The only cost is having the courage to walk through the open door. The most recognizable arm of ARC is the ARC Gospel Choir. This 36-voice, a cappella choir consisting of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts tours Europe several times each year and has performed at Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theater and Madison Square Garden. The choir was featured in a 1998 Academy Award-nominated documentary on the Louisiana State Prison at Angola titled The Farm, by John Stack and Liz Garbus. The choir's mission mirrors that of the center in that it seeks to fight addiction through planting seeds of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Addiction is a slave-master that destroys lives, families and spirits.
The goal of ARC for its clients is true rehabilitation. Clients are led to God, who can fill their emptiness and make them whole again. During this process, the client is immersed in a spiritually and educationally rich program designed to detoxify and rehabilitate addicts. The program helps participants unlearn old destructive ways, develop new attitudes and patterns and assists in finding a renewed identity in the community. A mural of the tree of life rests as the centerpiece on the wall in the main meeting room.