I would like to take this opportunity to briefly describe how Bethesda rehab home saved my life.

In March 2006 my drug addiction had brought me to the lowest point in my life. I was a walking skeleton; I had isolated and abused everyone who ever cared for me. I had a suspended sentence for theft and was facing new charges, and believed I was on my way to prison. Apart from that, I had given up any hope of a normal life, a life without the use of drugs; I didn’t think it was possible for me. I can’t even begin to describe how afraid and hopeless I felt.

My mother found the Bethesda's e-mail address on the internet when she was desperately searching for advice about Government treatment centres, as we knew it would be impossible for us to afford any kind of private drug treatment -I had, by this stage exhausted all finances and stolen anything of worth from my family.
Colin and his rehabilitation counsellors read my mom's e-mail and, by the Grace of God, the next thing I knew my parents were driving me up to Bethesda rehabilitation and recovery home.

I was petrified, not knowing what to expect, not knowing how I would survive the following days without any drugs. When I arrived Colin and his team just wrapped loving arms of grace around me, both literally and figuratively. Over the following weeks they helped me begin a journey of self discovery, which eventually turned into recovery. By their example I was able to experience the love of God, true unconditional love, the type of love that comes with hard truths I learned about myself and my behaviours. They also offered a wide range of drug treatment courses which really helped me in many areas, for eg. Learning to deal with feelings of anger, learning how to set and respect boundaries, learning about the nature of drug addiction from the beginning stages of denial, right through to how to deal with relapse.

I ended up staying for 7 months and am clean and drug rehabilitated today. My family and I are healing our broken relationships and are pillars of strength for each other these days. My father passed away last year, but I got to spend 3 of the most precious years with him, proud of his "little girl" again. I am the happiest and most fulfilled I have ever been in my life, and am now able to offer hope to other struggling addicts and their families.  Life is obviously not always easy, but Bethesda has given me the tools with which to cope. I am truly grateful to Colin and his team; they are doing Gods work and saving lives.

Kind Regards and God bless

Kathy Twine