Sundown M Ranch

I went to Sundown Ranch on Oct 8, 2018. It was a very positive and Spiritual experience. Most of the staff were amazing and the Administrators was especially kind and compassionate when my bi-polar mania kicked in. Sundown is not a dual-treatment facility so it was problematic. There was one upper management who was very controlling and condescending that I left after only 8 days. I was not court ordered, so they could not stop me. Fortunately I have stayed sober, but I was especially fragile during those first days, and she was very cruel. My counselor was having personal issues, so our group was left to run itself after the first 5 days. That too was catastrophic. We were all lost, and one girl decided that she was in charge, being manic at the time didn't help, because I wasn't going to take any crap from anyone. This girl was your classic bully. I stood up to her, and she didn't like it. It was not the kind of therapy that one would expect in a treatment center. Aside from those situations, I would have given MC Ranch 5 stars. Sometimes you just have too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. But hey, I am still sober, and kudos to the athletic Director... You were my saving grace when I couldn't hardly sleep (mania). You are so professional , so respectful, and so COOL!!!! I will NEVER ever forget you. I do wish that the Ranch allowed you to mingle with former residents. I would love to have you come and chill at our house on the Ocean... ugh!

like the setting and the house managers but i HATED my counselor she was rude and did not make me feel safe or comfortable

I was there last year it was the best thing I ever did.they helped me so much and I wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for them and my counselor jerry and the other golden girls been one year now and I’m still sober and made some friends I still talk to all doing well as well.when we think we might have something to make us go back we reach out to each other and it’s because the ranch god bless them and i own them everything for saving me

My counselor was a bully! I was not allowed to talk about what was bothering me. I had bedbugs in my room. They refused to call my roommate who left earlier that day to tell her. They made me sleep in the same room they fumigated that same morning!

Hard-core AA-based treatment with a confrontational edge, so not good for addicts with a history of trauma. Counselors vary widely in the depth of their knowledge; some think their own life story is all the training they need, and some are better educated. There's a lot of negativity. Most of the program ignores 21st-century addiction science but may be effective for addicts with religious backgrounds. All in all, the kind of addiction treatment that produces 90 percent relapse rates. Keep looking.