“Help me to make my life better”

‘I was very apprehensive when I first came to the Community Day Rehab. My earliest memory was when I introduced myself by saying that I was there to “be fixed”. It was with that comment I knew I was somewhere special because the immediate response was don’t think you’re here because “you’re broken, or need fixing. That comment stuck with me, because I did think I was broken and to be frank, I didn’t think I was worth fixing.”

“I always felt listened to and always felt reassured and felt more positive after seeing her and still do. My keyworker really understood me. Very easy to talk to. You will be given all the help you need to get your life back on track again.”

“Tay is amazing at listening, always there, so professional, amazing with my children, family and myself. Tay has gone above and beyond helping me and my children, always there for meetings , very good at seeing all the positives. Engaging with Tay has massively changed, I have my children now and 8 months sober. Tay has always listened and helped me through all my situations.”

“I started to get involved in the summer of 2018 when I was encouraged to go along to lawn bowls one afternoon a week. At first, I was unsure, I had no experience and didn’t feel comfortable with meeting new people. However, I was shown understanding and support from Paul and the volunteers and discovered that I enjoyed bowls and was able to mix socially. It was an activity that I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to take part in or even considered if it wasn’t for Re-Fit. I have tried many other sports activities since then including pitch and putt, gym sessions and badminton. The lawn bowls is still a favourite for me.”

Just to say thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. Thanks so much for all the help and support you have provided. Thankyou Ms Jill for always having time and for always pointing me in the right direction. Thankyou for everyone for all the help, support and being there for service users. Thankyou all for your kindness and always having time for individuals. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou

Thanking you all for all of your support, help and kind words. Every time I pop to the Hub I am welcomed, listened to and supported where possible. There's not many places I can go, and feel listened to, and like a normal, proper human being. The Recovery hub, however, IS one of them places and I appreciate it very much. Especially when I'm caught up in madness, the love and support (all) you guys show me, keeps me going. You are all doing an amazing job and are all beautiful. Thank you all so much.

God Bless You, for being key worker to my brother and I, we both trust you, AND to you never do we lie. Thanks for your support and others from the Hub, who reach out to addicts who want to leave behind being in the Booze, Crack and Smack Club. Membership to the B,C&S cost zero, but the pain, dramas, traumas, years of misery, loss of lives, kinda like the Mafia, in a way, when on high, bullshit all day, play the hero, being a fledge member of the B,C&S, until you leave the club, life is just a pure mess. Who do I reach out when I want a new life, folks such as you Nina and people like you, to show us another path, taking your advice, will certainly save us few. Being an ex member of the B,C&S I can renew my membership anytime, but if I'm honest with myself, and You! then the first steps of never renewing to the B,C& S is with me, and I pray to my God, that with bringing him on this journey, I'll be safe, peace of mind is what I'm after, and with your guidance as my key worker, we can have a laugh that will hit the rafters. To Nina, An Inspirational Woman by Far.

I am eighteen, and I was recently under the care of Mel who supported and aided my journey into sobriety. I just wanted to say thank you for all the support. Mel never failed to make me feel cared about and valid within my individual struggles. I never felt judged or ridiculed, and she has never once let me forget my worth or strength. Something about Mel’s persistence and attitude really did make me believe that I had what it took to overcome it, an overwhelming but welcomed feeling. I will be forever grateful as Mel was the secret ingredient I needed to get up and keep fighting. I endured sexual assault from my domestic partner at the time, so my mental health and capacity to take control over my addiction was minimised, but Mel nurtured me into learning new ways to cope, I have never felt so in control. Mel was always the one dependent that stuck around and showed me patience.