St. Joseph Institute for Addiction

The care and compassion I received during my 30 day rehabilitation experience was second to none! When walking into treatment I was scared, ashamed and depressed with how I was living my life. With no where to go but up, I was determined to give sobriety an honest effort. The staff was amazing and equipped me with the tools to live a drug and alcohol free life. Today I am 1 year and 10 months sober thanks to St. Joseph Institute! If you or a loved one are in the throes of addiction, I would recommend St Joseph Istitute!

I was so impressed with this facility. The counselors and staff were amazing. The atmosphere of being out in the cabins and surrounded by the woods is peaceful, freeing, and healing in itself. St. Joesph Institute will offer all of the tools needed for a successful recovery journey. If you’re willing to put in the work for yourself, SJI will be transformative for you. Signing myself in there was the best decision I’ve ever made and I’m grateful everyday for SJI and the staff there that helped me. A HUGE shoutout to lead counselor Emily, who is dedicated to her clients, and lead me to a huge breakthrough therapeutically in my recovery journey.

My final 2 rehab stays were at St. Joes. Even though I wasn't able to remain sober after leaving 😕 it was my experience at St. Joes that I firmly believe got me on the path I'm on today. When I relapsed after my 1st stay there was no doubt where I would go after detox. Silver Pines was the only other rebab that came close to offering a true experience that could lead to recovery from addiction. The many others I went to prior only offered a 30 day separation from my drug of choice...alcohol 🍸. St. Joes offered real therapy with fantastic therapist's. The groups that not only were led by therapist's many were led by the RA's...a awesome group of people who I believe are the backbone of St. Joes. I would hope St.Joes and the upper echelon realize how much they contribute to everyone's recovery. I would be remiss to not add the nursing staff to my comments. I could on and on talking about them and the doc. All were professional, caring, thoughtful and more...much more. The housekeeping staff were up there with the rest and I can't leave out the kitchen staff and the head honcho. I'm deliberately not mentioning specific people as I wouldn't want anyone to think they weren't part of my recovery, because everyone was and still is. Naturally I had my favorites 😌 and I'm sure they know who they are. I see a few smiles 😃 Also maintenance....specifically the guys that would retrieve the newspaper from the front gate...meant alot to me. My only issue is St. Joes wouldn't be the incredible rehab it is without the staff I talked about and the ones I hope I didn't fail to mention. One way of retaining staff would naturally be increasing pay and benefits. A no brainer. I know most are in recovery and this is a stepping stone to hopefully bigger and better things. Some that left went to other careers but some went to other recovery jobs. Pay was usually the #1 issue. I would hope when I and others come back to visit some of the staff who were very instrumental in my recovery would still be around. It would be a major disappointment not seeing at least some of staff who helped me get to the place I'm at. I plan on going to the Pittsburgh Zoo next weekend and hope to not only see Shaina but other staff. Last time I was unable to go as I was at a PHP then a 3/4 house before returning 🏡 Well I'm long winded so it's time to be quiet. Thanks doesn't even begin to show my gratitude but THANKS SO VERY MUCH. DON A. Greenock, Pgh.PA. THE VERY BEST TO YOU ALL......

St. Joe’s was the perfect place for our son to land after finally agreeing to get help. His 30 days there set him on a path of sobriety that has continued. Starting at St. Joe’s provided a great foundation. His counselor, Chase, made all the difference in getting him to accept responsibility and admit that he had a problem with alcohol. Chase’s ability to get through to him, had a positive impact on our son that remains to this day.