The Salvation Army's Harbour Light residential substance recovery centre on King Street and the new Citadel worship centre will find their services complement each other, says Harbour Light programme director and Opposition MP Nelson Bascome. "We have a chapel here where we conduct services. We are now looking at merging our chapel services with the Citadel services,'' Mr.

Bascome said. The young people using the emergency housing centre on Parsons Road will also be able to take advantage of the Citadel services as it is in a more convenient location for them now; the North Street location lies in between the two facilities.'' Salvation Army divisional social services director Calvin Ming said: "That, philosophically lends itself to the Salvation Army's aim of reuniting people in the community. Many times people who are addicted to drugs or who are homeless, isolate themselves and that is very negative. So the opportunity to interact with others in the community is a part of the rehabilitation process.'' The Harbour Light facility has been providing its male residents with opportunities to reintegrate themselves with the community-at-large since 1977. The first chairman of the advisory board, Dudley Butterfield, donated the building which originally housed the residential treatment programme for elderly male alcoholics.'' "Back then, the block between Reid Street and Court Street was full of bars,'' said Mr.

Ming. "And it was full of alcoholic men on the streets. So Harbour Light was formed to provide treatment for those men, and as a result, Reid Street is now a top-rate shopping area.'' Since then, both the facility and the programme have expanded. The residential care unit now works with abusers of all substances, not just alcohol, and the facility is now going through the strict accreditation process for Salvation Army substance rehabilitation programme worldwide. "We are hoping to be audited in the Fall,'' said Mr. Ming. "We have been reviewed but this is the first time we will be going for accreditation. We are taking it one step at a time. "Besides audits, there aren't many review processes,'' added Mr. Bascome. "So we are leading the way in developing reviews. At the moment, the National Drug Commission is in the process of developing its review procedure for recovery programmes on the Island.'' Besides providing services to a wider client base, the Harbour Light facility has expanded to 12 beds and contains a small gym for residents. And the administrative and counselling staff have grown in number. "We can now boast having a programme director and three counselling staff members, part-time and full-time,'' mentioned Mr. Ming. "The first step in getting accredited is having a programme director,'' he added, heaping praise on Mr.

Bascome who took on the post full-time last December. "He comes with probably the most solid background in counselling here.'' Mr. Bascome spent a number of years working with Social Services and Benedict Association before joining Harbour Light. "The programme is broken into four components,'' Mr. Bascome explained. "Individuals come in for orientation and assessment; they are given the basic principles of recovery. The second phase is a basic recovery programme. Residents are taught the 12-step method. During these first two phases, residents are given individual counselling, group counselling, they attend issues groups and they receive spiritual counselling.'' On the topic of Spiritual guidance aids recovery relatively new as far as counselling. When counselling first started in Bermuda, Addiction Services were dealing with hard-core drug addicts. Their programme didn't have a spiritual component. Then 12-step programmes like AA and NA, which had spiritual aspects, became more popular.'' Mr. Ming added: "The Salvation Army had its own step programme, very similar to AA. They adopted AA as it mirrored their own principles and philosophy. "Bible study is a component of the programme. We don't teach a denominational view, but we provide spiritual guidance. Every resident, regardless of whether they are Christian or not, is encouraged to introduce devotion into their life. "There are three major religions in the world, and Bermuda is really affected by two: Christianity and Islam,'' continued Mr. Bascome. "The programme teaches spiritual principles which can be adopted for both religions.'' The Salvation Army programme also includes relapse prevention through contact with external support networks. Residents are encouraged to take part in community groups such as Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Montrose Services and FOCUS. In addition, Harbour Light runs the only Adult Children of Alcoholics programme on the Island, part of their after-care and family programme, and will be adding a group for residents and past residents. "One of the new features of the programme is the ability to connect clients with overseas treatment centres,'' added Mr. Ming. "A few of our clients have completed services at the new Citadel relates to the last phase of the Harbour Light programme: matriculation. "This involves life skills; getting people ready for work, help with finding housing etcetera,'' said Mr. Bascome. Said Mr.

Ming: "The housing component is getting more difficult to satisfy. We are finding we are having to stretch the programme to cope with the after care.

You don't want to help people clean up and then just throw them out,'' added Mr. Bascome. As a part of this last phase of recovery, Harbour Light is hoping to add another notch in its programme belt by adding a work therapy component.

"This would be both internal and external,'' said Mr. Ming. "In-house, meaning there would be a number of projects for residents. This whole facility is maintained by residents.'' Residents also help with Harbour Light's evening supper programme for homeless persons, providing food for 30 to 40 people per night. "Externally, we would have relationships with people or organisations who would call and ask if the residents can help,' Mr. Ming continued. "For example, Teen Service asked for some help last year. That component would help our residents develop a sense of community involvement and volunteerism.'' director, Calvin Ming Harbour Light's programme director, Nelson Bascome DRUGS SUPPLEMENT DGS