Testimonials

"This is my time! This is my year! This is my life and it's the only one I've got. I will do this. I am doing this... and I feel it inside of me more and more every day. (Amen.)" read more...
--J.D.

"I have approached my treatment with an open mind to what Brookside has to teach me, and I have gained a better understanding of the addiction that can control me, but more important – new tools for battling it so I can live in sobriety." read more...
--J.G.

"I understand now that life is not about what the world has to offer, it is about what I have to offer the world." read more...
--Brandal Mitchell

"Brookside has aided me in something I have needed for a long time, and my gratitude is great.  Everytime I walk into the Institute, I know that I am in a place that saved my life."  read more...
--K.H.

"Although I have completed another rehab program last year and received a certificate from them the similarities stop there. The care I received from Brookside far exceeded the other program or my and my families expectations."
--N.A.

"You taught me so many different things, each from another perspective, but most essentially you taught me respect for my own life and for the surprises it still may hold."
--M.D.

"I was looking for a treatment approach that would compliment the many positive things that I have gotten from the AA methods and beliefs, but could also serve as a stand alone treatment option to the 12-Step Programs. At Brookside I happily experienced that and more. The Institute’s Recovery Program exceeded all my expectations…Thank you again for helping me to make the cycle of the recovery process a complete one."
--G.G.

"I’m going on 3 years sober in April… you were the catalyst for me."
--J.S.

"I traveled from London to join your treatment program and I am so pleased that I did so. It was well worth the trip…I would recommend to anyone seeking treatment."
--A.L.

"During these nine months I was able to understand my drinking problem and my counselor provided me with the necessary ‘tools’ to recognize triggers and personality quirks that made me vulnerable to addiction."
--H.W.

"Kim [staff member at Brookside] never, never gave up on me. Not even for one moment, despite my stubbornness and proclivity toward relapse."
--J.J.

"Brookside Institute was founded on the belief that science and medicine can successfully treat alcohol and drug addiction."
--E. Keith Owens, Director of Brookside Institute