The mission of Buffalo Valley, Inc. is to provide alcohol and substance abuse treatment, transitional and permanent housing, economic and community development and other supportive services for low income, homeless, and other residents of rural Tennessee to help them move through a continuum of care into recovery, meaningful employment and safe and secure housing.
At Buffalo Valley our belief is that chemical dependency is a primary, progressive and chronic disease that can be fatal and therefore, it is imperative that the alcoholic/addict be treated as a person suffering from an illness. Chemical dependency results from a number of causative factors including those which physiological, psychological, spiritual and social in nature and origin. Therefore, our treatment approach addressed the individual needs of each person seeking our help. Assessments identify the presence of conditions contributing to substance use/abuse and how alterations of these conditions may contribute to a positive treatment outcome.
Buffalo Valley believes that individuals who demonstrate an inability to adequately and consistently abstain from the use of alcohol and/or other mood altering chemicals through outpatient treatment attempts require a residential, drug free environment as a desirable first step in their rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation, in this context, includes both total abstinence from alcohol and other mood altering drugs and therapeutic interventions to stabilize the various life and health problems resulting from substance dependence.
Buffalo Valley views people as basically good with an inherent ability to learn, to respond and to grow. However, the addiction process distorts these abilities and therefore, covers one’s feelings of worth and goodness. We educate the individual regarding the mature of the illness and the effect on the individual, his/her family and/or significant other.
Our philosophy is oriented to the 12 Step recovery process of supporting changes in thinking and behavior that will enhance the recovery process for the individual.