Fellowship House

Fellowship House Call 1-888-HELP-120 to schedule an assessment today. We believe that recovery extends beyond treatment and meetings and into real life.

Leaders Of Long Term Recovery in Pennsylvania

We combine proven recovery principles with new, innovative techniques to provide one of the most effective programs for young men in the country. At Fellowship House, we provide a design for living that focuses on education and service. We have strong relationships with the twelve universities and vocational schools in the area and ensure that our fellows pursue their personal goals while entering sobriety. We also stress independence and responsibility, making sure each individual is financially solid in self and helping to make their community a better place. As a treatment center, Fellowship House offers both residential and outpatient treatment services to individuals and families affected by addiction and alcoholism. We are a DDAP-licensed provider of general outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization program treatment services, as well as Level of Care Assessments. We offer residential housing for up to forty (40) men between the ages of 18-35, and these patients are then blended with up to seventy (70) ambulatory patients (men and women of all age groups) who reside in Northeast Pennsylvania, for treatment purposes. Each of the residents begins his course of treatment as a PHP patient, next steps down to become an IOP patient, then steps down to become an OP patient, and may finally elect to reside on property for continued sober living. The non-residential patients are enrolled in our PHP, IOP or OP programs, depending on his or her prior treatment and a level of care assessment by our clinical staff. PHP patients experience 38 weekly hours of treatment, which occur largely in group and individual counseling sessions, as well as adventure trek and recreational therapies. IOP patients experience 17 weekly hours of treatment, which also include group counseling and individual counseling, individual counseling and recreational/adventure trek therapies. OP patients experience 10 weekly hours of group and individual counseling. Group sessions are offered three times a day from Monday – Friday. Individual sessions are scheduled and conducted, weekly, according to the schedules of the respective clinicians and patients. Saturdays (and some evenings) are reserved for the recreational therapies and adventure trek components of our program(s). Sundays are reserved for family visits, sessions and closed groups limited only to residential patients.

Volunteer Spotlight: Chris ScrimalliSome people give a little. Chris shows up with a big bird and 32 full Thanksgiving d...
11/27/2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Chris Scrimalli

Some people give a little. Chris shows up with a big bird and 32 full Thanksgiving dinners like it’s nothing but love.

Tuesday night, he cooked for our guys — fresh vegetables, full plates, the whole warming-the-soul routine — and delivered it all to the house as a surprise. The staff lit up. The community lit up. And the men felt what Northeastern Pennsylvania does best: real connection, real generosity, real recovery in motion.

Chris is a brother in long-term recovery, and he brings that lived fire with him. For many of our men who aren’t from this region, he’s one of the first reminders that NEPA has one of the strongest, most sincere recovery communities in the country.

Chris, we love you. We’re grateful for you.
Happy Thanksgiving, brother.

Gratitude isn’t just a feeling — it’s a practice that rewires the way we carry our days. This week’s blog sits right in ...
11/26/2025

Gratitude isn’t just a feeling — it’s a practice that rewires the way we carry our days. This week’s blog sits right in that pocket: the small rituals, the unexpected grace, the moments that soften the edges and give recovery its oxygen. If you need a five-minute reset or a reminder of what still shines, give it a read.



When I was sixteen, I found myself in a reformatory boot camp, South Mountain, Pennsylvania. It was a strange place to end up for a kid who liked oil painting, pot smoke, and the music of the sixties and seventies. Overnight, I was stripped of all that. My head was shaved. I was woken at 3 a.m. to p...

Special thanks to our friends and neighbors at MyCIL.They’re not just a community partner—this is the crew that opens th...
11/21/2025

Special thanks to our friends and neighbors at MyCIL.

They’re not just a community partner—this is the crew that opens their doors for our weekend programming and shows what service looks like in real time.

Today, their team spent the day at the Training Center preparing a full Thanksgiving spread… and then surprised Fellowship House with an early feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, and all the comfort that comes with generosity done right.

Social work isn’t just a profession here—it’s a lifestyle. It’s woven into the region, carried by people who give without hesitation.

A heartfelt thanks to Tim Moran, the leadership at MyCIL, their unbelievable staff, and especially Sue. Your work is seen. Your kindness lands where it matters. And it gives this community its meaning.

Grateful to everyone who came out for the Family Addictus launch at The Recovery Bank in Scranton. It’s the perfect plac...
11/21/2025

Grateful to everyone who came out for the Family Addictus launch at The Recovery Bank in Scranton. It’s the perfect place to start this journey—one of the most unique and valuable community resources we’ve had for 6 years, built to keep people connected, supported, and moving forward.

Huge thanks to Frank Bolock and his staff for hosting and for everything they do for our recovery community.

More dates coming soon—Q&As and signings at Barnes & Noble, recovery centers, and junior colleges in Jersey City, Rehoboth, Syracuse, D.C., and New York over the next six months.

11/20/2025

Huge thank you to the Recovery Bank, Frank Bolock, Edwin Doherty, and the whole crew—the folks who, year after year, quietly build one of the most cherished communities in our region.

Newcomers, old-timers, and every wandering soul in between find something human and hopeful under that roof.

Grateful you hosted tonight’s Family Addictus Q&A. Your work keeps the light on for all of us.

11/19/2025

Tonight, 6 PM at The Recovery Bank 📚

Join us for an author event and conversation around our new book Family Addictus — a look at substance use disorder through the lenses of evolution, neurology, sociology, and culture.

✅ Free paperback for attendees
🍕 Pizza provided
❓ Live Q&A about the book and our work at Fellowship House

Come hang out, grab a slice, and talk about where addiction really comes from and where recovery can go next.

Intensive Outpatient Programming always sounds like lab coats and clipboards…but the intensity we live in these rooms is...
11/19/2025

Intensive Outpatient Programming always sounds like lab coats and clipboards…

but the intensity we live in these rooms is far more human than that.

It’s Friendsgiving.
It’s communion without a church.
It’s disclosure without shame.
It’s support, fellowship, and the fragile courage of men & women rebuilding a life from the inside out.

Huge shoutout to our clinical supervisor, Jessica Long, whose steady hand and high standard have given our evening IOP community a real backbone. As guys step down, return to work, return to help others they learn to care for themselves again, and feel the weight—and wonder—of a life beginning to transform, we get to witness the bonds that make meaning possible.

Here are a few moments from tonight.

Fellowship House is grateful for every one of them.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday for the Family Addictus book launch and Q&A.If you’ve had a chance to ...
11/17/2025

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday for the Family Addictus book launch and Q&A.

If you’ve had a chance to read it—or even cracked the spine and let a few pages breathe—I’d be grateful if you could take a moment to leave a short rating and review on Amazon.

These tiny acts of kindness keep the book alive out there in the wild, drifting it toward the people who might need it most. Your voice becomes part of its wingspan.

To leave a review:
1. Click the Amazon link.
2. Scroll down to “Customer Reviews.”
3. Tap “Write a review.”
4. Say a few honest words—doesn’t need to be poetry. (That part’s my job.)

Thank you for walking this road with me. See you Wednesday.



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📘 Book Discussion & Signing: Family AddictusHosted at: The Recovery Bank, Scranton, PADate: Wednesday, November 19thTime...
11/16/2025

📘 Book Discussion & Signing: Family Addictus

Hosted at: The Recovery Bank, Scranton, PA
Date: Wednesday, November 19th
Time: 6:00 PM

Join us for an evening of community, conversation, and connection as Joe Van Wie, author of Family Addictus, hosts a special discussion on the Origins of Addiction — exploring how trauma, attachment, and story shape the way families experience and heal from substance use disorder.

Event Schedule:

🍕 6:00 PM – Pizza & Welcome (sponsored by Fellowship House)

🧠 6:40 PM – Origins of Addiction talk & Q&A

✍️ 7:00 PM – Book Signing & Free Paperback Copies

This free event is open to the public. All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Family Addictus, courtesy of Fellowship House.

Come take part in a meaningful discussion about recovery, family, and hope.

Hosted by: Fellowship House & The Recovery Bank

This week’s Mandala Room drop is Hagelschmagel!!!! 🦉 a dive into how the old ghost of Hegel still whispers through our r...
11/14/2025

This week’s Mandala Room drop is Hagelschmagel!!!! 🦉 a dive into how the old ghost of Hegel still whispers through our recovery, our choices, and the stories we inherit.
If you’ve ever felt the dead still talking, the past tugging at your sleeves, or your own narrative bending toward something truer… this one’s your read.

Step in. Let the owl stare back.

https://www.fellowshiphouses.com/staging/9983/the-truth-in-the-whole-a-holistic-definition-of-recovery-at-fellowship-house/

Long before the modern language of trauma, long before addiction treatment or the science of the nervous system, a German philosopher named Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel sat at his desk in the early 1800s and tried to understand how truth unfolds in a human life.

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