This place changed my life. I checked in completely broken, lost, and lacking the will to live. I stayed for over 100 days - having never completed more than 35 days in a residential treatment program before - and it was exactly what I needed. Everyone cares: the staff, clinicians, equine facilitators, nurses, upper management, and the owners they all met me exactly where I was on my journey of recovery with patience and tolerance. I will not recommend any other facility to a struggling loved one.
I was a patient in the fall of 2021. This place is not for someone new to residential treatment. It was my first and If this place is considered one of the best then the entire industry is in trouble. Total lack of communication from medical staff to clients, medical and residential staff. I was able to stomach 7 days and realized out of 30-40 guys I was one of the very few, if not the only one, that had never been in a residential treatment program. Most guys their have been in treatment 3, 5, 10 or more times. So most of the staff just assumed I was an old addict and relapsed many times like the others. I knew nothing about the twelve steps and nothing about what I was supposed to do each day. I was given a schedule but had no idea where to go.
I just walked around the campus of buildings trying to find people. I never got a treatment plan and I never got a big brother that was supposed to help me learn the system. This is the communication problem - they leave a big part of the communication to a current client/addict to help the new addict. They also have these young unprofessional tech guys acting like bullies always reminding us what pathetic addicts we are. The staff is never around.
They only show up when you threaten to leave. They say they care about you but as soon as you complain then you become the addict that doesn't know anything. This place seems to work for multi relapse addicts but it's a oxymoron. How can it "work" if you leave and relapse and have to come back multiple times? This place is called the last resort because it's for the habitual relapser - not for someone new to treatment.
I got sober here after going through two other places back to back. It’s been 2 years and four months since my last drink or drug. Could not have done this without the help of the people who worked there and everything they taught me. Glad I’m able to now walk as a man of faith and integrity.
The Last Resort has a special place in my heart and I'd recommend it for treatment to anyone interested in Recovery from addiction. The program works, the facility is amazing and the staff is what makes it so special. They have equine therpay, trauma therapy, meditation, 12 step immersion, wonderful counselors, nursing and Recovery managers and advocates and a strong community. I left with a network of brothers, friends and mentors and a profound sense of growth. This place is amazing.
We did not have a good experience with this facility… It was very evident that my husband was not done with his treatment journey - He had a rough start and it took him a couple of weeks to even attempt to participate in treatment, even longer to open up to his counselor and actually start working on his issues. He was finally starting to make some progress the last 2 weeks he was there, but it was decided that it was best for him to be released after the minimum 45 days. He was also released with a very weak after care plan - Counselor session once a week and then he was expected to find an A A group and sponsor on his own. There was ZERO communication with me from the discharge counselor regarding this plan. He did ok for about 2 weeks, but he started slipping. He relapsed less than 2 months after being released from treatment