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A.R.T.~C. (pronounced artsy), achieving recovery through creativity, is a creative arts program developed within Preferred Family Healthcare's not for profit substance abuse treatment program in St. Charles, MO. It was developed to assist substance abusing adolescents to tap into creative talents and convey emotions, thoughts and ideas through alternative means of expression such as painting, sculpting, drawing, music, and poetry. A.R.T.~C. began as a rudimentary creative arts group which was held weekly and provided clients with basic opportunities to create therapeutically themed art, music and writing projects. Over the past four years it has grown into a more centralized component of the overall treatment program, providing more advanced opportunities for creativity in both group and individual settings and is now being offered at all adolescent residential sites in St. Charles, Kirksville, Jefferson City and Kansas City.