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All the staff at Oceanside Malibu treatment center were amazing!  I had been through treatment so many times that I came in really cynical about treatment centers and my own chances at ever staying sober.  When I left I didn’t feel like I was leaving a treatment center but my second home and a family that I know I can always count on.  I have to admit I wasn’t always the best client and certainly tested the patience of the staff while I was there but they never gave up on me.  With as much time sober as I have now I realize that in those early days that the drugs were out of my system but all the old behavior was still there.  I had to learn how to tell the truth again, follow through with commitments, and forgive myself and others.  Oceanside basically taught me how to be a good person and learn to love myself again.  I will always be grateful for the faith they had in me and the fact they never gave up even when I did. 

I was a mess when I first came to Oceanside Malibu.  I had lost all my family and my friends and felt so alone and depressed that most days I didn’t see any reason to keep living.   Dave and the staff at Oceanside became my family and the people who helped me see my life was worth saving and that just maybe irreparable things could actually be fixed with time, action, and sobriety.  My family wouldn’t even pick up my phone calls but with Dave’s persistence they started speaking with him and eventually agreed to fly out and do family sessions.  The family sessions I have to say were grueling at times but there was more honesty from my parents and brothers than I ever imagined would be possible.  With Dave’s help I not only got sober but my whole family began to heal and deal with their own pain.  What is really incredible is that even after all this time not at Oceanside I know I can still pick up the phone and call Dave and he can help me through whatever I am struggling with and remind me that I can do this.  I know I can trust Dave because he will tell me good things about myself but then also will tell me when I am making bad choices and not thinking things through.  Early on I used to not listen to Dave and would get really upset when things would go down just the way he said they would.  When I went crawling back to him ashamed to admit my stubbornness and what happened I never got judgement only love and support.  Dave didn’t take some of my stupid behavior personally and get angry at me like my family used to.  He just really cares and wants me to have a great life.  I had to go through a lot of fake people in other treatment places that said they cared but then really didn’t.  Dave is the real deal- he’s in this because he is trying to save your life.

All the professionals I spoke to told me to give up on my daughter that she was hopeless.  Dave was the first person in a long time that gave me clear, direct advice and said there was hope.  He was honest and let me know it wouldn’t be an easy road- which it wasn’t- but that we could get through this.  The number of times I have called Dave needing his advice are too numerous to count.  I got so angry at my daughter sometimes that I took it out on Dave but he still never stopped caring for my family.  Dave became the bridge that let me find my way back to the daughter I once had.  I still worry sometimes as I think that is just what mom’s do but today my daughter is alive, sober, working, and becoming a person I can trust and count on again.  It has been a painful road at times but I thank God everyday that he brought Dave into our lives.  I really believe that my daughter wouldn’t be alive today if not for him.