Recovery Cafe Longmont

Recovery Café Longmont (RCL) is a community of refuge and healing for people in recovery.

The Café model is based on the Recovery Oriented System of Care which meets people where they are on the recovery continuum, focuses holistically on a person’s needs, and empowers them to build a life that realizes their full potential. Café participants are referred to as members rather than clients which signifies belonging, and for many people we serve it is a new and empowering concept.

RCL employs three bilingual/bicultural peer support professionals (PSPs) who have lived experiences of substance use and mental health conditions to engage with Longmont’s Spanish-speaking population. PSPs also host a Spanish Recovery Circle, translate our website, internal documents, and signage into Spanish.

More about this organization

RCL Goals: 

1. Offer membership to anyone who fulfills our requirements:
   1. be drug and alcohol-free in the Café space
   2. contribute to Café upkeep and the healing of others
   3. attend a weekly Recovery Circle
2. Build stability for our members by connecting them with appropriate resources.
3. Offer a vital service that fills the gap between treatment and long-term recovery.
4. Teach skills and facilitate relationships that help
   1. maintain stability and avoid relapse (improve habits, manage triggers)
   2. break the cycle of isolation
   3. move toward wholeness through growth (emotional, social, professional)

Unique Services:

• Weekly Recovery Circles
• Skill-building courses and sober social activities to make recovery fun
• A healthy communal meal each day we are open
• Space to hang out, have a cup of coffee, read a book, and meet others in recovery
• Connection to resources for housing, employment, food security, and more
• Meetings from different recovery paths including Alcoholics Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous, and SMART Recovery.