Drug and Alcohol Rehab
… the mere mention of those words conjures pictures of hospitals, isolation and shame. Well, Bayshore Retreat is not that type of drug and alcohol treatment facility.
Chances are that at some point during your addiction, you have seen the ugly, the bleak, and the dreary…maybe even in the mirror.
Our approach to substance abuse treatment and our facility itself are a little different.
You will not find bunk beds and scratchy sheets here. There is no cafeteria with mystery meat, green peas and fruit punch. Missing are the tile floors and gray walls with the aromatic scent of Lysol permeating throughout. The constant din of voices fighting to be heard is sadly missing also.
What you will find at Bayshore is a large home on a bayou with a resident heron on the dock. Your eyes might linger on the original artwork on the walls as you relax in the den reading a book. Your taste buds might even thank you for the fresh crab cakes with a lemon buerre blanc, wilted spinach, and mashed potatoes. You might finally get a complete night’s rest on the extra long pillowtop mattress in between the 300+ thread count sheets. Being only one of just six people at a time might allow you to be heard AND allow you to listen. You just might even find you again.
Sounds like nothing but rainbows and sunshine, huh? A little Gulf vacation for a month or two?
Well, sorry to disappoint, but you haven’t earned that yet.
We offset the tranquility and the beauty of Bayshore Retreat with the upheaval of emotions and the flood of guilt you will experience. You took years developing into the shell of your former self that you are now. If only there was a quick and painless way to revert. There’s not.
You will hurt. You will cry. You will get angry. But, you will get better.
Your program at Bayshore Retreat is just that…yours. Through exploration and experimentation; your Counselor, your Medical Director and YOU will develop a plan that is the right one for you.
A cookie-cutter approach to treating addiction is antiquated. It might work if we all shared the same upbringing, the same intelligence, the same personality, the same heartaches, the same joys, and the same losses. But we don’t.
By focusing on helping just six people at a time to help themselves, we achieve more success than those places with hundreds of beds.