Items to Bring

Flower Arrangement
  • Sunglasses/sunscreens
  • Picture ID
  • Social Security card
  • Health insurance card
  • Clothing for one week
  • Shoes, casual and recreational
  • Sleepwear (modest)
  • Swimsuits (modest, summer only)
  • Clothes hangers
  • Laundry soap, fabric softener
  • Laundry bag
  • Towel and washcloth
  • Personal care items (30-day supply)
  • Medications (30-day supply)
    • No habit-forming medications
    • Must be in original container
    • With label intact
    • Pills may not be mixed
  • Paper, pens, pencils, envelopes stamps, 3-ring binder
  • Spending money no more than $150
  • Bring quarters for laundry and vending machines

Do Not Bring

  • Items containing alcohol (perfume/cologne, mouthwash)
  • Cigars, pipes or chewing tobacco
  • Cards, dice or any games of chance
  • Aerosol cans (pump hairspray only)
  • Electronic/Entertainment equipment (radios, TVs, video games, cameras, laptops, PDA/Palm Pilot, etc.)
  • Reading material that is not recovery/spiritually oriented
  • Food or beverages, candy or gum
  • Liquid bleach
  • Nail polish and/or remover
  • Clothing that advertises bars, alcohol, drugs, gambling or offensive subjects
  • No sleeveless, spaghetti straps or strapless tops, short shorts, or tight clothes
  • Pornographic materials
  • Weapons of any kind
  • Vehicles, bicycles

Optional

  • Cell phone and charger
  • Cigarettes (30-day supply)
  • Personal CD player (no radio)
  • Alarm clock (no radio)
  • Reading material (Bible, recovery and morally acceptable materials only)
    • Big Book
    • 12-steps
    • 12 Traditions
    • Daily Reflections and Life Recovery

Bibles are provided by Calvary Addiction Recovery Center. Other recovery-oriented books are available for purchase.