The hope of Abba’s House is to build women up into leaders of their families that will make a lasting change for generations to come and that through these women, the greater community of Western North Carolina would find lasting relief from parental substance abuse.
The program is funded by private foundations and donors, and it is free of charge to all. We welcome with open arms any mother from every background into our program and are focused on improving the lives of mothers and babies in our area.
By giving the mother tools to overcome poverty and addiction, Abba's House hopes to break the negative cycles that these mothers have dealt with, and that by breaking this with the mother, their children can avoid similar negative outcomes in their lives.
Mothers enroll in Abba's House for an average of 12 months. During the first 6 months they are working on self-growth, recovery, restoration and healing. They spend this time working through past traumas, identifying what led them to addiction, and working to build resiliency and coping mechanisms that will allow them to avoid triggers and know how to deal with them when they come up in the future.They also work on relationship building with their children, both recognizing the disservice their addictions have done for their children and working to mend any broken relationships.
The second 6 months are spent working on forward momentum--this may include going back to school, finding a job in their selected career field, earning a GED, securing safe and stable housing, etc. This encompasses all the things individuals need to move forward and leave negative situations and patterns behind.
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that approximately “5 percent of pregnant women use one or more addictive substances.” Along with this, the website also states that “Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a twelvefold increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy. Regular use of some drugs can cause neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), in which the baby goes through withdrawal upon birth.”
These obstacles are exactly what Western Carolina Rescue Ministries seeks to overcome with the Abba’s House recovery program. The Program Director and trained staff are able to develop customized recovery plans for each mother as they go through the recovery process with their children and/or begin the reunification process. For the past 5 years, Abba’s House has seen over 130 women from allover Western North Carolina go through the program and experienced some of the fastest reunifications within the Western North Carolina community.
Abba’s House is a recovery program supporting addicted mothers who are pregnant or have young children by providing them with a safe space to work towards recovery while staying with their children. The program is offered to mothers all over Western North Carolina completely free of charge and is the only program in the region that treats substance abuse with the intention of keeping mother and child together.
One common obstacle for mothers who are experiencing substance abuse and are either pregnant or have young children that keeps them from getting long-term help is the threat of their children being taken away and not being able to regain custody. This is especially true for mothers who are victims of domestic violence, a common companion of substance abuse, and have a physically abusive and manipulative partner who might receive custody of the children.
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