Gadibundhu Sober Living Rehabilitation

24/03/2026

Our new recovery song we will play this also at a clients graduation ceremony

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20/09/2025

Gadibundhu Sober Living
All clients can reflect on their addiction and untangle their past bad emotions after the class room groups
From deadly Sober.

20/09/2025

Graduation of another deadly Sober client

19/09/2025

How deeply broken is a system that chooses punishment over healing?

Instead of offering care and treatment, we lock people away for struggling with addiction — a health issue, not a crime. And while lives are destroyed behind bars, the cost to you, the taxpayer, is staggering. Over $500,000 a year is spent to incarcerate just one person — money that could fund a home, support a family, or strengthen Medicare, which is already starved of resources.

Now imagine if that same person received proper support and treatment instead. It would cost just $30,000 a year — a fraction of what prison demands. That’s not just smarter economics — it’s compassion, it’s dignity, it’s humanity.

We waste millions locking people in cages when we could be rebuilding lives.

It’s not a question of whether we can afford to treat addiction — it’s a question of whether we will.

17/09/2025

The Gadibundhu Tree – A Story of Healing and Harm

In our culture, the gadibundhu tree holds deep meaning. It's a plant of paradox — capable of both healing and harming. Like many things in life, it carries the power to destroy or to restore. It all depends on how it’s used, and who chooses to listen.

Ben is someone who’s lived both sides of that tree.

At first, we weren’t sure he’d stay. He almost walked away, dismissing the process. But som**hing shifted in him. He recognised the real battle — not against others, but within himself. That moment of truth was his turning point. From there, we watched him rise. In just six months, Ben went from a man barely holding on, to becoming a mentor for others beginning their own recovery.

But don’t let that short timeframe fool you — Ben had walked a long, hard road to get here. Over the past decade, addiction to m**h and prescription pills led him in and out of jail. Again and again, a system that doesn’t treat addiction — just punishes it — sent him back behind bars. He wasn’t a career criminal. He was a man unwell, and the cost of ignoring that? Enormous.

For every year Ben spent in prison, taxpayers footed a bill that could’ve built someone a home — hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, only to watch a person spiral deeper into harm. Now, contrast that with Ben’s recovery. His program — supported by Centrelink — costs around $30,000 a year. A fraction of the price. And the return? Immeasurable.

Because Ben is no longer a burden to the system — he’s a gift to his community.

Ben's six-year-old boy has his father back. His family, who once feared for his life, now get to see him thriving. The community now has a man who cares, contributes, and stands tall — not as a statistic, but as a living example of what healing looks like.

This is what happens when we choose to treat rather than punish. When we choose the healing part of the gadibundhu tree.

And if you think this is just one story — think again. Around 85% of people in our prisons are there due to addiction to mind-altering substances. What would happen if we stopped throwing them away, and started walking with them toward healing?

Ben’s life is proof — not just of what’s possible, but of what’s necessary.

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29/06/2025

Today was a day of not only sadness but a day we at Bonnells Bay salvation Army church celebrate the life inhis hart a man that was grate. He had the most kindness hart. Barry was a true Australian fighter in life coming from Tassie back in the 40s to growing not only to a man of God but a man that made every one that met him feel wonted. But so there is a lot of people like that. But I want to let people know about his special life and skill, he made you not only welcome but needed, and safe. Every time he saw anyone he took the time to listen open you up and feel excepted, just by listening and very now and then in your conversation with him a smile with a real genius look. When he saw you again he would make the effot to speak to you saying hi mate how are you have you sorted things out and then continue as if your last conversation happened the day before remmbering the conversation reminder how you felt and the conversation. Over the years I new him he reminded me what I didn't have in a father. Barry your life might have been rough at times for you but you gave everyone around you so much wealth and guidance. I LOVE YOU AS A FATHER BEST BROTHER, AND YOU WERE A MATE.

01/06/2025

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01/06/2025

All out having fun Bowling Berkeley Vale.
From deadly sober

01/06/2025

Deadly clients. Giving life an amazing crack. Life is to short to mask it with a mind ordering substance. There out there giving it there best shot. God blesses them each day they give them self a brake and live in gods word.

14/02/2025

Gadibundhu sober living is looking for someone with Facebook and public media experience to help out with our Instergram and pages. Help in posting pictures and messages words of encouragement.Our service could send youthings to post. Then we need your experience to Post.
If anyone is interested could they please contact me either by phone or email?
0478182552
[email protected]