Choices Recovery

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My life has gone completely off track these last 5 years and I only recently, since going to Choices have been able to start fixing it. The last time I relapsed my mom found Choices and helped me get in. 5 years ago, I started using pain pills and there’s been plenty of times when I tried to quit. Sometimes it was by myself, sometimes it was by going to NA meetings and twice it was by going to rehab. With all those attempts to get clean the longest I’ve managed to stay clean was two months and it was a brutal two months. It sucked. I never wanted or even thought my life would end up like this and I hated not being in control of both my life and my body. Choices was a really good place for me. There’s a lot of things about Choices that make it such a good rehab. For me though what mattered the most was the staff there. They are the ones who helped me and if everything about Choices was the same just with different staff, I wouldn’t be clean today. They are amazing people. Completely dedicated to helping others live a life of sobriety. They helped make me feel comfortable there which is a feat in itself. I’ve always been pretty awkward and shy and the staff just worked a bit harder to make sure I felt comfortable. They were there when I needed them and left me alone when I needed that. Never too pushy but always around. They made sure I felt safe and comfortable there and because of that I was able to actually talk to my counselor about whatever it was I was dealing with at the time. The other clients there were great as well. Everyone I went through the program there was there for the right reasons. We all wanted to get help and that made everyone supportive of each other. I made a lot of friends there and I’ve kept in touch with them since coming home. It’s helped. I didn’t have any friends before going to Choices. I screwed up all the friendships I had before by using and it’s not like I could call anyone I was using with a friend. The support I’ve got from the people I went through the program with has been invaluable. We’ve all helped each other stay on track and stay positive. I been home from Choices for 5 months now and I’m still surprised sometimes by how well I’ve been doing. My relationship with my mom has improved tremendously. I started working soon after I got home and I haven’t missed a day a work. I’ve been doing so well there that last week I got a raise and a promotion. Which is amazing to me. For the last 5 years I’ve been leading a disaster of a life. I’ve finally starting getting it set right and the raise and promotion are just a validation of the work I’ve accomplished so far. I wouldn’t have made it this far if I hadn’t gone to Choices.

I started using heroin when I was 17. I’ve been to 5 different rehabs since then. I hate that none of them were able to help me the way I needed. After each one I relapsed and there’s a very good reason for that. The problem I had was that while I needed to get sober and actually did want to get sober, I also wanted to continue getting high. When I was in rehab I could push that desire aside but once I was home and not in a controlled environment anymore that desire came back full force. I’d want to use with such a great amount of intensity that it actually scared me. Eventually I would and it sucked. Each time it was a huge disappointment to my parents and I wasn’t able to explain very well that I wanted to stay sober and get high in the same breath. My parents figured that if I really wanted to stay sober I should be able to and to a degree that is true. They continued helping me though when I asked for it and last year they found Choices and sent me there. Going to Choices change my life. The program I did there was great and the people working there and incredible. They are such kind and caring people and they understood what I was going through and were able to help me in a way I hadn’t experienced before. With their kindness and understanding I was able to open up more about myself and my past without the fear of being judged and that allowed me to learn what I needed to. I learned so much about myself and my addiction, where my desire to use came from and then they helped me deal with those things and by doing that, the desire I always felt to use wasn’t just pushed aside anymore. It completely disappeared. Even with all their help going through the program wasn’t easy for me, learning all that stuff about yourself and then dealing with it is never going to be easy. With their help though I was able to and by the end of my program I didn’t want to use, I was happy just being myself and didn’t need heroin anymore to make me feel better or improve my mood. I also had the tools I needed to stay sober once I graduated from Choices and went home. I’ve been sober for 13 months so far and it’s the longest I’ve ever stayed clean. The great thing is that while I do work hard to retain my sobriety, the work isn’t that hard and is made easier by the fact that I don’t resent doing that work. I know I need to do these things to keep myself sober and I’m happy to do them. Since getting home my life continually improves and I’m so grateful for the life I have now. The best thing about my life now, besides my sobriety, is the relationship I have with my parents. I didn’t ever think I’d have this kind of relationship with them again. Slowly but surely I’m earning their trust back and it’s the most amazing feeling. Going to Choices saved my life. It also gave me a life that I’m happy to be living. Everything I did at Choices was made better and easier because of the staff there. I can’t thank them enough for everything they did for me. My only regret is that we didn’t find the place sooner.

I’m so glad I went to Choices. Going there changed my life. When I started using I assumed, probably like every other person who starts using that I could quit whenever I wanted. When I realized that wasn’t the case and that I needed help to get off everything I started checking myself into different rehabs. I wanted to be off drugs but, it didn’t seem to matter what rehab I went to, how long I was there or what type of program they ran. Nothing helped. I’d be clean for however long I was in rehab but would relapse shortly after getting home. It sucked. I was hurting everyone I knew, most especially my parents and yet I couldn’t seem to stop. Going to Choices changed that for me. I learned so much there. I learned how to communicate with people better which has greatly improved my relationship with my parents. I learned what I should be and shouldn’t be doing to stay off drugs. Since coming home after completing my program I’ve been doing really well. I’ve been home for a month now and while that might not seem like much, for me, it’s a huge deal. I’ve never stayed clean this long without being in an inpatient program. My relationship with my parents is better than it’s been for years. I can talk to them, hang out with them, watch a movie, all those little things that I haven’t been able to do in so long because I was using, I have back now. In the past, every time we had a disagreement, I’d use it as an excuse to get high. Not anymore. While everything about Choices makes it a great rehab to go to, the staff working there is what makes the place so special. These staff members are super nice and it’s the fact that they truly care about each and every client that goes there. They just want the best for everyone and go out of their way to make sure you get the help you need. This last month has been the best month of my life. I’m truly happy again and my life just gets better and better.