Témoignages Portage Ontario

Avant de venir au centre de Portage à Elora en Ontario, ils étaient tous des toxicomanes se demandant comment vaincre la toxicomanie.  Ici, ils partagent leurs expériences et vous offrent leurs témoignages pour vous donner une meilleure idée de leurs démarches dans le programme de réadaptation en toxicomanie.

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• Caitlin says she learned to deal with trust issues that stemmed from her abuse while at Portage. “I didn’t like talking about it at the time, but it changed my life,” she admits. Instead of turning to drugs when she’s feeling stressed or overwhelmed, Caitlin says she now turns to her network of good friends to ask for help. “I don’t even think it’s a matter of being sober that’s so important to me now. It’s knowing that things are going to be okay and that I can manage life without the drugs.” En savoir plus...

• "I have learned that, before I went to Portage, I was a people pleaser," says Jacob, a Portage Elora resident. "I wanted to be a cool person to gain acceptance and fill a void. Now, I have learned that I don’t have to please everyone. I am much happier now. I have hobbies. I’m taking an interest in music, and I’m no longer wasting my life." - Jacob, finissant de Portage Elora. En savoir plus...
  
  
• Kyle's story: Fuelled by cocaine or oxycodone, Kyle’s skeletal-like body would log exactly one hour and fifteen minutes on the treadmill each day. A full meal might reach his parched lips once every three days while marijuana and alcohol were daily supplements his body craved to bring him down from an amphetamine high.
  
  
• "Throughout the program, I began to see that I was as valuable as anyone else. I have learned how to understand others and how to ask for help. I know that I can’t do it by myself, but because of the family I’ve gained at Portage, I know I won’t have to." - Cardier, Portage Elora resident
  
  
• "Since I came to Portage I've stopped using drugs, I've stopped talking to negative people. I started becoming more independent and respecting others and myself, learning basic skills of life and just having fun without being high." - Jennifer, Portage Elora Resident
  
  
• "At Portage I realised that you can have friends without drugs – and real friends that actually care about you and what you’re going through in your life, and that actually want to help you." - Ben, Portage Elora Graduate
  
  
• “My life had spiraled out of control because of my substance abuse. I had lost everyone and everything I loved and was living a dangerous lifestyle.  When I was admitted to Portage, it was the scariest day of my life, but definitely the best choice I ever made.  I’m now a caseworker at Portage Elora.  I think it’s important that I know where the residents are coming from, that I can relate to them, that I understand all the feelings that they’re going through. In the end, I can always assure them that this program has changed my life and that it can do the same for them.” - Jennifer Andrews, Portage Elora Caseworker and former resident
  
  
• Témoignage de Sarah, finissante de Portage Ontario, à l'événement-bénéfice Fresh Start, 8 juin 2010
  « J'étais donc là, à l'hôpital, trop vidée émotionnellement, spirituellement, mentalement et physiquement pour faire quoi que ce soit. Je cherchais désespérément un moyen de sortir de l'abîme dans lequel je m'étais enfoncée, et c'est à ce moment que j'ai entendu parler de Portage. C'est incroyable comment ils ont tout fait pour me permettre d'y être admise le plus rapidement possible. Tout au long de mon séjour, ils m'ont transmis des outils thérapeutiques pour favoriser mon rétablissement. C'est grâce à eux si je suis en vie. Je ne peux pas décrire à quel point le personnel a pris soin de moi. La thérapie était suffisamment simple pour que je puisse la suivre et l'appliquer pendant mon rétablissement. J'ai eu des moments difficiles, des crises, j'ai eu envie de partir, mais les intervenants m'ont encouragée à poursuivre le programme et je l'ai fait. Jamais dans ma vie je ne me suis sentie aussi encadrée.  Ces gens étaient de parfaits étrangers, mais ils me traitaient comme un membre de la famille. J'ai passé onze mois sans drogue. »