Mission
and
Purpose
THE SHOULDER
The philosophy of The Shoulder is that alcoholism/chemical
dependency is a chronic, progressive, and potentially fatal illness
which is treatable.

The Shoulder’s Mission and Purpose is to provide long-term
residential and outpatient treatment for those afflicted with the
disease of alcohol and/or chemical addictions.

The Shoulder’s philosophy is that everyone deserves a chance
toward recovery, regardless of ability to pay. The Shoulder will never
reject a client because of financial reasons.

The Shoulder will present a treatment experience which offers
freedom from addiction through a spiritual awakening. The treatment
provided will follow a Christ-centered, Twelve-Step model. The
afflicted client will be treated with respect and dignity as befits one of
God’s children. Counselors will focus on recovery as a process of
restoring the broken harmony of the mind, body and spirit existing in
people with addictive problems.

The addictive disease is further viewed as a family disease. It is the
goal of The Shoulder to restore entire families to wholeness, not just
addicted individuals. The Shoulder is convinced that healthy families
result in healthier communities.

The ultimate mission and purpose of The Shoulder is to restore
addictive individuals to sobriety, successfully balancing physical and
mental health, family issues, and Christ-centered spirituality.
Please join us in
spreading
the love of God.
We offer a new
way of life through
sobriety.
Help us help them!


"What man of you, having a
hundred sheep, if he loses one of
them, does not leave the
ninety-nine in the wilderness,
and go after the one which is lost
until he finds it?  
And when he has found it, he lays
it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
All Shoulder Programs
Are Certified
By the Alabama
Department
of Mental Health

The Twelve Steps
of Alcoholics Anonymous
1. We admitted we were powerless over
alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral
inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, ourselves and another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove
all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked him to remove our
shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons that we had
harmed, and became willing to make amends to
them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people
wherever possible except when to do so would
injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory,
and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God,
as we understood him, praying only for His will
for us, and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result
of these steps, we tried to carry this message to
alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all
of our affairs.