I've been reading all these BS reviews that people have been writing about this place and have finally decided to tell my story. I'd been to 3 other rehabs. They either treated you like crap or made you stay to pay their bills. At the beginning at RR when I needed some TLC cause I was coming off benzos and dope, they were there through the day, night and the whole time i was sick as a dog in their detox. They treated me with respect and understanding and I relied on those techs late at night to talk me off the cliff more than once. Sure it's not the Beverly Hills Hotel and they don't have a pool, but they let you go to the beach when you are feeling better, supervised of course, and that made the difference for me. The facilities are quaint but clean and if you really want recovery ( which a lot of complainers don't cause they are forced into rehab by others) then you can get it at RR. I don't know where that one person went, but I was never criticized or harrassed or shamed. Far from it they helped me find me again and my self-esteem has never been better. Yeah, somebody had some bites, might have been bedbugs, but bedbugs are everywhere, including the Plaza Hotel in NYC. When I was there they tore one apartment apart and treated it professionally. Ya know it always seems like the jerks who go to rehab and don't really want it or aren't ready to get clean and sober are the ones who have something negative to say about it. Truth be told, this place saved my life. Yeah I had a slip up or two since I left there, but I got right back up each time and got back to my meetings. I couldn't keep reading about the negativity. There's always gonna be somebody who has something bad to say, its the nature of the beast. Thanks RR, for everything. I even called two weeks ago about a family member that needs help. I want her to go there. There is obviously somebody who's review on this website is intended to discredit this treatment program by making accusations about them forcing psuchiatric drugs on their clients. When I read the writing, which has about 90% quotes from some source about the science of antidepressants and antipsychotics, I can't help but think that that person sounds like he/she really needs some medicine. It is the ranting of a lunatic. No-one forced any drugs on me, in fact it wasn't until 3 weeks or so after I got sober that I realized I had probably been depressed all my adult life and it was then that I became willing to try medication if the doctor thought it would help. Guess what, I started an anti-depressant called Lexapro and a sleep aid called Seroquel. I asked lots of questions about the Seroquel because it was called an ""anti-psychotic"" and I didn't think I was psychotic. For a month or 2 I got blissful sleep and then stopped taking the Seroquel with the doctor's approval. I still take the Lexapro and it has started working for me slowly. I am grateful for the cautious approach they used at RR regarding putting me on meds. I don't know what's the matter with that guy on City Search, looks like he's just looking for something, someone to blame for his problems, whatever they are.
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