As a client at Milestones I didn’t just receive treatment for my addictions, I gained skills and an awareness that has saved my life. I now have the ability to be accepting of my past, aware of my present, and affirmative and positive about my future. I can change any deeply frozen mindset I’ve driven myself into while enduring and growing in the process. In the 3 months I spent inpatient, I achieved extraordinary changes, learning how to feel my anger and manage it, how to communicate my feelings, needs, and fears, and how to revisit my trauma from a safe and loving space. I now understand the roots of my co-dependence and can safely connect and empathize with others in a healthy, loving way. In addition, I received incredibly sensitive treatment for my bipolar and I am now able to now deal with the disorder through multiple coping styles – I understand that a label does not have to rule my life. While at Milestones, my inner child finally received a voice and became able to speak without fear to the staff knowing that she would be listened to and receive clarity about her past.
Milestones has aided me in altering my view of myself and the world around me, and has supported me so I could understand that self-worth does not depend on how fast I run forward towards my goal. I can take two steps and jump if I just discover, through the help of amazing people, that I can trust myself to make it on my own. I would like to express a huge thank you to Milestones for the life-changing experience. I’ll never forget it.