The essence of GraceWay's program is
the understanding that an alcoholic/addict's best, if not only hope,
for long-term sobriety is through recognizing and directing
her life toward a higher power.
GraceWay is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit, faith- based, long - term substance abuse treatment community for women. GraceWay provides a spiritual home environment that empowers residents to become productive members of their families and society through intensive application of the Twelve-Step methodology.
GraceWay’s mission is our response to the inspired gift of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Step Methodology founded by…
Dr. Bob & Bill W. Those who know the history behind Alcoholics Anonymous recognize these names. They know the stories of these men. But few are familiar with the humble woman who AA knows as the “Angel of Mercy”. On August 16, 1935 , Sister Mary Ignatia paved the way for the course of the first detoxification and in-patient recovery plan that defines treatment today.
Sister Ignatia had an unshakable belief that the spiritual power of the AA program could disrupt even the most stubborn alcoholic’s addiction. Neither she nor Dr. Bob long tolerated those who balked at the spiritual program of recovery. When patients at first complained that they could not grasp AA’s “spiritual angle,” Dr. Bob and Sister Ignatia confronted spiritual denial with the facts: AA’s entire philosophy and program was spiritual - no part of it was not. To miss the spiritual angle was to have missed the thrust of the entire program.
Sister Ignatia and the cofounders were wholly convinced that AA’s spiritual power was the element that disrupted chronic alcoholism. Their philosophy assured alcoholics that they had a sickness for which the program of Alcoholics Anonymous was the only known medicine.
This is the foundation GraceWay adopted to pave the way to recovery for women
