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Testimonials from our Clients and Families

For over 24 years, BreakAway Health Corporation has provided comprehensive behavioral health services for adolescents and adults through intensive outpatient programs. Our services are specifically designed to provide optimum care and treatment for our client and their family system. Please read the comments below received from some of our clients and their families.

Curtis - Graduate Client/ Alumni
I had come to the point in my addiction where I had destroyed all my family’s trust in me, and I was using drugs and alcohol heavily.  I was constantly making empty promises to quit using drugs and alcohol, but I was unable to stop on my own.  When I first came to BreakAway at 17, I was unready and unwilling to be sober.  I simply did not know how to live my life without the use of drugs and alcohol.  I was placed in the Intensive Outpatient Program, the night program, under the care of my case manager Danny O’Dell.
BreakAway was the first place that introduced me to the idea of recovery and the idea that things could get better if a little work was done on my part.  Because of BreakAway I was shown a new way of life and came to realize that I could continue to live my life without drugs and alcohol.   They worked with me and helped me find who I was.  Before BreakAway I could not get through a conversation with my parents without lying, manipulating, or yelling at them.  Because of BreakAway I learned how to communicate correctly and vastly improved my relationship with my parents.  I never thought that this would be possible when I first got to BreakAway.  I also found out that you can still have fun being sober.
This was made possible by the welcoming teens who were also attending BreakAway.  I was able to find a fellowship here, a core group of like-minded people who wanted to be sober just as I had come to be.    I am now one of the active alumni at BreakAway and have been sober for over 4 years.  Thanks to the guidance of BreakAway, I am now a productive member of society.  I am currently working, and attending Saddleback Community College.  I don’t have a perfect life, but I am able to deal with problems in my life today, one day at a time using the tools I have learned at BreakAway, sober.

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Kim - Parent
Because my husband and I didn’t drink, smoke, and never experimented with drugs, we thought our kids would stay drug-free, too. My son Curtis started drinking at 13, but we didn’t catch him until he was 16.  We took him for an interview with a drug counselor at another program, but my son convinced us all that he was just a normal teenage kid experimenting with drugs, and he didn’t have a drug problem.
Curtis told us he could quit without rehab, but after 9 months, when the home-drug tests still came up positive, this time we went to BreakAway for help.  BreakAway treats the entire family, and I had to unlearn everything I thought I knew about being a good parent.  I had to take the pillow out from under him and let him hit his bottom.  It was incredibly difficult for me because I thought it was my job to guide him and teach him and help him make his life easier, but when I couldn’t, it was like I had withdrawal symptoms, too.  Things changed when I learned that alcoholism is a disease, and I didn’t cause it, I can’t control it, and I can’t cure it.  I stopped trying to fix him, and trusted the counselors to give him direction.  I learned to say “No.”  I learned to say, “That’s interesting.” I learned how to live my own life rather than obsess over his.  I found relief in sharing with other parents who were experiencing the same thing, either in suffering, or in recovery.  I could talk about things in the group sessions that I couldn’t talk about with friends or relatives.  Our stories were all different, but we had the disease in common, and we found support and solutions during our time at BreakAway.
I will always be grateful to BreakAway for making a path to recovery for both my son and myself.  I remember the breakthrough moment that came when Curtis was 6 months sober.  He said to me, “Mom, I was marijuana, I was cocaine, I was alcohol.  And now, I’m Curtis.”

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Anonymous - Parent
When we first came to BreakAway I was desperate and without hope. My family was falling apart and I was petrified to lose my son completely to drugs and alcohol. No matter how hard I tried it seemed I couldn't get through to him while drug and alcohol use continued. The relationships within my family were horrendous, and I felt I was grasping at straws to make a difference. Fortunately, the staff at BreakAway quickly taught us how to handle the situation at home, how to set boundaries and how to deal with drug and alcohol abuse. They taught us a whole new way of parenting and dealing with our son's behavior, and helped all of us put things in proper perspective. Now, two years later, the relationships in our family are better than ever. There is no more drug or alcohol abuse in our home, our son is happy and healthy, and I feel like my own life has been transformed into a positive new beginning!

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Liz - Parent
Dear BreakAway Staff
I want to thank BreakAway for the help and insight as it relates to addiction and the chaos it causes. Their experience and knowledge about what addiction is,  and how it affects the addict and the people who love them are boundless.
When loved ones are involved with someone who suffers from addiction, it can feel hopeless. BreakAway and the staff members understand and have the experience with solutions to a disease that baffles the people who are trying to cope.
I also appreciate the fact that BreakAway not only helps the addict, but is also there for the members of the family who are suffering. 
Addiction is a cunning disease and usually needs a lot of education so that you can take action to help the addict as well as help yourself heal.
BreakAway has helped my family come up with solutions that work. 
I will always be grateful for the patience, understanding and the guidance provided by the BreakAway staff.
Liz

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Diane - Mother
When we first came to BreakAway I was exhausted, angry, worried sick and completely without hope.  We were at our wits end and I was not sure whether my son would end up in jail, missing or the worst possible.  We decided that he would need to enter a thirty day inpatient program and I was quite unsure whether he could remain sober once he got out.  I felt alone, hopeless and confused.  The staff at BreakAway was supportive, confident and caring.  They guided me in the right direction which I followed even when I wasn't sure it was the right way.  I loved my son but was at the point where it was difficult to be around him.  Our family was in complete chaos - unable to even get along for short periods.  There was a lot of animosity between all of us.  The program has a way of bringing together all of the family which was huge for us.  Today I have my son back, it is so wonderful and I can honestly say that BreakAway has saved my son's life!  This program works and it comes with my highest recommendation!

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