Safe & Sober Stat

Long day today. The program staff were all off duty for the holiday. The admin staff and the cook were looking after the residents. Unfortunately, for us, this was the day residents chose to come forward with a couple of the guys who were using drugs on the program.

Of course, we had to deal with this right away. We have a Zero Tolerance Policy. Ken and I confirmed the story, and sure enough, I had to ask two of our men to leave immediately.

I'm happy for the rest of the resident men to be able to spend the weekend at the Mission knowing it is a safe and sober place. Enforcing Zero Tolerance is never easy. After all, I knew these men, worked alongside them as they were in recovery, and yet, I had to evict them from their home on a winter's afternoon. Tough love isn't easy, but in the end, it is what will turn them around.

And for those who are really trying to change their lives, having removed the temptation and bad example, well, it could literally mean the difference between life and death.

He who is steadfast in
righteousness will attain to life,
And he who pursues evil will
bring about his own death.
The perverse in heart are an
abomination to the LORD,
But the blameless in their
walk are His delight.

-Proverbs 11:19 & 20