He told me to find robes for the choir, get a bus for the choir, get a new building for the center. Williams not only got off drugs for good in three months, he became a minister. Using the training from his former life, he deals with foundations, private donors, and the government bureaucracies that fund most of ARC's activities. Just having these people around is part of the treatment. The way to get them off drugs is through peer pressure.
Patients take six to nine months to go through the program.
Toward the end, counselors teach them how to save money, manage their time and find jobs. But that takes a while, and a lot of them don't make it the first time back on the street and come back for more help. Usually, they're taken in again, though some are not. This is a benign dictatorship. Because the air's too cool in the park.