CHRIS: “I must admit that I’m still overwhelmed at how significant a change my life has had. I have come to realise that the world is bigger than the one inside my head. Thinking back now, it’s frightening to come to terms with what I had accepted as my ‘norm’. The best way I could begin to describe it…”
BEC: “This week I celebrated being clean for one year and South Pacific Private played an integral role in my Recovery journey. When I joined treatment my mental health had taken a huge dive and my life was ruled by fear. It took everything I had to come back through those doors…”
GRAEME: “Recently, I went into South Pacific Private hospital on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to find healing and to change my life. The team don’t just treat the symptoms of addiction and depression, but work collaboratively with clients (as both individuals and a community)…”
SARAH: “This is my story of hope… I celebrated my 40th birthday this year and it’s been almost two years since I’ve been in South Pacific. I’m proud to say that it’s also been that amount of time since I’ve had alcohol or an illicit substance in my blood. After a suicide attempt and a psychiatric hospitalization…”
TANIA: “I felt the need to thank you for my entire experience at South Pacific, and particularly express my gratitude for my treatment and also for the participation in Family Program which both my mother and father were involved in with me. Through a combination of my treatment and also the Family Program…”
GRAHAM & SUSAN: “We would like to thank you for this amazing program. Your generosity of spirit and ability to foster a safe open environment created a space for our family to re-evaluate our legacy, responsibilities and challenges. Even more importantly, it helped us to break down some walls and look at our own needs…”
MATT: I’m sick of you coming home from work late and drunk. This is the fourth time this week. What’s going on?
SARAH: So what? I had a few drinks.
I don’t have a problem.
CATH: I had a choice in my life, to die or to do something. I was depressed. I hated my guts. I thought I was worthless and everyone’s problem. I didn’t know what a normal life was. I had to do something about it.
DEPRESSIONJOHN: I thought that I drank so much because I had all these problems. I didn’t realise that all my problems were directly related to how much I drank. From what my life was then, to how it is now is so extraordinarily different.
ALCOHOLISMPETER: I was medicating my pain and using chemicals to ensure that would happen... I reached the stage where the drugs weren’t working anymore and I arrived at South Pacific Private in a state of complete despair.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE