your friends to join us on Saturday, October 31, 2026, for our Clean and Sober Halloween Dance!
Pull out your favourite costume and come spend Halloween with our recovery community. We have something for the little monsters, the dance-floor regulars and everyone in between.
Here’s what we have in store:
🎃 6:30 p.m. | Spooky Booths and Family Activities
Bring the kids for spooky booths, Halloween activities and plenty of treats. At 7:00 p.m., we’ll get the dance floor started for the little ghouls and goblins!
💃 8:00 p.m. | Let’s Dance
Gather your crew and join everyone on the dance floor with DJ Marvin Culture! We’ll keep the celebration going until late.
🎶 Have a favourite song you want to dance to? Help us get the night’s music ready by adding your requests to our playlist:
https://t.co/fPULl2fh5p
Enjoy Halloween-themed snacks and refreshments, a costume contest and a 50/50 draw throughout the evening.
Admission
$10 for community members
$5 for those currently in treatment
Free for kids 16 and under
Tickets are available online or at the door.
Location
Fresh Start Recovery
411 41 Avenue N.E., Calgary
Parking
Drop your guests off at the front door, then park in the lot on the east side of our building. If that lot is full, please park at Centre Street Church. Our shuttle will bring you back to the celebration.
Why we come together
Recovery grows through connection, and nights like this give us a chance to enjoy the lives we are rebuilding. We make new friends, reconnect with familiar faces and share some laughter with the people walking beside us.
Whether you are new to recovery, have been part of this community for years or are coming to support someone you love, there is a place for you here.
This is an alcohol- and substance-free event.
Get your tickets:
https://t.co/yBTF4t1O3e
Come dressed to impress, or scare. We can’t wait to see you!
#Halloween #FreshStartRecovery #Aventa #SoberHalloween #CalgaryEvents
Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do for our recovery is show up and spend time with people who understand.
Join us tonight, Wednesday, October 7, at 6:30 p.m. for our Alumni Step and Topic Meeting. Across Calgary, Lethbridge and online, we come together to share honestly, listen and support one another.
Our Alumni believe that every voice matters, every person’s recovery deserves respect, and no member should face difficulties alone. These meetings help us put those beliefs into practice.
Whether you’re newly part of our Alumni family or haven’t joined us in a while, you’re welcome here. Your experience may be exactly what someone else needs to hear.
For the online meeting link, email [email protected].
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
#FreshStartRecovery #Alumni #Recovery #Community #TogetherWeContinue
Behind a photo like this are difficult conversations, a willingness to ask for help, and daily choices to keep moving forward.
This Friday, we gather in Calgary for our Gratitude Ceremony to recognize that work and welcome new members into our Fresh Start Alumni family.
We also recognize the families, friends, peers and staff who have walked beside them. Your presence matters. It helps remind each person that they have a community to turn to as recovery continues.
Across Calgary, Lethbridge and beyond, we keep showing up for one another.
Join us Friday, October 9, at 1:15 p.m. To arrange lunch or receive the livestream information, please email [email protected].
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
#FreshStart #Gratitude #Recovery #Community #TogetherWeContinue
Thanksgiving gives us a chance to slow down, share a meal and appreciate the people who walk beside us.
This Sunday, we’re setting the table at all three Fresh Start facilities across Calgary and Lethbridge. We invite our Alumni, families, friends and children to join us for Thanksgiving Dinner and an evening of connection, gratitude and community.
Whether you’ve stayed close or it’s been a while since your last visit, we would love to see you. Come reconnect with familiar faces, meet someone new and celebrate the relationships that help us keep moving forward in recovery.
Sunday, October 11, at 5:00 p.m.
All three Fresh Start facilities
Please RSVP so our teams can prepare for everyone joining us:
https://t.co/5KSdEYK8Eh
We look forward to sharing the table with you.
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
#FreshStart #Thanksgiving #Alumni #Community #TogetherWeContinue
Integrity grows when we become willing to speak honestly and take responsibility for our actions. Having people beside us who understand can make those conversations a little easier.
Join us this Wednesday, October 7, at 6:30 p.m. for our Alumni Step and Topic meeting, focusing on Step 5, Belief 5 and Integrity.
Belief 5 reminds us that each person’s program of recovery is worthy of respect. Our experiences may differ, but we can listen, learn from one another and support each other as we put recovery into practice.
Fresh Start Alumni are invited to join us in Calgary, Lethbridge or online. Whether you have been attending regularly or it has been a while, you are welcome.
We also invite Alumni to our Alumni Business Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6, at 6 p.m., in person and online. Bring your ideas, take part in the conversation and help shape the community we continue to build together.
For online links or attendance details, email [email protected].
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
#FreshStart #Alumni #Recovery #Integrity #TogetherWeContinue
There is something special about seeing people you care about take their next step in recovery.
Last Friday, October 2, we gathered in Lethbridge to celebrate the group completing their program and welcome our newest members into the Fresh Start Alumni family. Congratulations to each of you. The honesty, accountability and commitment behind this achievement deserve to be recognized.
Thank you to the families, friends, Alumni and staff who helped make the Gratitude Ceremony so meaningful. Your presence matters, and so does the support that continues long after the ceremony.
One of our Alumni beliefs is that no member should have to face difficulties alone. Across Calgary, Lethbridge and beyond, we keep that commitment by staying connected and showing up for one another.
Join us this Friday, October 9, at 1:15 p.m. in Calgary for our next Gratitude Ceremony. Come celebrate, offer encouragement and help welcome another group into our Alumni family.
For attendance details, lunch arrangements or livestream information, email [email protected].
#FreshStart #Gratitude #Recovery #Community #TogetherWeContinue
There is a place for you here. There are people to walk beside you. And there is so much life ahead. 💙
This afternoon in Lethbridge, our Gratitude Ceremony honours the work, honesty, and commitment behind the progress we celebrate in recovery.
To those being recognized today, congratulations. You have put in the work, accepted support, and taken steps worth celebrating. As we welcome you into our Fresh Start Alumni family, we look forward to staying connected and continuing to grow together.
Across Calgary, Lethbridge and beyond, our community is strengthened by people who keep showing up, sharing their experience, and helping the next person find their way.
Together, Without End. This is what your support makes possible.
Providing Solutions to Save Lives, Rebuild Families, and Strengthen Communities.
#FreshStart #Gratitude #Generosity #Community #TogetherWithoutEnd
The next step can feel a little easier when you know someone is walking beside you.
This Friday, we gather in Lethbridge for our Gratitude Ceremony to honour the honesty, accountability, and commitment behind each person’s progress in recovery.
We recognize the difficult conversations, the willingness to ask for help, and the daily choices that make change possible. We also recognize the relationships that help people keep going.
As we welcome new members into our Fresh Start Alumni family, that connection continues. Across Calgary, Lethbridge and beyond, we share a community where we can offer support, ask for it, and keep showing up for one another.
Join us Friday, October 2, at 1:15 p.m. To arrange lunch or receive the livestream information, please email [email protected].
Your presence helps make that welcome real.
Providing Solutions to Save Lives, Rebuild Families, and Strengthen Communities.
#FreshStart #Gratitude #Generosity #Community #TogetherWithoutEnd
It takes courage to look honestly at ourselves, and courage to share what we find.
Tonight’s Alumni Step & Topic meeting focuses on Step 4, Belief 4, and Courage. Belief 4 reminds us that every member has a voice that is recognized and valued.
Join us at 6:30 p.m. in Calgary, Lethbridge, or online. Email Rene at [email protected] for the online link.
#FreshStart #FreshStartAlumni #RecoveryCommunity
2025 Annual Report
People have always been the purpose.
Providing solutions to save lives, rebuild families and strengthen communities.
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
https://t.co/KQ2eKXcTH5
Together, we continue.
Bruce Holstead
#FreshStartRecovery
Courage can begin with an honest look at ourselves. It also takes courage to speak and trust that we will be heard.
This week’s Alumni Step & Topic meeting brings us to Step 4, Belief 4, and the topic Courage. Belief 4 reminds us that we are all equal and every member’s voice is valued.
We celebrated Alumni birthdays and milestones a week early, so we can gather for Step & Topic this Wednesday, September 30, at 6:30 p.m. Join us in Calgary, Lethbridge, or online.
Earlier in the day, Fresh Start clients and Alumni will attend National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in both communities. We hope everyone takes time to listen, learn, and reflect.
Email Rene at [email protected] for the online meeting link.
#FreshStart #FreshStartAlumni #RecoveryCommunity #TogetherWithoutEnd
This week, we celebrated nearly 70 years of recovery across Calgary, Lethbridge and beyond online.
Congratulations to everyone marking a recovery milestone, both with us and throughout the recovery community. Every one of those years matters. Every one represents a life that continues to move forward, and we don’t take that lightly.
If you have a recovery milestone coming up and haven’t been with us for a while, we would love to celebrate you. Connect with your Outreach counsellor, join us for the next milestone meeting, or simply come back on a Wednesday night to reconnect with alumni and current clients.
There is always a place for you here.
#RecoveryContinuesHere #RecoveryCommunity #FreshStartRecovery
Join us today at 6:30 p.m. for our Alumni Milestone Meeting! 🎉
We’re gathering one week early this month, as next Wednesday we honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Come celebrate recovery milestones with our Fresh Start family across Calgary and Lethbridge. It’s a chance to recognize the work, reconnect with one another and share what’s possible with those just beginning.
Whether you’re celebrating a milestone, supporting a friend or haven’t been back in a while, there’s a place for you here.
Can’t join us in person? Email [email protected] for the online link.
#FreshStartRecovery #RecoveryMilestones #TogetherInRecovery #RecoveryCommunity
Our Milestone Meeting is happening this Wednesday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m.
We are gathering one week early as Fresh Start will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation next Wednesday, September 30.
Join us as we recognize recovery milestones, celebrate the people doing the work, and connect with our Fresh Start alumni community across Calgary and Lethbridge.
To receive the meeting link, please email [email protected]
#FreshStartRecovery #RecoveryCommunity #RecoveryIsPossible #Alumni #CalgaryRecovery
Look out for each other. Lift each other up. 💙
We all have days when we need someone beside us, and days when we can be that person for someone else. Staying connected gives us the opportunity to do both.
Join us tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Lethbridge, Calgary or online for our Alumni Step & Topic meeting as we come together to reflect on Step 3, Belief 3 and Faith.
Step 3
“We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
Belief 3
“We believe that our experiences shows that continued connection with Fresh Start, its staff residents and Alumni enhances our recovery.”
Faith grows as we accept support, follow through and see what becomes possible together. How has staying connected helped you take the next right step?
Whether you are living in Recovery-Oriented Housing or building your life in the wider community, your connection to Fresh Start continues. Come share your experience, listen and spend some time with your Alumni community.
If it has been a while, we would love to see you.
📩 For the online link, contact [email protected].
Meeting Every Individual, Supporting for Life.
#FreshStart #Alumni #Recovery #Community #TogetherWithoutEnd
The cheers, the hugs, the families and the pride in the room. This is what Gratitude looked like in Lethbridge last Friday.
Every person recognized has done the hard work to arrive at this moment. Their families have stood beside them. Their peers have walked with them. And a community showed up to remind them that recovery is real, it is possible and it is worth fighting for.
Congratulations to everyone recognized. We are proud to welcome you into the Fresh Start Alumni community, where connection, support and belonging continue long after this day.
You are no longer alone. Welcome home.
#FreshStartRecovery #Lethbridge #RecoveryCommunity #Gratitude #FreshStartAlumni
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