At Ascensa Health at St. Jude’s Recovery Center, we strive to provide clients with the tools they need to return to the community as self-sufficient, productive individuals able to maintain recovery. We would like to share this story from one of our clients and celebrate their journey to recovery with you.
“When I first came to Ascensa Health at St. Jude’s Recovery Center I felt so scared, so defeated, and so totally hopeless, lost, worthless and alone. Even in my early discovery of my own self I had my defenses up. I was very fearful of opening up and being honest about how I felt. I masked all feelings, making my first months very difficult.
I am now over seven months into the program and have so much gratitude towards every member of my clinical team for giving me coping skills for not only substance abuse but also my mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression.
Today, I am learning to trust the program of recovery by using positive affirmations to build self-esteem, checking and changing negative thoughts to positive, being humble, and taking the suggestions from my clinical team members. Ascensa Health at St. Jude’s Recovery Center has truly changed my life. Today, because of their loving, caring, awesome program, I am a new person. “Just for today.” Ascensa Health at St. Jude’s Recovery Center loved me until I could love myself.”