Bora Williams

Review of Alternatives in Treatment

This was a terrible experience. I feel like I went...

This was a terrible experience. I feel like I went through so much trauma while I was there. I was bullied and treated poorly by the staff. I'm surprised that this place is still open! They trick you and tell you lies to get you into this treatment center, they tell you that the food is healthy (it is garbage) they told me they would be able to accommodate my vegan diet(not true, I had to begin eating meat/ animal products because I was starving) they told me that the place I was going to was named mandala but that was a lie, it's actually alternatives to treatment. I felt like a prisoner and the only reason why I stayed was because they refused to give me my belongings for 24 hours. You would have to aimlessly wonder around and find a phone to call someone (in a rough area). I wasn't aloud any phone calls until my last week there, my therapist was treating me for an eating disorder I didn't have. THAT I DIDNT HAVE. I am a drug addict why not treat me for that? I don't know if this was for insurance purposes? At one point every single person in my therapy group was begging to leave. My therapist broke hippa and called the probation officer of one of the clients (this is crazy to me) to take a client to jail. My therapist would begin fights among my peers, and when fights broke out she would pick sides like some kind of sick game of control. I waited 6 months to even post this review because I was hoping that my feelings would change but the more time sober I have, the more I realize that this place should be shut down. Please don't send your loved ones here.