I do know of this place. Although it is described as a TC in the article, it is actually a “for-profit” 12-step programme. In fairness, I don’t think the actually say they are a TC themselves ( http://www.lifeworkscommunity.com/) - but it’s another example of the term being used so loosely that it’s almost meaningless.
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology Section
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
From: Craig Fees <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Therapeutic Communities <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:45:07 +0100 To: <[log in to unmask]> Conversation: [EFTC] TC in the news Subject: [EFTC] TC in the news
"I'm sorry the story of my alcoholism made you so ashamed of me, daddy"
> Rosie Boycott still walks with a slight limp; the constant, shaming
> reminder of the drink-drive car smash almost six years ago which
> marked her 18-month relapse into alcohol addiction after 22 years of
> almost continual sobriety.
> Even so, the horror, shock and shame of the accident, which resulted
> in a three-year driving ban and £1,500 fine, was not enough to stop
> her drinking immediately.
>
> It would be nearly another year before Rosie checked into the Life
> Works therapeutic community in Surrey.
>
> On May 21 she will celebrate five years of renewed sobriety.
