Charleston Recovery Center

I was in residential inpatient here for 8 months. I was an IV Fentanyl addict. This place taught me what was wrong and how to change my life. I will be celebrating 2 years sober this Saturday! CRC and the people in it saved my life.

Awful place.

I unfortunately have been a in and out of treatment centers, Jail and addicted to drugs and alcohol since I was 19 years old. I considered myself a lost cause before I entered the Charleston Recovery Center. I had pretty much giving up on life and made the decision that I was just going to end it. I was physically dependent on drugs and alcohol and realized that I couldn’t stop drinking and using on my own. A dear friend of mine talked me into entering this treatment center. I didn’t think it was going to work but thought let’s give the treatment thing one last shot. I flew from Boston to Charleston. I was picked up at the airport by Martin and Jeremy (staff members) two men I didn’t know from a hole in the wall, they told me that everything was going to be ok and drove to Charleston Recovery Center. I was very beaten down and broken really didn’t know if another “rehab” was going to work for me. Pulling up to the I was greeted by all the staff and the residents, they told me I was in a good place, that they loved me and everything was going to be ok. It was really confusing hard for me to hear people say that they loved me because I didn’t think I deserved love and I definitely didn’t love myself. But after a month of following some directions they gave me and learning things about myself I never knew, I started to love myself and realized that this place is so much more than a rehab. It’s a family. They took me in when no one else would and built me back up. They taught me that all my problems were fully self induced and that it was ok, that I wasn’t a bad person I was just sick and needed help and taught me how to put my pride and my ego to the side and be willing to accept help. I will forever be grateful for Charleston Recovery Center not only has it saved my life but it has giving me the tools to help other people who suffer from the disease of addiction and that’s what it’s all about. I will be forever grateful for the Charleston Recovery Center. It gave children their father back, my siblings their brother back and my parents their son back. This place will always have a spot in my heart.

Charleston Recovery Center is the best thing that ever happened to me! Last year I saw no real purpose in life, but now I am celebrating 14 months sober and a life I never could have dreamed possible. I never imaged life could be this good sober! My life is now filled with purpose, peace, happiness, serenity and laughter. When I have down days, I am blessed with love, encouragement, guidance and a family at Charleston Recover Center willing to help me work through difficulties and grow from them. My relationships with my parents and siblings are also better than I ever thought possible. By the grace of God and the wonderful people that surround me and support me, I finally have a life worth living!

This place has saved my life and countless others. I am able to be a mother and a daughter today. I have the best friends I have ever had before. Best of all I have a purpose in life now... helping another woman who has been through what I have.