It took seven long years for me to realize that I needed help. By then, I had lost most of my money and assets trying to support my alcohol dependence. What hurt me most was the fact that I turned away many good friends and family members who were trying to help me out. I couldn’t stand anyone criticizing my drinking habit, and it got to a point where I started deliberately avoiding good friends and started mixing with people like me who only liked to drink all day.
The worst thing is that I did not even see coming; I subjected my wife and children to unspeakable lengths of emotional abuse. My wife bore with me all the time silently, trying to convince me every single day to get rid of my habit. Only when I ended up in a drunken brawl and ending up in hospital did I recognize how far I had fallen. I cried that day on the lap of my wife asking for forgiveness and help. Thankfully, my wife had already done quite a bit of research on the Internet, and she immediately called Rehab Place for help.
The moment I entered a rehab program, I realized that I was in the right place. The doctors and staff knew everything about me without me saying a word. It seems I exhibited all the signs of a classic alcoholic. Nonetheless they listened to what I had to say and put me through a detox program after which I had to go through counseling classes and therapies to overcome the withdrawal. The support system is fantastic, too, as they ensured that I did not relapse once I was out of the program.
Now, this is my sixth month of sobriety, and I cannot say how thankful my family and I are to Rehab Place.
…. Jerome B.
Houston, TX.
I can say that I am a seasoned alcohol addict. I have this “never say die spirit” when it comes to my drinking. I mean, I’ve tried all those alcohol de-addiction centers out there, and the moment I stepped out, my spirit took over and I used to end up getting back to the spirits rather spiritedly 
Jokes aside, it was impossible for me to not drink no matter what the doctors or counselors said. For me, these de-addiction centers used to be places where I can go get temporary rest and have my body cleaned up of the toxins, so I can get out and start drinking again.
There came a point where I had to take my problem seriously. I checked this site out and enrolled in a rehab program suggested by them. This place was completely different to all other rehab places I’d gone to before. The team there knew their stuff and put me on a rehab program that was the perfect fit for me. It’s been two months since I came out of the program and I am still sober!!! My family and friends cannot believe this transformation. I intend to stay sober for the rest of my life. No more alcohol for me. If at all I feel like drinking, it’ll only be either soda or fruit juice for me. Thank you, Rehab Place!
…Roberto Jones,
Santa Barbara, CA.
My husband was what one would call a binge drinker. His job as a traveling salesman required him to be on the road 2 weeks a month, and since he did not need to work for the other weeks, he used to go on a drinking binge when he wasn’t working. Since he never drank while he worked, he never realized he had a drinking problem. He used to justify his drinking by telling me “If I can hold off from drinking for half of a month, then I can quit drinking any day I want”.
Everything changed when he slowly started drinking more and more and ended up continuing his drinking binge into his work weeks and actually missed work dozens of times. He started lying to his company about his health and took off from work only to sit at home and drink.
He drank around 3 full bottles of bourbon every day. He started neglecting food, and there were days when he used to lock himself up in our bedroom for the whole day just laying in bed and drinking till he passed out. Things turned really bad when he was suspended from his job. Drinking just occurred more and more frequently and it seemed my husband was slipping away from me completely and into a depression.
Sometimes addicts cannot help themselves, and it was my duty as a wife to stick by his side for better or for worse and get him the help he truly needed. A friend recommended Rehab Place and resource on alcohol addiction and a helping hand to finding a rehab facility.
The first thing the rehab facility that Rehab Place recommended did was to turn his health back to normal. He had a bloated and punctured liver, and that is what worried them the most. They put him on a detox program to rid him of all the toxins along with medicines to set his liver and other things straight. The counseling and the friendly atmosphere helped his recovery process immensely. It’s been 3 months of sobriety, and I am one hundred percent sure that he will not touch another bottle ever again. His liver is still bloated a bit, but that is well on the way to complete recovery. He has started getting back to work, and I can say confidently that he has never felt as good as. He seems to be on a different high now; a very, very positive and healthy high. There is positivity around him, and that is showing in his work results, too. Thank you, RehabPlace for putting my husband’s health and career back on track.
….Vicky D,
Utica, NY.
My son was one of the best students in his class. All the teachers at his school absolutely loved him. He excelled in sports and got excellent grades too. I used to be the proudest mother in our neighborhood, and I lost no opportunity to boast about him and to show off the talents of my son. Everything came crashing down slowly one by one over the course of one year. He started hanging out late with his friends and went straight to his room and locked the door once he was back. Initially, we thought this must be one of the typical teenage problems, and thought there might be a girl involved.
Little by little, my son started avoiding me, his dad and his little sister totally, and he spent more time with his friends outside and with himself when he was home. We didn’t know anything was amiss even if his bloodshot and drowsy eyes were clear indications that something was wrong. He rarely looked at our faces when we spoke to him, and he hardly made eye contact on the rare occasions he spoke to us. It was as if he was transported to another world. Needless to say, his grades dropped, and we came to know from his football coach that he was skipping training every day. We did not have a clue as to what went wrong until I entered his room one day only to see him crouched over a sheet of paper with a pipe in his mouth. That is when I came to know that the pride of our family was using heroin. I broke down on seeing him like this, but he didn’t seem to care.
That night, my husband and I spent a lot of time thinking about what to do. We tried to learn more about drug abuse with some online research, and that is how we chanced upon rehabplace.com. We called them the next morning, and they immediately got on to the job of helping my son. They listened to us patiently and referred us to a very good rehab center just 10 minutes away from our home. After the initial counseling, we were introduced to a team of experts who assured us that our son will get rid of the habit soon with a bit of help and cooperation from us, his parents. We were ready to do anything for our son, and enrolled him in a rehab program that was tailor-made for our son. After a couple of weeks into the program, my son was already transformed. He started looking and sounding like our son before the drug habit. It’s been 4 months since he came out of the program, and he is already getting the good grades he used to get, and his football coach keeps giving us regular updates on how well he is playing on the field. For my son the battle is not over but thanks to Rehab Place he is on the right path.
…a grateful and relieved mother,
Theresa P,
Palm Bay, FL.
Our teenage daughter is a spritely young girl with all the idiosyncrasies of that age. She was a normal city girl with a lot of friends. Our family is quite modern in approach so we did not believe in curtailing the freedom of our kids. However, we did expect them to behave responsibly and take care of themselves. I guess, in the case of my daughter, we trusted too much and gave her more freedom than we should have.
She started staying out late at parties even if we had a “back by 11” rule in place. Her attitude turned to rebelliousness when we asked her why she was late or if we did not allow her to go out. In the rare instances when we really put our foot down and said no to her going out, she turned violent, throwing and breaking things, and if that did not work, she ended up crying and begging us to let her go out. Most times we relented, but one day when we didn’t accept her demand, she locked herself in her room and cut her wrists.
We called 911 and rushed her to the nearest hospital. It was only when the doctors told us that she was under the influence of drugs did we come to know the reason behind the behavior of our girl. Doctors in the hospital suggested that we put her into a rehab program as soon as possible, and my husband and I started researching on the best rehab centers available while she was still in the hospital. After spending a lot of time researching on the Internet and after talking to quite a few centers, we decided RehabPlace was the best for us if we were to find a good rehab program. Turned out in the end that we made the right decision because RehabPlace referred us to the best rehab program available in our state. These people knew their stuff and appeared genuinely concerned about our daughter. Our decision turned out to be the best we’ve made in years, and RehabPlace completely changed my daughter.
My daughter was on multiple drugs: marijuana, alcohol, Ecstasy and Vicodin. A combination of drugs that would have turned fatal for her one day. After rehab my daughter changed for the better completely. She does not have the cravings anymore, and is happy to concentrate on her studies and playing healthy sports with her friends. It’s been more than 5 months of clean living for my daughter, and I only regret that I did not know about Rehab Place much sooner.
I request all parents out there to be aware of drug abuse and read up as much as they can about it. You never know when that knowledge will turn out to be useful. As for us, we were just lucky that we found rehabplace.com, even if we were a bit ill informed about drug abuse.
…Angela T
Los Angeles, CA.