VANCEBURG — Billy Noble, director of Residential Services for Addiction Recovery Care, spoke in Vanceburg Tuesday evening to showcase the recovery services and facilities ARC can provide to the community.

Lewis County Chamber of Commerce Director Joni Pugh said she invited Noble in order to offer members of the community options to utilize ARC’s services.

“I had met Mr. Noble at an inter-agency council meeting a couple of years ago — he spoke to them, and I was very, very impressed with what this organization had to offer,” Pugh said. “I know, not just in Lewis County, everywhere, this is such a scourge that I thought maybe this is something that could help some people.”

Noble spoke to the attendees about how ARC provides in-patient and out-patient services, both for men, women and pregnant women addicted to drugs, as well as infuse Christian ideals into the recovery regimen.

“Our holistic approach is four pronged,” Noble said. “We are distinctly a Christian treatment center; we are a ministry first, but we are licensed by the state (and nationally).”

All of ARC’s seven in-patient treatment centers stationed throughout Kentucky have licensed professional counsellors and licensed peer support specialists, Noble said. Along with the treatment program, centers not only provide care, but also vocational and life skills.

“One thing that we promise our people, if you stay with us one year and you complete our peer support academy, we guarantee you a job,” Noble said.

Many of the peer support specialists ARC hires for their facilities end up working for the same program that helped them on their recovery, and will in turn help others who become patients at these facilities. According to Noble, ARC has currently hired 150 people who have come through their programs.

While currently just operating in Kentucky, Noble said despite the various hoop-jumping involved in becoming licensed and accredited in other states, there are plans to begin operations in both Ohio and Virginia, with the former being a closer reality than the latter.

Debbie Blankenship, one of those in attendance says she was impressed with the work ARC is doing to combat the drug problem in the area. As a registered nurse, she said she was interested in possible job opportunities with one of the program’s facilities, to take part in the effort.

“I really liked what he had to say about the ARC program, I read some information before I came down, and I feel like he’s doing a good job, and I see where they are growing, and they’re helping people. I want to be a part of that.”

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Billy Noble, right, speaks with Lewis County residents after his presentation.
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Jonathan Wright

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