Monthly Alumni BBQ – BRAINERD
Monthly Alumni BBQ – BRAINERD
All Long-term grads: Come and join us for our monthly BBQ held at Sam’s house! Email brainerdalumni@mntc.org for the address. The 3rd Monday of every month!! Bring chips, dessert, and/or
Alumni Worship Night – METRO
Alumni Worship Night – METRO
We are firing up our first Alumni Worship Night of the fall with a BBQ to give us all extended time to reconnect before our worship and message. Join us
WELCOME TO YOUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY!
Simply put: if you were a client, you are an alumnus! At MN Adult & Teen Challenge, we define our alumni as anyone who has been a client of any of our programs for any length of time – regardless of completion or graduation status. Our recovery journey is as unique to each of us as we are unique, but one thing we share: our lives have intersected with MnTC in one way or another.
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We are committed to doing everything we can to support you in achieving life-long recovery!
You began a new season of life as an alumnus as you stepped out of residential treatment for the last time or ended your outpatient program. Our program likely taught you many great tools and helped you lay a solid foundation for your recovery. Now you find yourself in the day-to-day of navigating your road to success. The good news: you are not alone! We will do all we can to help you intentionally maintain the necessary relationships and rhythms you need to achieve long-term, sustained recovery.
The leading cause of relapse after discharge from a treatment program is isolation, pulling away from the tools and relationships that assist you in maintaining sobriety and enjoying life. Recovery is all about community while isolation breeds addiction. We need to stay connected to everything that brings us life, health, and hope.
Think of it this way: our cellphones are powerful tools that can do just about anything for us, bringing the world’s knowledge to our fingertips, directing us to almost any location, etc… – in fact, you are likely reading this on a cellphone right now. However, if we do not reconnect our cellphones to a power source, they become dead and useless within a day or so. Likewise, when we stay connected to our power source – our recovery community, resources, and tools – we remain charged up and heading in the right direction. When we stop connecting, we start draining and drift down the road towards relapse.
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A COMMUNITY TO CONNECT TO
MnTC Alumni Services Department is constantly striving to develop more and more ways to help you remain connected to your MnTC Alumni Community as well as resource you to connect with your own local recovery communities. To be sure, you must be intentional about staying connected, but we are here to support you every step of your journey. As you grow and establish yourself in your recovery, we provide opportunities for you to give back through our Alumni Ambassador program to help your fellow alumni achieve long-term success as well.
Please look below for ways to stay connected through our very own MnTC Cares App, MnTC FB Groups, and subscribe to receive alumni email updates. At the bottom of this page is a place to send us your updates – we love to hear updates from our alumni! Click on Stay Connected above to find Churches, Recovery Groups, etc… for you to connect with to develop your community. Our Get Involved tab describes ways in which you can serve your alumni community. Our Resources tab above contains information about free peer support available to you, job opportunities, and so much more.
If you don’t see what you are looking for or have any questions, please shoot me a call, text, or email to Darren.hunt@mntc.org or 612.238.1067.
Darren Hunt, Alumni Services Director
MnTC Cares APP
Download the MnTC Cares app for access to a safe, personal online alumni community.
Features include:
- Recovery focused stream
- Private Messaging with MnTC Staff
- Recovery resources including books, videos, podcasts, community supports and more
- Recovery Milestone Tracker
- Information about upcoming alumni events
Subscribe to receive email updates.
Stay connected with other alumni and learn about alumni events in your community by joining an alumni Facebook group:
Minneapolis Alumni
Duluth Alumni
Rochester Alumni
Brainerd Alumni