Palmer Drug Abuse Program-San Antonio, Inc.
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June 27, 2011
PDAP has been an intrigal part of my recovery.
The staff has always gone above and beyond to make sure our needs are met. Everytime I show up to the program I am welcomed with open arms.
the program has not only given me a positive sober community but has also given my daughters a safe place to heal from the destruction my substance abuse caused.
If I were limited to only one word to describe this program it would have to be "Redeeming".
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My new way of living.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Help grow the steering committee.
May 6, 2011
As a business man and long time member of the community I am aware of the multitude of non-profits seeking contributions. I have chosen to support Palmer because the cause is greatly needed in this community and there is no one else like them. I have witnessed what happens in their clients lives and am always confident that my dollars are spent wisely.
It is assuring to know that our young people have a safe place to go to practice life changing skills.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
being given the opportunity to attend group meetings and discussions with the staff which has made me a believer. I have personally referred customers and employees to the program.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Regular coorespondence through informative newsletters.
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Was your donation impactful?
Definitely
How likely is it that you would recommend that a friend donate to this group?
Definitely
How likely are you to donate to this group again?
Definitely
What specific problem, purpose, priority, or project prompted your gift?
I became familiar with this organization through a friend who's family had been impacted by substance abuse.
Why did you make your donation at this time?
Have been a contributor since 1990
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
March 30, 2011
I came to PDAP when i was 14. I was suffering from a deadly herion addiction. When i walked in to the doors the Counselor and the kids welcomed me with open arms. I was accepted for who i was. The program taught me about honesty, integrity, self respect, and concern for others. I learned how to be happy and sober. I learned how to have sober fun. Today i have over a year sobreity and will graduate in June 2012. Instead of looking behind. I am now looking forward to my future. This program saved my life.
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I've experinced positive results in my life, my familys life and in my school. I have many school friends that also attend PDAP which has given me a sober social group at school also.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Get more staff, because there or so many kids and families out there that need help.
1 person found this review helpful
February 11, 2011
1 person found this review helpful
The Palmer Drug Abuse Program (PDAP) has provided many blessings and sanity to me. When we first discovered our youngest son was a addict, I KNOW that God sent the former Executive Director of PDAP San Antonio into my life.
My husband and I had no experience with anyone who had ever used and abused drugs. We didn't know where to turn. When first introduced to PDAP, we jumped in blindly and began to understand that not only was our son very sick, but so were we. We were doing the exact opposite of what we wanted to do, which was to help him -- in turn, we were enabling him to become sicker and sicker.
We started by attending meetings -- PDAP offers meetings not only for parents or spouses, but for the siblings as well of addicts. The addicts attend meetings that are targeted to their part of the disease as well.
PDAP encourages everyone to get a sponsor. A sponsor is a person who is actively "working the program" -- a person who attends meetings and works on dealing with the disease of addiction.
PDAP also provides "fun" events and campouts for the addicts and their families in order to help them to grow closer and to better understand each others sickness.
I joined the PDAP Board of Directors and served for six years, one year as the Executive Director.
There are many help programs for addicts and their families, but in going on this journey and studying other programs, I believe that PDAP ranks heads above all the others. PDAP is not the biggest or best known, but I believe that without their help and support my family would still be drowning in the sea of addiction.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
PDAP enabled me to better understand the nature of the disease of addiction. I now know that I didn't cause the addition and I can't cure it. In working my program through PDAP, I better learned how to keep myself sane and how to work with my addict to help him help himself.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I wouldn't change the organization in anyway. I would however try to get the word to more people about the power of PDAP. Addiction brings shame and those affected by addiction find it very hard to talk about it with anyone. In PDAP you know that you can share anything and know that it will remain safe with the counselors and with other family members. As a group, we are all dealing with the same disease and in sharing, are stronger.
February 11, 2011
Over 25 years ago, I was a member of the Congregation Council at House of Prayer Lutheran Church (HOP), when Pastor Dean Moss asked us to consider hosting a branch of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program PDAP). After a couple of months research, the council unanimously approved the relationship. Over the years, my wife, daughters, and I heard scattered but positive feedback from fellow HOP members.
Six years ago, my wife, grandson, and I faced the harsh fact that one of our daughters - our grandson's mother -had a serious drug and alcohol addiction. (My wife and I are now legal guardians of our grandson.) All four of us immediately sought help from PDAP. Our daughter soon left for preliminary rehab in Houston; she is on the road to recovery - at present in a transition center and in her fourth quarter of Nurses Training. We other three are still active in the Family Support Groups. I have been a member of the Family Group's Support Group for five of those six years.
Active in churches our entire lived (including service as lay missionaries in the East), we needed PDAP to help us understand that God - as we understand God - is in control of FAR more of our lives than we were ever willing to admit. Drug Addiction (check with the National Institutes of Health) is a disease; neither our daughter or we can control it any more than we can control cancer.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Professional counseling, weekly then bi-weekly, then monthly, and now periodically - when new crises arise. I also found a sponsor and began a 12-step program for Co-dependency (wanted to HELP when I am HELPLESS.) I now have five sponsors of my own - and continue to work with my original sponsor. And I volunteer on the Family Group's Support Committee, helping facilitate weekly meetings.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Somehow help PDAP become better known among the huge number of families that are facing this drug addiction problem in fear and ignorance. And, of course, help encourage financial and publicity support
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
How did you find this group?
Through church
What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?
Awareness of my own limitations; appreciation of the fantastic strength I can draw from other people.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
January 10, 2011
PDAP San Antonio has saved my life and my wife's life. We have two daughters who were struggling with chemical dependency issues. PDAP has provided extensive confidential and free counseling for us and our daughters. The weekly parent support meetings are also extremely helpful. Thru PDAP, we also work the 12 Steps with a sponsor. All of these things have led us to relative peace--which is miraculous given our near-insanity prior to finding PDAP.
PDAP has helped one of the daughters experience real recovery after a post-treatment relapse. She attends weekly PDAP meetings, meets with her counselor and sponsor, and is doing very well.
We have been helped dramatically by PDAP San Antonio and have now become donors, volunteers and one of us is a board member.
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We have learned so many things from PDAP San Antonio: how to depend more on God and less on ourselves; how to let go and let God; how to raise bottoms; how to implement and enforce boundaries; how to stop enabling and rescuing; and on and on. We are closer in our relationships with God and as a couple.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
The only changes I would make in this organization is to find increased funding so that more counselors could be hired. It is estimated that PDAP San Antonio is only able to reach 10% of those who need help with this ever-increasing problem.
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