The Refuge Addiction Counseling & Training Center

02/01/2026

One of the biggest messages my middle & high school students with substance abuse disorders want us to hear as parents, helpers, teachers, coaches, and support staff-
“We can’t just stop!”
It’s about more than education and discipline. There is healing needed for hurts we don’t yet know how to articulate. We are dafaulted to survival mode and we need your patience and safe spaces to come out of them and think clearly.

02/01/2026

Sober Fun

This will be an awesome night of fun, food, and fellowship!

01/30/2026

And you are the only one who can make it

01/29/2026

It’s important to learn the difference between; for their sake and our own.

01/24/2026

New Meeting!!

01/24/2026

Statesboro GA

01/24/2026

https://www.musc.edu/content-hub/News/2026/01/23/varenicline-may-also-work-for-cannabis-use-disorder

Charleston, S.C. (Jan. 21, 2026) – A new randomised controlled trial has found promising evidence that the smoking cessation medication varenicline (Chantix/Champix) can help people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) to reduce cannabis use. CUD is a rising problem globally, partly due to recent lega...

01/23/2026

You don’t need a disaster to justify an alcohol free life.
No rock bottom. No breakdown. No dramatic story.

Sometimes you just outgrow alcohol.
Your standards change. Your awareness sharpens.
You realise you want clarity, energy, presence, peace.

That moment you decide you want more from life is reason enough.
Sobriety doesn’t have to be a rescue plan.
It can simply be a conscious upgrade.

If this resonates, trust it.
You’re allowed to choose better, whenever you’re ready.

01/23/2026