Sunrise Healing Lodge has been providing addictions treatment in Calgary since 1974, through Indigenous Culture & the 12-step program of recovery. Our low-barrier and trauma-informed programming is open to people from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Our unique treatment program blends cultural teachings with a 12 Step approach, allowing our clients to work through all 12 steps while in treatment, learn cultural practices to connect with their spirituality, and build life skills to support relapse prevention and community connection.

Inpatient Program:  14 Week program that offers all genders an intensive program consisting of group sessions and one-to-one counselling. Clients develop a treatment plan based on the Medicine Wheel to ensure that recovery is focused on whole-person wellness. Group sessions cover all 12 Steps, Boundaries, Anger, Relationships, Self-Worth, Defense Mechanisms, and Cultural and Spiritual Teachings. The program also includes referrals, aftercare planning, and relapse prevention.

Outpatient Program: 13 Week or 4 Week Condensed Program consisting of group sessions, 1-1 Counselling, participation in Ceremony and Elder Support.

Family Counselling Program: An 8 Week Program offered to all Inpatient and Outpatient clients, focused on family healing and reconnection. The Family Program covers topics such as Traditional Parenting, History of Colonization, Intergenerational Healing, Self-Worth, Conflict Resolution, Healthy Communication, and Community Reintegration.

Cultural Initiatives for Healing Program: Interwoven in everything we do, this program offers teachings focused on the Medicine Wheel, Seven Sacred Teachings, Cultural Identity, participation in Pipe Ceremony, Smudge, Sweat Lodge, medicine harvesting, land-based teachings and Elder support.