My name is Lorianne and thanks to Penn Foundation, I have two years clean today, August 21, 2009.

Before I came to Penn Foundation, I had been to numerous rehabs, but nothing worked.  I was court mandated to enter a treatment facility, and I really didn’t want to be here.  An Addictions Technician picked me up from jail, and I had no intentions of staying clean.  I was a hellish patient!  When I first got here, I didn’t do any work on myself - I took it as a joke.  I was put on a bahavioral contract, but I still didn’t care.

But something changed when I was in group one day.  I realized that if I didn’t change my ways, I would die.  So I started listening in groups and talking to the Addictions Technicians any chance I got.  The staff here is amazing!  They did not “sugar coat” anything.  They told me about myself (even when I didn’t want to hear it).  There were plenty of times I cried and hated hearing what they were saying, but I needed to hear it.

Penn Foundation Recovery Center changed my life.  As I said, I have two years clean and I am alive.  I owe my life to the staff here and I am forever grateful for them.  Penn Foundation is not like any other rehab I was in.  The staff aren’t working here just for the paycheck, they work here to make a difference.  I believe they actually do care about everyone that walks through the door for help.  If it wasn’t for Penn Foundation, I would be dead - and I’m not!

I gave this place a chance and got a second chance at life.