Residence XII

Beating addiction is not about surrendering to some god and following a book (AA) written by a man in the 1939. What other disease requires you to attend religious meetings to get better. These programs don't work! But places like Residence XII thrive on making money from recovery programs that have a huge recidivism rate of 90 to 95 percent. It is a program that doesn't work. Recovery is about nutrition, exercise and scientifically-based proven counseling and support. AA is an enormous sham that has lasted too many years as the right way to beat addiction. And it is simply not. Why are people so quiet about it? more

It isn't right to treat people who are trying to rebuild their lives as prisoners. There is a staff member who patrols the residence at night. From her attitude and the way she talks to you, you would assume she was a prison matron. There are double standards. I got in trouble for not wearing shoes when I was doing my chores. The next day, one of the floor managers glided down the hallway with no shoes. I couldn't believe it. The staff seems to forget what is important in recovery. They are all about containing residents, restraining them. I think this is particularly hard for young adults who get minimal exercise and no chance to really blow off steam. From their behavior and the number of young adults that either dropped out or were kicked out, I think the fact that there is basically no exercise is a problem. While they are rigid about managing the current residents, not so much about who they let into the program. This new resident ended up smoking heroin in the shower. I think doctors who recommend Residence XII are just lazy.What about King County Recovery. They are sliding scale. more

Finding a woman & family centered recovery program is what I believe made all the difference in my journey back from where my alcoholism had brought me. A trip home in a black out with my two little children in the car was why I started going to 12-Step Meetings. But with a one & a seven-year old at home, a job and serious depression, I was barely hanging onto my sobriety after 6 months. I knew I needed additional help and a friend guided me to Residence XII. I found other women who understood my shame, fears and overwhelming sense of failure. I found the treatment I needed to understand the physiological, psychological and soul-numbing ramifications of this disease. 28 years later I still find support and a sisterhood of recovery through my volunteer work with Residence XII. Flossie C. more