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 Philip: “So before I came in here, I’d been struggling with drug use on and off for

the last nine years. I had relapsed and had gotten pretty bad the last year and a half

or so, I was using painkillers on a daily basis for several months. Once that ran out

I started using cocaine, not every day but when I did use it would be for maybe five,

six days at a time; with very little sleep, very little food. I lost about thirty pounds,

I was completely miserable; um I called out of work more often than I went to work. life

just felt completely unmanageable. I knew it was falling apart around me but I was powerless

to do anything about it, just couldn’t stop. I ended up in the hospital twice. My friends

came home one night and found me passed out on the floor, barely breathing. they, they

helped me out until the ambulance got there, I was in the hospital overnight, as soon as

I got out I started sniffing cocaine again at nine o’clock in the morning. I was hopeless

basically. I didn’t know where to turn. I knew that there was some better form of

life out there but I had no idea how I could get back in touch with it. And that’s when

I was fortunate enough to come to The Recovery Place, and in that time I’ve definitely

been shown the path back to a healthy, productive, faith-based life; and I’m just grateful

for this opportunity that I’ve had here. It’s really helped me get back in touch

with God and a manner of living that will not kill me.”

· John: “This is not a program about drugs and alcohol, drugs and alcohol are a symptom

of the disease. The disease lies within each individual person, that’s why we take a

client centered approach. Everybody’s disease is different but there is commonality in regards

to the behaviors manifested from the disease by all of us.”

Philip: “My name is Philip and I’ve been clean for 50 days today.”