On February 9, 1989, Tabor Lodge opened its doors to addicted people and their families.
Ballindeasig House was owned by the Sisters of Mercy and they felt they could play a role in alleviating the hardship and poverty caused to families in Cork by the addiction of a parent. Sister Margaret Kiely enrolled in Hazelden Addiction Counsellor Training Programme in Minnesota USA to learn a treatment method that was enjoying good outcomes with alcoholic people.
The treatment programme at Tabor Lodge had humble beginnings. People don’t come beating down the doors of an addiction treatment centre to gain admission. A stigma was attached to being alcoholic and a combination of defiance and shame hindered people asking for help. Gradually, confidence in Tabor Lodge grew. Admissions increased slowly. VHI became interested in good results and included Tabor Lodge among its approved addiction treatment providers. Much hard work was invested in convincing key people in the Southern Health Board that it should fund medical card holders who could not afford treatment costs.
Source: The Irish Examiner, 10/09/2010
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