Testimonials

Dear Staff @ Exodus Transitional Living,

This is a letter of gratitude and thanks for all that you’ve done and are continuing to do for me.

I spent the better part of the 90‘s up to early 2005 in and out of treatment centers and recovery homes, trying to break my addiction to alcohol, cocaine and pain pills. I left each of these places with a shaky resolve to stay clean and in every case, after one or two months, I’d be drinking again – and on my way to harder drugs and a lower bottom.

I had lost all hope and believed I was doomed to live whatever life I had left in lonely despair…well as of today I have 2 years of sobriety and am leading a happy, productive life!!!

Thank you Exodus! The care and direction I received from you and the counseling staff at Real Recovery has put me on a beautiful path, free from the demons and fear I constantly carried. I couldn’t have done this without you and will always keep you in my heart.

Sincerely,

Kaye Tobin
January 5, 2007

Dear Mr. Chatoff

I thought you might like an update on my son Brian, who was a client of yours at Exodus Transitional Living and Real Recovery. In a word, he is FANTASTIC! Quite a turn-a-round from the angry, confused and hopelessly addicted young man I brought to you nine months ago.

Brian is working again, able to live on his own, is attending meetings and most importantly: Sober. I can’t thank you and your team enough. I honestly did not believe I would ever see my son smile again, let alone be free from drugs and alcohol. These days he is healthy and happy, and our relationship is better then ever.

Thank you for helping to bring my son back from the brink of death. I am forever grateful.

Sincerely,
Karen B.

Dear Steven,

It’s been 18 months since I completed my stay at Exodus and I’m happy to report that I am still sober and am living a happy and fulfilling life. My husband no longer has a “desperate housewife” and my kids now have the mother they need and deserve.

When I first came to you, I was quite broken and completely ashamed of the person I had become. All I cared about was getting my next drink and making sure I had enough pills to get me through. The insanity of trying to control those obsessions and hiding it from my family left me very desperate indeed. Except for myself, no one was deceived about my chemical addictions and the inevitable day came when my husband gave me an ultimatum…

"No more lies, get help or get out!"

At the time, that was the “worst” day of my life. I could not envision living my life without “medication” and yet, when I looked into the sad eyes of my children, I knew I could not carry on the way I was. In spite of my fear, I turned myself over to the care of Exodus and Real Recovery; thus my “worst” day turned out to be one of the best days of my life.

Living clean and sober for the first time in my adult life has been exciting and challenging. However, thanks to you I now have coping tools and solutions to whatever problems or trials I may face. My sobriety, kids and husband are my greatest joys and I thank you for helping me find them.

Warm Regards,

Carrie K.

Dear Mr. Chatoff,

I am quite pleased to inform you that I have just put together another 365 days of continuous sobriety, no minor feat in light of the fact that I had barely enjoyed a sober day for more than 18 years.

Admitting I was an alcoholic was one of the most difficult truths about myself that I’ve ever had to face. I insulated myself for many years from that fact with my “status” in life. I judged success by the profit margins of my companies. Somewhere along the line I developed the notion of an alcoholic as one who lives in an alley and panhandles on corners, a far cry from my state of affairs.

I vividly remember the morning that I awoke with another hangover, significant because the day before I had “sworn off” liquor – again. I became so distressed that a man of my “strength and willpower” could not contain the mounting chaos. I was shaken in my defeat and had to finally confess that I was truly “powerless over alcohol and my life had become unmanageable”.

Up until that day I had never asked for help, and certainly the word “surrender” was not in my vocabulary. But surrender I did, to your program and a new way of life. These days I measure success on a spiritual standard and my life is “rich” indeed.

Thank you Exodus and Real Recovery, I am a truly grateful man.

Sidney B.