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A Program of Self-Forgetting
Primary Purpose was founded on November 31st, 2003. Our facility was founded on the premise that by helping other addicts and alcoholics, we, the members and founders, could find and participate in a more purposeful and meaningfully spiritual program of recovery. In the spirit of anonymity and as a means of participating in a program of self-forgetting, we have omitted our names because we, too, are recovering members of a twelve-step fellowship. You may ask, what specifically do you mean? This means that every member of the Primary Purpose Sober House is responsible for HELPING OTHERS ATTAIN LONG-TERM RECOVERY AS A MEANS OF MAINTAINING THEIR OWN RECOVERY. It is not the staff who are solely responsible for providing encouragement, support, and understanding, but it is US. US as a program. US as a community. US as members of a twelve-step fellowship.
Richard Entriken
(1948 - 2008)
Richard Davis Entriken, founder of 1st Step Sober House and mentor of Primary Purpose Sober House, was taken from us on January 26, 2008.
A decorated Vietnam War Veteran, loving husband, and father to three daughters, he found his calling in helping alcoholics and addicts, of whom he helped thousands to recover from their seemingly hopeless condition.
He will be sorely missed by all whose lives he touched.
Michael James Fine
September 27, 1966- October 21, 2015
Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles. Although my leaving causes pain and grief, I pray for you it will be brief. "Ask God to guide you and everything will be Fine." Dry your eyes and remember me, not as I am but as I used to be. I will remember you all and look on with a smile. Understand, in your hearts I have only gone to rest a while. As long as I have the love of each of you, I can live in the hearts of all of you.