My Nonprofit Reviews

I left RVC after 10 days because I was tired of being yelled at and overworked to pay for recovery I was not receiving. Everything I've learned in my previous attempts to get clean has taught me recovery must be put first, here it is their second or third priority. Conflict Resolution Group is code for bottle up your emotions till weds night and then take them out on someone. It was downright scary how angry these people are. I'll paraphrase, but I heard a female staff member call her client another word for a cheap prostitute. After I told them I wanted to leave they were nice at first trying to convince me to stay, but staff said some very spiteful and angry things as I walked out of the facility to go wait at a bus station for my dad. If I hadn't been clean for a while before I went I would have relapsed while I was waiting on my bus. They brag here that 80% of people drop out, which they think means the program is successfully weeding out those who aren't serious. I would argue that they dump 80% of clients back onto the streets angry, bitter, and emotionally exhausted, which is a dangerous place to be for an addict in Asheville if you're trying to stay clean.

If you like working 18 hours a day washing dishes and doing menial labor around the house this is the place for you. If you want to learn about addiction and work on your personal issues I'd recommend finding somewhere else to do this. I averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night, 10 hours on a job site washing dishes, 4 hours on waiting to be transported or being transported, and 6 hours "on the move" which is code for sweeping the same floors 10 times or so. Every two or three days I might be able to sit in on a group, but only if my work schedule allowed it.

The staff are angry bitter people and if I didn't know a lot of recovered addicts that are full of joy and hope, I would have relapsed because I'd rather die on the streets than live the angry and bitter sober lifestyle they lead in front of clients.

THERE IS HOPE AND JOY IN RECOVERY but you won't find it here. I'd been clean for 75 days before I went and I had made a lot of progress. Honestly I feel I've been misused and abused by this place and I think I've undone a lot of that progress. But don't try to voice those opinions to anyone there, you're not allowed to express how you feel about the program. If you do they'll make you sweep more and sleep less.

Not only would I not recommend this place, I would beg my friends who want recovery not to go.

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