
If substance dependence is compromising your way of life, Gladys has a collection of excellent drug abuse centers to help you or a relative. Whether addicted to Dextrostat, opiates, painkillers or alcohol, we can help you connect with rehabilitation to get the top help available. You can even find executive or private treatment in Gladys to make rehabilitation as easy as possible.
I had never been to a self-pay facility before but the biggest advantage was definitely in the experience, obvious strength and the closeness of everyone there. There were no, "I am better than you, or I know more than you" attitudes going on. We were all just one-addict-helping- another and each other. It worked for me because I stayed in contact with the staff and many people who went through the program. Best place I had ever been to, my 7th in a span of almost 30 years.
It's a great place, the counselor gives amazing lectures on how the brain works, and he's figured out things about addiction and how the brain changes as your addiction progresses and the possibility of basically rewiring the brain to enjoy other things to combat addiction. It's all very exciting to think about retraining your behaviors on that level, to feel hope about actually being happily sober. Most of the counselors are amazing, caring people, the living situation is awesome, and you learn and do so many cool things. The counselor that made me leave made did it arbitrarily and unfairly. I had my boyfriend and family in the living room because I thought you were allowed to show your visitors the home you were living at. I was made to leave, but my friend who had her boyfriend in our room was not even talked to about that. I really think that I could have gotten a lot from the treatment. I was so upset that I obviously relapsed... hard.
This program is for Fairfax County/Falls Church City residents, only. With that in mind, it is a fantastic program that I wholeheartedly recommend. ANB is an excellent program. I was resigned to a life (and death) as a hopeless alcoholic. They helped me find hope, sobriety, and a whole new way of life. I'm currently working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology--Addiction & Recovery,