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Inspirational Thoughts from People Who Have Been Where You Are Now. 
Surf City Drug Rehabilitation Testimonials If you are one of the many people that have been helped by the services offered at Surf City Drug Rehabilitation, please send us an email so that we may share your experiences here on our site and hopefully, help others get and stay clean. Amy My name is Amy, I'm 19, and I just completed a 3-month drug rehabilitation and a 3-month out patient program at Seashore. I never thought that I would be sober, let alone enjoy it. Seashore taught me not only how to have fun sober but learn to react to situations without being irrational. It helped me reestablish a relationship with my family that I destroyed. My family has never been so proud of me; I have gained a new group of friends who are sober and genuinely care about my future and me. My self-esteem and self-confidence have both been drastically improved. Seashore helped me notice what I was doing when I was messing up and taught me new ways to cope. Now my life has never been better. I feel a real happiness when I wake up. I never would have thought life could be so great. I learned how to surf, which was something I always wanted to do but never did. We went to the beach weekly, and fishing all the time. They taught me how to eat healthy and exercise. Thanks to the staff at Seashore Drug Rehabilitation and Detox Center, I have a new life where I can succeed and avoid situations that use to bring me to my bottom. I would recommend this center to anyone, it's low cost compared to any other place. The staff there is great and they interact with the clients. If you like the sound of this call and check it out. Anonymous This is our story: Six years into a hard core drug problem the light finally shined on my life. All it took was one phone call to Surf City's Connor Ranch Rehabilitation facility. It started in 2000 with a severe addiction to prescription narcotics and then led to a bad drinking problem that almost landed me in jail. With the advice of my attorney he told me to get into an inpatient rehab as soon as I could. I have been the type of person that has been avoiding rehab for years and thought I could beat it on my own. In reality, we all know that is far from the truth. I am the type of person that can't and will not be put in a hospital type setting. My only option that would give me the resources to do this was Connor Ranch. Here, I can lay by the pool and attend groups; while my own personal chef prepares Lobster Tails and steak. Across the pool is a workout station and everything else you need to take your mind off drugs including cool people with the same problems you have. It seemed more like a vacation, but I still got the necessary treatment to satisfy my addiction problems. The people here changed my life for the better and have given me an opportunity to start over. I attend A.A. and N.A. meetings and didn't like it at first until I went to the Newport Club and found some extremely good looking girls as well, so I didn't go crazy. But aside from that I am learning new coping skills and not to worry about the distractions that life can normally bring. I mean would you rather be at a lock down facility, drooling from meds, or surfing and attending group on the beach? This place has changed my life and given me a whole new world of friends, hope, and most of all my family back. I could have got this at another place but not like this, and not with the type of atmosphere that surrounded me. Thank God for Connor Ranch because it's rehab with a twist and my thanks for my new lifelong friend Lisa. John C. The treatment I received at Connor Ranch is the only reason that I'm sober today. Without them, I don't know where I might be now. Julie D. Having relapsed several times over the past 10 years, I can honestly say the phenomenon of relapse still baffles me. What I do know is what I have seen & heard. The value of attending meetings & staying close to the fellowship becomes even more apparent when we have a member who has had some years of sobriety come back identifying again as a newcomer. What happened? From my own experience and listening to other members who have also relapsed, the common denominator seems to be complacency. I myself stopped going to meetings, I didn't get a sponsor or stopped calling her, I cut back on reading my Big Book, I lost touch with the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and most of all I stopped prayer & contact with God. This is the same story I hear again & again from other members who have also relapsed. In other words, we took charge of our lives one more time and thought we could do life without the program and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. We lost our conscious contact with our Higher Power. We forget that the Big Book tells us we have a daily reprieve contingent on our Spiritual Maintenance. We forgot that our disease is cunning, baffling, & powerful. So the odds are if I continue to seek God on a daily basis, continue to be of service to my fellow Alcoholics, work the Steps & Program, attend meetings regularly, get a Sponsor & take direction, I will stay sober one day at a time. For the last 3 years, 4 months, and 11 days, I have been sober only because I remember complacency does not work for me. It is my experience that the phenomenon of relapse occurs long before we take that first drink. Lisa My name is Lisa, I found Connor Ranch on People Helping Alcoholics. I tried rehab after rehab and nothing worked for me. I went to other centers where I felt like I was completely shut out from the world. They were locked down facilities and everyone there was medicated. Nobody really wanted to be there and it made getting sober really discouraging. Connor Ranch let me interact with the outside world; let me attend family get-togethers, and outside functions. I didn't feel forgotten; I learned new skills that helped me get through life. I had some court problems, and from my 3-month stay at Connor Ranch, my judge dropped all the charges and arrest files. I found healthy ways to have fun with life; I still go surfing with the people at the rehab. We also go fishing, and to AA conventions. It was there I met my new circle of friends. I now attend college and work a steady job. The Staff at Connor Ranch helped me get my license, and search for a used vehicle. If I would have gone to another lock down facility, my life would not be the same. I most likely would follow the same road I have always been familiar with, and now my life is different, better. I know with the skills I have learned and people I have met I'll never be alone or helpless again. Problem Child I grew up in a divorced family. My mom and dad were both alcoholic and addicts. Neither one of them wanted to hurt me, but they didn't want the responsibilities of parenting either. I was lucky enough to have my Grandma Lucy live at my dads, she basically raised me and I believe that she is the only reason I have any good in me at all. When it was my mother’s time with us, I spent most of my time at her mother’s (also alcoholic) and my aunts with my cousins. Sometimes she never even came to get me from school or my dads, that’s one of the major reasons I became so codependent. I always felt such abandonment from her. Summers I remember a lot at my mother’s because she and family friends always had BBQ's and pool parties. I remember drinking off her wine coolers and beers ever since I can remember. School was always really easy for me to excel. I loved the appreciation the teachers gave me. No matter how good I did in school, I never got the admiration or attention I needed/wanted at home. In the 5th grade, my drinking really progressed and I began smoking weed. I love the effects of being intoxicated. In the 7th grade, I began stealing liquor from the neighborhood stores. At the end of 7th grade I over-dosed at the school dance, I ended up getting suspended for the rest of the year, but they let me do the work at home, so I could graduate. In 8th grade I went to a charter school - which probably wasn’t the best thing for me. It was a school where a bunch of other kids had been kicked out of a bunch of other schools from 6th grade to high school. I only had to go to school for 4 hours a day, so when I got out of school I got loaded until I fell asleep. That was the year I loved being under the influence, I didn’t care what on. My freshman year in high school I didn’t care what I did as long I was intoxicated, but I began doing meth every day. Every time I drank I blacked out or threw up (sometimes both). I ended up getting in more and more trouble at school - my grades were slipping, and my teachers always kept giving me chance after chance. I eventually got caught with 4 hits of acid and there wasn’t anything I could do. I eventually ran away from home, with a dope dealer for a couple months, by the time I came back I decided I might need to go to rehab to fix my record before my court date. I hated what situations I was putting myself in, but still didn’t think that the drugs and alcohol were the problem, I thought it was people. I stayed completely clean for about 9 months till I got off probation, but the same day I was off I got drunk and was pretty much back in my old ways. A few more months after that I went back to doing meth, I did it constantly for the next 3 years. I lost all contact with my family and good friends. Eventually moved out to California with my aunt but didn’t really want to change my life, just wanted a new one. My bottom out here came with me meeting a guy, also in addiction. I ended up getting pregnant, getting kicked out by my aunt, and losing everything yet again. Before I came to rehab I stayed at my grandmas, kicking hard. Even though I had my grandma, I never felt so alone. My boyfriend wouldn't answer my calls. I vowed to never go back to getting loaded. My aunt found Seashore Rehab for me; it was an ideal place for me. It helped me find new ways to get my life together, through the bad and good times. I started going to a meeting every day, sometimes more. I found a sponsor and started working the steps. I went to helpful groups every day, my counselors/mentors were more than I could ask for. I started learning new life skills that continue to help me today. I learned new hobbies to keep me busy, made new friends that really care about me, I know today that I never have to go back to drinking or using, no matter what and I can live a successful happy life. Steve – HB Connor Ranch...Mike, Tom, and everyone there, helped me through the worst time of my life. Without their help and support, I don't think - NO, I know - I wouldn't be alive today. Thank You Connor Ranch! Learn what's news at Surf City Drug Rehabilitation>>> |
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