Frequently Asked Questions
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Bethany Hall is a residential therapeutic center for those who need and qualify for this treatment model. (Chemically addicted women 18 years of age or older are our target population.)
How long does treatment last?
Because clients need constant, long-term therapeutic care, the Bethany Hall program lasts approximately nine months. During that time, residential clients receive services 7-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day. After a client completes the residential component, she moves into the transitional component of the program. Bethany Hall also has a day treatment component and 30-day program for those who qualify for those tracts.
How long has Bethany Hall been in operation?
Bethany Hall was established in 1970 and has served more than 1,800 women.
Is Bethany Hall a state program?
No, Bethany Hall is a private, nonprofit treatment center. (The program is licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.)
What if the woman in need is pregnant or has children?
Unlike most residential programs, Bethany Hall allows pregnant women to participate and, whenever possible, does not separate mothers from their children. For those women, special programs such as Bethany Hall's Women with Children Program and the Prenatal Program can provide the support they need.
Why is the program open to women only?
Many of the women in the Bethany Hall program have not only accumulated the damage of substance abuse, but have suffered from physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well. For reasons of safety, and to limit distractions from the goal of recovery, a single gender program has been deemed most effective.
How is Bethany Hall funded?
Public funding and grants cover only a portion of the cost of treatment at Bethany Hall. Our program relies on donations from individuals and organizations. Please consider making a generous donation today. To learn how to make a donation click here. Make a donation.
Why should I help these women? Haven't they brought their problems on themselves?
The disease of addiction may be the most complex and misunderstood disorder afflicting the human race. It is almost impossible for those who do not know the disease to imagine. Addiction virtually eliminates the capacity to make meaningful choices about the use of or abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. In a very real sense, the addicted person does not have any choice about using the very substance that is destroying their life.
Once in treatment and free from the addictive substance, the capacity to make choices is carefully reconstructed. The recovering addict can become a person capable of making sound decisions and good choices.Without treatment, the addict is left at the mercy of the advancing addictive disease.
Devoid of the capacity to make healthy choices, the addict will often become completely disenfranchised, homeless, or involved in the judicial system. These outcomes result in enormous expense (financial, social and emotional) to everyone in the community; such far reaching costs are greater than the cost of treatment.
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