Our Top 10 Tips for Early Sobriety
In today’s world, our mental health is often overlooked amid the daily hustle and bustle of life.
Susan Battah-Horn’s Story – From Devastation to Destination Hope
The road toward recovery can be a dark and lonely place, and sometimes you can feel overwhelmed with bad news. It is important, now more than ever, to maintain hope. Hope can be found through storytelling or finding common experiences through listening and conversation with other individuals who have gone through similar struggles. Our own […]
Darren’s Story of Addiction and Triumph
My story began as a child witnessing what I thought were the best parts of life. Up late on weekends, little supervision, and get to hang out with grown-ups. My parents were young when they had me and as an only child, I got to see a lot of stuff. Growing up we weren’t poor, I […]
How to Celebrate Graduating from Treatment
Graduating from a rehabilitation facility is an exciting event and should be celebrated in grand fashion. We make a big deal of every milestone – from receiving our driver’s license, to moving into our first apartment, to our work anniversaries. Recovering from addiction is no exception – and it takes much more hard work than […]
From Broken to Whole Again
Written by DH Women’s Program, alumni family member, Beth O. March 2017 When I grew up, my mother was our caretaker and did everything for us. She put us through dance and gymnastics classes, voice lessons, drove us to soccer games and saved every last dollar from her two jobs to give us everything we […]
Nicole’s Sober Story
My name is Nicole and I am a proud DH alumnus. I arrived at DH on February 7, 2014, as a very tired and unhappy person. My addiction is to alcohol. My story is not a sad one in the beginning. I was born into great privilege. I attended private schools and traveled the world. […]
Michelle’s Sober Story
Hi, I am an alcoholic and an addict, my name and my problem is Michelle. I am fifty years old so I have a long story, but I will try and not bore you! I grew up in a very Italian household, my grandfather had a wine cellar and of course, I drank wine at […]
Rebekah’s Sober Story
In order to call myself an alumnus of Destination Hope, it is clear that my life previous to treatment must have been in shambles. I needed help and I needed it fast. I finally got to a point of desperation in my addiction that I reached out to one of my friends who I grew […]
Maria’s Family Program Testimonial
A mother’s perspective on her daughter’s treatment I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am that my daughter was in treatment at Destination Hope. The therapists, ESPECIALLY Anne W, were AMAZING! At the time my daughter Lisa entered Destination Hope, she had been in at least 15 treatment facilities over an 18-month […]
Melissa D’s Sober Story
Hi, my name is Melissa D and I am an alcoholic. I am an alumnus of Destination Hope and my sober date is March 17, 2010. I am from New Jersey and I am 32 years old. I work for the state, and I would not have imagined that my life would be so much […]