Testimonials

"I would like to thank Stuart and the entire staff at the Lake House, for playing a key role in turning my life around.  I entered the Lake House on April 6, 2010 and four short months later, my life has never been better.

During my stay, your staff, educated me and gave me their personal one on one time, advice, education, and useful tools that I needed to learn, in order to live a productive life with my disease.  Following my stay, I continue to attend Alcoholic Anonymous meetings, be of service to fellow alcoholics, and work the “Twelve steps“. Your staff taught me the importance of working a program to maintain my sobriety.  Along with the staff, the Doctors, Therapists Addiction Specialists associated with the Lake House full service recovery program, were key to my sobriety. It was a blessing to have such talented professionals provided for me.

The Lake House will always have a special place in my heart and if any clients or potential clients would like to talk to me, regarding my experience, in your program, I would be happy for you to give them my contact information.

Thank you again for helping me get my life back and showing me that it is possible to put my problems behind me."

Sincerely, Mark Ortega

“My name is Mike and I have been addicted for 26 years, in and out of rehabs for the most part of my life and never could complete a program.  I came across a place called Recovery Advocates on the internet and decided to give them a try and it was the best move I ever made in my entire life except for my wife and the days my children were born.  I didn’t have a life anymore.  My wife has had it with me, my children didn’t respect me, I was on a trip to hell fast.  Listen to what I am telling you.  If you are reading this, trust me, from one addict to another.  My energy level is high, I am sleeping good and if I have to talk to someone I just call and they are there for me.  If it wasn’t for the Recovery Advocates team I don’t know where I would be at this moment.  I’d probably be dead.”

Mike, Musician, 44

“I thought life was my oyster; and it was all so exciting growing to be a woman.  I had men crawling out of the woodwork, a different date every night of the week.  Then came my ski trip to Vail.  First day, 3rd run down, my ACL is completely torn.  I was stuck in bed, bored and miserable.  Then they offered me Vicodin ES for pain.  Suddenly, the hours spend sulking bored, had disappeared, magically with these little pills.  Then I discovered the more I took, the better I felt.  The pills seemed to make everything OKAY.  Or, so I thought.  I started popping about 10 to 15 pills a day, for almost a decade.

It’s the only thing I had left.  My boyfriend dumped me b/c he didn’t want a junkie for a girlfriend, my best friends wanted to stay away.  I continued to lose and lose hard.  I got arrested for DUI, and that was less than a year after putting myself into a detox which I could not stand.

Then I came across RECOVERY ADVOCATES, using Google.  They were kind, and considerate and affordable!  They really made me feel like they had an answer to my long-drawn drug addiction, in fact, they had a crisis phone call, took my number and called me right back.

I started the program and really did it.  I started to see colors again and hear music, and feel good, the world started appearing so much brighter to me.  My friends all told me how fantastic I looked, even people that did not know me.  Recovery Advocates gave me my life back, and I am forever eternally grateful.”

Ballet Dancer, 27