Best Onarga, IL Drug Rehab Centers

I was here from 2004-2007. My experience here was very different from where I had been previous places. You re out I m the middle of nowhere removed from your family,friends and most likely where you grew up at. When I first got there you were introduced to your administration for your program. I was put on program 2 the NFL floor I don t know if it s called that now, but that s what it was called when I was there. My first few weeks there took some getting use to, very restrictive setting everything you do here is about accountability which in return taught youth here responsibility. The way the program is setup is strict as well everything you do is monitored by staff and higher admins. The room you get is a decent size one bed a dresser and a cabinet dresser to hang coats or bigger items. And a table and chair in there as well. The bathroom was in the hallway there was 2 of them, bathroom was pretty big too stand up shower sink toilet the basics. The floor itself is pretty spacious it could accommodate I would say 40-50 people at any given time. There was one room we called quads you got to earn that room to be able to sleep in a room with 3 other individuals which was considered a luxury well earned. A typical day consisted of waking doing your morning routine ie: washing up,showering using the rest room. When going anywhere we had to line up in a single file line to they could pretty much do count. You would head downstairs to the cafeteria to eat breakfast majority of the time you got to sit where you wanted. Lunch was the same and so wasn t dinner. The food wasn t too horrible at times. I would rate the food 7 out of 10. Your typical day consisted of group therapy, 1 on 1 with a therapist or counselor aka staff member. The people I had on my floor were Jim Herder, Mike Cordetti, bill Featherstone, and cannot for the life of me remember the lady s name who was our administrator for our floor. But they were tough people but at the end of the day they cared for you. Hats just my personal opinion from interactions with them. Oh her name was Rhonda lol. You got to watch tv but some channels or movies were restricted the same went for music,magazines, and photos. We had sports teams, track soccer softball, basketball. They had a swimming pool don t if it s actually usable anymore because of problems they were having at the time with it. At onarga it s about earning everything because when you come there you re don t get to do whatever you want until you ve earned. It s a system that they go by, it all ties into your groups, staff interactions, peer interactions and what you re there for. I was able to achieve NFL veteran status before I left which was a tough task and grind. They don t give it to you easy I got turned down a few times along the way, but I kept pushing because I wanted to be the first person to achieve such a feat. It was very rewarding for me in the long run. Your main objective is to make your way over to the independent living program across the street from the main campus. Which is what a lot of guys should ve been working towards. Everything wasn t always perfect you seen fights, you heard of in appropriate actions, and a whole bunch of code reds. There was a third shifter who there by the name of Joe farmer who I didn t like at first but after him and I got to know each other we turned out to be I would say good friend. Dale was one of the best, Melissa, Arami, Carl who we called Pelon which is bald man in Spanish lol. There s a few others as well but I can t recall their names. The school system quite honestly from a person who lived there and went to the school on campus and Iroquois west high school. The schools are night and day compared to one another. I thought it was a joke and I m sure I wasn t the only. I m not saying that the teachers were bad it s just not your regular school that s all. I would like to come back to Onarga academy or nexus academy and talk to the young man that are there now.

I stayed here for a while back in 2013 to 2015 but tbh the worst thing about this place is the manipulation from us kids that were there.... I'm takin responsibility for all the trouble I caused while I was there and do sincerely apologize for all of it and just wanted to say for the P3 staff that remember me 😆 Hiiiii 👋 I'm living my best life I got my Ls got a car got a dog and a house I have 2 jobs and am doing amazing 👏 I honestly owe it all to you guys cuz I think back to all our groups and stuff when I'm goin thru sum I explore new coping skills and invest time in doin key things that help me .... so thank you all .... P.S. platonically I miss you all

HELLO my name is DeAndre Baugh and I was reaching out to whoever can remember me from onarga from 2003 to 2007 i was on Phoenix field with Jim herder than made it to the independent living house across the street by the gym my Facebook is flukey stokes please reach out