New Beginnings

New Beginnings Peer Recovery Support Center is a recovery oriented sanctuary anchored in the heart of downtown Lawrence. The center opened in January 2014 and provides peer-to-peer recovery support using its volunteer/member force to deliver services. New Beginnings maintains a member driven schedule Monday – Saturday where recovery related workshops, training, services, meetings and social events are consistently delivered. To date the center serves approximately one hundred people each day in recovery or friends and family who are concerned with recovery. New Beginnings Peer Recovery Center provides a safe environment where shared experience leads to empowerment, respect and a sense of wellness. Hosted by Spectrum Health Systems, New Beginnings succeeds because it offers an environment free of stigma and judgment – one that supports members to pursue their own personal growth as they work toward becoming active participants in their community.