Programs
28 Day Spiritual Bootcamp
A disciplined first step toward recovery, faith, and lasting transformation.
The First Step
What Is the 28-Day Spiritual Bootcamp?
Bootcamp is the entry point into the Warriors Center program: a residential, highly structured experience that helps men and women break from chaos, build new habits, and lay a foundation for lasting transformation.
Residents step into a disciplined daily environment shaped by Christian teaching, recovery education, accountability, chapel, Scripture, and clear expectations. The goal is not simply short-term sobriety. It is the beginning of a new way of living grounded in faith, order, responsibility, and personal growth.
For many residents, Bootcamp is the first step in a much longer journey, where recovery is strengthened through spiritual formation, community, work, and perseverance.
Bootcamp at a Glance
A Day in Bootcamp
From Early Morning to Lights Out
Every part of the day is designed to replace disorder with rhythm, responsibility, and accountability. Residents are not left to drift. They are guided through a routine built around faith, recovery, learning, and community.
Morning
- 5:30 AMWake up and begin the day.
- 6:00 AMRoom inspections. Residents stand outside their rooms until the room passes, then go to breakfast.
- 6:00–6:45Breakfast and morning medication distribution.
- 7:00 AMMorning chapel.
- 8:00 AMProverbs reading and discussion on the chapter for that day of the month and how it applies to recovery and life.
- 9:00–11:00Alcohol and recovery classes.
- 11:00 AMBible study.
Afternoon & Evening
- 12:00 PMLunch and afternoon medication distribution, then a break.
- 1:00 PMProgram and house rules instruction.
- 2:00–4:00Faith-based teaching video and instruction, then a break until dinner.
- 5:00–6:00Dinner.
- 7:00–8:00Evening chapel with the full resident community, often led by staff or visiting pastors.
- 8:00–8:30Evening medication distribution.
- 8:30–9:30Quiet time for rank advancement work and personal reflection.
- 9:30–10:00Free time.
- 10:00 PMLights out Sunday through Thursday. Midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Friday and Saturday evenings often include recreational activities.
Why the Structure Matters
A New Pattern of Life
For many people entering recovery, life has been marked by chaos, instability, broken routines, and damaged relationships. Bootcamp is designed to interrupt that pattern and replace disorder with consistency, responsibility, and self-control.
The schedule is demanding on purpose. Early mornings, room inspections, chapel, classes, quiet time, and clear expectations work together to teach discipline and accountability. These habits are not a side note to recovery. They are part of its foundation.
Transformation is not only about stopping destructive behavior. It is about building character, strengthening faith, learning to live in community, and developing the endurance that long-term change requires. Recovery takes more than a temporary reset. Bootcamp is where a new pattern of life begins.
What Comes Next
Bootcamp Is Only the Beginning
Bootcamp is the starting point, not the finish line. Residents who choose to continue move into the long-term recovery and discipleship program, building on the habits and spiritual foundation from Bootcamp while taking on greater responsibility, deeper recovery work, and practical preparation for life beyond the program.
Many stay more than a year, growing through mentorship, faith development, life-skills education, and vocational training. The goal is lasting transformation that prepares residents to return to their families, churches, and communities with renewed purpose.