Pacifica Treatment Centre 1977

Was a great opportunity in my life that I will always cherish. Great people that truely care....

great place to work. people are friendly and they help each other out. I wish others would learn from this place and the people that go there

This program is remarkable. It has truly helped me change my life, and transform into the man I always dreamed of becoming.

With healthy high hopes, and a strong will, I applied to this facility as my first treatment center. I learned enough about the facility to believe I could accomplish what I needed to in a safe, productive and successful way. All staff were made aware of environmental barriers of my disabilities and I was told I would be accommodated without question. I was a client of this facility for only two weeks and already there was abusive behaviours from specific staff and residents that surfaced. I addressed them all as required by residents. The staff's answers to this was that I was to be wrongfully discharged for reasons of a discriminatory nature against disability barriers I have, even though they were made aware of them well before I entered, and wrongful accusations that were not true, nor of no substantial grounds nor based on any evidence. The way I was treated when leaving was actually verbally and physically abusive. A certain staff member actually would not let me pack my belongings in a safe way and began grabbing my sensitive items and shoving them into my hockey bag, actually ruining many items, and he actually grabbed my arm in an aggressive way to get around me to get more of my items. I was actually being assaulted by this staff member ONLY because of his anxiety over his embarrassment of knowing that I was being wrongfully discharged. At that time of my discharge it was 10 pm in the evening, and it was mid winter. I had not a place to stay, nor was I offered one by the staff involved in my discharge ( jim thompson ) I had no option other than to go sleep in my van, and because of the chaos, personal upset trying to process what just happened and the fact that I was living in my van I indulged in substances to cope. This was my first attempt at getting clean through a treatment center and I was made to be emotionally, physically and psychologically Ruined by three staff members, one being jim thompson. My dignity was damaged and I was in rough shape. I indulged for the next three weeks, and when was too sick again I detoxed and went to a different treatment facility. At 1 month clean I decided to call the facility and talk to jim thompson about how I was affected by this very hurtful experience. The exact words that came out of jim's mouth was this: " you know Rob, I feel Very Highly about ' MY ' treatment center and I like the clients that I choose to bring into MY facility. I like to pick and choose those that will make us look good. And Rob I just don't think you're a right ' fit ' for MY treatment center. ' Those words obviously came across as nothing besides Arrogant, and demeaning. So on top of being wrongfully discharged for discriminatory reasons and untrue accusations, I was being patronized and insulted more when trying to find resolve of that hurtful experience. Time goes on and I am clean, strong and sound and I make attempts to address what happened with specific staff. I spoke with the CEO of pacifica ' allison silgardo ' not long ago, and she said she was appalled to learn what happened to Me. I was assured by her that she would do everything she could to bring me resolve, and that she would contact me at a certain date and time. That date and time went by, and I called her and was given excuses and no apologies by her for not calling me at that date and time. I ended up speaking with ' dale wagner ' whom said he was ' jim thompson's boss ' he said he was not happy to learn what happened and would accommodate a mediation with jim. Long story short dale made very demanding and intimidating protocol, via an email, for a mediation that I requested. Then he went on vacation for 3 weeks. That made feel unsafe, and I asked him to contact me once back. No contact from dale for 3 months, and when I did contact him finally he was startled to hear my voice and tried to block all incoming phone calls from me. And so I talked to jim personally just recently, only to hear jim make arrogant, trivial excuses for his choices. I'm left feeling damaged and irrelevant by allison, dale and jim.

Helped me in early recovery from addiction.2004? In town and good programs including outside community meetings and in house meetings for alumni and program participants. Both men and women can attend this treatment centre which poses some challenges because of sexual attraction distracting from recovery sometimes. Still it mirrors real life so you have to learn to deal with it. Best not to get involved while in treatment if possible. Weekly outings to community centre gymn is optional. Private rooms for all participants! 3 stage treatment available if needed. A busy schedule is maintained and older clients are accommodated (when I was there). Group therapy and one to one counselling. Some people are not really ready to focus on sobriety when they get there and can be distractions to a more or less extent. Someone used drugs in the bathroom when I was there and it caused a major disruption to the community because the smell was very noticeable and it upset pretty much everyone there. Don't expect miracles but you can get better and develop positive recovery habits and friends.

I graduated from the Pacifica Treatment Center January 31, 2017. I did the 12 week program and really appreciated the holistic approach to recovery. It was scary to take the step of a 3 month intensive residential program, but I believe that I benefited immensely from the introspection, the connection and the tools that I gained to face life without the use of the substances that I'd come to rely on. I found the staff professional and caring and highly recommended the program.