Stepping Stones Recovery House For Women Society - Courtenay, British Columbia

Sooner P.

During my time as Stepping stones I learned so many valuable life skills/ tools that made me feel very secure in my recovery!

They have an awesome support team and were always happy to help with any needs I had!

They were very accommodating when it came to seeing/speaking with my little one!

After leaving they still have been very supportive and helpful in my recovery process!

The girls in the house are also truly amazing and I made some of the best life long connections being in the house!

I highly recommend this recovery house for anyone struggle with substance issues!

I will forever be grateful for the women and the house!

Destani D.

I owe my life to this place! I found my true self here and it’s definitely my home away from home 💛 the connections I’ve made here over the 3 months will last forever.
If you are having a hard time right now just know it’s OK to ask for help and there is a way to get better, and you are worthy of it. Today I love myself and am grateful to be alive, healthy and clean. I used to think it was impossible to be this genuinely happy.
Thank you Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Society Tammy Gough Sara Nolan for giving me the safe space to do the healing and growing I needed. I love you all so much. A great place for women to go, with the best supports ever. 💛💛

Sammi H.

There is so much support and love in this house!! I can’t express how grateful I am to have been able to go to stepping stones, and how much I learnt about myself and my addiction from coming here and working their program. The bonds and connections I have made here are for life, the recovery community here is soooo strong. If you are struggling and you need help, these wonderful woman can help you get back to where you want to be in life and give you the tools you need to succeed and stay clean/sober. I love every one of you at the house, and I wish you all the very best!! Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to choose life again and for guiding me to the right path on my healing journey.

Ali &. E. K.

I highly recommend not going here. To start the website is deceiving. It's nothing as it portrays the place to be. It says you get treated with dignity and respect. Which I completely disagree with. I went in there as a self pay client with a lot of self esteem and social anxiety issues. I was encouraged by the lady that ran the place to learn how to properly speak my truth and stick up for myself. There was a client there (new the lady that ran the place) that I feel was bullying me and acting superior. So I thought this an opportunity to speak my mind. It took a lot of courage for me to do this as I am so anxious about confrontation. After I confronted the client I was told I was just trying to start trouble and she took the other clients side. I felt my mind was being played with as I was told in the beginning to start sticking up for myself. There was another issue that I still hold a resentment until this day and hopefully with writing my review I can forgive and move forward. When I first arrived I told my story and how I was raised to the girls there. Functioning alcoholic parents. Dad died of cirrhosis. During step group we were each reading our answers to our steps. I was on step one and asked what is my vision of a higher power. I answered. "I believe my father is in heaven standing beside God" and before I could finish my answer she said "wait, wait, wait. Do you really think your father. An alcoholic. Is standing beside God in heaven. I was absolutely jaw dropped. The only reason I continued to stay is because I didn't want to relapse. This was like 6 years ago so hopefully I can finally let it go and have peace. Good luck on your recovery journey.

Tammy G.

As Stepping Stones newly elected acting Executive Director I'd like to personally apologize on behalf of our Society for the negative experiences these 2 ladies endured while at the facility. We have made many changes with leadership and it is our goal to provide a safe place where women are treated with respect and dignity while on their healing journey.

Brittany H.

I didn't really like it that well at all I thought it was kind of overwhelming to the fact when I ask somebody if they could help me with my booklets and help me read some of them I would not get a response or any help and when I was pregnant when I went there and I asked if I could go to the hospital to make sure baby was OK they said no unless you have an appointment with your doctor and your doctor says it I could not even eat I was getting sick I was getting very overwhelmed and having major panic attacks in that just felt alone when no one wanted to help me I had no one really to talk to And the fact that I was pregnant and I asked if I could please go have a rest they said no you have to be in the program and do the Whatever body else does I was the cleanest when there I just think it was a very bad experience going to my 1st time going to treatment but I did it on my own and I got myself clean by myself