Amethyst House, Inc., is a Bloomington, IN based not-for-profit United Way agency that provides residential and outpatient services for people with drug and alcohol addiction with an additional outpatient office in Evansville, Indiana.
Our Mission is to provide high quality, structured living environments, treatment, education and recovery services to individuals with addictions and substance abuse issues.
Our Program Goals:
1. To aid the recovering addict in maintaining abstinence.
2. To assist the recovering person in making the transition back into society.
3. To aid in the establishment of personal habits that will accomplish the first two goals.
Services Provided:
Residential
We operate three transitional houses in Bloomington, IN:
- Men's halfway program serving 19 men
- Men's three-quarter program serving 5 men
- Women's halfway program serving 11 women and dependent children up to age 6
Outpatient
We operate full-service outpatient programs in Bloomington and Evansville, IN.
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Individual, group and family therapy
- Evaluation, case management and referral services
History:
Amethyst House was incorporated in August of 1980 as "Ray of Love". The founders were a group of concerned recovering community members that were aware of the need for safe housing for individuals beginning the recovery process from alcohol and other drugs. The name was changed to Amethyst House, Inc. in 1989. The rich, purple, semi-precious amethyst stone was called "Without Intoxication" in mythology. The Greek's believed the stone would prevent people from getting drunk. Today, the stone is popular to people recovering and healing from addictions. We added our Outpatient Services in 2000 in Bloomington and opened our Outpatient office in Evansville in 2001.
Hope is the thing with feathers - that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without words - and never stops - at all. - Emily Dickinson