San Diego VA Domiciliary

"I am a 100% disabled Marine. I went to this place at my own will. I went during the end of the year holidays. After one month there I should of been phase two. Because all the workers were and doctors were not organized in there holiday time off, I had to suffer and not sleep for weeks at a time, all recorded as well. While I was there my last unit, which I reported to the Navy six months earlier, as a unit where overall officer integrity was not in tact, crashed two helicopters into each other. I got kicked out for drinking two shots at the same time at Aspire, in my effort to try to sleep. Other people there would get caught drinking and they were put on a week or two probation. I drink once and get booted. They thought I was making the story up too. They failed me as a Marine Corps Officer Veteran of 12 years.(2002-14) Pathetic.... A year later the report became public. HMH 463, dismissed/discharged many officers and enlisted due to Officer's Integrity Failure. Look It up, that unit cheated me out of $35K also, and set me up for failure, and then I go to treatment at the VA PTSD program and get failure. However, the facility its self is amazing; the food is amazing. Some of the people working there are very good, but there will always be the poison in one or two workers. I went in 2015 -16, and the main doctor that was poison, got moved back to the VA La Jolla psych. after I emphasized the severity of their failure in a Advocate on the dueche bag doctor."

"I arrived at the Aspire Center in really bad shape. I had no will to fight anymore, and was severely unbalanced with all the medications I was on. I spent 8 months at the Aspire Center, and my life has completely turned around. I now have hope, and motivation to be a good man, and a productive member of society. Aspire Staff worked hard with me to confront and deal with my PTSD from both childhood, and military. They got my medications balanced out, and thought me many different coping skills. They helped with finding a job, legal issues to getting visitations with my kids again. The staff is caring, and compationate, but will push you at the same time to work on getting better. The Aspire Center truly is the Gold Standard for PTSD treatment. I can't thank the Aspire Center enough for all they did for me. Fellow veterans if your struggling the battle with PTSD definitely try to get into this program, they helped me tremendously! Thank you to all the staff and veterans at the Aspire Center who helped me along the way. I'm forever grateful, and love you all!"

"When I arrived at the Aspire Center, I was in a really bad place in my life. My PTSD was in control of my life. Attending the Aspire Center changed my life and my outlook on my future. I was a a lot a lot hard work and reflection, but the staff, doctors and my fellow veterans helped me through an intense soul searching process that helped me get back on the path to recovery. I will forever remember and respect everyone at the Aspire Center."

"The treatment at the Aspire Center exceeded my expectations. I had a lot of negative assumptions about the program. This is my first rehabilitation program. For several years I refused treatment because of pride and I wouldn’t admit I was powerless to PTSD. The program was recommended to me by doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and the Vet Center. I needed help but I wanted to do it by myself and my way. The veterans and staff here are great. They offer knowledge, skills, training, tools, and information to get you back on the right path of success."

"Many of the previous posts by angry spouses are very inaccurate. I have been a patient at Aspire for months now and nobody is hooking up in the lounge or sleeping with the security guards. The nurses and security guards do rounds of the premises and rooms on an hourly basis and the residents are encouraged to attend outside addiction recovery meetings and meet with the chapelain. Spouses are encouraged to participate in their loved ones recovery but many do not. They are also told that PTSD is not an illness that cannot be cured in 6 months. It is very difficult to manage, especially seeing as how trust has been broken so many times. My heart goes out to my fellow veterans who did not have the strength to complete their program here. The nursing staff and all of us who stayed were really crushed and wished we would have known what was going on what wasn’t said. But the staff here is actually extremely caring, compassionate, and largely veteran themselves just trying to give back where they can. They are human and make mistakes too. We all do. Unfortunately, the people who tend to make reviews are those who have recently been truly hurt and unfortunately PTSD causes us to really lash out at those we care about. I’m really sorry for what you’re going through. I hope you and your husband are able to reconcile some day."