Cherry Health – Southside Health Center Suite 100 2303 Kalamazoo Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49507

"My mother called here today to try and get some help but yet they turned her away. They told her oh they can’t just take you off the pain medicines. Went away she try explain to them she didn’t want no more pain medicines, and most of it was from her surgery. She tried to explain it to the guy too, but he wouldn’t listen. Seems like they don’t even want patients"

"If I could give no stars I would. I am visiting from Ohio and my clinic set up me guest dosing and the women in the front r rude and verify things like my city I live in which they took copy of my driver license it was on the paper right in front of her. So my counselor sent over everything way ahead of time so I didn't have this issue. The lady at the front called me over to window 2 different times and still makes me go wait. Mind u I showed up at 6am. 25 min later still nothing no help.nuts that this is supposed be place to help people and they absolutely did nothing to help me. Thanks for ruining my family vacation cause u guys can't do ur job sitsUnreal unprofessional ridiculous. I have went to Florida and tried guest dose and ran into the same issue not sure why they can't just do there job and help me blows my.mind."

"This facility was amazing fo m for the past three years. Unfortunately when I went to move away the therapy provider Daniel Francis became very uncomfortable and decided to use an abuse his power over my treatment. I had nothing but clean urine the entire time I was there and for something as simple as missing two dose days (due to medical reasons) he made so so uncomfortable I will no longer be going to this clinic. The Dr is great nurses great front end staff amazing. However whe your therapy is compromised its all for nothing. He could have been a lot more understanding and listened. I was there fo drug treatment not his judgment or abuse of power. Very bad"

"I thank God every day for this place. I only go a couple times a week now and love my counselor. I think the staff are amazing as they deal with a lot of negativity, and a lot of people who don't want to play by the rules. They have some mandatory classes and some you take as you want to. I've learned to take what ever they offer because you can never learn to much. I give nothing but praise to the staff and fellow clients. Don't pay attention to the negative jellies who leave terrible reviews on here. I've read them and can tell you they are people who didn't want to play by the rules."

"lace has help me get my life back. I was totally at my bottom when I came here. I was addicted to heroin, crack, Alcohol and every and any drug I could get my hands on. I had to sign custody of my 3 children to my cousin because CPS was going to take my rights to them away from me. I was living in a horrible motel out in Grandville because I was kicked out of every other motel around. I was doing some retched things to support both mine and my abusive no good boyfriend. Finally after being so tired and wanting a way out but not knowing how I prayed to God for help. Not long after that prayer I was paralyzed from Guillian Barre Syndrome and was put in the hospital for a week. After I was moved into Mary Free Bed for 2 months to learn to walk, use my arms, and work on speech and get movement into my face again. I was put on methadone during this time because I could not fathom trying to lay in a bed and be able to move anything while going through withdraws. If you ever went through heroin withdraw. you know you have to be able to get to a bathroom for multiple purposes. So I got accepted in Cherry Street upon Release from Mary Free Bed. This was not my first time going in to this program. I had went through it before but I was still using. I kept making excuses to use like I had to wait until I got my dose high enough or the methadone did not last through the night. But I was not ready at this time and was only trying to quit to make others happy and not for myself. This time I was doing it for me and it worked. The point of the clinic for my recovery was I was able to change things. I was able to dig myself out of the hole I created and give myself a life full of reasons to stay on track with my sobriety. I went to college to get a degree in addictions so when I am tapered out of the clinic (which I am working on currently) I can find employment to help people like me. I was able to start a new relationship with my children and be in their lives. I meant a man who loves and excepts me for my past. He has a daughter that lives with us both and I love her as my own. I believed I could not have anymore children due to complications and a pregnancy loss but I have two beautiful little boys now. I did all of this while I was in the clinic. I needed this to get the drug dealers and the drug users out of my life and get thing I value in my life that I refuse to lose to addiction. I have been in the clinic for about 6 years now and I am happy to say I am tapering off. I am going very slow. I was at 107mg and now I am down to 76mg. I been only going down 1 or 2mg a week. But I am getting there. So I know a lot of people are wondering why I shared my whole story for a review. I have just read a lot of post of saying how this program is horrible and it doesn't work. I wanted to show it does work if you really want it. The program does have some flaws like they can be more open to different work schedules. Also be more concerned about peoples employment because its their lively hood. But if you follow the rules you can get to the point where you only have to come once a month. Which shouldn't be that hard on your schedule. I stay at twice a month because with tapering I want to be able to adjust my dose as needed. Also I go for counseling once a month and I have always loved my counselors. I miss my old Counselor Melissa Barns she was an amazing person and made me feel like I had someone in my corner. But my new counselor is pretty awesome too. In the end this program is something you have to make work for you. But if you come in follow the program and stay away from the few bad apples that are in the program you CAN get your life back."