Recovery isn’t found. It’s built.
Daily. Deliberately. Together.
ElevAte Living continues to elevate lives by addressing the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of recovery – building a foundation for healing, stability, and long-term transformation.
About ElevAte
ElevAte Living is a transformational recovery-oriented housing model designed to support individuals in early and sustained recovery through a structured, values-based environment. The program integrates physical, mental, and spiritual health as foundational pillars, recognizing that long-term recovery requires holistic care, accountability, and purpose-driven living. ElevAte Living opened its first recovery house — The Dover House — on February 1, 2026.
The program will serve participants committed to recovery, personal growth, and reintegration into society while emphasizing community, nutrition, movement, identification, and spiritual alignment as core recovery tools.
Our Purpose
Mission
To provide a safe, structured, and supportive sober living environment that empowers program participants to rebuild their lives through holistic wellness, accountability, and spiritual grounding.
Vision
To redefine transformational housing by fostering recovery homes that feel dignified, purpose-driven, and rooted in lasting transformation — helping program participants become healthy, self-sufficient members of their communities.
Core Values
· Integrity & Accountability
· Holistic Wellness (Physical, Mental & Spiritual)
· Community & Connection
· Personal Responsibility
· Growth Through Service
Holistic Health Framework
At ElevAte Living, recovery is not just about abstinence — it is about returning to health across the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of life. We believe sustainable recovery happens when the whole person is supported.
Physical Health
ElevAte Living provides participants with:
Rebuilding safety, strength, and stability in the body.
- Safe, substance-free housing environment
- Structured daily routines that create rhythm and stability
- Movement-based wellness (strength training, functional fitness, walking, mobility work)
- Foundational nutrition education and practical meal planning
- Sleep hygiene and restorative routines
- Nervous system regulation through physical practices
- Rebuilding physical self-respect and body awareness
- Accountability for health habits and lifestyle commitments
- Access to fitness, nutrition, and wellness resources
- Support in establishing sustainable, healthy routines
- Education on stress management through movement and physical regulation
- Encouragement of preventative health practices and medical follow-up
- Reconnecting with the body after years of disconnection or self-neglect
This pillar is about moving from survival mode to physical alignment and vitality.
Mental Health
ElevAte Living provides participants with:
Strengthening emotional regulation, resilience, and personal responsibility.
- Structured daily accountability and goal-setting
- Emotional regulation skill-building
- Trauma-informed exploration of patterns and behaviours
- Recovery-oriented coaching and 1:1 support
- Development of self-awareness and insight
- Cognitive reframing and mindset work
- Exploration of the “whys underneath the whys”
- Anger management and impulse control strategies
- Healthy communication and boundary-setting
- Life skills development (time management, organization, financial literacy)
- Employment and education support
- Relapse prevention planning and behavioural pattern interruption
- Building frustration tolerance and distress tolerance
- Restoring dignity through responsibility and follow-through
- Creating consistency where chaos once existed
This pillar focuses on building mental clarity, emotional maturity, and internal stability.
Spiritual Health
ElevAte Living provides participants with:
Restoring meaning, connection, and alignment.
- A spiritually grounded, non-denominational environment
- Space for reflection, personal values clarification, and purpose exploration
- Rebuilding self-trust and integrity
- Alignment with core beliefs and personal principles
- Practices that cultivate gratitude and perspective
- Service, contribution, and community connection
- Exploration of identity beyond addiction
- Healing shame through compassion and curiosity
- Encouragement of personal growth and self-forgiveness
- Building a life that feels worth staying sober for
- Reclaiming dignity and inherent worth
- Moving from “human doing” to “human being”
- Community-based recovery — because recovery is built together
This pillar is about reconnecting to self, to others, and to something greater — however each individual defines that.
Program Overview
ElevAte Living provides participants with
Safe, substance free
housing
Structured daily routines and accountability
Access to fitness, nutrition, and wellness resources
Support for employment, education, vocational training and life skills
A spiritually grounded, non denominational environment
Program participants are expected to actively participate in their recovery, uphold standards, and contribute to the supportive community environment.
Community Partnerships
Partnerships include:
Nutrition providers and meal support services
Certified health and lifestyle, wellness, fitness, nutrition, and recovery coaches
Holistic health care practitioners and services providers
Other recovery-based organizations, centres, collectives, businesses and communities
Alberta Health Services as an aligned system partner (non-clinical)