About 7 months ago I was a lost soul. No willpower...

About 7 months ago I was a lost soul. No willpower, no possessions, no faith. My mental and physical health deterating before the eyes of the few that still loved me. I was going to give up. I've never attended a rehab before but when I called around others all they cared about was money and not my well being. It was sick and made me hate the idea even more. As I continued my destructive ways, I received a phone call from lakeview. How they got my number I don't know. They got me on a plane the next night and off to Jacksonville I went. I was discouraged at this point because this is what my life came too. I was garbage in my own mind. I got picked up as soon as I landed and headed to lakeview where I was greeted by talented nurses and patients. I was slowly becoming less frightened. When I woke, I met with a therapist and doctors. I was also against taking anything for depression and anxiety because I was a self medicator and insisted that I didn't want to get hooked on anything. (You can see the irony there.) The doctors explained the medicines, didn't push anything I didn't agree too and I went on my days working with great therapists to find the root cause of my disease. Two months later after finding god, a program that works, coping skills and most importantly myself, I was sent on my way to take on the world again...sober. I was armed with coping skills and prayers, techniques and guidance that I use every day to stay sober. The Business office helped me with setting up my outside bills and getting me enrolled into college. The doctors set me up for success. My therapist brought out the best in me. Over all lakeview saved my life and I will be enternally grateful. Outside of the workers, I heard stories of success from the alumni director which gave me hope as well as met a group of friends I now call brothers. I'm not sure how other treatment centers do there programs but I am convinced this would be for me the most successful venture. Not all those who wander are lost.
-Tim C. Grateful recovering alcoholic.