The truth about this place is that it is just a money maker. While I admire the owners for being able to find a niche and totally exploit it for their own gain, I have less than zero respect for what they are actually providing their residents. Their counselors came from The Gatehouse Academy in Wickenburg, which is now closed due to possibly the most fraudulant case involving a treatmant facility in Arizona history. This place, The Gatehouse Academy, was running illegal drugs and guns, laundering money, using unlisenced counselors and prescribing psychiatric drugs without the proper licenses. There are millions of dollars in pending lawsuits today, besides the ongoing care the residents need due to this debacle. They closed in March and the counselors found a home at the Scottsdale Recovery Center. Besides the shady counselors, their residents attend daily meetings that their house managers choose. These managers are a step above homeless, are in recovery themself and are using the position for their personal program. The meetings they attend, are public meetings that don't cost a thing, and again the house managers choose the meetings depending on their own drug of choice. My daughter entered their program due to opiate addiction, yet spent most of her time going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The license on the wall was expired, had the wrong address on it and was eventually fixed with white out. The house was nice and furnished appropriately. There was no program ran at the house, no structure and a house manager that my daughter claims smelled like alcohol half the time. Their theoretical approach to counseling is so stale and they continue to try and disguise it as a holistic approach. What they provide is a place for someone to live for 30 days, nothing more, nothing less. I tried to speak to the representative on the phone, but she continuiusly told me she was too busy and would call me back. Not once did she call me back until I threatened to withdraw my daughter from the program. She them made up some ridiculous stort about my daughter and kicked her out... And to top it off, one of the owners owns a bar... Very unethical people... $4000 for nothing except 11 days of AA meetings, hot dog dinners and falsely credentialed counselors. Thank You SRC... Karma is a b*.
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