Unfortunately, I did not fully believe or understand the other complaints by the previous complainants until now. All they said is true, and worse. The food is absolutely terrible, and when I commented on this, one of the heroin addicts said "well, it's better than the food in jail!". Yes, they all smoke, including the staff. So, you can't even go outside because of the smoke, and then the cloth sofas inside reek of smoke so that when you sit on them, you end up smelling of smoke. It is a dirty facility as well, and depressing-they won't even allow you to bring in more than one book to read. I almost lost my mind there.
The 12 step program is just bunk, and it is RELIGIOUS.
Dr. Pohl, a drug addict, and his medical care system needs work. I do NOT feel that he gave me good medical service, oh yes, he adequately medicated me to handle the detox and kept my suffering to a minimum but he seemed to be happier the more a person suffered. He also spent a minimum amount of time with me and every patient. Of course, he became angry when I wanted to leave early (due to the depressing conditions, the outrageously terrible food, the smell of the place, etc) The nurses were good, and their overall practice, I believe, is ineffective for handling addicts Would I go back? Absolutely not. The drug addict staff are nuts, and that’s putting it mildly.
A typical rehab, which is to say ineffective at best. Idiots receive help because they buy into the spiritual nonsense. Smart people and atheists (one in the same) suffer because they see clear through the BS. They don't give terminally ill people forced religion as a medical treatment. Why do rehab clinics offer only childish and irrational treatment? Because they have nothing concrete or proven to offer addicts, just truckloads of repetitive garbage. The psychologists there talked in circles and are unethical; the doctors were nothing of the sort, they were shamans, witch doctors, druids, etc. Forcing a person into AA and NA with daily threats of death is not medical treatment. The owner, Stuart Smith, is someone I know professionally. He should be put in jail.
I went there --LVRC-- and received indifferent and sometimes very strange treatment. Depressing!
My advisor/councelor said that I had to believe in God or a higher power but I politely said that I don’t believe in those things. They called my husband to complain about me and he laughed. Whats up with that?
Yoga, massage, and meditation were good stuff. Met nice friends, fellow patients.
I think that once a medical center or clinic gets down to religion or spirituality---whats the difference? Anybody know?—its very depressing because that means they are at the end of the medical treatment rope I’m told. ( I had 3 friends die of cancer) I think religion is fine, don’t get me wrong, I just didn’t expect so much pressure by the staff people. I asked the psychologist about all this and he danced around the subject like a lawyer…very confusing for me and everyone.
If “Smart Recovery” is a non-religious help group, (thats what I go to now) why didn’t they tell us about them?
All I can tell you is that my sister went to LVRC after I did. She committed suicide two months later. She was very depressed and had a much harder time there than I did.
I’m not sure I can blame the center, but my family wants to sue them. (They make you sign a hundred legal forms when you are admitted to the center just for this type of situation)
Las Vegas Recovery Center Reviews
Unfortunately, I did not fully believe or understand the other complaints by the previous complainants until now. All they said is true, and worse. The food is absolutely terrible, and when I commented on this, one of the heroin addicts said "well, it's better than the food in jail!". Yes, they all smoke, including the staff. So, you can't even go outside because of the smoke, and then the cloth sofas inside reek of smoke so that when you sit on them, you end up smelling of smoke. It is a dirty facility as well, and depressing-they won't even allow you to bring in more than one book to read. I almost lost my mind there.
The 12 step program is just bunk, and it is RELIGIOUS.
Dr. Pohl, a drug addict, and his medical care system needs work. I do NOT feel that he gave me good medical service, oh yes, he adequately medicated me to handle the detox and kept my suffering to a minimum but he seemed to be happier the more a person suffered. He also spent a minimum amount of time with me and every patient. Of course, he became angry when I wanted to leave early (due to the depressing conditions, the outrageously terrible food, the smell of the place, etc) The nurses were good, and their overall practice, I believe, is ineffective for handling addicts Would I go back? Absolutely not. The drug addict staff are nuts, and that’s putting it mildly.
bad place
A typical rehab, which is to say ineffective at best. Idiots receive help because they buy into the spiritual nonsense. Smart people and atheists (one in the same) suffer because they see clear through the BS. They don't give terminally ill people forced religion as a medical treatment. Why do rehab clinics offer only childish and irrational treatment? Because they have nothing concrete or proven to offer addicts, just truckloads of repetitive garbage. The psychologists there talked in circles and are unethical; the doctors were nothing of the sort, they were shamans, witch doctors, druids, etc. Forcing a person into AA and NA with daily threats of death is not medical treatment. The owner, Stuart Smith, is someone I know professionally. He should be put in jail.
Peter S.
Expensive. A ripoff on a grand scale.
I went there --LVRC-- and received indifferent and sometimes very strange treatment. Depressing!
My advisor/councelor said that I had to believe in God or a higher power but I politely said that I don’t believe in those things. They called my husband to complain about me and he laughed. Whats up with that?
Yoga, massage, and meditation were good stuff. Met nice friends, fellow patients.
I think that once a medical center or clinic gets down to religion or spirituality---whats the difference? Anybody know?—its very depressing because that means they are at the end of the medical treatment rope I’m told. ( I had 3 friends die of cancer) I think religion is fine, don’t get me wrong, I just didn’t expect so much pressure by the staff people. I asked the psychologist about all this and he danced around the subject like a lawyer…very confusing for me and everyone.
If “Smart Recovery” is a non-religious help group, (thats what I go to now) why didn’t they tell us about them?
All I can tell you is that my sister went to LVRC after I did. She committed suicide two months later. She was very depressed and had a much harder time there than I did.
I’m not sure I can blame the center, but my family wants to sue them. (They make you sign a hundred legal forms when you are admitted to the center just for this type of situation)
Janice.