Addiction Services

Headshot of Michelle, she is standing in front of a concrete block wall painted blue. She is wearing a black turtleneck. She is smiling proudly.

Michelle’s Story

At 21, Michelle had her own apartment, a psychology degree and a promising future. But she lost it all when she became addicted to alcohol and opiates. After several attempts at detox, Michelle found Bay Cove, where she was challenged to fight for her sobriety, and given the tools, techniques and support she needed.

Today, she’s been clean and sober for five years, and is now helping others receive the life-changing services she did.

Substance use disorder is a disease that takes a terrible toll on those afflicted with it, as well as their families and support systems. Bay Cove specializes in providing a continuum of substance use disorder services, including detoxification, short-term residential programming, individual and group counseling, and outpatient treatment for opiate addiction.

We design and operate our programs with the understanding that addiction is a medical condition and that with effective, long-term treatment tailored to individual needs, people with alcohol and/or drug addiction can recover and lead productive lives.

The ultimate goal of addiction treatment is to enable an individual to achieve lasting abstinence, but the immediate goals are to reduce drug use, improve a patient's ability to function and minimize the medical and social complications of substance use disorder.

  • Six nurses at the nursing station, two are sitting and four are standing. They are wearing bright patterns and smiling at the camera.

    Andrew House Treatment Center

    Bay Cove's Andrew House Treatment Center is an acute treatment facility that provides medically monitored detoxification to individuals over 18 years old who need short-term care and treatment for addiction to alcohol, benzodiazepines, heroin, methamphetamines, and other opiates. We prioritize admission of individuals who struggle with the challenges associated with substance use disorder (SUD) and homelessness. Services are provided in a safe, welcoming atmosphere.

    Andrew House admits patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Admission to the program requires a call to our intake department at 617-318-5600.

    Call us
  • A counselor and a patient sit in red leather chairs in an office with an exposed brick wall and large window. The counselor is talking. The patient has her back to the camera.

    Bay Cove Treatment Center

    The Bay Cove Treatment Center is an outpatient treatment program (OTP) for people with Opioid Use Disorder. The Center provides intensive, seven-day-a-week outpatient Medication Assisted Treatment with methadone. People may enroll in this program at any point in their recovery journey. The three pronged approach to treatment includes daily individualized methadone treatment, weekly counseling, and expert case management to address housing, healthcare, transportation or other barriers to recovery.

    Individuals seeking services from the Bay Cove Treatment Center can connect with us through a referral agent or self-refer directly at (617) 371-3030. Additionally, the Treatment Center offers a walk-in intake clinic on Thursdays, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

    Call us
  • Woman in the foreground, standing with her back to the camera, wearing a shirt that says "caspar street outreach." A woman in the background is helping load bags onto a white van.

    CASPAR First Step Street Outreach

    Our First Step Street Outreach program offers life-saving supports to unsheltered homeless men and women who are affected by substance use disorders, mental illness and medical complications associated with life on the streets. First Step staff engage homeless people where they are in the community, and build trusting relationships. The goal is to promote human dignity and connect people with the services they need and save a life today so that recovery is possible tomorrow.

    To contact a member of the First Step team, please call 617-592-6895.

    Call us
  • Six volunteers standing in the CASPAR Shelter hallway. Three volunteers in the back are holding folded sweatshirts. They are smiling.

    CASPAR Emergency Services & Shelter

    The CASPAR Emergency Services Center (ESC) is a shelter that accepts homeless men and women who are actively using drugs and alcohol. At the ESC, guests receive medical and mental health care, nutritious meals, personal hygiene supplies, clean clothes, counseling and case management, as well as access to employment, housing, and treatment referrals in an environment that is welcoming and safe.

    In 2020, following the advent of the COVID-19 crisis, CASPAR teamed up with the City of Cambridge to establish a second, temporary shelter, which allowed us to decongregate the Emergency Services Center—preserving our capacity to serve people experiencing homelessness while reducing overcrowding at the ESC shelter on Albany Street in Cambridge. This second site, now known as the Transition Wellness Center (TWC), is now located at Cambridge’s Spaulding Hospital. The new city-funded facility features 58 beds on two floors, and has been renovated to serve the needs of of homeless guests.

    ESC Shelter Location: 240 Albany St., Cambridge. Phone: 617-661-0600.

    Transitional Wellness Center Location: Spaulding Hospital, 1575 Cambridge St, Cambridge. Phone: (617) 401-4444.

    Call us
  • Hagan Manor, a large brick building with three floors and a pitched roof. The building has many large windows, and glass double doors.

    CASPAR Men's Residences

    Our Men’s Residences provide a six-to-nine month residential experience for men who are actively working on early sobriety. Male identifying people aged 18 and over who have completed detox find a structured, sober environment at CASPAR, where they can build the skills and relationships needed to establish a sober life.

    Case managers work with residents to build relapse prevention skills while teaching the principles of harm reduction and the basics of men’s wellness. Residential treatment emphasizes the importance of anger management, impulse control, personal responsibility, and a wide array of independent living skills intended to promote self-sufficiency.

    Phone: 617-623-5277

    Call us
  • Profile of two women seated on a couch. One woman is holding a piece of paper, both women are smiling.

    CASPAR Woman Place

    Woman Place is a six-to-nine month residential addiction treatment program for people who identify as women. In a safe and nurturing environment, the women build their early recovery skills and learn a wide array of independent living skills intended to promote self-sufficiency. Most women in substance use treatment have experienced trauma, domestic violence and other social and emotional stressors, others may struggle with the loss of children due to active substance use. Woman Place staff offer groups and 1:1 counseling around women’s health issues, building sober relationships, relapse prevention, and harm reduction education.

    Phone: 617-661-6020

    Call us
  • Head shot of a smiling woman sitting next to a window.

    CASPAR New Day - Opening August 2023

    New Day will be a residential treatment program specifically designed for individuals who identify as women who are seeking treatment for co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders. This specialized program will support women as they stabilize and build the skills needed for long term recovery, while reintegrating into the community and returning to social, vocational, and educational roles. New Day will provide goal-oriented clinical services, psychiatry, and medication management in a safe, welcoming atmosphere.

    Phone: 617-628-8188

    Call us
  • Andrea is standing on a staircase with her hands folded on the banister. She is wearing a gray sweatshirt and smiling proudly at the camera.

    CASPAR Grow House

    GROW House is an aftercare housing program for formerly homeless women who have graduated from residential addiction treatment programs but may need more time to stabilize in recovery. Residents live in a supportive community where they receive intensive case management to address lingering barriers to a healthy, stable life. The women are required to be employed, to have a community based substance use counselor, and actively working towards their stated goals.

    Phone: 617-661-6020

    Call us

  • The Mirasol Center for Healing

    The Mirasol Center for Healing (MCH) is an innovative, trauma-responsive program for adults. We prioritize admission for those who struggle with the challenges associated with substance use disorder (SUD) and homelessness. Mirasol offers a menu of harm reduction and substance use treatment services. While these services are open to anyone who meets eligibility criteria, the program was designed to meet the needs of those who are homeless and live unsheltered in the “Mass & Cass” area of Boston. Mirasol is intended to be a space where individuals feel safe from the rigors of the street.

    Core services that individuals can choose from are provided through a multidisciplinary team—including nursing, medical/psychiatry, clinical therapy, case management, medication assisted treatment, and peer recovery navigation. In collaboration with our partners– the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program–we provide outreach, basic survival support, and transportation to The Mirasol Center.

    Phone: 617-318-5118

    Call us
“At Bay Cove, I was exposed to a positive way of life in a comforting and safe environment, and my counselors helped me by giving me respect, by having expectations of me, and providing me the structure I needed to get well. They reconnected me to who I was before my addiction.

Now, I’m working to help others—working for the moment when I stop seeing the disease in someone’s eyes, and start seeing the hope. I’ve been where they were, and I’ve come a long way. Today is pretty amazing.”
— Michelle
“One of the things that was so attractive about working at Bay Cove was that, because of my experience in the field, I understood the complexity of things clients deal with. It’s systemic and really challenging for them to manage substance abuse disorder, homelessness, and being uninsured all at the same time.

I now have colleagues under the same organization that are helping people address the concerns and challenges that one division alone or multiple outside organizations could not do. Having everything here, using the same language, looking at the same mission, being able to coordinate care… It’s promising having everything under one umbrella.”
— Bay Cove Staff person

DONATE

We all want to live a meaningful life.