Alumni Services

Connected in Recovery.

Alumni of The Redpoint Center stay in touch through monthly events and the people they met here. If you came through one of our programs, this is still your community.

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Why We Keep In Touch

It takes a village.

Recovery is an incredible journey. And it takes a village. The Redpoint Center alumni program exists so the support does not stop on the day your program does.

For so many, their time at The Redpoint Center has been a cathartic and healing journey. New lives are built, families are reconnected. We know that the relationships to us and the relationships to peers are vital to ensure long term recovery.

That is not only sentiment. The Surgeon General's report on addiction describes recovery support services as the community services that provide emotional and practical support along with daily structure and rewarding alternatives to substance use, and finds that taking part in mutual aid groups works by strengthening recovery-supportive social networks. Connection is doing something, not just feeling like something.

Peer support runs on the same principle: people who have been through recovery themselves are unusually good at helping someone else stay in it. Our alumni program is run by someone who came through our programs as a client.

None of this is bolted on at the end. Alumni support is part of both our intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, and building friendships and learning how to have fun when we are sober really helps to sustain recovery.

What We Do

What alumni events look like.

Something every month, and it changes with the season. Staff come too, which is rather the point. These are not office hours, they are fellowship: evenings and afternoons with people who know your story.

Game nights

Cards, board games, and the sort of low-key evening that is easy to say yes to when you are not certain you feel like going out.

Sober concerts

Live music, no bar. A reminder that most of what you thought you would lose in recovery is still there.

Dinner outings

A table, a group, and a couple of hours. Some of the best conversations happen over a meal with nowhere else to be.

Summer picnics

Warm weather, food outside, and the easy version of a get together. Staff, clients, and alumni all in one place.

Comedy shows

A sober line up, a few times a year. Proof that a night out does not have to involve a bar.

Adventure outings

Colorado is right outside the door. Getting into it as a group is one of the better parts of the year.

Community

Love this place, the staff, the clients, the people in general.
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Continuing Care

What happens when your program ends.

Leaving a program is its own transition. It gets planned rather than left to chance.

  1. 1

    You and your team make a plan before you finish

    Before discharge

    Aftercare planning happens while you are still in program, not on your last day, so you leave with something worked out rather than a vague intention.

  2. 2

    Ongoing therapy options get identified

    Your team works with you to find the appropriate continuing therapy, so the work carries on at whatever intensity now fits your life.

  3. 3

    Support groups and resources

    Alongside therapy, we help you connect with support groups and community resources, so there is structure in your week that is not clinical.

  4. 4

    The alumni community stays open

    Monthly

    Events run monthly and you are welcome at them. This is the part of care with no completion date.

Andy Lopez, Alumni Relations Manager at The Redpoint Center.

Your Contact

Share your experience with us.

Andy Lopez runs alumni relations at The Redpoint Center, and he came through the programs first. He was a client in Redpoint's sober living and IOP, with a sobriety date of March 26th 2019, and he is active in Alcoholics Anonymous. He has found his purpose working with sober living clients and the alumni program.

If you are a Redpoint alum, get in touch. Tell him what you have been up to, ask what the next event is, or just say hello. And if you would like to share your story so that someone earlier in this can read it, Andy is the person to send it to.

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Where To Next

The rest of the community.

Alumni services is one piece of what continues. These are the others.

All programs and therapies

Housing

Sober living

Structured, supportive housing at our Longmont house. It is where plenty of alumni found their footing, Andy included.

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In Their Words

Client reviews

What clients and family members wrote about their time here, including people who are alumni now.

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The People

Our team

The clinicians and staff you worked with, and the ones you have not met yet.

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Six Offices

Find your nearest office

Fort Collins, Boulder, Longmont, Thornton, Greeley, and Glenwood Springs, plus virtual care across Colorado.

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Common Questions

What alumni ask.

What is Redpoint's alumni program?
It is the community that continues after your program ends. The Redpoint Center runs alumni events every month, from game nights and sober concerts to dinners, picnics, comedy shows, and outings into the mountains, and staff come along too. The reasoning is straightforward: the relationships you build during treatment are part of what keeps recovery going, so they need somewhere to keep happening.

How often do alumni events happen?
Monthly. What the event actually is changes through the year, since a summer picnic and a winter game night are not the same evening, but the cadence is monthly. Email Andy at [email protected] to find out what is coming up next.

Does support continue after my program ends?
Yes, and it is planned before you finish rather than after. Your team works with you to identify appropriate ongoing therapy options, support groups, and resources, so the transition out has a shape to it. Alumni support is part of both our intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, and our Virtual IOP includes aftercare planning and alumni connections in the program itself.

What if I have relapsed since I finished?
You are still welcome, and it is worth knowing what the research actually says. Relapse rates for substance use disorders run 40 to 60 percent, against 50 to 70 percent for hypertension and asthma. The National Institute on Drug Abuse is blunt about what that means: relapse does not mean treatment has failed. It is a signal to resume treatment, adjust it, or try something else. If that is where you are, call (303) 219-0973 or text (970) 475-8646.

How do I get involved?
Email Andy Lopez, our Alumni Relations Manager, at [email protected]. He is a Redpoint alum himself, having come through sober living and IOP as a client, so he is an easy person to start with. You can also reach us through the contact page and ask to be put in touch.

Why does staying connected matter so much?
Because the evidence points at community about as firmly as it points at clinical care. The Surgeon General's report on addiction defines recovery support services as community services providing emotional and practical support along with daily structure and rewarding alternatives to substance use, and finds that mutual aid participation strengthens recovery-supportive social networks. Building friendships and learning how to have fun sober is not the soft part of recovery. It is load-bearing.
Would you rather just talk to someone? Call (303) 219-0973

The door stays open.

Whether you finished last month or several years ago, you are welcome at the next one. Call or text and we will tell you when it is.

(303) 219-0973

Or text us at (970) 475-8646

We accept most major insurance plans and our team will help verify your coverage at no cost.