Are you a guest at the St Jude Retreat House or attended our program?
The Saint Jude Retreat has created this site for past guests and current guest to post comments and reviews, express their experiences, tell their stories, discuss their accomplishments, and ultimately to let others seeking help for drug and/or alcohol know a little more about what to expect when they attend the Saint Jude Program at any one of the three Saint Jude Retreats Centers.
Before you came to the Saint Jude Retreat House did you want the following information?
How are my classes going structured?What is the quality of the food?
Will there be down time?
What are the activities?
Are their qualified staff with credentials?
Will I enjoy my retreat?
Please feel free to post reviews of the St. Jude Retreat House, let others know what to expect. Your comments will help someone make an informed decision. Your comments and feedback will help us continue to serve our guest and improve our program. We Are Here to Help.
I lived my life “one day at a time” for more than 5 years and I knew I was missing something. Most of my lifelong friends that I had left behind were married, starting families and their careers had taken off. And here I was stuck; too afraid to think beyond tomorrow; relying on therapists and meds to get me through. I stumbled onto the St. Jude Retreat House website and it said everything I had been thinking for five long years. I was nervous making the call because I was sober, but my life was awful. The woman that answered the phone made me feel comfortable and seemed to understand where I was in my life and why I wasn’t happy. I was concerned about leaving my home and job for six weeks and about taking out a loan to pay for the program, but it was by far the best investment I have ever made. While most other guests at St. Jude’s were looking to overcome their alcohol and drug problems I was looking to overcome my perpetual recovery problem and I did. The St. Jude Program gave me the confidence to reconnect with my old friends, this time as an adult, jump start my career and finally begin to live again. Believe me, there’s much more to life than just staying sober, one day at a time.
Jim D.
Jim, Good to hear from you!! I am glad life has been rewarding. Stay in touch.
Mark Scheeren
I don’t know if this will count for much, but if I can at least help one person make the right call… well, then it was worth it.
I never went to treatment, so it’s hard to say if Saint Jude’s is the best place. What I do know though, is that it literally saved my life, and I say this with absolute certainty.
I remember my instructor telling me that the program wouldn’t ‘fix’ me, that it wouldn’t magically make me change, and she was right!!! But it did something way more important, it gave back my confidence, it gave back my ability to take responsibility, and more importantly it gave me the ability to make the right choices. I look back and I don’t regret anything I did… and now, when I look towards the future, I see nothing but opportunities, because that’s what I have chosen. I might not become the richest person or marry the prettiest women but I can say this…I’m as happy as I could be.
Jeremy