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• Somewhere House

A review of treatment

As a client a who has used the service I was asked to provide a brief summary of my experience.

Overall I would say that Somewhere House has saved my life, or at least, has helped me to save my own life.  If I didn’t come to treatment then I don’t know I would be dead right now, but I certainly wouldn’t be living, as I hadn’t been for over a decade whilst in active addiction. At the start treatment was scary but I soon settled in and came to realise that it’s like a family; everybody has to work together and communication is key.  The staff have been great.  Always very supportive and kind, but also very honest in pointing out my behaviours and attitudes that we’re destructive and unhealthy, which is what I needed. I have had to work hard, look at myself and to change, and that it was I have been able to do with the help of the team and my peers. I have stayed close to Somewhere House because their programme works and I have never been so comfortable in my life and in my own skin.  It isn’t broken and so I don’t plan on trying to fix it! I finally feel like I am living life being the real me and most importantly, my desire to use drugs and alcohol has gone.  It’s not easy, but it is worth it, because my worst day in recovery is far better than my best day in addiction.