Crawford County Drug & Alcohol Executive Commission

"Hello my name is Mark and I'm an alcoholic I have been for 40 years now not that I am proud of that. I had another DUI conviction and decided I needed help for my problem. I went to ccdaec before I had to by court it was the best thing I could have done for myself but ultimately went to jail and I saw a councilor while I was incarcerated which helped. I made the first four steps but then was released and I started my court ordered counciling which included groups and individual counciling. If you knew me you would know I'm not good with change or new people. I've never felt more comfortable with the counselor s I was assigned to. They brought out all of the things I have never talked about before. They made me so comfortable and supported me like I have never known before. I would like to take this time to say thank you for all that you have done for me but unfortunately without you in my life I have relapsed once again but thank you for trying it was a good run when you all were in my life. I'm not proud of what I have done but thank all of you for doing what you do. I love you all and once again thank you. Thanks Mark Ps I miss you all"

"I have never before in my life been gaslighted by a therapist, but I have now, and when I left in tears, I was discharged after she lied and said, I chest bumped her. These people talk about their clients and their personal situations they are going through and end up, twisting the story, affecting treatment. They don’t care and they lie!"

"Airplane Joe knows..."

"Extremely rude. Was asked to come in by a friend/family member for a group that helps a person with relationships, etc., etc. Was ok when trying to get a hold of them on the phone, scheduled a time that was good for all of us, but after showing up . . . eh, I don't really see how helpful they are. Maybe it's the style, but I was personally treated very aggressively and accused of lying. I wasn't even there for myself! Lol. In the end, my friend decided to go elsewhere, and seems to be doing better since. I don't recommend, unless it's a last resort, although, different people get along differently, maybe this could be the place for you. That's the reason there's two stars, instead of one."

"I have been going to Crawford county drug & alcohol for many many years. I graduated their program about 5 years ago, but choose to continue to go to after care meetings every once in awhile bc I feel like i need them some times. I had a bad week this week so i was very much looking forward to a meeting today. I left with, what I thought was, PLENTY of time to get there, but as i got by the dad's dog food plant on Pennsylvania Ave. the traffic was backed up all the way to the light at the 4 lanes by dominos. It took me 20 mins to get to the 4 lanes. When I finally made it to drug & alcohols parking lot there was NOWHERE to park AT ALL. After circling the lot a few times hoping to find a spot I gave up & parked on the opposite side of tops parking lot & walked to drug & alcohol. As i walked, I politely waited for the lady behind the desk to finish her phone call & told her that i was there for the after care meeting. She then said that the meeting had already started but to go ahead & poke my head in & ask the counselor if I could join. The counselor, as soon as I stuck my head in, said, "you need to leave. Group has already started!" I told her I REALLY needed a meeting & other people in that group told her "let her stay! She isn't even late" but the counselor denied me access into the group & asked me to leave. I looked at my phone & the time read 11:16am, group has always been at 11:15am so i thought "maybe they had changed it to 11am & I was unaware" so i asked the lady behind the desk what time the meeting starts & she said "11:15. It is now 11:17!" So I understand that I probably walked through the door at exactly 11:15 & just seconds after the group had started, I waited for the receptionist to finish her phone call & was ultimately denied access to participate in the meeting I was so desperately looking forward to after a horrible week. It would have just been nice to have been given a chance to explain why i was 1 minute late even tho I left with enough time to have been there 30 minutes early if it weren't for all of the BS I had to go through to get there. I could not believe that i was turned away by a drug & alcohol program when I was just looking for somebody to talk to after a long, bad week. I've never felt unwelcome there before today, but after today idk if I'll ever go back now. All i keep thinking is what if I were on the verge of a relapse after 7 years of being clean & they turned me away over being 1 minute late to group? 1 minute! You guys really need to rethink your priorities. You are not there to judge somebody & tell them that bc they are 60 seconds late that they apparently are not worthy of your time & attention. I am not there bc I am court ordered or have to be, no, I am there bc I am dedicated to keeping myself clean & sober & you just chose to close the door on me like i was not important. It seriously brought tears to my eyes bc I really needed that meeting today. I beg you, if somebody else comes in late, whether it is 1 minute or if there is only 1 minute left in that meeting, please don't turn them away like you did me. That hurt & I've been clean 7 years. I couldn't imagine if you did that to somebody who has only been clean 7 days! What you did today was extremely ignorant & I'm really upset with this facility & their staff for doing it without a care in the world with what I was going through."