Intentions
Soon after our founding in 1989, the Birch staff and Board of Directors adopted a set of principles to serve as the foundation of our relationships and behaviors in serving our members. These principles came to be known as The Birch Intentions and are meant to set the tone of the recovery environment.
In everything we do, we intend
- To be kind.
- To inspire hope.
- To respect and befriend men and women overwhelmed by life.
- To be just.
- To bring a measure of joy into every life we touch.
- To do no harm.
- To offer ourselves without discrimination.
- To serve with patience, persistence and forgiveness, not regarding symptoms of illness as evidence of failure.
- To create an environment in which dreams are born, encouraged and pursued.
- To be a beginning, not an end.
