A story of determination, resilience, enormous heart and daring to dream. Alisha, 29, started using drugs in her 20s. At the time, Alisha didn’t understand that she was using drugs to suppress the trauma she experienced in her childhood. As a mother to four children aged five, six, nine [...]
As the mother of two young boys, Amy* wanted to be available and sober for them. “But I was drinking too much, not every day, however I was finding I couldn’t guarantee I’d be there for them when they needed me.” To manage her drinking, Amy had taken part in a 12 Step [...]
The Buttery is commencing a new treatment program that is the first of its kind in the world. It is aimed at reducing the impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) for veterans. The Veterans’ COPE Recovery Program, takes a new approach by treating both PTSD and SUD at [...]
In a recent Buttery virtual event, League Legend Phil Gould, Gold Medal Netballer turned Collingwood WAFL player Sharni Layton and ex-Wallaby Warwick Waugh joined a leading sports psychologist, Grant Brecht to shed light on the mental health and substance use challenges facing many professional sports people. The panel agreed that sports people are no [...]
Danny’s successful career as a jockey unravelled because of his drug-taking and drinking. “I was stuck on drugs and swapped to drinking and I couldn’t stop. Then I returned a positive swab for drugs and I lost my jockey’s licence. My drug taking got worse after that.” Now after completing The Buttery’s residential [...]
Having served as volunteer Buttery Board member for 20 years, Joan Davies is still a supporter. As a member of The Buttery’s Recovery Circle donor group, Joan gives a generous monthly donation in support of The Buttery’s life-changing work. “I support because I strongly believe in the work The Buttery does and because I [...]
At SMART Recovery groups, people manage their substance use while giving each other mutual support. They choose their own goals and work with others to achieve them. SMART is evidence-based and person-centred. Currently The Buttery conducts two SMART Recovery groups, a weekly face-to-face group in Ballina and a Zoom group every Friday evening. The groups [...]
The Buttery is part of Pride in Health + Wellbeing which is aimed at improving the health of Australian LGBTI communities. This means The Buttery has an LGBTI inclusive, person-centred service provision model. We welcome and include LGBTI people to all of our services. LGBTI people have too often faced rejection, [...]
All Buttery programs are evidence-based and subject to a rigorous quality assurance program. Programs are accredited under Australian Service Excellence Standards. We welcome feedback from everyone who undertakes a residential or community outreach program. As well as providing drug and alcohol rehabilitation at its residential rehab near Bangalow and at The Buttery [...]
Everyone on The Buttery team strives to deliver programs of the highest quality to the people we serve.To ensure best-practice, The Buttery is accredited by The Australian Service Excellence Standards (ASES).Recently, following a rigorous auditing process, The Buttery’s ASES accreditation was renewed. The Standards assist community service organisations to manage resources effectively, gain a better understanding [...]