This place is a joke. The don't let you see a doct...

This place is a joke. The don't let you see a doctor for weeks. So if you are a heroin addict you won't get your Suboxone until you are already detoxed. If you are an alcoholic or quitting benzos, you are endangering your life. Unlike heroin withdraw, alcohol and benzos withdraw can kill you.

The "classes" you sit in all day are taught by unqualified people who have no idea what they are talking about. If you are a first-timer, you will be misinformed and learn nothing about your disease.They teach nothing about the twelve steps and don't have any AA/NA literature, which I personally believe works as it kept me sober for eight years.

Don't take a cellphone as they dispose of them. They don't inform you that they only have pay phones and you need a calling card or call someone with a land line.

They have federal prisoners housed with everyone else. Most everyone there has been sent there by their P.O., so they have to go and don't want to be there.

The first day I was there, I was approached about buying four different drugs. Theft is a big issue.

If you're serious about getting help, please choose another facility. I would recommend Bridgeway in St. Charles. Their staff is well informed and a lot of them are recovering addicts, so they are easy to talk to and genuinely want you to succeed.

Remember, there is life after heroin. If I can quit, so can you. You don't have to live in hell, life is good. Please don't let it kill you, there are people who love you and they will be devastated, as I am after losing the love of my life.