St. Gregory Recovery Center

I just completed treatment at SGRC and the staff, the friends I gained, the preparation for the world outside of the bubble of a safe space is all top notch. I am absolutely grateful to be a newly minted alumn of St. Gregory. If you are searching for help, no matter WHERE you are in the country, they work with your insurance, help with travel, and make you feel that you belong there. I found myself at St. Gregory and I look forward to hopefully work with SGRC as an alumni speaker in the future for many clients. Love you guys! Thank you for having my back in my darkest hours. ~Angel~

Attending st Gregory’s was the best decision I’ve ever made, it’s giving me a new lease at life. I will forever be thankful for the staff, my peers, and the curriculum I learned while attending Saint Gregory‘s. everything was a 10 out of 10 down to the food, the amenities, the activities, and the cleanliness.

Making the call to St. Greg’s was one of the hardest things I have ever done. But I spoke to an intake woman there that made me feel so comfortable and supported that right there on the phone with her, I made the choice to see it through and get home. St. Gregory’s is a fantastic place. The intake process can seem overwhelming but if you’re lucky enough to get Kassidy, she’s amazing. She is the reason I finally made the decision to help myself. The entire staff there are so amazing and caring. Thank you to all of you for all that you do. God bless you

I benefited in many ways from my 28-day in-patient time at St. Gregory Recovery Center to guide me in early sobriety. (Read below for what it can do better. My actual review is 4.5, no fault of the on-site staff for the ding.) The program provided me with a variety of Cognitive Based Therapy (reframing thoughts), meditative-based tools to cope with urges and challenges, counseling, therapy, and nursing and medical provider time, as well as a faith-based approach for those who seek it. Staff is caring, professional, and experienced. The alumni program and app are also very helpful to me. St. Greg's also introduced me to the SMART Recovery program and supports those who prefer AA and NA programs. St. Greg's has in mind those who want smoke breaks, and twice weekly tech time for phone usage. The salad bar is well stocked, but if it's a full house, get to the salad bar early, and as is often said, "It is what you make of it!" The gym at St. Greg's is a very nice facility. It's in the old Bayard, Highschool, which St. Greg's owns and holds alumni functions in. There is plenty of work out equipment, weights, basket and pickle ball, and a sauna. Clients can go there twice a day. St. Greg's also provides transport to church, bowling, a convenience store for smokes and vapes, and to local hiking. A reverend from a local church comes in each week. The class on Virtues is spirited and helped me to take an open view to the power of spirituality in my recovery. The nursing staff was particularly helpful by keeping track of my complicated medication regimen that I came in with. My counselor was an effective listener and provided direct yet caring feedback. The sessions with art therapy were enlightening for me personally. Another favorite I found was the time with horses at a nearby stable, equine therapy. Clients can bring a comfort or service dog, or a cat. What St. Gregory Recover Center can do better: inform newcomers not to arrive during family and friends visitation time. It's too busy for staff to do intake and handle the visitation process. On the business side, it seems to me that the operation is currently disorganized. St. Gregory is owned by a company called Summit. I found the admissions staff either calling me a bit too often about entering as soon as possible, and unresponsive to later enquiries or requests. Those people appear to be off-site. However, the on-site insurance coordinator was very helpful with handling the insurance filings and keeping me informed, and the business manager helped me sort out two identical estimates of my financial responsibility documentation provided by the admissions staff. After I completed St. Gregory Recovery Center, I got an email stating my estimate of financial responsibility document had been voided in Docusign. I contacted the original sender at "St. Gregory" about what that meant (someone in admissions). I didn't get a response. I assumed that it was the duplicate that had been voided, and it was an estimate. However, a kind response is in order. My query was direct and polite. Email communications with admissions indicate a branding issue. Few came from a person identified as affiliated with St. Gregory Recovery Center. The physical facility is an aging nursing home. The windows, HVAC system, the common area, and room case goods welcome updates. The heating and cooling were erratic and overly warm. Clients opened the window in their rooms. The building is "very well used." There are trip hazards in the form of broken concrete outside (rear) by the drain. The program would benefit by having more small group sessions where quieter people feel more comfortable talking and sharing. In all, onsite staff and the program positively made the difference for me, and for that I am very grateful.