Recovery Village Colombus

Overall a very positive experience. I have stayed at the recovery village for two months. When I first got here I was unhappy and hearing 45 days felt like a lifetime. 30 seemed impossible, and now here I am at two months and 3 days. The environment is safe, people want to be here. There’s no arguing, support and a lot of help. I went through the oasis program and then did php as well. It can be scary to commit to the change but I found it worth it. If it’s trauma, addiction, whatever you struggle with they have what you need. The main complaints I have heard or had was you do have tape on your phone so FaceTime isn’t available during your stay for Saftey of other clients.. and snacks. Out of all things to consider, not a major deal. They will help you with therapy, education, and meds. I did feel finding sober living after was difficult for me and a few others. You can have care packages dropped off, family/friend visits as well as Amazon orders. Great connections you can make and I’d like to emphasize again, the people here want to get help. But overall this experience saved my life. I wouldn’t have stayed this long if it didn’t and I never expected it to. There activities like art, bon fire, trivia, yoga things to look forward to. You’re worth it, the time is worth it and I hope anyone who reads this chooses themselves. It’s okay to be selfish and again. YOU ARE WORRH IT! You got it! Thank you for all the kindness, patience, love and support I’ve been givin during my stay. Sure there’s discomfort and sacrifices, but your sobriety and mental health is far more important. We need you and you matter! Recovery village truly saved my life. Would recommend to anyone.

RVC really changed my outlook on life. I want to begin by saying that I was at RVC for Thanksgiving and Christmas. As soon as I stepped foot in the door, patients around my age(27) took me under their wing. And shortly after, all patients did! So the patients really made a difference during my time here. The counselors were also fabulous! Andrea and Mel were so amazing. Both have made a lasting impact on me!! The kitchen staff were always in a good mood and the food was great. The BHT’s and nurses made sure we had top of the line care at all hours of the day. When people take the time to carefully explain your medication, you know you’re cared for. Nurse Chris, Heather and Diego always went above and beyond to make RVC feel like home! I have to say a HUGE thanks to staff and patients at RVC. I couldn’t have asked for a better place for my recovery. I am from OOT and i’m coming back for my 2 month coin because of how amazing AA was as well. Thank you all so much for taking such good care of me and making me feel loved!! ❤️

I don’t even know where my family would be without this place. My brother struggled with addiction for years, and we had reached a point where we were scared we were going to lose him. This rehab center didn’t just help him get sober; they gave him his life back. From the very beginning, the staff treated him with respect, patience, and genuine care. They didn’t make him feel judged or like he was just another number. They took the time to understand him, not just his addiction. The therapists, medical team, and support staff all worked together to build a plan that actually helped him heal. The nursing manager, Amber, was by far the most amazing person in my brother’s corner. Amber was compassionate and understanding but set boundaries and held him accountable when he tried to press the boundaries. She did not hesitate to call him out on a way that was not triggering or upsetting to him. She has a way of interacting with people that just makes her special, as does most of the staff at RVC. During is inpatient stay, the staff supported our family too, kept us informed, and helped us understand what he was going through. Recovery isn’t easy, but they gave him the tools, structure, and support he needed to keep going even on the hardest days. Today, my brother is healthy, present, and living a life we honestly weren’t sure he’d get to have. And my family has him back too. If you’re on the fence about getting help for yourself or someone you love, this place is the real deal. They don’t just treat addiction — they help rebuild lives. It literally started with me making one call asking them to help my brother. They took over from there and kept following up, until my brother had finally had enough. Forever grateful.

Unfortunately I've been to multiple treatment centers, but this was by far the best place I've ever been. I'm hoping that this will have been my last time in treatment, but that's because it was the most beneficial place I've ever been. I can't say enough good about RVC and their staff. Mel changed my life but all of the staff was wonderful. I hope to be able to work for a place like this someday!

I forgot to write a review of this place but even though it’s been quite awhile now I would like to give some compliments (and suggestions) to the team! The group material (both in the mental health and SUD programs) was incredible. The clinical team at RVC is truly amazing and I appreciate all that they do. It has its fair share of problems like any treatment center but this place helped me save my life. Twice. And even though most people don’t really like to be in inpatient treatment, I will fondly remember this place forever. I was finally placed on psych meds that actually work for me, after almost 10 years of searching on and off for the right psych meds. I am grateful to the nurse practitioner in Oasis and my clinician who listened to me and gave me a diagnosis I had been seeking for years. I am grateful to the room accommodations that were made for me as a trans person and as a disabled person. Mel and Raynita in Foundations made a huge impact on me and my recovery. I think of them all the time. Most of the BHTs I interacted with were lovely, although some weren’t. The main suggestion I have is intensive LGBTQ+ specific training for the employees, specifically for transgender patients. I was misgendered a lot, and I was placed in the women’s side of detox even though I had been there before as a patient and the fact that I was a trans man was undeniably in my chart and something I had discussed with the team many times before. The other patients (even the ones who seemed to have never even met a trans person before) sometimes were more respectful and affirming to me than the staff at this place due to my transness. I had to explain what a trans man even was to one of your staff members. Med management treated me as if I didn’t know how to do my own HRT injections a couple of times and one of the nurses was gearing up to give me a lethal dose of testosterone before I pointed out to him that 3ml syringes were different from 1ml syringes which seems absolutely ridiculous to have to explain to a nurse. Like, can I just do my own shot under supervision? Med management in general was sort of disorganized and I went through intense withdrawal from one of my psych meds I was supposed to be getting and I didn’t get the issue resolved until days later. All because of a computer error that was easily fixable. One of the other nurse practitioners who I will not name out of respect for her had said something about me that was concerning. She said that she “must have upset me because she misgendered me” but I had no idea what conversation she was even referring to. I was upset because I was treated as if I didn’t know what was best for my own treatment. I understand the providers determine level of care. I work in a treatment center and I was a clinician previously. But until my clinician advocated for me (and agreed with me when I explained why I needed SUD treatment over MH treatment at the time), I was treated like I couldn’t possibly know what was best for me and my own treatment. SUD was what I came there for. I relapsed on substances and critically needed SUD treatment. Overall, what I suggest is involving patients in their own treatment more if they are stabilized enough to make those decisions. Providers, please listen to clinicians’ suggestions, in a timely manner, if they disagree with your decisions. I was told I was too dysregulated to make my own treatment decisions (who isn’t at least a little bit dysregulated when they’re detoxing?!) but I can promise that I was never hostile or aggressive with the providers. I know what working in a place like that is like, and I would not be aggressive to the people trying to help me, even if they’re frustrating me, and even if I’m in substance withdrawal. I don’t have any hard feelings. I understand the decision making process. But please, listen closely to your patients’ needs, and please educate your staff on trans patients and trans healthcare. Thanks for reading if you made it this far!