who are we

The Walter A. "Slim" Thorpe Recovery Centre Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing client centred and community based addiction services.

In 1975, the dream was real.  The Walter A. "Slim" Thorpe Recovery Centre was opened in the nurses' residence of the local hospital offering the much needed detoxification unit for chemically dependent individuals.  The building was named after "Slim" Thorpe, in tribute to his devoted work in helping those suffering from alcoholism....read more

We currently offer a 6 bed non medical detox unit and 28 beds for residential treatment for chemical dependency and problem gambling.

Our mandate is to provide the best quality service we can to assist anyone who is concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol, drug, or gambling use.

What's New

Always growing, ever changing, continuing to provide the best services for our clients.

• Online applications - chemical dependency or gambling
• On September 1, 2007 we ran our first 28 day chemical dependency program.  Lecture material is the same  as our 21 day chemically dependent program, with additional programming....read more
• The Thorpe Recovery Centre has officially purchased land and within two (2) years we will move to our new facility.  We will document this exciting journey on our What's New page.  Please check back regularly for updates.

Welcome to the Thorpe web site.