The Watershed Reviews

My name is Conor and I came into The Watershed on 2/13/14. I came into treatment physically, emotionally, and spiritually bankrupt. The Watershed gave me the opportunity to feel better about myself and move towards being a productive member of society. I am eternally grateful for The Watershed. I still reside at The Watershed after a year and a half and I clwouldnt have had it any other way.

The Watershed introduced me to tools that I will continue to use. I found the level of care to be very impressive and it was assuring to have medical staff available. The Alumni Department made a huge difference in my life with all of the activities and events that were held. This place is highly recommended.

It has been more than 7 1/2 years since I have leaned on my own Watershed experience. Since then, I have referred even more. To this day, I can still make a call, text, internet message when in need.... I am here because of them! My family has me because of the Watershed....

I entered The Watershed a broken person. I think I literally crawled in the doors. Scared and alone I needed help. This program is NOT easy. It is NOT vacation!! This is a place that understands where you are at and does everything possible to help you out of the life you need to give up. The Watershed gives everyone all the knowledge they need to live a life of recovery. Without The Shed I most definitely wouldn't be alive today. I took every bit of the suggestions that was given to me. I have 2 clean and a life I would not have ever imagined. The Watershed helped me save my life. They helped me save my children's mother. My time at The Shed is priceless and I am so blessed to have been there, and even more blessed that I never HAVE to go back. The Watershed is the BEST decision I have EVER made.

Initially it was me that did all the work!!! however if it wasn't for the consistency with the intake crew I truly believe I would not be alive today so thank you !!
Not to mention The daily treatment program of workshops, therapists, medical professionals ... Top notch!
Alumni Saturday's !!! Rock!
Peace Love Respect,
Still sober JoanJoan
11-1-2007

This was a life changing experience for me. One that'll I'll never forget. I owe this facility everything. They completely helped me find ME, gave me the self esteem and drive I so desperately needed. This wasn't just a drug rehab. This was an all-around life-improvement, self-improvement, career focused adventure. I am sober over one year now thanks to the knowledge I received at the watershed an d the coping skills I obtained. I also gained life long friendships with some really incredible people. It was a beautiful place. Comforting, just gorgeous. The Palm trees, the rooms inside the facility was so clean and organized. The staff was extremely intelligent, caring and wonderful.This is a time in my life I will never forget and I owe it all to the watershed. Thank you so much!!

I came into the Watershed May 23, 2013, and I've been sober ever since. I highly recommend the Watershed to anyone trying to recover from this horrible disease of drug addiction and alcoholism. This program has taught me responsibility, accountability, and how to be a productive member of society. I owe my recovery to them

The Watershed helped save my life and now I know how blessed I am. I struggled for half of my life w drug addiction and once I injected that very first time I had finally found the numbness I longed for. Heroine took my life and my soul away and the person I was became simply unreachable. Then I made the decision life or death and it so happened I chose life and was so worth the fight. Without the Shed and the friends I made there my life I know would have been gone and lost forever . Thanks with all of me! I am greatful and blessed beyond measure today. A little more than 3 years later I know I dont need that needle and that life anymore! For today I am thankful and truly blessed!!

August 15th 2015 was the day I made the call to the Watershed from Phoenix AZ and I checked in to Boca that evening. I was confused, lost and sick when I got there but the staff help make it as good as possible. Over the next week they got me over the withdrawals that come along with the stoppage of heavy alcohol use and things began to clear up. My brain was still cloudy and I was in rehab but there was nowhere but up to go. I really don't think that any patient is going to be terribly excited about whatever facility they end up in and neither was I but it wasn't the Shed I had an issue with, it was the fact that I earned my ticket there and everyone else in there did too.

I would have been happy staying at the Boca hospital, eating awesome food and hanging out on the patio with the smokers even though I didn't smoke. But the program and the insurance company had plans for me to go to PHP to continue my healing the process. It was unconformable moving to PHP and I wasn't that excited. It felt like the first day of high school, you don't know what's going on and you fumble around but after a day you get used to it especially regaining contact with the outside world via your cell phone. It might seems a little crazy but being able to talk with my wife and kids when I wanted without an audience gave me strength, because I was there for them too. A simple "I love you and we are proud of you" is all the fuel I needed to get things on track. Everything is what you make of it and although I wasn't a huge fan of sitting in class all day but I took the stuff away from it that I needed (after all I did earn my trip there so it was time to take the medicine),

The key staff members were awesome, I really appreciate my therapist both at Boca and PHP. Dominique and Larisa were two angels who helped me than I probably will ever have the chance to tell them.

One year later I'm sober, happy and have don't some amazing stuff that was not possible before I got help. I opened 2 different businesses which are doing amazing, I moved my family across the country back to a place that makes us all happy. Some may think happiness is a fairy tale and the stuff we create during our addiction will keep you down forever but that is not the truth. When you are sober, you have the power to affect change of all sorts, good, bad and insignificant. One thing I never lost was my dreams, when I got sober I found the fire and NEVER looked back. I work my program, I made my mends with those who I needed to but I don't wear that guilt and junk like I did. Life is different, people will treat you different because they think you are fragile when you get home. I called all of that my "tackling fuel", success despite peoples opinions and obvious failures. I still have alcoholic friends, many opened up and talked to me to ask for help after I help myself, it was them who I feared the most when I got home but instead if your lucky like me, you inspire change in some of them too.

In February Alcohol killed one of my very best friends, A man, when looking the outside ran his own business, married to an amazing woman and had what looked like the American dream. Jess was closer to me than my brother and we had that bond that brothers have. We even talked about his drinking and he had asked about the Shed but didn't know how or when he could leave his company to get sober. He sent me a picture about the middle of January from the ER and it was just his eyes which had turned dark yellow. A day later the diagnosis of cirrhosis. They put him on treatment and he vowed to change. It was to little to late, God needed a good man and my best friend back in heaven. I wake up every morning thinking of my friend Jess and how he wanted what I got. The reality is I would have shared his fate had I not taken care of myself. That's a heavy weight to bear and my wife and kids are constant reminders of what kind of real damage I could have done AND what I did do to fix it

I will always consider the Watershed to be the place that saved my life. I won't lie, its sucks when you are there but once you get some distance and reflect, it's an amazing place. Thank you

my experience is that the watershed is an honest program that works. the staff actually cares and ahows support. its an amazing program and would recommend anyone struggling with addiction to go there

Almost two years ago I learned my son was addicted to opiates. Not knowing how to help my son or our family, like most people I turned to the internet. I found the Watershed. My son was doing great at the Watershed. The staff is kind and caring. The facility has a wonderful program that holds everyone accountable. Our family participated and worked with the counselors. I recommend THE WATERSHED to anyone who wants REAL HELP! My son left treatment after a few months and he started using again. For 5 months my son was running all over South Florida, in and out of detox. During that time THE WATERSHED called me a few times a week to help me get through the nightmare I was living. Not knowing where my son was in FL was horrible. I know there are many places that claim to be a treatment facility and they are NOT. I know because my son was in and out of detox, IOP, and sober living for five months. Those places were horrible. I know how wonderful the THE WATERSHED is because we experienced many places. The WATERSHED called my son's cell phone attempting to talk with him about getting help again. He never took their calls. I am still in touch with people from THE WATERSHED today as I share the great stories of my son being sober for 7 months now.

I had an amazing experience at this place they helped me so much and they were so good to me i absolutely loved all of the techs and sharing this experience with them and a group of girls and guys that i will never forget.i recommend this place very highly.

The Watershed saved my life! This place works miracles, and the people are amazing. I made some of my best friends here at The Watershed!

I'm so grateful for the watershed . They treated me with respect and gave me the care I needed for my own personal recovery , they introduced me into the 12 steps which have saved my life completely. The whole design of the program is great I love the step down process it was beneficial to my recovery

I loved the Shed the first time I went but I don't agree sending people home if they don't get a job with in the little time frame esp. when a lot of addicts have past criminal records! I was told I had to leave for not getting a job in time and for having a "boyfriend" that was in the same program! My parents offered to pay for my rent and was told I could stay, a few hours later I was sent out the door! I ended up overdosing around two hours later in Florida with my family in PA, I woke up in the ER, clothes cut off not knowing that I was just revived! I went back to the shed a week later and most of the workers were supportive but some were not which caused me to go to a half way house else where! I've been clean since last Aug and I truly think it's because of the shed but mostly because I was sick of being sick! I've made life long friends and lost too many to mention but because of the program I got to have those wonderful people if just for a little of their time before they were called back home to be with God! So I think things could've been different but I'd do it all over again and I always recommend the Shed to anyone struggling! Thank yins for helping me get to where I am today!

My experience with the watershed has been a dynamic one to say the least, it has helped me see the bigger picture, and to accept things for the way they are. It has given me a new definition of what it is to be a man, and I couldn't be happier with the results!

I came to The Watershed February 25th, 2015 at the age of 18 and I'm still here because it has taught and showed me so much about life. Since I came here I knew nothing at all about this disease but being here again has taught me so much and I'm grateful to be sober with the help and support of The Watershed. I have been here once and with what I have learned it could be my last today. It taught me how to live happy and sober taking it one day at a time and also my family calls me and actually wants to talk to me so many blessings I have today so come try it out for yourself and you can see and join us.

The Watershed is a great facility and they welcomed me with open arms EXACTLY when I needed to turn my life around. Their program is one of the best and it has improved a lot since I entered 3 years ago. I still actively participate with their program and love every minute of it! They are my first choice when recommending to others.

The Watershed saved my life and has given me the opportunity to help other alcoholics and addicts struggling with this disease. As a direct result of this program, my family is in my life and I am truly happy with where I am today not just in sobriety but as an individual. Please reach out if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction. There is help available.

The Watershed was the best rehab I have ever been too, the staff was professional and very caring, the housing, food and amenities are top notch-- The Watershed was a wonderful place for me to get my life back on track-- I rate the Watershed as Top Notch-- a 10, great place to recover and learn about recovery--

When I went to the Watershed it was my first taste of recovery. I was taught all of the basics of the program and how to build a foundation for myself and my future. Although I did not stay clean that time I still had all of the knowledge they had given me. And the people I had met there welcomed me back with open arms. Now with over a year and a half sober I know The Watershed was a pivotal point in my recovery and I am forever grateful for all the amazing people I met there that helped me through the most difficult time in my life.

I went through the watershed two times. The first time I wasnt ready to get clean and sober. I didnt take things seriously and didnt follow their suggestioms when I left treatment. The 2nd time I went I was ready to make changes. The watershed provided me with every opportunity I needed to get clean and sober. The facility itself was very nice and the staff was amazing. I credit them for establishing the roots of my sobriety and will be forever grateful.

Before The Watershed:
Living day to day waiting to die
ODed in high school got kicked out
Spent every night in bars or at parties
No money, constantly getting in trouble or fired from jobs
False friendships and relationships
No license, feeling hopeless
AFTER WATERSHED:
License back
New car
GED
Full time jobs and job offers
New house
Church every week!
Spiritual growth
True friends
Now a happy SAHM of 2 amazing babies
I LOVE MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! 4 YEARS AN GOIN STRONG!

The material could of been different from week to week but the medical care and help from staff and doctors were excellent and I would deffinately reccomend the Texas facility as it is smaller.