I worked here at the center and at the headquarters. What I have found is that every work place and especially rehab facility has its problems. However, recovery is a choice. No one can give it to you, and no one can equip you perfectly. At the end of the day you grasp what you can in a controlled environment with a sober mind and you take anything you have learned home with you and continue on your journey. If you feel you didn’t get enough help you reach out somewhere else, but you keep building and moving forward. It’s been 3 1/2 years, I’m not perfect, but continually moving forward and growing because this place gave me a starting point. Blessed and thankful.

HORRIBLE place. As a former client, i was disgusted with the staff and how they treated my fellow peers. They made my addiction worse and didnt offer anything i needed to get better.PLEASE DONT SEND YOUR LOVED ONES THEIR.YOU WILL REGRET IT and will be a waste of your loved ones time which addicts these days dont have a lot it.

I started my journey to recovery about a year ago. i had a very dear friend that saw i really needed help even when i did not believe so myself and he offered to help me. he got me into this program and my life has been different ever since. i stayed for the residential program and i was there for months but when i say i needed every minute i really mean that. the first week was definitely the hardest. i was sick i was really depressed and the urges were almost un bearable but i made it through them with the help of the staff here. the doctors are all trained and most the people i came across here had already been through these same things them selves at some point in their life.that made me more comfortable being there knowing that these guys had been in my shoes they knew how hard this was. i know i still have a long road ahead of me but i am at peace with my life now i am happy and i feel free for the first ti e in a long time. being on drugs is like dragging around a ball and chain and it is so heavy to carry. my weight has been lifted and i am taking life one day at a time now. i am proud t be the person i am and i am not ashamed of where i have been it has made me stronger for sure.i encourage any one out there to get help if they are struggling with addiction the first step is the hardest. but after that it gets so much easier and you will start to see the rewards of your hard work and gain your strength back. it is worth the shot what do you really have to lose. i have a whole new life because of this place and i can wake up and smile now i will never take that for granted.

My niece was convinced this was the place to go . Since she was already physically and emotionally fractured we agreed. We were never told progress or how to send her supplies so packages were returned. I think the worse part was having her discharged after giving her pmedications that require psychiatric prescriptions and being sent home with less than 5 days and no prescription refills. She is doing better but was not helped at all by this facility Do not trust them they are very shady

The staff is absolutely awesome here. Its a great program and a fun place. Really enjoyed my time here.

I am very pleased with this center and the way that it has helped my son overcome his drug addiction. It was a rough start as he was calling home after detox and trying to get out of staying, but as parents we did not give in and knew that this was something that he had to do for himself to get his life right. Since he has graduated the program he has been doing amazing and he is now able to stand on his own two feet. He has gotten a job, he has left the area where he was surrounded by all of his friends and he has since gotten a new group of individuals to hang around with. He continues to go to his meetings and his continues to be productive within his aftercare goals as well and we could just not be more pleased with all the he has achieved and look forward to seeing what possibilities open up for him in the future.

3 years ago my son started using heroin. As a bit of background my son has always been really shy and introverted. He’s never had many friends and the ones he did have were people he’d known for a long time but still weren’t all that close. The only person he’s ever been all that close to is his sister and I’m including me in that. I love my son. Would do just about anything for him but he pretty much stopped needing a mother when he was 9 years old. He’s always been incredibly self-sufficient and so we’ve haven’t been as close as I’d have liked. His sister though was also the one person he’d go to, the one person he’d talk to if he was having trouble. When he stopped doing that 3 years ago, his sister and I started to worry a lot more about him. We figured out that he was using heroin and have been trying to get him into treatment since then. Finally 9 months ago his sister cornered him and got him to agree to go to rehab. Which is when we sent him to Awakenings. I don’t think he could have hated it more than he did when he first got there. I always knew that one of the reasons he wouldn’t agree to go to treatment was because he didn’t want to be put in a place where he felt uncomfortable. He wouldn’t have felt comfortable anywhere though and I was just hoping that he’d pay attention to the program and not using heroin again would make up for how much he hated rehab. In the end that wasn’t true at all. The staff at Awakenings were great with him. They were understanding and bit by bit they pulled him out of his shell until he was comfortable there. It was over a month after he got there that he called me for the first time which is normal for him so I wasn’t worried. What amazed me though was how much he’d changed in just that short time. He was open and talkative when he called. Told me about the program he was doing and the people he’d befriended since being there. The last time he’s talked that openly with me was when he was 9 years old. I loved just hearing him talk about it. My son has been sober since going to Awakenings. Going there though did so much more for my son and he’ll have an easier time staying sober because of it. He’s still shy and introverted but it’s not nearly as bad as it used to be. He talks to me as much as he talks to his sister now and he’s much more willing to try to talk to people. Since getting home he’s stayed in contact with his counselor from Awakenings and that’s helped him a lot. Just having someone that he trusts and respects that he can call and talk to when he needs it has made it easier for him to stay sober. He also got a job since getting home. Which is a bigger accomplishment for him than it sounds. Just applying for a position and making it through a job interview was something he’d have had a much harder time doing before. Finding and sending my son to Awakenings was the best thing for him.

DO NOT GO HERE! They participate in body brokering and are more interested in making a profit off your addiction than truly helping you. Stay away at all costs!

My brother’s life has never been easy. Our grandparents gained custody of the two of us when I was 5 and he was 2 because our parents were addicts and couldn’t take care of us. My brother started drinking and using drugs when he was 15. He wasn’t addicted to anything specifically, he just took whatever he could get his hands on. Our grandparents found out when he was 16 and they were scared. They didn’t want him having the same life as our parents and immediately sent him to a yearlong rehab program. Going there helped him so much. While he was there he was diagnosed with depression and prescribed Prozac, which he’s been on since then but, just having a name to what he was feeling helped him. When he got home from that rehab he did good. He wasn’t drinking or using any drugs and he started seeing a psychiatrist which was something else that did a lot of good for him. He finished high school and started working for our grandpa and for a couple years things were okay. I know he still struggled with his sobriety and there were times that he had a much harder time staying away from drugs but, he kept himself away from drugs and alcohol for 2 years.Three years ago, that changed when his girlfriend broke up with him. It devastated him as he’d been planning to marry her. It broke something in him when he realized she didn’t feel the same way. For a while after that he continued to stay sober but, it was an uphill battle for him. I know he started seeing his therapist more often. Whatever he was doing wasn’t enough for him though and he did start drinking and using drugs again. This time it was the same in that he didn’t have a preference of any kind. Just used whatever he could to numb himself.Since that happened he’s been to 3 rehabs since then and while they did seem to help him while he was there, as soon as he got home he went back to using again and just couldn’t seem to shake his troubles. 6 months ago, our grandparents sent him to Awakenings and that changed.The Awakenings facility just worked for him in a way the other rehabs hadn’t. There’s a few main reasons why that is. One thing is that Awakenings is a mostly holistic rehab. Since he was on Prozac when he got there he continued taking it through his program. They didn’t try to get him off it or try to convince him he didn’t need it but, they also didn’t put him on anything else while he was there either. They just concentrated on getting him off the drugs he’d been using and getting him feeling normal again.From speaking with him I know that one of the biggest things he struggled with was when something didn’t go his way or if he was having trouble with a person, his first thought was that if he got drunk or high whatever it was wouldn’t be bothering him anymore. That was one of the main things he worked on while at Awakenings. Dealing with and handling issues as they came up instead of putting them off.The best thing I can say about Awakenings and one of the most important things, at least for me and my family, was that my brother liked it there. He felt comfortable talking with the counselors and got along with most of the other clients. He’s never been very good in large groups of people and the staff and the other clients at Awakenings helped him a lot in getting settled and comfortable with the facility itself and the people there. They put an effort into helping him feel comfortable through his entire program and it made being there and doing his program a lot easier for him.He’s been home for 2 months now. I’m really proud of him for the work he did at Awakenings and the work he’s continued to do since getting home. I’m happy our grandparents found and sent him to Awakenings. It’s a wonderful program and my brother benefited a lot from being there.

Being able to attend such a great program has really turned my life around. I was not that excited about my future due to the fact that I was in such a bad way, however since being here I can absolutely see a difference in myself. I feel excited and am looking forward to life and my future whereas before I was not. This place has given me the tools necessary to move forward in life with a plan and goals in place. I know that I want to work in this field because I see how beneficial it has been and helpful to me. I saw firsthand how other people benefited by being here and I saw nothing but good things during my time here. The chef that works here cooked us delicious and nutritious home cooked meals daily and I almost did not want to leave because the food was so good. The staff greets you by name and you do not feel like you are just a number waiting in line to be seen by the next available person while you are at the facility. I would recommend this place to anyone needing or considering to get help with any addiction problem that you may have. The road to recovery is a beautiful thing but you have to put the work into achieving it first.

I completed the program almost 2 weeks ago The staff there are great, Clinical Directors and Executive Officer made hard choices to help the recovery of all their clients so they are not all about profit. You are their with sick people who are early in recovery not at a college campus, realistic expectations. I am so blessed to have been able to start my journey there the case mangers and counselor work very hard also the kitchen crew; I am so blessed they provided a bed, a roof over my head, and more food i should have eaten, and group therapy . Rehab is what you make of it you have to put in the work!!! I am so ever grateful , i was there for thanksgiving and Christmas and they went above and beyond to make us feel like we were at Home!! May God Bless everyone at Awakenings They love and care about what they do for a living!!!! They bring Family back together!!!

Poor follow through with returning phone calls and keeping family informed. Disharge planning was rushed and completely unattainable due to distance. Aftercare specialist doing follow up? Useless. This program and it affiliates just want your money. They push them out once they can bill $30k. No actual work was done, besides getting that 1st 30 days sober. This place is a joke. No security, no one at the front desk, no one returns messages. Even the director refused to return my calls, knowing we had concerns that we wanted addressed. I would never recommend this facility or its sister facility in Battle Creek to anyone.

I knew it was time for a change when I realized that I was losing the use of my hands and had lost visual depth perception due to nerve damage caused by chronic daily alcoholism. i had to get help and that is what i did. my wife called awakenings recovery center in Michigan and it changed my life for the better. for one thing she is much happier with me today and proud of me to say the least. she has been my support and i thank her every day but i am also thankful to the staff at awakenings for setting me straight on the right path in life i think you all are great at everything you do. the kindness the patience with me it all played a part and my recovery was coming along nicely. i wake up every day thankful of my life and my new second family.My life today is peaceful and content. It is filled with daily physical health, exercise, and personal spirituality. My life is full of friends and loved ones both “in recovery” and so called “normal drinkers” too.i am the man i am today because i decided to make this choice and so can you i even thought i was too far gone but you are not trust me it is never too late to change.Don’t wait– get sober today. The sooner you get sober, the sooner you will find happiness and contentment.

My first experience of treatment was when I was 16. My dad and my new step-mother discovered that I had been drinking and smoking pot and decided that I needed to go to an adolescent program, so I did. I stayed chemical-free for a year (mainly just to live in their house and not get into any trouble), but as soon as I graduated high school and was out on my own, I had every intention of going back. What I found was that what used to satisfy me wasn’t enough anymore. So my use went from pot and alcohol to my discovery of opiates and benzos, and very quickly escalated in drug use. by my 20s i was a raging alcoholic and a heroin user iv at that. i had a serious addiction and it was like there was no stopping me. my parents my friends no one could have any affect on what i felt i wanted to do even if i knew i was killing myself. i guess it took my first real over dose to open my eyes and make me realize that i was not indestructible, this is when i asked for help my father and step mother helped me get into this place.i was a little stubborn and resistant at first because i wanted to get high before i went but i gave in and i got on the plane. i was scared i was nervous i was sick i could not control any ting at this point and there was no going back. when i was introduced to the staff it really put my mind at ease the atmosphere here was positive. no one was judge mental no one was trying to get me to use we were all dedicated to one thing one mission recovery from this disease. when i graduated my father cried like a baby it was the greatest feeling ever. trust me having my father be proud of me was far better than any feeling any drug could give me.

The night before I finally got sober, I took the dynamics that I had with men and relationships to the world and picked a fight with a total stranger. It ended with being kicked by boots in the head and I woke up with a massive concussion. I was living with my mom at the time. I went home and told her what had happened and she called my therapist. My therapist did an intervention on me on behalf of my family, urging me to enter a treatment program immediately or face consequences. The consequences would my family would not participate in or support my life any longer. I heard what they had to say, believed that it was true, and came to believe that I needed help. I entered residential treatment for the first time in my life and have never picked up a drink or a drug since. i found my peace here and my sobriety. i had a whole support network here and the staff here are amazing. i used the art therapy program here to help me get through the rough days and it was the best thing for me. the docs here really care about you and your health and you are not treated as an addict. every one here has been through what your dealing with and that made it so much easier to open up.I have never been married, but I had some long-term relationships in my recovery. I feel that I’m now finally in a loving and healthy relationship. I have learned to have appropriate boundaries and to really enjoy loving another human beings. I had to learn what was going on with me internally and identify how to have a relationship with myself first, before I could have any kind of relationship with others. I couldn’t relate to others for the longest time, because I couldn’t relate to me. now i am sober i know who and what i want and i go for it. i could not thank these guys enough for saving my life.

Going to Awakenings was different for me from other rehabs I’ve been to because I liked it there. The whole atmosphere at Awakenings was warm and inviting. When I first arrived the staff made me feel comfortable and safe and for me that meant that I could completely concentrate on my recovery.I was surprised by how easy detox was. It’s never easy or fun to detox off something and yet going through detox at Awakenings was a lot smoother than I was used to. The medical personnel and detox staff were awesome. They seemed to just know when I needed someone to talk to, when I needed something to distract me and when I needed to be left alone. They are extremely knowledgeable about how drugs effect the body and mind and how to make detox easier to get through.There’s not one single recovery program that works for everyone. Every person is different and that means that you can’t treat each person’s addiction in the same way. Which is why they have so many different program at Awakenings. When I got out of detox I worked with my counselor who helped me figure out the program that was right for me.There’s also enough groups and classes throughout the day so you’re kept busy but it’s not overwhelming. There’s also other classes that help break up the day and which in addition to being helpful are actually fun. My favorites were the music and art therapy. Both those classes were great in helping me deal with negative emotions and learning how to use music and art so when I left Awakenings those negative emotions wouldn’t lead to a relapse.Another thing about Awakenings is that the facility isn’t just about getting you off drugs. They work hard to make sure that you are healthy as well. I didn’t realize how much easier staying clean would be if I was healthy. One of the reasons I started using drugs was because they made me feel good. Now, I feel good without them and so don’t feel the need to use them as much. I was really unhealthy when I got to Awakenings. The food they have there was healthy and nutritious while still tasting good and while going through my program I learned more about choosing the right foods to eat so that I felt better. Awakenings is also the only rehab I’ve been to where I didn’t leave overweight. I gained weight for sure but it was the weight I needed and not much more than that. When I completed my program at Awakenings I felt great in both body and mind.The staff at Awakenings are what really make this place so great. From the moment I got there they made me feel like I finally had someone on my side who completely understood what I was going through and just wanted to help me get better. I’ve always had one or the other. The addicts I knew, they understood what I was dealing with and why getting off drugs was so hard but, they weren’t trying to help me get better. My family wanted to help me and they did but, they didn’t really understand what it’s like to be addicted to something. The staff at Awakenings were both, they knew what I was dealing with, they were on my side and they knew how to help me. The staff at Awakenings also care, I mean really care about the people that come to Awakenings for help and their dedication to helping us was pretty amazing to experience.They made sure that when I graduated from my program that I felt confident in my own ability to keep myself off drugs. I’ve stayed in contact with my aftercare specialist and that’s helped me a lot as well. Just having someone to call who can talk me through whatever I’m dealing with has been great and it’s helped me stay sober.Going through my program at Awakenings was a great experience. I’d recommend this program to anyone and everyone that needs help getting off drugs. I know that as long as I continue doing what I’m supposed to be doing and applying what I learned during my program that I can stay off drugs for the rest of my life.

When you struggle with addiction for the better part of your adult life if becomes that much harder to grasp the realization of living your life to its fullest potential. For me over the years I began to lose bits and piece of myself little by little and before long you begin to not even recognize the person that you have become. The person looking back at you becomes a frail, fragile, insubstantial individual to the point that you no longer know who is looking back at you. While being here the staff explained to me that my drug of choice has nothing to do with my will power, and my addictive behaviors were completely out of my control to the point of me needing rehab. I became unrecognizable and everyone around me was beginning to notice it as well. I needed help from within not just to get off drugs. I had to deal with all of the issues that were hiding deep within myself and I had to learn how to manage all of them in a way that I was not covering them up any longer. The basic fundamentals of learning not to cope with your addictive behaviors but to beat them and break the cycle is taking full advantage of the possibilities that are in front of you. We all come from all walks of life and our journeys are all different from one another. I do not compare myself to anyone else and now I know that I am capable of anything that comes my way and I have the power within myself to know and fully understand right from wrong.

So, I’ve been addicted to heroin for 8 years. In that time I’ve been to a lot of rehabs. All of them are 12-step programs and I hated them. I know 12-step programs work for some people. I understand that not everyone can be helped by the same method, I know there are different programs available, I didn’t know what those programs were though. Plus, when I was using and looking for a rehab I wasn’t exactly spending hours and hours looking for a rehab. Things got better for me when one of my friend’s mom sent her to Awakenings. She called me from the center and told me all about it and I called my dad and asked him to send me there too. I loved it there. I did the SMART Recovery program and I wish I had found a place with this program years ago. The 12-step program never felt right to me. The whole giving myself up to a higher power wasn’t something I felt comfortable with and so every program I went to just felt awkward and wrong. The SMART program felt right to me. It fit with my way of thinking and just worked for me. The staff at Awakenings were great. It helps that they have people who have also been addicted to drugs. I just felt better knowing they could relate to me and what I was going through. It made listening and talking to my counselors so much easier. Whether it was real or imagined I always felt like I was being judged at the previous rehabs I’ve been to. I didn’t feel that way at all when I was at Awakenings. Going through my program there, I was able to change the way I thought. My reactions to different thoughts changed. Instead of instantly wanting to get high I was able to change my thought process which changed my reactions. I don’t think my dad was all that hopeful when I asked him to send me back to rehab. He was happy sure, it was only the second time I’d asked for help instead of him asking me to get help. So yeah, he was happy I was wanting to get help. Not all that hopeful though. I’ve done some awful things over the years and it strained our relationship. During my program I started working through these things with him. Talking to him again, really talking to him was something that I hadn’t been able to do in 8 years. I know it’s going to take more time to get to the kind of relationship we used to have but for now, we’re in a good place and I know that by being sober, by talking to him about things instead of brushing them aside, it’s only going to get better. The art therapy were something I really got into there. It made it easier for me to deal with my issues. Whether it was just sketching because it’s something I used to do and it was great to start again or whether I was working through something. It was nice having that outlet again and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed being artistic in general. I finished my program at Awakenings a month ago. I came home and things are good. I’m sober and working hard to get my life to where I want it to be.

When I came in to my recovery, the thought of having to be sober for the rest of my life was something I couldn’t wrap my head around. I couldn’t go more than a few months sober. I was kind of forced into it at first but at the end of that first year I noticed that my life started to turn around. I was way happier and I could handle things without having to self medicate. The Promises started to happen for me. If you can just do your best to hang on and commit to it things will start to change. After that first year, everything starts to make sense and it gets a lot easier. i went to inpatient rehab for about six of those months and that was the boost i needed to get me on the right track. they helped me so much here i learned so much i made lots of new sober friends that i am still friends with today.they are pretty much my support system when i feel like i can not deal any more and i want to give up i call them and i feel better. the staff here are great they do not just treat you like another drug addict they really care whether you make it or not. when i got out it was a challenge at first but i am making it now that i have a routine and i am doing really great for myself. My family and I are closer than we’ve ever been and relationships were restored. I found out who the people are that I really want in my life. Doors continue to open and if I take a step back and look at it I have an amazing life with amazing people in it. As cheesy as it sounds things just keep getting better. I just took a leap of faith moving to Arizona and decided to see what happens next with no expectations. I know wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for recovery. now i am ready to start this new chapter in my life and i am so excited.

If only there were a way to give negative stars. This place is horrible. Do not send anyone there. The staff is completely disorganized and unprofessional. They do not provide the treatment their call center people promise. AND, the place is filthy. Theyve had an outbreak of Hep A. (That is due to lack of a hygienic environment. Lysol, bleach wipes, general cleaning would go a long way) The Hep A issue is public information and can be confirmed by the Calhoun County Health Dept. Shut this place down!

Saying this was a Christian facility was a big lie! Nothing about the place was Christian. A few staff yes, but nothing else.They didnt even do any Step programs!The staff werent even on the same page as too enforcing simple to follow rules.Groups were over crowded. Up to 27 people in one group. All of the other places I had been to never had more than 12-14 people in a group.The food was the same thing over and over with the vegetables smothered in butter and they over spiced everything, even good old meatloaf.I would never recommend this place to anyone.There were a few facilitators that knew their stuff but for the most part it wasnt a good experience. In fact in the 45 days I was there I met with my counselor 4 times, 2 were I. The 10 last days, and my case worker 3 times.and I was never encouraged to process my childhood trauma.Really not a pleasant experience.

I went here for my alcohol addiction thinking that I was basically just going to fake my way through it ya know? But this was actually a really learning experience that taught me a lot about myself and about my addiction and about what it means to be sober and about what it means to really get OFF of substances once and for all.You see, there is a big difference between actually being FREE from addiction, and then just not using for a period of time. People can still be addicts even if they are not actively using drugs and alcohol. Current, consistent, constant use and abuse of drugs and alcohol is not actually a requirement for being labeled an addict. You can be a chronic relapser like me, someone who basically can’t quite kick the habit and who keeps going back to substances even though they know that they are absolutely ruining their lives. That’s where things were with me and with addiction. I just kept going back to it and I kept suffering and falling onto harder and harder times with addiction to the point where people were starting to wonder if I was really ever going to be able to beat these habits for life.Then I found Awakenings. Awakenings helped to show me exactly why I kept relapsing, and they showed me the direction that my life was ultimately going in if I continued on the path that I was going on. Truly, this recovery program was something else and something truly amazing for me, and it showed me just how powerful and excellent drug and alcohol addiction REHABILITATION can be.The key success to Awakenings I feel was that they were able to help me to know myself better. They helped me to look deep into myself and to find the truth in my addictions that even I could not see. They showed me exactly how to find my underlying issues and my addiction problems to the degree that they existed, and they were very good at simply guiding me in the right direction instead of telling me about myself, which previous rehabs had done and which I did not like. All in all this was a very good approach and a very helpful recovery solution that left me feeling totally revitalized and totally freshened up to be able to get right back out there into the real world and tackle my substance abuse problems and fully banish them from my life. All in all I am very pleased with the great work that they could do and the excellent help that they were able to provide to me and I would strongly recommend this rehab program to anyone and everyone who is trying to get off of drugs and alcohol for good.

This place was a joke to work for and for clients. The rules changed on a regular basis which was confusing for staff and clients. The staff were underpaid and had zero opportunity to get overtime. The Residential wing of the building was ice cold. The doctor here is a massive Douche who thinks he is better than everyone else. I would strongly advise against sending loved ones here or working here.

What a good rehab center! I will try to keep this brief but I have a lot of great things to say about this recovery program and the types of services that they offer to people. Awakenings is very excellent and very well versed in the recovery options that they offer to people, and they are able to show people peace of mind, abstinence, stability, and a well thought out recovery plan that actually works. I love them for that.I have been to rehab before, but there was nothing like Awakenings really. This center was truly exceptional and well versed in the kinds of recovery methods and treatment focuses that they offered to people. As it stood, this was the most excellent treatment options out there, and the recovery services that they provided to me were better than any I had ever experienced before, which have been quite a few unfortunately.When I went to Awakenings, the first thing I noticed was their dedication and perseverance for getting people not only clean from addiction, but also rehabilitated in all of their other aspects of life too, which was admirable to say the least. They really push and go the extra mile to help people address all of the aspects of recovery that need to be addressed, which is actually a lot more than just the physical addiction itself.Also, Awakenings offers a focus and a direct approach that is truly beneficial to people, one of which is exceptionally and exceedingly capable in helping people to beat addiction for life and to stay clean and sober. Plus they do it all on a totally, holistic, drug free approach that is a powerhouse, secular method that amazed me.For some insight to what I have gone though time and time and time and time again with rehab in the past, THIS was my recovery approach before Awakenings:Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always to maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.Look familiar? It should, because those are the 12 steps and I have been to so many 12 step programs that I can write them all down, VERBATIM. But did they help me to get clean from addiction? No. Did they help me to find my peace of mind and my abstinence from my substance abuse? No. But Awakenings did, and Awakenings was able to go the extra mile with me and truly show me what it means to be addiction free for life. I really appreciated that and I have them to thank for everything.If you are looking for a rehab program that is an alternative to the typical 12 step approach then Awakenings is really able to offer some amazing services. I am thrilled that I went there and that I got the tools and the recovery services that they had to offer, and i highly recommend them to others!

Took a tour of this facility as I was looking for exceptional treatment options in South Michigan, and was very impressed. The way the facility operates is very unique.. Instead of the one way fits all treatment approach, Awakenings customizes a program based on the clients individual needs. They are weeks away from obtaining JCAHO accreditation as well. JCAHO is the highest accreditation to gain in the substance abuse industry.. Hats off to the folks there at Awakenings! Keep doing what you are doing! I will be in touch very soon!!

Good rehab! Good food staff is friendly but its diffrent from what its made out to be they misses the hot tub and many of the groups that were promised. I met some very cool people their but the staff and the counselors and the groups are very good and that makes up for the lack of activites.

This place is AMAZING and the staff and there hearts are PRICELESS they gave me the tools and support I needed and am sober 5 months and 4 days and without them that wouldn’t have been possible. RIP. N.S. Gone but NEVER FORGOTTEN

What was my secret has become my story.If it only reaches one person, my life will have had purpose. Addiction is a progressive and fatal disease and the fact the I’m even alive to tell my story is a miracle each day. It started with an Adderall prescription and turned into a meth addiction. Although I’ve done things I’m not proud of, I would not be the person I am today had I not experienced what I did.i came and got help here at awakenings rehabilitation center and it has been the best decision of my life. i re found my passion for helping people here and today i am in school to become a guidance counselor in hopes to help kids before they start on that destructive path in which i did. maybe with my knowledge one day i will get to save some ones life. i just know it is going to be the greatest feeling ever.i still struggle i can not lie but i don not let it win. no matter what life hands me i will face it full force. the people who helped me are heaven sent to me. i may not be alive had i not made the call i did. i hope that this reaches some one and maybe just maybe i can help save a life. please know if your reading this your not alone.It’s a fight literally every day against myself but each day it gets easier! I definitely have a new strength in knowing that I endured it and came out on the other side.Many don’t get that chance. I overdosed three times in six months before I got to jail, thinking that it could fix the broken pieces inside, but that too began to feel like decaf. It’s truly a gift to still be here today and it has made me stronger and with a completely new outlook on life. It is worth living today. I want all those who struggle to know that there is help and hope for overcoming addiction

I odd inside the rehab and im so thankful for the staff for bringing me back. To life💙 the building itself is pretty disgusting though

AFR Superpages as EO 504 postedAwakenings was such an amazing rehab. You can really change your life there and you have all the help you might need to do just that. The building is designed to be comfortable so you can relax during such a stressful time in your life. Getting off drugs or alcohol isn’t easy. It’s really hard work and it takes a lot of work to get clean and to stay clean. Being in a center like Awakenings makes the whole experience much less difficult.The staff at Awakenings know this and they work with you to make sure you have everything you need. They treat all the patients with respect and understanding. No one makes you feel bad that you have to go through rehab. Going through detox is hard, no matter where you do it or how much help you have in the detox process. I had an easier time going through detox at Awakenings than I’ve had an the other detoxes I’ve been to in the past. They use Suboxone for opiate withdrawal and then wean you off the Suboxone. It’s not completely painless as you’re still coming off opiates. The detox staff at Awakenings were really nice though and they helped make my detox as comfortable as they could.When I finished my detox and started to work on my program the rest of the clients were really welcoming. There wasn’t this uncomfortable transition period where you don’t know anybody and are still waiting for the others you went through detox with to get out of detox. The clients help you feel welcome and help you get used to everything there.There are multiple treatment options at Awakenings so when I finished my detox and started on my program the counselor I was working with helped me find the best program for me. I’m not religious but there was a faith based program for those who are, they also have a 12-step program . I chose to do the SMART program which is cognitive behavior therapy. I loved it. You work out your behavioral patterns and you work on changing the way you operate and think to make sure that you aren’t going down the same path over and over. For me, the SMART program was the right choice but I love that they have other programs there.I really enjoyed the music and art therapy, it was a really great way to work through my emotions and feelings and I had a ton of fun during it. I made good use of the exercise room. Exercising releases endorphins which makes you happier. What that works out to is that it’s easier staying happy while sober if you have that regular release of endorphins. For me, it helped me and since I’ve been home and have continued to exercise regularly I’ve found that I don’t miss getting high.The counselors at Awakenings make sure that when you leave the program you do so when you’re completely ready to leave. One thing I found really helpful is the stress they put on making sure that when you finish the program and leave you have the skills to deal with day to day life. I knew how to take care of myself much better.They didn’t just deal with my addiction at Awakenings. They helped me become a better person, a healthier person and a much happier person. My life since coming home from Awakenings has been good. I’m not having a hard time staying sober and when I do find myself needing guidance I call my aftercare specialist and that helps me get through whatever I’m dealing with.

This place did nothing but give me a roof over my head, food and recommend a good sober living

This place is a joke. They use every tactic to bring those in that dont know where to turn for help, tell them everything is covered well by insurance and no out of pocket costs. Then after you have been there a week, they call familys to hound them for money that they cant figure out where the costs come from. Trying to say its what the insurance would charge you. Then a denial letter from the insurance company saying the stay is not medically necessary and they are out of network... This of course should have been said from the get go. No one will return a call for nothing, not even the lady the runs the place. Then when you confront her, she acts like your the one at fault. After 2 1/2 weeks in, I picked up my husband and am in the process of seeking alternative help for him.. this lady had the nerve to tell me I was a bad wife because he is needing help at this point. Another guy called me and told me i would suffer the consequences if I pulled him out. They tried to tell me that I had no idea what I was looking at when I got the denial letter from the insurance. All this place cares about is their money not actually helping the people that need it most. My husband said most of the time, his group work was playing with legos and games. Obviously this helps open up the mind but seriously... he also shared with me that he had been sent to another hospital for emergency treatment one day... I had no clue, no one thought it necessary to call me... I would never send anyone here solely for the fact that they dont really care about the person or their families, they just care about the money... poor communication, poor management, poor program.

This agency is owned by US addictions who uses false and deceptive advertising practices. They have copied the SAMSHA treatment finder website and direct all traffic to their call centers. Wonder why they cannot not attract clients through upfront advertising?

My girlfriend needed to go to rehab because she had started using Adderall in order to lose weight. She’s had her ups and downs with diet pills but those were usually from vitamin stores or someplace similar. When we first started dating she told me she was in therapy for her eating habits. It’s not quite an eating disorder as she usually eats normally and yet every so often she starts to think she’s too fat and she’ll go on some crazy diet, start exercising obsessively and start taking diet pills. It lasts from about 6 weeks to 3 months but, she’s in therapy for it, she works through it and then goes back to normal eating habits. This last time it happened it did so because we had started planning our wedding. She decided she needed to lose weight for the wedding which we hadn’t even picked a date for and instead of going to GNC and getting some weight loss supplements she started getting Adderall from someone she worked with. I didn’t know she was taking Adderall and neither did her therapist. However I didn’t worry in the beginning because I thought it was something we’d been through before and that she was working on it with her therapist. As time went on though I realized that there was a problem and confronted her about it. She finally told me what was going on with her and that she had already tried to stop taking the Adderall without help and wasn’t able to do it. We had heard about Awakenings from a friend who’s brother had gone there. She had been impressed with the facility and the staff there and recommended it to us. They helped so much. They got Sky off the Adderall and helped her figure out why she even started worrying about her weight so much when she wasn’t overweight at all. She’s still goes to see her therapist who’s helped her keep up with the things she learned during her program at Awakenings. The staff at Awakenings were really good with her, helping her when she needed help and pushing her to figure things out on her own when that’s what she needed. It’s not unlikely that she’ll start worrying about her weight again at some time in the future. She’s working on it though and with everything she learned at Awakenings and with the help of her therapist, me and our family and friends I don’t think she’ll go back to using Adderall no matter how stressful our wedding planning or anything else in our lives get. I’m glad Awakenings was the place we were referred to as it was a really good place for Sky to go.

It was very hard to make the step and go to rehab but I couldnt have picked a better place to go the staff is so amazing and compassionate and the food is the bomb

What a joke! Use your best judgement and do not go here! They are being sued. Go figure

I went to Awakenings because I was addicted to pain pills and Suboxone. The program there worked for me. I never thought I’d become addicted to anything. Most people start using drugs as a way to escape from something yet, there wasn’t anything I needed to escape from. I had a great childhood, my parents are still happily married, my parents are great people who love me, I did well in school and had good friends. I had no reason to start using and when my parents asked me why I had ever used I told them the truth, which was that I just wanted to try it. It’s so stupid and something I’ll always regret. I didn’t use long before I went to my parents for help. It was 6 months after I had tried anything and I had used regularly for no more than a month. I wasn’t sure if rehab was the right option for me. I’d read some stories of people going into rehab and leaving my bigger addicts than when they got there. I hadn’t been using long and I didn’t want that to happen to me but I knew I couldn’t do it on my own. We decided on seeing a doctor about it who put me on Suboxone. Once I was on it the plan was to wean me down until I could stop using it all together. The Suboxone did help me get off the pills and I was weaned down till I was taking a very little bit of it. The problem I had was that Suboxone was just as hard to get off of as the pills were. Once I’d get to the point where I should have been able to stop taking the Suboxone I’d try to not take anything but as soon as I’d go into withdrawal I’d take something to stop it. Mostly it was a Vicodin or something because I wouldn’t have any Suboxone and the whole cycle would start again. After a year of this my parents and I decided I’d go to rehab. I had mixed emotions about it. I knew I needed to something different and I thought that I could get everything out of my system and once I felt normal I could stay normal. That first rehab I went to I didn’t treat my going there the way I should have. I treated my going there as more like a 28 day detox. I went to all the groups and did the program, I wasn’t sincere about it though. Again, I didn’t think I needed the program itself, that I just needed the time away from the drugs. I started using again not very long after coming home. I went back to the doctor, did the Suboxone/Vicodin cycle again for a while and then my parents found Awakenings. There’s so many things about Awakenings that make it great. The staff are awesome. As soon as I got there they made sure I was settled, I felt welcome there and comfortable. While I was in detox they took care of me and made sure I felt as comfortable as possible. The different programs they have there gave me the chance to find and do the program that was best for me. I got the help I needed there and since coming home I’ve been doing well. I haven’t touched a thing since coming home and I’ve been able to handle any cravings I’ve had by applying what I learned at Awakenings. I know I’ll stay sober as long as I keep doing that and don’t get lazy.

This place is a joke writing this review from the rehab .. im currently in the program its a joke they nickle and dime everybody charge you to go to the psych dr. and the groups are a joke its all about money thats all they want they have certain staff who are really chill and actually care but for the most part this company is just a money machine and they could care less if you relapse cause they would gladly take more money

This is ok place for rehab they do not take any state funded insurance only major insurance they are friendly but when I go up for my sisters visits noone from staff introduced thierself and when I told them from beginning i was available for my sister at any time i have been in dark most of time even though they told me first day she arrived she had listed me for release of info I had to finally push then they called me and we have done all the work of finding a sober living for her to go to afterwards

Be careful here..it’s not what it used to be . Power hungry , controlling directors who refuse to work w clients. This program changed drastically for the worse . I’ll leave my review at that

Exceptional staff and the treatment platform is priceless!!!!

Do not go!