Dylan Chana

Review of Stout Street Foundation

May 23rd, 2018 after multiple arrests and a few lo...

May 23rd, 2018 after multiple arrests and a few long miserable years of destroying myself I was given an ultimatum by larimer county drug court. Go to stout street or go to the community corrections for 2-6 years.

Community corrections would have been way easier and less challenging, but I had literally just lost one of my closest family members to an overdose and my family was torn in pieces at the time.

I didn't want help, but my family didn't want me to die and I didn't want to hurt my family anymore. I knew if I didn't stop I was going to die, so after weeks of sitting in jail I finally decided I was going to go.

It was really hard in the beginning, I was very unfamiliar to everything. I felt like I didn't relate to anyone and that I wasn't in the right place. I wanted to leave several times during the first month but thankfully I didn't. It became much easier after I built friendships with some people and started to see the benefit within in the classes and therapy.

I started to talk to counselors more often and really pay attention to class at around 6 months in, it ended up working out really well for me and I ended up meeting a lot of awesome people and having tons of fun. It's really hard at times but you do have a lot of fun there.

Anyways I completed last June and Im doing better now than I ever have in my life, renting a house with a couple friends from the program and working full time, saving money. I still do therapy with a counselor, the work is a lifetime thing but I've grown so much and learned so much more in the last 2 years than I have in my entire life.

I'll forever be grateful I made the choice to come here