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“My experience at HOPE has been nothing short of a miracle. I have just spent 3 months there and would have absolutely no problem saying it has been the best experience I could ever have wished for and I feel so much stronger and really well equipped to make a success of my Recovery.
Having found the HOPE website I called Natalie on the Admissions telephone number who could not have been more sympathetic and understanding and put me totally at ease and I arrived there just six days after our first chat. I knew how important it was to find somewhere I could trust to give me the best chance and talking to Natalie she assured me it was the right decision to go to HOPE and not somewhere else.
I arrived at HOPE and immediately was made to feel so welcome by all the staff and moreover, the clients. I was so scared and everyone there just made me feel so much more at ease and there was an underlying feeling of being understood and empathy for what i was going through which was there throughout my stay. I met many people during my time who had been through many different rehab centres but were finding HOPE to be the best. The empowerment they give to the clients really works and we were all there for each other with encouragement and support which brought a real sense of community and strength.
Simon, Henk and the whole team are amazing people who are passionate about giving people a reason to be alive and seeing that life can be truly wonderful and I for one cannot thank them enough for basically saving my life. Thank you HOPE for what you do, I have found happiness when I thought I never would.”
“HOPE is an excellent rehab, I’d been in four of them including a mental hospital during forty three years of opiate addiction, and had experienced several periods of Methadone maintenance. Chris is a master of detox and really tweaks the medication to make detox as comfortable as possible. My Counselor was Doug a very compassionate person with great skills and he helped me find the real me. HOPE has a wide range of sports, the food is really fantastic with a an array of Thai and Western food and fruit. The CBT, mindfulness and meditation is brilliant and the staff who teach each discipline are experts at their professions. HOPE has really changed the way I think and feel, its really what you need if you want to change your life for the better.”
“I take great pleasure in writing this as I literally owe you and Hope my life and is the basis for my letter. I arrived at Hope literally having lost ‘my everything’ in that I had been forced to sell my very large company business, my wife had left me, my son communicated he ‘hated’ me and my existence was completely unmanageable and toxic in every respect; I was also, for the first time, doing this for ME and not so I could ‘keep my family’ or make ‘other people’ happy or to continue my lies and manipulations etc.; And finally because of the unique ‘mix’ of the program you have managed to develop at Hope compared to the program of my only other experience and that’s the two efforts I had at another major rehabilitation centre in Thailand.”
I had an issue with the other rehab in Thailand, I really felt that 2 hours a week in 2 sessions wasn’t as helpful and the daily shorter schedule was not enough. Si I was glad that Simon and Alon put effort onto the program. The cognitive theory was effective and I understand the need for practicing it. I believe that process groups are the most effective tool especially for me and I got a lot out of groups when you facilitated them, so thanks.
The Greater emphasis on fitness was very beneficial as well which Alon is great at. People are going to Thailand not just for treatment but many Australians I noticed were desperate for new lives although some couldn’t due to commitments at home however I had a great year doing recovery with you guys and would recommend it for anyone who needs it. Hope changed my life!
My time at the Hope rehab has been life changing. The combination of CBT counseling, group therapy and the holistic approach of mindfulness and meditation, which Hope offers, made my recovery sustainable.
The most important thing I learned at Hope is that there is a life beyond my addiction. The hard work on my sobriety with professional counselors combined with excursions to the beach and having fun in recovery has been crucial. I truly believe that Hope rehab saved my life and my marriage. The focus on relapse prevention and recovery planning has definitely helped me in my sobriety back at home.
I am a professional footballer, or was until an injury ruined my career. Its a common story but I ended up on pain meds and the valium and then full on addiction to anything I could get my hands on. Life was over, i lost everything, thanked an old team mate funded me to come to Hope. It’s hard to put into words what this program has done for me – restored my lust for life!
If there were more stars I would fill this review with stars. Great place. Loved it from the moment you email them… the owner, Simon, had a chat with me – very understanding, nice guy… to the moment of pick-up to the very last moment you leave. The attention by the staff is incredible. Counsellors are amazing. They seem to have counsellors for each age group and it’s great. The enviornment, everything is so nice. They’re welcoming and it makes it a very nice community for recovery. Their knowledge, their cleaning staff, cooking staff, Jeff, Lek Lek, and Adam are great with getting you info on things & activities. Playing football, Muay Thai with Yut, training in the morning with Bill…thanks to them two I lost 7 kilos. This place basically gives you an example of how to live your life day by day…special shout out to Chris that was my counsellor and helped me a lot. Doug is great, Mindful Paul will have you thinking a lot, Jamie, Sarah, counsellors, Fee, staff, Apple with the yoga and meditation – everyone was very important in my time at Hope. How can I forget Caitlin who was very supportive and nice. I would recommend this place to everyone. Hope changed my life. Together we are stronger.
Coming into Hope I was struggling badly but from the moment I got there, I was treated with complete care and utmost kindness. The counsellors, support staff and volunteers were extremely friendly and are always there for you and always will to do their utmost to help in anyway they can. During my time there I have learnt so much and am now back to feeling like my old self and I owe that all to Hope for their outstanding work to help me. I really couldn’t recommend this place highly enough. Great in every single way. Thank you all again. You all saved me and from the bottom of my heart, I will never forget that!
Thank you Simon, Alon, my counsellor Brian and all the team, specially the Tom-Boy boxer trainer, that’s ok to say that here in Thailand. She helped me in so many ways. The boxing helped my self confidence and get in touch with my higher power.
I will never forget my time at Hope, it changed my life. Somehow I made it happen with help from family and Simon Mott. So don’t wait, the time is never perfectly right so start treatment now. Alon was amazing teaching me ways to manage myself with mindfulness and meditation, every day we spend 20 or 30 minutes in the beautiful meditation room. Simon Mott is the best drug counsellor I ever had. He has a balance between strength and humility, you never feel your being preached to or patronized, only helped and inspired me to change.
I found Hope in August 2015, I came to a point where I could no longer go on functioning. I knew I needed an intensive program and I found Hope Rehab in Thailand. I did not know what to expect and I definitely did not believe that I was capable of staying clean however I was totally desperate so willing to try anything. Hope Rehab has been amazing for me and exactly what I needed at the right time. I had been in a harsh world with no love and compassion, at Hope I was shown so much patience, tolerance, compassion and love… Read more about Rene’s time at Hope
I arrived at Hope full of Shame and guilt and an absolute wreck after relapsing for a couple of weeks just short of 5 years clean. I had been “Mrs. Recovery” throughout but had been plagued with anxiety and insomnia throughout this time and when I relapsed I was in the middle of a breakdown: physical and emotional. Read the full testimonial…
“Hope saved my life. I was in deep addiction to opioids and sleeping pills for seventeen years. I suffered from depression and had daily suicidal thoughts, I was a lost case. My family was in agony and did not know what to do with me.
For me Hope became a new home. It was a beautiful place with people from all over the world, sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings. Feeling safe during the detox weeks was a good start. The program helped me rebuild myself and I slowly began to find a new way of looking at myself and life.
Today I am in a good place within and I am ready to take the next step in life. So if you feel that your life is hopeless, its not, take a chance like I did. It worked. All my love to the wonderful staff at Hope and all the friends that shared my journey.”
“May I take this opportunity to say thank you Hope Rehab Thailand for all your help prior and during my treatment here.
I would also like to express be deepest and genuine thanks to all that work at Hope, I won’t be able to name everyone…..but my thanks go to Alon and Simon for setting up Hope in the first place, I am sure it has helped many many people and their families and friends. Alon gets a second mention for her patience and kindness working with my broken body and helping restore movement, her classes are excellent.
Obviously all the counsellors and especially Carola who has in our sessions restored my belief in myself and taught some most valuable life skills, (up to me now to continue using them and not let myself or her down).
The Thai ladies in the kitchen that have cooked us some fantastic tasty food. I had wanted to lose weight whilst here, but no chance with such delights. The girls that clean my room and provide clean towels and pick up washing an unexpected bonus. Also the men that do the grounds, there is one chap in particular (tall, fairly lean, wears a cap, always a smile and hello from him.
I hope I haven’t forgotten any of the Hope staff. Obviously the interns Will, Charlotte Pepijn (Popeye), Fee etc. Adam for taken me on my one and only bike ride were it poured with rain, but that was a bonus, it cooled me down and hid me excessive perspiration!! Obviously thanks goes to Vinny, Mindful Paul and Leklek.
And last but not least my fellow community. Who would have thought, I could learn so much from “a bunch of strangers” absolutely valuable here and in the outside world, they certainly are not strangers anymore! 🙂
Once again many thanks and I will spread the word back in the UK about Hope.
All the best to everyone past present and future.
I entered Hope Rehab as a shell of a human being addicted to Heroin and methadone. Each day was more painful than the last. I couldn’t hold down a job, no relationship to speak of with my family. Life was about was scheming, lying and manipulating people to get more drugs. Eventually, enough was enough, I decided I couldn’t go on living and thankfully I found Hope Rehab. One week later I landed in Bangkok and started on my journey towards a better life.
I learnt simple things at first, how to interact with people, how to speak with complete honesty and openness, how to listen to others and how to empathize with their personal stories. There were people that had been through the exact same thing as me, their circumstances may have been different, their drug of choice may have been different, but their similarities far outweighed the differences. I found strength in the support of others.
Staying clean can be hard at times but it’s simple really. It only gets hard when you make things complicated. Take it slow, don’t put yourself in any situation you’re uncomfortable in and don’t worry too much about what others think of you. Keep in contact with others in recovery, especially in the first year or so.
It’s not just resistance to change that keeps people trapped in addiction. I truly believe the doctors in Australia have a lot to answer for. I began abusing drugs at an early age but was in enough trouble at 24 to reach out for help, but all Doctors ever seemed to do was prescribe more and more medications. By age 19 I had progressed to Heroin, my Mum had found me overdosed and felt powerless seeing their loved one destroying himself. I was following the instructions of the so-called ‘addiction experts’ so why wasn’t life getting any better? – Rehabs in Australia were charging a lot AUS $20,000 for just one month. It was around this time that I came across information online about Hope Rehab Center Thailand.
I soon realised that Hope’s program offered more than just the quick fix, “These guys gave me HOPE when I had none. I was told I had a disease and was taught how to re-program my addict brain. I initially signed up for 2 months but stayed for 3 because after a taste of really being alive for the first time in my life…” I was willing to do whatever it takes to make sobriety work.’
…today I am off all illegal substances, and prescription medications, also the massive dose of anti-depressants and mood stabilisers that I was put on from the age of 20 by a doctor.
It sounds so cliché that ‘Hope gave me hope,’ but it did more than just that, it gave me the will to want to live again. I was 16, and I was about to sign a professional football contract. I was a fit, happy and charismatic young man with the world at my feet. Due to complications and an injury I was unable to fulfil my lifelong dream of becoming a footballer. My injury caused me to be placed on certain medications (Valium (Diazepam) and OxyContin), and within a short amount of time I began abusing my prescriptions which eventually crippled me both physically and mentally. Read more about Alfie’s experience …
Before coming to Hope Rehab, I was addicted to many drugs and was dying spiritually, emotionally and physically. I was scared coming in but the staff quickly made me feel at home, and I was detoxed with less pain than I ever anticipated. Hope Rehab has given me and so many of those around me the opportunity to transform in a way I never believed possible. It has been such a pleasure to watch the changes taking place in other clients who come in and most of all to experience the changes in myself – to laugh, taste, smell and FEEL for the first time in years. Hope Rehab gives you all the tools for recovery implementing a perfect balance of 12 step program, CBT and mindfulness, the three pillars of Hope, all of which I have found essential in my continuing recovery.
Hope attracts determined people from all over the world who are choosing live creating an interesting, diverse and most importantly supportive environment. The on-site masseuses fixed my frozen shoulder (caused by overwork) in little under 6 weeks after 6 years of unsuccessful doctors, physiotherapists and chiropractors. The staff are absolutely brilliant: the counsellors for dripping wisdom into me during my two hours of one to one sessions a week, the chefs for providing food fit for a king 3 times a day and Simon Mott himself remaining an active part of our processes by giving us individual feedback on the Hope Aftercare Page on an ongoing basis. I was genuinely touched by the care shown to me as an individual by these people who work so hard to create the amazing place that is Hope Rehab Center Thailand – cannot thank you enough for giving me my life back!
I do not have to use today, and I am not missing it…I missed me more, and I am starting to find me again. Nearly 11 weeks at Hope and I am sat on a Thai bus travelling back from a few days at the sober house. I used to struggle to get a bus in the UK alone. I hated to be alone I’d be anxious, and it would trigger me to use. Yesterday I walked around Nong Nooch (tropical botanical garden) on my own buying soft drinks from drink stalls that were also selling a range of alcoholic drinks. A few months ago I would have said ‘Fuck it! I’m alone, and I can get away with it…’, but I am doing this for me now I choose not to drink because it creates a happier life for me. Read the rest of Parice’s story…
I found a treatment program in Thailand based around all of the steps. I didn’t realise it before I booked, but the program also involved exercise, CBT, mindfulness, meditation, self-affirmations, counselling, gratitude, inventory, and other useful tools. It was exactly what I needed. The treatment center focused on all of the steps and the program showed me how to live – by using each step in my life on a daily basis. Read more about Charlene’s time at Hope…
My name is Adam; I am an Australian ice addict, 33 years old and just celebrated 12 months clean and sober on 28th April 2016. It has all been made possible by using the tools and following suggestions made to me by the counselling team of Hope Rehab. When I arrived at Hope Rehab, I was broken, completely beaten up, not only physically and mentally but spiritually as well. I guess 21 years of using and drinking would do that to a person. Now, today I am the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been in my life still involved with Hope as a support worker and even though it has its own challenges is quite possible the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. Not only am I still involved but most importantly I am still clean and sober, enjoying life on life’s terms.
In August 2015, I came to a point where I could no longer go on functioning. I knew I needed an intensive program and I found Hope Rehab in Thailand. I did not know what to expect, and I definitely did not believe that I was capable of staying clean however I was totally desperate so willing to try anything. Hope Rehab has been amazing for me and exactly what I needed at the right time. I had been in a harsh world with no love and compassion, at Hope I was shown so much patience, tolerance, compassion and love. Read more about Rene’s time at Hope…
I am very grateful to Hope and the team for helping me get my life back together, so I have written a Hope rehab review. The idea of going to rehab had been going through my mind for some time. I thought that I had hidden my drug life away from my wife and family. I told her it was just the drink, but she knew there was more to it. The lowest point of my drug using life was when I was caught smoking Meth (ice) at work. For years I’d been getting praise for my overtime and commitment to the job, but things were beginning to fall apart. Meth was taking over my life, and I was on the verge of losing everything. Read the full testimonial…
Mik Whitnall here checking in! Thank you for everyone’s sincere words, I’ll never be able to thank you all enough for giving me a chance at real life. In the words of Tammy Wynette “one day at a time……sweet Jesus” Special thanks to Simon and Alon and the team for taking care of me so well.
My thirty days in Thailand in treatment working with Simon as my counsellor and the team was incredible: a bright star-month of hope, healing, and happiness against the backdrop of a dark, stormy sky of a drug-addicted life in New York City. I have been to four outpatient centers and three in-patient rehabs, and the Center in Thailand was so superior in many ways. Not only did it cost much less, the treatment and experience were overwhelmingly more effective, interesting and special.
Having had the opportunity to have met Simon and Alon during my 3 and a half months of treatment, the only word that comes to mind is “GRATEFUL”. These wonderful people made me feel so loved and cared for during my treatment. Thanks to them I am today 6 months clean and still going strong. They didn’t give me a second chance in life, but a chance at a second life.
I was in treatment at Hope in 2015. Henk was my counsellor. I am a lawyer that practices in finance in Canada and the US, which can be stressful. I was in a great deal of internal turmoil when I met Simon and Henk, not to mention denial. They helped me to see the level of my denial and how alcohol was affecting all aspects of my life and the underlying reasons, so that I could begin to heal, and helped create a plan for recovery. Alon was wonderful in showing me ways to still my mind through meditation in different forms such as sitting meditation and Tai Chi. I would highly recommend the new rehab project of Simon and Alon for anyone that feels they may need help with substance abuse or depression. I wish you luck and peace.
I had to do something. I couldn’t deny the mess I was in any longer. It was then that I found Hope Rehab in Thailand. I felt desperate. I was 33 and alone with a bottle. The only solution I knew to control my desperation was alcohol. I am an alcoholic. I tried in vain to control my drinking – I needed to do this almost from the first moment I picked up a drink. Alcohol calmed the anxiety and fear that I had been living with my whole life. I had come to believe that it helped me through difficult situations. Really, I just hadn’t found the courage to look within and find the true source of my problems. Read more of Grant’s story…
I’m a chef which means I don’t get to do recovery by the book, far from it, in actual fact, my recovery pretty much breaks all the rules there are. I’m constantly told to change careers but that’s easier said than done, I work with and around alcohol all day, I work with 2 functioning alcoholics who stink of booze and talk about drinking all day, my job is very stressful, I’m around heavy drinkers and drug users. I don’t get to go to regular meetings because of the hours I work so I’ve had to botch together my own program.
I started with some, ‘Do your best and let the universe take care of the rest’ got some sticky tape and chewing gum and stuck on a bit of, ‘Life on life’s terms’ and, ‘One day at a time’, tied on some, ‘Distorted thought process control’ and, ‘Be aware of your triggers’ with a pair of old shoelaces, added a sprinkled of daily meditation and shoved a load of ‘Keep it simple’ in the gaps and there we have it, from an outsider’s perspective she ain’t no looker but I’m pretty cosy inside, sometimes you’ve just got to use what you’ve got, I’ll admit it’s not perfect, I hit a few bumps along the way, and bits fall off but that’s ok, it’s still trundling along, and that’s what matters.
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