The Fellowship Center

As time goes by you start to see peoples real personalities come out. And with addicts, believe me, its not a pretty sight !
For example, they say your emotional/​brain development stops the same time you start using drugs. Well, most of these people have been using drugs consistently since their teenage years… just imagine.
The place is comprised of 100 or so addicts, and 5 or so counselors that tend to these addicts. These «counselors» are not too bad, but remember they used to be addicts as well, so you just never know. One day they seem to be normal, another day you’ll be shocked as to how differently they act.
Which brings me to my next point. The director of this place is a joke. I think his name is «Ed» or something. He’s the dark mexican guy who has his own office right as you walk in. I have no idea how this guy become the director of this place, or whatever position of power this guy thinks he has. I don’t know how else to describe him other than an absolutely classless idiot. Seriously, things were going well until I had to deal with this moron. Of all the people here, he seemed like he cared the least about helping people. I have no idea how this guy still works here with such a poor personality.
On a flip note, his boss is actually a good guy. I believe this guys name is Ray. He has an office right above Ed the moron’s office. Its really unfortunate that there is such a wide gap in the mental ability of the management here. This place could really be a lot better if this was fixed.
I don’t want to sound like a cocky asshole but Im classier and more educated than 99 percent of the people here, including the people employed. If you are anything like me, stay clear of this place. its not for you.
if you can deal with sharing a small hot room with 6 other guys and sleeping on bunk beds like you’re 10 years old again, this place will work for you. that and having to deal with idiots in charge.
Management and counselors: Jim is strict, but he seems to be a good guy. Nancy is a great lady. Toya (black lady) is also cool but strict; Heard some bad things though. Michael (aka vito, tivo, something like that) was pretty cool at first even though I had heard bad things. After a week, I realized what the rumors were based on unfortunately. Theres another michael who’s persian, he seems cool, but we didn’t interact much. Jack seems to have an attitude problem, so i stayed clear of him. Carlos is an old strict mexican man; avoided him as well after I saw how ridiculously he can treat people.
Ed: as I said earlier, this guy was the biggest joke.
ray: eds boss, and seemed the be the opposite of Ed. Probably the only reason why this place is surviving, because if Ed was this guys boss. I don’t want to even imagine that situation. Ed shouldn’t be anyones boss. Oh, and theres Rob. He’s a legit Indian from the Indian Res. he seems to actually be a cool guy.
however:
If you’ve been using a needle to shoot up heroin or meth, you are a serious case and this place may be your best bet. Be ready to kiss the ass of the counselors, and try to avoid dealing with special Ed. Or maybe you’ll be lucky and catch him on a day he’s not being a senseless a-​hole. good luck with that though haha. best bet is just to focus on doing everything you’re told and not standing out. Get your life together and back on track, and leave this place as soon as possible.
Good thing is its only 500 a month if you can’t afford the standard rate of 1500 a month. That means the city pays about 1000 a month of your bill. When the city is paying a business like this which is heavily profiting (100 people x 500 = 50,000 a month in rent revenue), I would expect a better facility. If you factor in added revenue from the city, this place brings in 150,000 a month in revenue (1500 a bed x 100 people = 150,000). Thats a pretty staggering number. Id expect a lot more from a facility that is working with those types of numbers. Maybe its time for the city to step in and clean up this mess.
I know I rambled on a bit during this post, but as you can tell I’m a little bothered by this place… and I also could care less about editing this fyi so don’t mind any errors u may find. Enjoy the information I have provided as so far this is the only review on here.