Committed to providing appropriate, high-quality care to those with substance use disorder. You're in the right place.
Tully Hill Treatment and Recovery is dedicated to the belief that substance use disorder is a disease – chronic, progressive, and above all, treatable. We are a nationally recognized, licensed, accredited substance use disorder treatment center with Inpatient detox & rehab services/programs, specialty programs (professionals, uniform professionals), Outpatient treatment, 24/7 admission screening services
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02/23/2026
There is a common thread in every recovery story: the transition from the dark into the light.
Active addiction often feels like living in a shadow—a place of isolation, heaviness, and uncertainty.
It is an exhausting cycle that can make it hard to see a way out. Recovery is the slow, steady return of the light in your life once again.
It’s the moment the fog starts to lift and the world begins to show its colors again.
This video captures the quiet peace found here on the Hill. It’s a reminder that even after the darkest night, the light eventually returns.
If you feel like you’ve been living in the shadows for too long, know that the dawn is waiting for you here. Reach out at the link in our bio or call 315-696-6114
02/20/2026
At Tully Hill, we often say that addiction is a family disease. It doesn't just affect the individual--it impacts the emotional and psychological well-being of everyone who loves them.
That is why our mission includes a dedicated Family Program to ensure that when a patient heals, the family heals, too.
How we support the family:
👉 Family Education Center: We offer online programs and resources to help loved ones understand the disease of addiction and learn effective communication skills.
👉Family Day: A dedicated time for family members to focus on their own personal needs and growth, rebuilding the trust and stability that addiction often wears away.
👉Reframing Relationships: Our counselors help families shift from a place of fear and frustration to one of connection and mutual support.
Recovery is a journey of restoration for the entire family system. We are here to provide the clinical expertise and compassion needed to bring everyone home to a place of hope.
If you weren't able to join us for our morning coffee and conversation on Bridge Street on NewsChannel 9 yesterday, we don’t want you to miss the message.
Our Director of Business Development, Mark LeStrange, sat down with the Bridge Street team to discuss why it is time to change how we talk about addiction and last year's inaugural Substance Use Disorder Awareness Month.
At Tully Hill, we know that when we remove the weight of shame, we make room for the work of healing.
Key takeaways from the segment:
• Treating addiction with the same clinical dignity as any other chronic health journey.
• Finding the courage to start the recovery process and how normalizing the conversation makes it easier for the next person to ask for help.
Recovery isn't just a personal milestone. It’s a community celebration. We are proud to keep leading these conversations to ensure no one has to walk this path in the dark.
Ready to start your own story of restoration? Visit us at the link in our bio.
Treating Addiction and Tully Hill Treatment & Recovery
02/16/2026
Grab a cup of coffee ☕️ and tune in to Bridge Street on NewsChannel 9 today! Let’s normalize the conversation around addiction.
At Tully Hill, we believe that recovery thrives in the light of understanding, not the shadows of shame.
We are excited to share that our Director of Business Development, Mark LeStrange, will be appearing on Bridge Street on NewsChannel 9 this Monday morning.
Mark will be joining the Bridge Street team to discuss a message that has been at the heart of our mission since 1990: Addiction is a disease, not a character flaw.
What to expect from the conversation:
• Normalizing Recovery: Moving the focus from the stigma of the past to the reality of healing today.
• Removing the Shame: Understanding why inclusive language and clinical compassion are vital for a successful journey.
• Understanding the Struggle: Shifting the focus from blame to treating addiction with the same care and dignity as any other health journey.
When we speak about addiction with openness and compassion, we create a path where individuals and families can finally open up to treatment and begin again.
Watch Mark LeStrange on Bridge Street: 📅 Monday, 2/16 ⏰ 10:00 AM 📺 NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV)
Join us as we continue to work toward a community where recovery is celebrated and help is always within reach.
Valentine’s Day is not just about flowers and cards. Love doesn’t always look like a heart-shaped box of chocolates. Love is present in a difficult phone call. It is someone choosing the raw discomfort of growth over the familiar numbness of the past.
Addiction creates a barrier that can drown out real connection. It may shift love into a source of fear and relationships into broken trust. The greatest gift you can give the people you love isn't your worry or your apologies, it’s your own wholeness.
Valentine’s Day is a reminder that healthy connection is possible when we are healthy ourselves.
Recovery is about loving the person in the mirror so fully that you make the choice to finally show up for them.
Today, we don’t just celebrate romance. We celebrate restoration. We honor the resilient hearts that have been through the fire and are doing the work to come out stronger, softer, and more connected.
Choosing to heal is the most romantic thing you can do. ❤️
If you are ready to make this Valentine’s Day a new start, visit the link in our bio.
Leading with Intention: Meet Our Clinical Director. At Tully Hill, the quality of our care is a direct reflection of the people who lead it. Today, we want to highlight a cornerstone of our clinical team: Kenneth Smith, LCSW, QMHP.
Ken joined Tully Hill in 2009, bringing a deep commitment to the families and individuals we serve. As our Clinical Director, his leadership is defined by a career-long dedication to the heart of recovery.
The Foundation of his Work:
*Expertise in Family Systems: Ken’s background (Cornell and Syracuse University) focused specifically on how families navigate the complexities of addiction and mental health. He understands that recovery doesn't happen in a vacuum—it involves the whole family system.
*Dual Diagnosis Specialized: Ken is an OASAS-certified dual diagnosis treatment provider. He ensures our clinical programs address the intersection of mental wellness and substance use with precision and compassion.
*Decades of Local Impact: Before joining us, Ken served as Clinical Director for the Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County and supervised behavioral health services for Tioga County. His deep roots in our community’s mental health landscape ensure our programs remain at the forefront of holistic wellness.
In a field that requires constant discernment and steady presence, Ken’s 17+ years at Tully Hill have been vital to the 20,000 stories of restoration we’ve seen on the hill.
We are proud to have his clinical excellence guiding our team as we look toward the next 35 years.
02/09/2026
Last year, Tully Hill turned 35.
We didn’t mark the occasion with a gala, banners, or a public celebration. In the moment, it felt right to let the milestone pass softly. In the field of recovery, we often find that the most profound transformations don’t happen with a roar—they happen in the quiet, steady, intentional work of showing up, day after day.
For 35 years, that has been our heartbeat.
Reflecting on this milestone now, we see it not just as a number, but as a testament to all our accomplishments. It represents over 20,000 individuals who have walked through our doors to reclaim their lives. That is 20,000 families given a new beginning and 20,000 stories of resilience that now form the foundation of everything we do.
While we missed the buzz of an anniversary year, we didn't miss the purpose. We spent that time doing what we have done since 1990--focusing on the human element of healing and the clinical excellence required to sustain it.
We are using that reflection to fuel our momentum. We are moving forward with a renewed sense of intentionality, ensuring that Tully Hill remains a place where recovery can flourish for the next 35 years and beyond.
To those who have been part of our first 20,000 stories—thank you.
If you would like to help us provide that same hope for the next person, please consider a donation today. Your support is what helps us get to the next 35 years.
In high-stakes careers, "functioning" is often mistaken for thriving. Many individuals—doctors, attorneys, and executives—manage immense professional pressure while silently navigating dependency.
At Tully Hill, our Professionals Program is specifically designed to address the unique challenges faced by those in high-responsibility careers.
We understand the concerns regarding licensure, reputation, and career longevity.
Our specialized approach focuses on:
• Confidentiality & Discretion: Protecting your professional standing while you focus on health.
• Peer Support: Connecting you with other professionals who understand the specific pressures of your field.
• Career Re-entry: Providing a clear, medically backed roadmap for returning to work with a solid foundation for long-term sobriety.
True professional excellence starts with personal wellness.
You don’t have to risk your career to save your life.
Recovery requires more than just a change in environment—it requires a dedicated space for clinical transformation. While the desire to change is the beginning, long-term success often depends on the quality of the foundation you build in the early stages of sobriety.
At Tully Hill, our Intensive Residential program is designed to provide that foundation. By removing the distractions and stressors of daily life, we create a secure, structured environment where patients can focus entirely on their recovery and wellness.
Our comprehensive approach includes:
• Medical Supervision: 24/7 care to ensure safety and stability during the critical early phases of treatment.
• Structured Therapy: A daily schedule of individual and group sessions rooted in evidence-based practices.
• Professional Support: A multi-disciplinary team dedicated to addressing the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of substance use disorder.
Sustainable change isn't just about moving away from the past--it’s about having the right space and team to build a new future.
Learn more about our mission and our Intensive Residential services at the link in our bio.
02/03/2026
It starts as a cozy "snow day," but by February, that distance from the world can start to feel a lot like isolation. In recovery, isolation is a familiar term—it’s that pulling away from the people and the habits that keep us whole.
When the gray skies and lake effect snow keep us tucked away inside, it’s easy to lose our rhythm and feel disconnected.
At Tully Hill, we know that recovery and mental wellness thrive on connection—something that can be hard to maintain when you’re buried under a foot of snow.
A few ways to beat winter isolation this week:
• Light it up: If the sun isn't out, bring the light in. Lamps and "happy lights" make a massive difference in mood. Keeping your environment bright helps you maintain a clear perspective when things feel heavy.
• The Soft Rule: Break out the weighted blankets and the wool socks. Physical comfort helps settle the mind and allows your baseline to stay soft. When we are physically comfortable, it’s easier to stay grounded.
• Connection is Heat: Don’t let the snow isolate you. A 10-minute phone call to a friend or reaching out to a recovery contact can provide a break and warm conversation.
• Find Your "Room": You don't have to leave your house to find your community. Online 12-step meetings are available all the time. They are a powerful way to stay connected to others in recovery, even when the roads are closed.
Stay warm, stay safe, and remember: you don’t have to navigate the winter (or your recovery) alone. Visit our site to learn more: https://www.tullyhill.com/
01/29/2026
The Truth About Recovery: It’s All Around You💡
You probably know more people in recovery than you realize.
They are our neighbors, our colleagues, our teachers, and our friends. When we only see addiction in the shadows, it feels uncomfortable and misunderstood.
But when we shine a light on the millions of people living full, successful lives in recovery, the narrative changes.
Addiction is a hurdle—it is not a dead end.
Normalizing the conversation around addiction means:
• Breaking the Silence: Acknowledging that seeking help is a sign of strength, not a source of shame.
• Changing the Image: Realizing that recovery looks like a parent at a soccer game, a professional leading a meeting, or a friend enjoying a morning coffee.
• Offering Hope: Showing those currently struggling that a life of wholeness isn’t just possible—it’s happening all around them every single day.
At Tully Hill, we are proud to be the starting point for so many of these success stories. Recovery doesn’t just change a life--it ripples out to families, workplaces, and entire communities.
Let’s stop hiding the journey and start celebrating the destination.
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Tully Hill Treatment and Recovery is dedicated to the belief that substance use disorder is a disease – chronic and progressive as defined by the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association in its 2013, 3rd edition Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (aka DSM V) . In addition and most importantly, Tully Hill believes this disease is treatable and is wholly committed to that goal. Our qualified, professional staff who total over 250 years of continuous recovery achieve that goal via the use of evidence-based treatment approaches and patient and family engagement with the 12-step philosophy.
Tully Hill’s bio-psychosocial model of treatment includes medical and nursing care, individual and group counseling, and a family program, and emphasizes teaching skills needed to attain and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Tully Hill’s treatment is guided by its values of compassion and hope, dignity and respect, safety and security, honesty and integrity, spirituality, flexibility, teamwork, and continuous quality improvement, all of which our staff embrace and use daily. Our treatment incorporates patient-and family-centered care, and our tranquil, rural setting offers a safe and peaceful environment for patients and families to begin their road to recovery and rehabilitation from alcohol and drug dependence and abuse.
Substance use disorder is an enduring, often relapsing brain disease that cause compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the affected individual and those around him or her. The brain changes that occur over time challenge and eventually overcome the person’s self-control and his or her capacity to resist intense impulses to seek and take drugs.
No single factor can predict whether a person will become dependent upon or abuse alcohol or other drugs. Risks for substance use disorders are influenced by a combination of factors that include individual biology, social environment, and age or stage of development. The more risk factors one has, the greater the chance that taking drugs can lead to abuse or dependency. Regarding these factors, the genes people are born with (biology factor) in combination with environmental influences account for about half of their substance use disorder vulnerability; also, gender, ethnicity, and the presence of other mental disorders may influence risk for drug abuse.
Substance use disorders are not a personal failing in any way, shape, or form, despite a significant portion of society continuing to label it as such and executing policies that punish and shame (witness our judicial and prison systems, with their extremely overloaded populations of persons with substance use disorders). And yes, society overall still refrains from talking about, accepting, and addressing substance use disorders and all the issues they encompasses, although slowly but surely there seems to be more and more awareness and discussion at all levels of our culture about it. Similar to other chronic, relapsing diseases – such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease – still too few people know that substance use disorders can be managed successfully. And as with these other diseases, relapse and using drugs again is not uncommon with substance use disorders. We do not view relapse as a treatment failure – instead, it indicates that treatment needs to be reinstated or that an alternative treatment is needed to help the affected individual recapture control and recover. Our experience with employing the 12-step philosophy is that it often generates a spirituality that evolves as an important component in remaining abstinent.
