Best Lake Havasu City, AZ Drug Rehab Centers

Great staff, very professional would recommend this place to anyone seeking help

Was thrown in this place in 2022, specificity Sagebrush and OMG TERRIBLE!! Went in struggling with Anorexia and bulimia with a history of binging and came out with a very severe binge eating disorder. I wasn’t prepared to recover either so it was more traumatic for me causing me to fall into a deep depression with suicidal intentions. The effects were so bad that I ended up being sent to another place a month after being released because I was making attempts on my life. Anyways, what I wanna say is that they suck at treating binge eating disorder because they only focus on stuff that treats anorexia (like having to finish your whole plate- which yes for overeating problems this is an extremely hard habit to get out of) AND if your child is not ready to recover then forcing them to ain’t gonna do shit except make their mental state worse. It’s been close to 3 years since I went there so you would think I’ve gotten better but nope!! I’m still struggling with everything I did when I get out. Literally missed out on life and everyday I think about what I became due to this place. I would give this place a lower rating if that were possible.

I attended the meadows in 2022 and suffered such severe PTSD that it has taken me two years to be able to talk coherently about my experience there. I did their inpatient and residential levels before signing myself out AMA due to how absolutely horrible and traumatic the program was. This place does not care about the patients at all and is only focused on how much money they can get from you. I’ve been in a few treatment facilities and I can honestly say this was the worst and most traumatic place I have ever been to. I could write a whole book on how terrible the meadows is, but here are some highlights: 1. I was admitted on a Friday and had to wait until TUESDAY before any staff members met with me 2. They took away my cheesy YA romance book because it was about two lesbians and that “wasn’t appropriate for the other patients to be around” even though we were all adults over the age of 22 3. I had a panic attack during my first meeting with my therapist and she literally sat there and stared at me, SMILING. Then after 10 minutes sent me back to the other patients without any help or support. This was THE ONLY one on one time I had with her during my entire stay in the inpatient unit. She never once checked up on me outside of that “session” 4. The staff is frighteningly uneducated in eating disorders and some of the BHT’s didn’t even have college degrees and yet they were the ones in charge of all of the patients. One BHT said she didn’t even know the difference between anorexia and ARFID and another replied that ARFID was just a “wanna be anorexia” 5. BHT’s complained about having to “babysit” the patients and constantly complained about having to perform flush checks. They acted like having to do their job was an annoying chore and that it was the patient’s fault they couldn’t sit at their desks on their phones all day. 6. I was forced to go to Christian mass in inpatient even though it did not align with my beliefs 7. The groups are an absolute joke. The BHT’s, nurses, and therapists never show up prepared. One nurse leading a group told us she didn’t want to be there and had just printed out a word search for us to do (again, we're all adults over the age of 22) 8. The psychiatrists will push medication after medication on you whether or not you want it. I went in on 2 meds, came out on 8 daily and 6 as needed meds. That’s FOURTEEN medications!!!! And not only did they ignore my concerns about side effects, they ignored the fact that I have a chronic illness and certain meds make that condition so much worse. 9. I was the only patient there who was openly queer and no matter what they tell you on the phone, it is an extremely unsafe environment for anyone in the LGBTQ+ community. 10. The staff clearly had favorites and ignored everybody else. If you tend to be quiet, shy, reserved, or socially anxious, you will get ignored at best, bullied at worst. 11. The food is barely edible and truly disgusting which is not great for people who are recovering from eating disorders. One night, the dinner we were served made everyone sick but we were all still forced to eat it. 12. When I said I wanted to sign myself out AMA, I was told that I would never recover on my own because I wasn’t “strong enough” and if I left early, I would inevitably be back at their front door in 2 weeks, begging for their help 13. I was told that my worsening PTSD symptoms were getting worse because I “wasn’t trying hard enough” to get better and that if I "just changed my mindset, I could be normal" 14. After I decided to sign out AMA, the staff became worse. They outright ignored me - I would ask a question and they would not even glance in my direction. A few made rude comments and visibly rolled their eyes if I said anything. My residential therapist actually told me I was wasting her time because I said I wanted to leave. 15. The nurses do not tell you what medications or vitamins they are giving you and expect you to just obediently swallow whatever cup of assorted pills they hand you Do yourself a favor and go literally anywhere else.

I take CODA with Nikki and not only is she extremely knowledgeable, honest, straight forward and easy to talk to. She actually makes you feel like you matter. She is teaching me tools that are changing my life for the better. She is awesome!

Mohamed Rochelle lies to patients doesn’t care she’s always so monotone and uninterested. If you need anything they will disappoint you give you the run around while you run out of medication you need everyday just to survive need a refill good luck!