

We have 50 years experience of enriching lives
The Buttery assists people living with alcohol and substance misuse and mental health conditions to achieve recovery and rebuild their lives.
Rehab | Drug Rehab | Alcohol Rehab | Mental Health Support
The Buttery's programs are designed for lasting change
Our programs reflect The Buttery’s Vision and Mission. We recognise that individuals seek help for different reasons and programs need to be person-centred which is why we have a variety of programs and services to meet the individual’s needs.
The Buttery offers services for people seeking support for addiction, mental health conditions, relapse prevention, post traumatic stress disorder and family relationships. We use various recovery frameworks which include long term and short term residential rehabilitation.
Our goal is to reduce harm and support recovery
Community services such as outreach programs, day rehabilitation, face-to-face counselling, family support and group therapy. Many of the community outreach programs are offered online.
One of the unique offerings of The Buttery is our social enterprise The Buttery Private, which is a user pays drug and alcohol, health and wellbeing four-week program where all profits made are reinvested into our free services.
Our Programs

Residential Programs
The Buttery's residential programs include the Therapeutic Community (TC), Maintenance to Abstinence (MTA) and The Buttery Private.

Community Outreach Programs
Our diverse programs help teenagers and adults who have drug and alcohol and substance use disorders and mental health concerns. People are supported in every stage of recovery.

Youth Programs
The Buttery is committed to providing access to responsive, integrated and quality substance misuse rehabilitation and mental health services for youth in regional and rural NSW.

Family and Carer Support Program
The Family and Carer Support Program assists family members distressed by their loved one’s alcohol and substance use issues.
Supporting stronger, healthier communities
Since the 1970s, The Buttery has been enriching people’s lives by helping them gain mastery over mental health conditions and alcohol and substance misuse.
All Buttery programs are evidence-based and represent best-practice.
Addiction is not a consequence of choice; recovery is.
As well as its residential programs, The Buttery also operates community outreach programs throughout the NSW Mid-North Coast and NSW Northern Rivers Regions.
The organisation also provides a unique counselling support program for families and carers.

Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Buttery's programs support people living with mental health conditions to achieve recovery and rebuild their lives. Contact our intake team to discuss which program is most suitable for you.

Alcohol and Substance Use
If you are concerned about alcohol or substance misuse, contact our intake team to speak about joining one of The Buttery's Residential or Community Outreach programs.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
All Buttery programs are available to Indigenous People.
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NAIDOC Week 2023 – Kaiden Powell
National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year for one week to celebrate and recognise the history,

NAIDOC Week 2023 – Aneika Kapeen
The Buttery’s Reconciliation Action Plan Committee (RAP Committee) submitted Aneika Kapeen for the 2023 Caring for Country and Culture NAIDOC Award. While Aneika didn’t win