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It's been one year, today, since I came into Milestone's loving, caring arms. I want to thank you, and everyone who had a part in my healing, for all that you did for me. I am still strong and healthy, one year later, and look forward to many, many more years of happiness to come.
All that I learned with you is still carried with me every single day and has carried me far. I am working, I have a wonderful family, excellent friends and I am happy. These are things that I did not believe I could have before I came to Malibu, and I am truly grateful for them and the positive direction in which Milestones lead me.
Thank you, from the very bottom of my heart and soul.
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Love, Elizabeth |
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Dear Milestones Staff,
Thank you for saving my life! I am so grateful for everything you did for me there. You have an amazing program and an amazing staff! You all know I was dying and it would not have been long before I did die. I had no hope of ever getting well until I came there. I now have many wonderful coping skills to combat my anxiety disorder along with the necessary tools to ward against my addiction. I have a new outlook on life and I am so excited to be living it! Thank you for my new life! God Bless You All! |
- Barb M |
| After over a decade of great substance abuse and strong alcoholic tendencies, I realized that my way of life was very destructive and harming to not only myself, but those I love. Milestones was able to offer a program that was tailored to not just my addictions, but also to my lifestyle as a business owner. The staff, facilities and atmosphere were very warm and comforting with all the amenities I have been accustomed to. Through in-depth classroom meetings and one-on-one treatments, I was able to re-enter my world with a completely new positive outlook on life. The tools I learned have prepared me for any day that life/business can present. I am 100% confident that I will remain clean and sober and live a very productive, healthy, fun life and all. Thanks is due to Milestones Ranch Malibu! |
- ALOHA, JBJ |
| I owe my life, and my happiness, to the growth opportunity I received at Milestones. I learned so very much about myself through what I was taught and the people who taught me. I am "me" again and I couldn't have gotten back, from the long, painful road I had been on, without the help of the wonderful group, and surroundings, of Milestones Ranch Malibu. |
- Sincerely, Elizabeth B. |
| In addition to helping our daughter understand and comprehend her substance abuse problem, you have helped us as a family understand our daughter's issues so that we are better able to assist her and build a bridge that she can cross on her way to recovery. Our family therapy sessions were wonderful and while painful at times, in the end we all felt more loving and understanding of what our child was going through. We met you as strangers and left with you as part of our family! |
- Thank you and love, the S. family |
| Milestones offered me the opportunity and environment in which I was able to break the cycle that is addiction. In this I was able to take a much needed step back and reconnect with someone I had lost touch with ...myself. |
- Derreck |
| After our deeply depressed daughter’s suicide attempt, we were devastated, frightened and felt absolutely helpless. The Milestones team provided the firm, yet gentle and compassionate care to our daughter that became the foundation for her recovery. In addition, they took great care to minister to us as a family and were keenly aware of the pain we were feeling. As we celebrate our daughter’s recovery, we recognize her time at Milestones as the turning point in her life. |
- P.D. |
| Milestones taught me to express my feelings and emotions in a healthy way, without self- medicating or hiding my feelings. The staff at Milestones goes above and beyond every day, and when you leave you know you always have a family at Milestones. |
- DC |
Not to be over dramatic or exaggerate, Milestones Ranch Malibu saved our daughter's life. Her medical doctors told her that if she didn't stop drinking she'd be dead in a year. After her first 28 days, she thought she could do it on her own and moved to NY. After less than a week she was drinking again. She called out to Milestones to take her back, and thankfully, they readmitted her.
As of today, she has moved into a sober living
house, ready to reenter life SOBER, conscious
and awake! Yes, it's always one day
at a time, but if it hadn't been for Milestones
excellent treatment and faith in her, the
outcome would have been bleak at best. |
| - J.’s mom |
Dear Milestones,
It’s hard for me to put into words the gratitude I have. I was a broken woman strung out on crack cocaine and an alcoholic. I would stay awake for a week at a time, using around the clock. I would pick my children up from school loaded, endangering us all. Hiding and lying about my problem from my husband and all who cared about me. I did not know what was up from down. I was in total flight from reality.
A friend saw that I was out of control, and told me about a place that he went through. A place called Milestones. I did not decide to go right away. I was on my bathroom floor after being awake for several days, hitting the crack pipe. I heard a voice say that “you are going to die.” I called my parents asking for help. I had of moment of clarity. Two days later I checked into Milestones.
Milestones gave me tools on how to live life sober and clean. Through self-talk I came to change the way I was thinking. The program taught me more about myself, and who I truly am. The staff in a very loving way showed me the truth, about me. Through the group and personal therapy I was given new ways of dealing with the issues that I had no idea how to handle. Milestones helped get my life back.
I have over a year sober now and my life is completely different. I am not the same woman today. I have a truly wonderful life.
Thank you so much for everything! |
| - Judy H. |
| Milestones provided me with a safe, nurturing environment filled with all different sorts of therapeutic modalities. The incredible caring, love and support of all the staff enabled me to use these tools to make positive, lasting changes in my life. Thank you Milestones! |
| - Beth |
| When I decided to come to Milestones my goals for my life were very low. But the experience I had just blew my mind. I had no idea that my life could be a good one and that there is so much more out there that I never thought about. Milestones opened me up and guided me towards a new life. |
| - Laura |
| I think of my time at Milestones Ranch Malibu daily and remember the people, the lessons and the love that has helped shape me today. I am truly grateful for the time and energy and love the staff showed me. With some willingness to get better and an open mind Milestones changed my life. |
| - Steve M. |
| Overall I strongly recommend Milestones as the stepping stone to a new you! The staff, the programs, the groups...and mainly from my experience the way that you are tested on a 24hr basis. It is not easy going to any type of rehabilitation center...but if you have the courage & strength, Milestones is the only place where you can work on spirituality & recovery. |
| - Jason L. |
| Before Eric came to Milestones, I was starting to feel hopeless that we would ever find help for Eric, and I was feeling terribly alone in my search for help. Now, I see dramatic changes in Eric, have tremendous hope and am confident that there is a support system there for Eric (and for my wife and me) that will help us over the long-term recovery. Thank you so very, very much! |
| - Rick |
| Milestones focuses as much on helping clients recognize and confront the roots and reasons behind an addiction as it does with the addiction itself. When I left Milestones after 30 days, I left behind 30 years of guilt and shame as well and for that, I will truly be forever grateful. |
| - Love, Steve from Los Angeles |
| Milestones gave me my life back and a new purpose for living. The staff is outstanding! Thank you for all you have done! |
| - Toni S. |
I can't believe it has been a year since I checked in to Milestones. I don't want
to imagine how I would have handled this latest test over the summer without any of the tools I so thankfully received from Milestones. I don't think I can ever say it enough ...thank you Milestones. I'm leading a much better and fulfilling life. |
| - Fredo |
| The attentive, qualified and supportive psych techs and therapists made me feel safe and comfortable and helped me gain insight into my alcoholism and anxiety, which contributed to my recovery. Plus the food is really good! |
| - Kate |
Milestones educated me. I learned why I was doing drugs and so destructively. I dealt with some issues both issues intrinsic to myself and issues due to situations or people that I could not control. I identified other issues, that have not yet been resolved, but I do understand a cause and effect relationship and I understand how these issues have distorted my view or eaten at my "vitality."
And I learned that I have value....this is something I am still working on, but I do now believe I am a worthy person, really nice, and good hearted. I am feeling more confident, and I feel that I can at least look at the unresolved issues, and stop getting pushed around so much.
AND ON THE SIDE ::::: I do have reminders in many places (car, bathroom, etc) from my destructive days. These are great tools to remind myself that I went to a place that I never want to visit again, i.e. not fall into that trap I had been in for so many years.
Realizing how these issues have affected my development has REALLY helped me feel better about myself and changed the way that I deal with problems etc ...I do not remember a time when I felt as good about myself as I do now (not in a narcissistic way), it is like the sun coming out after a long grey winter. Much of this progress is directly attributable to your methods. |
| - HUGE MEGA-THANKS, Matt |
