Manitowoc Lighthouse Addiction Recovery Center

Manitowoc Lighthouse Addiction Recovery Center

LIGHTHOUSE RECOVERY COMMUNITY CENTER

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are implementing safe practices. Please see our Facebook page and calendar for services (follow the links):


New for May!

  • We will no longer be offering Gamblers Anonymous until a better time and day can be established, if someone you are serving needs support for gambling addiction, please feel free to have them contact us.
  • Art in Recovery will continue to be held on Fridays at 4pm except for the 21st due to our Recovery Coach Academy training.
    • There are limited supplies so if someone is interested in attending, come in and sign up prior to the class or call 920-374-4433 to sign up. We will also do our best to ensure that no one is turned away.

Contact: Alex Hunt, Programming Manager, Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, 721 Park St, Manitowoc


Anyone seeking support may call or text 920-374-3989

  • Face to face 12 step meetings are still an option at the Alano Club at 404 South 29th Street in Manitowoc


“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”   Helen Keller

Manitowoc Addiction Recovery 

Providing a LIGHT OF HOPE through the darkness of addiction

The public is ready for a different story to go along with substance abuse and addiction. The focus is often put on the addiction side of the story; but there is another side of the story. It’s about recovery!  Everyone is affected by addiction in some form or another so we’ve set out to address this situation.

Because treatment is not always available to those struggling with Substance Use Disorder, the Lighthouse Recovery Community Center provides a safe and social space to those seeking recovery from addiction. The center is using one of the most successful means to recovery — peer-to-peer support with a coach on staff to help members work on their recovery plan. Telling our story and sharing our experience, strength, and hope is how we learn to live and watch others do the same.

Click on and follow these links to see, print or download files:

Embracing Pathways to Substance Abuse Recovery

We have established and continue to sustain a recovery community organization and center that embraces all pathways to addiction recovery. In addition, we support all individuals impacted by the disease through education, coaching, programming, referrals and advocacy. The Center is dedicated to helping people struggling with addiction — and their families — to regain their lives and thrive again.


Contact Information:

  • Address: 721 Park Street, Manitowoc, WI  54220
  • Phone: 920-374-4433
  • Email: lrccdirector@gmail.com
Learn more, “LIKE” and share our page, follow our journey . . . and please SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISERS and DONATE to keep our doors open at: 
Llighthouse Recovery Community Center-Facebook  

Be inspired knowing that recovery is alive and well in our community and around the world!


Friends and donors have posted:

“Our community has been needing something like this! So excited to see all of the memories this place holds in the future and how much like home it will feel for people!!!”

“Peer to Peer support is the best path to sustainable recovery. You have my support 100%!”

“Thank you for sharing your vision with action!!”

“Education, advocacy, openly sharing my experiences… it’s part of my soul and close to my heart. Your dedication and hard work is a testament to how necessary these resources are. I’m excited to see it come to fruition. Love💙”

“It’s refreshing seeing how the community is rallying around those with a substance abuse disorder! My heart and passion is to come along side them and be a part of recovery in Manitowoc. Your efforts are inspiring!”

“Your story and passion are inspiring. Keep up the good work!”

“This [donation] can be used for whatever is deemed most crucial . . . Thanks for the great work!”

Virtual Peer Specialist Training

Virtual Peer Specialist Training

Virtual Peer Specialist Training

Only 50 applications accepted. Applications open at noon on February 8, 2021. Application CLOSES:noon on March 8th, 2021.

Join our virtual training to become a a Certified Peer Specialist, someone who has lived experience with mental illness and/or substance use and has formal training to support recovery. You must apply and pass an interview to be eligible for the training.

TRAINING DATES:

  • April 5th through 9th
  • April 12th through 16th
  • April 19th through 23rd and April 26th
    5 PM – 8 PM each day
    *Attendance at all sessions required*

For more information or to register, contact:
Stephanie Birmingham, Options for Independent Living
stephanieb@optionsil.org; 920-495-9688 (cell)

United Way Manitowoc 211 Tools!

United Way Manitowoc 211 Tools!

United Way Manitowoc County 211 Tools

United Way Manitowoc County is excited to announce the launch of new online 211 tools to help Wisconsinites get connected to mental health and substance use services and information. You may always call 211 for help!

Click on these new online tools:

If you have questions:

If you have any questions about the new online 211 tools — or 211 in general — please contact United Way Manitowoc County at (920) 682-8888 or info@unitedwaymanitowoccounty.org.


United Way Manitowoc County

Office: (920) 682-8888 | Cell: (920) 901-9577

21 East Waldo Blvd. | Manitowoc, WI 54220

WIRCO’S Virtual 24 Hours of Recovery

WIRCO’S Virtual 24 Hours of Recovery

12 days left until 24 Hours of Recovery! Beginning at 6:00 PM on September 15th. Visit WIRCO Sheboygan at https://www.facebook.com/wircos/

This is WIRCO’s major annual fundraiser featuring a different speaker live, every hour for 24 hours, all virtually via Facebook Live so you can enjoy it from the comforts of home.  We are excited and grateful to have so many great speakers ready to share their experience, strength and hope with everyone.

MONTEE BALL

Montee Ball from Wisconsin Voices for Recovery will begin the event at 6 PM on 09/25.  Montee Ball is a former running back for the Denver Broncos of the NFL. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was drafted by the Broncos in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft. His NFL career sputtered out in just three seasons due to issues stemming from his alcoholism and depression.  He is hoping to continue helping others avoid his mistakes by speaking candidly about his struggles with alcoholism and mental illness that contributed to the end of his football career.  We thank Wisconsin Voices for Recovery for their sponsorship of Montee and for all of the work they do for the recovery community.   

CHESTER MARCOL

Chester Marcol will wrap up the event at 6 PM on 09/26 by sharing his journey and then offering a book signing.  By 1972, Chester Marcol became a household name in Wisconsin after being named National Football League rookie of the year with the Green Bay Packers. He led the league in scoring in two of his first three years and was among the top place-kickers in the game.  In his autobiography Alive and Kicking Marcol talks about the hurdles he overcame as a Polish immigrant to become an NFL star, provides a no-holds-barred look at his alcohol and substance abuse that cost him his football career and family. A member of the Packers Hall of Fame, Marcol lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where he works as a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor and fights the daily battle to remain clean and sober.

WIRCO Services

For more information about WIRCO, or if you are in need of services, please contact us at 920-234-5016 or online at wirco.org.