Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 3442 Ashland Avenue , Saint Joseph, MO 64506
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<p><strong>ABOUT ADDICTION AWARENESS LLC.</strong></p> <p>Based in St. Joseph, Mo., Addiction Awareness LLC. is one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO16.pdf" target="_blank">251 (87.8%) facilities in the state</a> to provide <strong>outpatient treatment</strong> and one of 259 (90.6%) to provide <strong><a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recov" target="_blank">aftercare</a></strong> to individuals struggling with substance abuse. A local <a href="http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/addiction-awareness-has-new-owner/article_6c767e5b-6fc1-5d9a-a720-f9217f603007.html" target="_blank">news story</a> reported that the facility is one of the organization’s seven Missouri-based locations, all of which serve up to 300 individuals at a time. According to its website, the center is currently undergoing a transition in management, as well as a name change. The new center will be called Transformations Recovery.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>According to alumni review data collected by Rehabs.com, Addiction Awareness’s treatment approach is founded in <strong>12-step principles</strong>, making it one of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO16.pdf" target="_blank">80.8% of facilities in the state</a> that follows this model.</p> <p>The center also uses <a href="http://www.smartrecovery.org/" target="_blank"><strong>SMART Recovery</strong></a> and a variety of treatment modalities, including individual therapy, group counseling, <a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/the-pain-of-addiction-in-the-family-how-counseling-can-help/" target="_blank">family therapy</a>, codependency counseling, and <a href="http://www.moral-reconation-therapy.com/" target="_blank">moral reconation therapy (MRT)</a>. Workshops cover topics including <strong>anger management</strong> (offered by <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO16.pdf" target="_blank">246, or 86% of, Missouri treatment facilities</a>, <strong>relapse prevention, and parenting.</strong></p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The center is owned and operated by a licensed counselor. No further information regarding the center’s clinical staff is available, but <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3059/ShortReport-3059.pdf" target="_blank">98.8% of substance abuse treatment facilities in Missouri</a> have continuing education requirements for staff.</p> <p>The two individuals polled by Rehabs.com rated the staff’s level of training and experience with two- and four-star ratings, based on a scale of one to five.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>When asked how likely they would be to recommend the center to others, the single anonymous alum polled by Rehabs.com to date provided a rating of three out of five stars. While this client noted that the staff “really cared,” they felt that the staff’s lack of personal experience with addiction was a weakness. “The consolers wore not real drug user learned form a book. Not all people are the same,” they wrote. While this alum gave the center’s treatment effectiveness four stars, <strong>low, two-star ratings were given to the program’s holistic offerings, its affordability</strong>, and whether or not it was worth the cost.</p> <p>Alumni <strong>reviews submitted to third-party review sites are almost universally positive</strong>. The three users on Google to date all gave perfect five-star ratings, but none left any written feedback.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small></p> <p>Michael, the sole Yelp reviewer to date, also gave the facility five out of five stars.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> In his comments, he highlighted the staff as a strength of the facility. “The counselors take there time with you and take patience to be able to understand each individual there unique needs and what it will take to help each person to over come there own personal addiction,” he wrote.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The one loved one polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing felt that the center’s lack of inpatient care was a weakness, but otherwise, this individual provided mostly positive feedback. When asked how likely they were to recommend the facility to others, they provided a rating of four out of five stars. They provided the program’s counseling options with a five-star rating, and the center’s family participation with four stars. “Good for 12 step program,” this loved one wrote. The only other low rating was the same as the alum surveyed by Rehabs.com: just two stars for the center's holistic offerings.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>The facility’s website lists its fees at $350 for an evaluation and two meetings. Its <a href="http://treatment-facilities.healthgrove.com/l/11895/Addiction-Awareness-LLC" target="_blank">HealthGrove</a> page suggests that state insurance (<a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO16.pdf" target="_blank">accepted at 113 MO facilities</a>) and Access to Recovery (ATR) Vouchers (<a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO16.pdf" target="_blank">accepted at just 58 MO facilities</a>) are both accepted here.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/8C4axX" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/8C4axX</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yellowpages.com/saint-joseph-mo/mip/addiction-awareness-16530774?lid=16530774" target="_blank">https://www.yellowpages.com/saint-joseph-mo/mip/addiction-awareness-16530774?lid=16530774</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2018-03-19 09:29:46 PDT
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