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"Thank you for your help. From my heart, I'm very grateful."
"I'd probably be dead now if I didn't go to Rutland Centre."
"It was the most important 6 weeks of my life and I have lived for 1,961 weeks to date! Thanks!"
"Today I am so grateful for my sobriety. It has given me great peace within and to others, I owe a big part of this to the Rutland. It gave me a great grounding to help me with my day to day recovery. I have a better knowledge of my weaknesses -- I am working on that. I am also aware I have more changes to make. I now know I have the strength and courage to do this"
"I have a great life today without alcohol and drugs. I had no idea what lay ahead of me when I entered the Rutland nearly five years ago. It has been a fantastic journey. I love my life today"
"I have no doubt at all that, had it not been for the Rutland, I would not be alive today. I think it should get far more media coverage"
"My time at the Rutland Centre was a life-changing experience in that it halted the slide. Otherwise I don't know where or how I would be today"
"The understanding of addiction that I got in the Rutland was essential, is essential, for me to recover. It was a good 6 weeks. It probably saved my life. Thanks"
"I found my experience in the Rutland to be a very special one and I am so grateful to you all. It is 6 weeks of my life that I will hopefully treasure forever. Thank you so much"
"When I left the Rutland I didn't feel I got enough out of it, but one year later I grew up, slowed everything down and I got back into the things I love"
"Best programme for me. I have a life. At the time, it was hell - but looking back it was fantastic"
"After two years sober, upon looking back I can now see the reasons for, and virtue in, the rules of the Rutland. Thanks for all your help on the road to recovery"
"I don't think I would be sober today if it wasn't for the Rutland. For me, the six weeks I spent there, though difficult, gave me the opportunity to understand what my addiction was about and the effects of my behaviour on others. I owe the Rutland a lot"
"I was given a new life because of the Rutland Centre and its facilitators"
"Just to say thanks to all the staff, especially Jimmy and Declan in the re-entry group. They were my rock in the year and a half I attended their group. I'll be forever grateful"
"I've had some very low points since leaving Rutland in 2003. I've been clean the last 5 months. The last three months have been great. The obsession to use has left me. One of the main reasons for this has been all the help I have received in the re-entry group"
"I was well looked after at Rutland. I feel if I visited tomorrow staff would welcome me. I needed to be there and afterwards the support system was great. Ultan and Eileen were the right people to run the group I was in. Thank you for all the help and support given to my three girls"
"The continued help and support from Austin Prior on a one-to-one basis has helped me tremendously"
"Thank you for giving me my life back. All staff played a part -- not just the counsellors"
"Even though I was not happy and so very sick at the time, with no sleep for 6 weeks, I have to thank the Rutland for the life I have today -- also Dr O'Connor. It was the hardest training ever, but worth it! Thank you"
"I would like to thank you, Stephen, and all your staff at the Rutland Centre for your help and encouragement"
"Wishing to thank all the staff members in the Rutland for showing me me! And teaching me how to live again. I have a full life today, filled with love and I am starting college in September. None of this would have happened to me if it wasn't for the Rutland. Many thanks"
"As I write this now, I am coming up to three years sobriety. I owe my life to the many Rutland staff who helped to empower me with the knowledge I have today"
"Entering treatment was the best decision I ever made -- I feel as though I became a totally new/different person since my treatment. I am now in my second week at school, repeating my Leaving Cert, with the aim of achieving 570 points in order to study veterinary medicine. I cannot believe the changes that have taken place over the last few years -- my attitude, outlook on life, ambition, self-esteem, quality of life (the list goes on) -- everything about me had changed so much, it still sometimes all feels a bit surreal! Many thanks for your wonderful care!"
"My stay in Rutland was the beginning of a new life for me. I lost a few things since but gained lots more. I know who I am today"
"I feel the Centre gave me a good platform, a head start, for AA. I feel if I did not attend the Centre I would have failed in AA again. At the time, I just didn't understand how AA worked. Thank you for changing my life"
"The Rutland Centre provided me with the tools to cope with life and for that I am very grateful"
"It has changed my life for a much better one"
"I will always be grateful to the people who work in the Rutland. The thing I remember most about the Rutland is the feeling of love and the sense of belonging. The tears and the pain was well worth it. I never believed my life could be as good as it is. If you told me seven years ago that I?d be as happy as I am now and have the quality of life that I have, I?d never have believed you"
"I am truly grateful to Rutland for all the help and support. I could not have done this without you"
"The whole experience in the Rutland was the turning point in my life. While it was a difficult 6 weeks, it was the greatest learning experience and foundation anyone could have. I have many happy memories of my time in the Rutland and in my aftercare in Ballinasloe. I really do have, life beyond my wildest dreams, one day at a time"
"Going to the Rutland Centre was the best thing I ever did. It has changed my life completely and made me a better person overall"
"Thanks for everything. You are miracle workers"
"Thank you so much for what you all do. When I relapsed the support was great. So thank you! When I first relapsed, I received a letter from the Rutland which I really appreciated"
"I take comfort knowing the Rutland Centre is there to help me when I need you"
"I thank God and you for the help and support I have received, to be one of the lucky people to be still sober today" |
