Services

Culturally respectful services may include:

  • Addiction treatment (intensive outpatient, outpatient, motivational pre-treatment, continuing care)
  • Substance abuse assessments
  • Referrals for related services (mental health, shelter, detox, drug court, Rx support, etc.)
  • Drug use testing (UA, lab, oral)
  • Transportation to access recovery
  • Peer-driven motivational enhancement pre-treatment outreach and mentorship with recovery partners
  • Community service opportunities (civic pride and court-related)
  • Victory Farm - sustainable agricultural project
  • Emergency food pantry services with the Maui Food Bank
  • Temporary sober living for single adults after 30 days of recovery who may need a safe start
  • Assistance to send a participant to residential treatment of the island (if funds permit)

Recovery Connection Line

Ka Hale Pomaika’i offers their office as a recovery community center serving as a forum for support such as 12-step meetings, Ohana gatherings, and learning circles with Kupuna. All services that KHP offers are conducted with a focus on native Hawaiian traditions and values.

Ka Hale Pomaika’i operates a Recovery Connection Line. It has been the conduit that has made it possible for folks in recovery who might be on the brink of relapse to find their way back to renewed sobriety. This “warmline” is a means where callers are able to access telephone support to:

  • gain information and outreach support for various 12-step self-help groups
  • schedule emergency food box pick-up
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What Is Addiction?

Addiction is a complex, chronic brain condition influenced by genes and the environment that is characterized by substance use or compulsive actions that continue despite harmful consequences.

For a long time, addiction meant an uncontrollable habit of using alcohol or other drugs. More recently, the concept of addiction has expanded to include behaviors called process addictions, such as gambling, internet use, gaming, and pornography, and even ordinary and necessary activities, such as eating and exercise.

Rather than using the term “addiction,” the DSM-5 classifies substance use disorders. While the diagnostic criteria vary for each type, the DSM-5 describes these disorders as a problematic pattern of use of intoxicating substances that leads to significant impairment and distress. These symptoms can result in impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and tolerance/withdrawal.

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Symptoms

The signs and symptoms vary from one addiction type to another, but some common symptoms of addiction include:

  • An inability to stop when intended
  • Changes in mood, appetite, and sleep
  • Continuing despite negative consequences
  • Denial and minimizing the impact or amount of use
  • Engaging in risky behaviors
  • Feeling preoccupied with the substance or behavior
  • Legal and financial problems
  • Feeling preoccupied with the substance or behavior
  • Legal and financial problems
  • Losing interest in other things you used to enjoy
  • Putting the substance or behavior ahead of family, work, and responsibilities
  • Secrecy, lying to cover up the use or behavior
  • Increasing the amount of a substance (or behavior) used to achieve the desired effect
  • Taking more of the substance or involvement in the behavior longer than intended
  • Withdrawal symptoms when the substance or behavior has abruptly stopped

Treatment

Recovering from an addiction is an incredible accomplishment. Going to a treatment program and becoming sober means you have done something to help yourself and those around you.  There are free programs right here on Moloka’i to welcome anyone who has the desire to find sobriety. Intensive outpatient treatment is available. Referrals for residential treatment can be made to off-island programs. It begins with a phone call to KHP (808)558-8480 or to CARES (800)753-6879. Addiction recovery is possible and very rewarding, but maintaining sobriety is still a day-at-a-time challenge. If you begin to lose sight of the reasons you agreed to get help in the first place, stop and consider the benefits of staying sober.

  • Improved Physical Health: One of the greatest benefits of staying sober is the positive physical condition your body will be in as you continue to heal from the toll that addiction took on it during active use. Many drugs including alcohol have long been robbing the body of nutrition and energy and can result in chronic health and organ damage. Amazingly, a person’s body can begin to heal and vitality is restored.
  • Restored Mental Health: A sense of well-being, clarity, peace of mind, and focus return soon after becoming sober. Memory improves as well. Using drugs including alcohol alters mental processes. Adverse addictive behaviors can also change the way the brain functions. Active recovery can aid in having a sense of mental freedom from many of the things that once caused stress, worry, fear, and sadness.
  • Stronger Spiritual Connection: Being sober and finding emotional balance, allows one to see the amazing things life has to offer. There are more fun things to experience. Financial balance improves. No longer suffering from addiction, folks find themselves thinking more positively about their life and future. Substance dependence can cause people to lose respect for themselves and others. It often makes them feel unworthy of a better life. In recovery, hope is restored. Many people find that they can feel a new sense of faith and direction and can overcome feelings of failure, isolation shame, and guilt.
  • Better Relationships: One of the most stabilizing aspects of staying sober is the improvement in relationships. There is joy in no longer feeling alone. This part of the recovery journey offers people the opportunity to make amends with their friends and family members. Sobriety sustained over a period of time is one way to make “living amends” to those that have been hurt by one’s addiction. True humility, integrity, and steadfastness bring healing to damaged relationships. These are the very tools one uses to maintain sobriety.
  • Life Takes on a New Meaning: Once a person begins experiencing all of these benefits of staying sober, it soon becomes obvious to self and others that the restored life has a new meaning, purpose, and contagious exuberance. Sobriety offers a chance to continue healthy relationships bringing peace along with emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. All of these things lead to a truly fulfilling life, one worth living sober.

12-Step Programs

Twelve-step programs have long been an important part of the recovery process and the basis for many recovery programs. Developed over 67 years ago by a small group of alcoholics, the AA program provides simple tools for living based on a set of spiritual principles and a reliance on the fellowship of men and women who share their experiences and offer their support as part of a lifelong process of recovery. This approach has since been adapted for the treatment of many other addictions and now includes other self-supporting fellowships such as NA.

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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

A twelve-step program for people in recovery from alcohol abuse. The site provides an online list of central offices and groups in the U.S. and Canada, meeting contact information, a description of the 12 steps and traditions, a listing of AA literature, and a bulletin board. Some drug addicts prefer AA to other groups as they consider alcohol to be a drug. There are 6 AA meetings on Moloka’i!

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Narcotics Anonymous World Services (NA)

This twelve-step recovery program from addiction to drugs is based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model. The site provides basic information on the program, help lines, coverage of NA events and news, reports, recommended books, audio tapes, videotapes, and information on how to start a meeting. Under Regional and Area Links, there is an online meeting locator listing registered NA meetings in the US and 35 countries worldwide. There are 5 NA meetings on Moloka’i.

Al-Anon Family Groups http://www.al-anon.alateen.org
At Al‑Anon Family Group meetings, the friends and family members of problem drinkers share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al‑Anon program to their individual situations.

They learn that they are not alone in the problems they face and that they have choices that lead to greater peace of mind, whether the drinker continues to drink or not. Sponsorship gives members an opportunity to get personal support from someone more experienced in the program. These relationships are voluntary. Members ask another member to be their sponsor when they believe that person will be suitable as a mentor in applying to the program. The Twelve Steps, the Twelve Traditions, and the Twelve Concepts of Service are Al-Anon’s three Legacies. The spiritual principles of the Al-Anon program derive from these Legacies. Yes…There is an Al-anon meeting on Moloka’i.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

A twelve-step program for people in recovery from alcohol abuse. The site provides an online list of central offices and groups in the U.S. and Canada, meeting contact information, a description of the 12 steps and traditions, a listing of AA literature, and a bulletin board. Some drug addicts prefer AA to other groups as they consider alcohol to be a drug. There are 6 AA meetings on Moloka’i!

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Narcotics Anonymous World Services (NA)

This twelve-step recovery program from addiction to drugs is based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model. The site provides basic information on the program, help lines, coverage of NA events and news, reports, recommended books, audio tapes, videotapes, and information on how to start a meeting. Under Regional and Area Links, there is an online meeting locator listing registered NA meetings in the US and 35 countries worldwide. There are 5 NA meetings on Moloka’i.

Al-Anon Family Groups http://www.al-anon.alateen.org
At Al‑Anon Family Group meetings, the friends and family members of problem drinkers share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al‑Anon program to their individual situations.

They learn that they are not alone in the problems they face and that they have choices that lead to greater peace of mind, whether the drinker continues to drink or not. Sponsorship gives members an opportunity to get personal support from someone more experienced in the program. These relationships are voluntary. Members ask another member to be their sponsor when they believe that person will be suitable as a mentor in applying to the program. The Twelve Steps, the Twelve Traditions, and the Twelve Concepts of Service are Al-Anon’s three Legacies. The spiritual principles of the Al-Anon program derive from these Legacies. Yes…There is an Al-anon meeting on Moloka’i.

12-Step Meeting Schedule for Moloka’i

AA Meetings
Virtual Meetings

  • Monday: 7–8 PM “Friendly Isle Fellowship” *OM/NS (zoom only for now)
  • Thursday: 7–8 PM “Friendly Isle Fellowship” *OM/NS (zoom only for now)

Live/ Blended Meetings:

  • Wednesday: 5:30–6:30 PM “Mana’e Serenity” Ka Hale Pomaika’i *OM/NS
  • Saturday:  5:30–6:30 PM “Mana’e Serenity” Ka Hale Pomaika’i *OM/NS
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NA Meetings:  Live Meeting Held at the Sober House – Call for Directions 808-558-8480

Friday: 6 PM–7 PM Manila Camp Meeting - Just for Today’s Discussion OM/NS

*OM = Open Meeting for All
*NS = No Smoking