My name is Tom, and I am an alcoholic/addict. When the court’s drug treatment program ordered me to get a substance abuse assessment following my second DUI conviction, I chose Anuvia Prevention and Recovery because I had been there before and knew the people that worked there were not out to get me. As a result of the assessment, I was referred to the SACOT program which is the most intense program they have for people in need of help. I was on probation and in the step-court program which means I pretty much had two probation officers and a lot of appointments with the two of them. During my first appointment with my actual Probation Officer, I failed a drug test for cocaine. Shortly following that snafu I failed a breathalyzer test at my case coordinators office at 9:00 a.m. in the morning. That would not be the last of my foul ups and I thought I was not a candidate for success in sober living.
When I first got into my class at Anuvia, there were all types of people I thought I had nothing in common with. I was disruptive and loud and the same annoying person I had been for the last ten years or so of my life. After a month of going to meetings at Anuvia’s alcohol and drug rehab & facility, making friends there, getting a sponsor and CALLING HIM, I proceeded to shut up and sit down, pay attention and I actually learned something.
Now, I have been to 30 day lockdown facilities and got the boot for drinking in an AA meeting one time, but the program I went through at Anuvia was bar-none the best for me. This was due to the alcohol and drug treatment staff and counselors’ genuine care and the attention they give the individual needs of each of their clients. I have been sober now for more than 160 days and have no doubt about what sent me out on the right path, with the right tools and a realistic plan for how to stay clean.