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Comments from ex residents...



Croydonbridge "Initially MARP gave me a refuge but as I went through the required motions of the program and intense counselling, I found that I was being given the tools to help me understand and deal with my situation."
- Peter

"I learnt that what I was dealing with was not a weakness in character but an actual disease that I needed help to treat."
- Anonomous

"I remember having an assessment. I was asked how much I was drinking and my reply was 'about a cask of wine and a couple of bottles of sherry a day'. Instead of a shock reaction (which is what I usually received) and a barrage of meaningless questions for which I did not know the answers, the worker simply replied 'OK' and 'things will be alright', I knew I'd been accepted as a person with a problem as opposed to a person who is a problem."
- Anonomous

"Before the program I had lost all hope and belief in myself through my addiction.
Today I am coming to believe that I can turn my life around and understand fully, where I have been and where my potential lies in the future. I am very grateful to MARP for giving me this wonderful opportunity."
- Jean.

Croydonbridge "In the short four and a half months of being on the program a lot of new and good happenings for me have occurred and considering the condition of my life when I first arrived here, it's been a chance for me to start living again as a responsible member of society and my family are grateful also. I am slowly coming back to the Mum, sister, daughter they all want back."
- Linda.

"The guidance and support provided by the experienced and caring staff at MARP along with the exceptional accommodation, provides an atmosphere conducive to be freed from active addiction and sustaining a life free from the rigours of such an addiction."
- Luke

Croydonbridge "This time last year I was finally beginning to acknowledge that my life was in one long downward spiral. My life was being ruled and ruined by alcohol. In reality my 'life' was really non-existent outside of alcohol. Somehow I did hear my husband and the few friends that were still around, advising me on the necessity of some kind of programme of rehabilitation. The programme I finally decided on to help me recover was the Croydonbridge Residential Programme, often referred to as MARP. This programme proved to be the basis, the foundation of my return to 'normal living'."
- Fran.


Comments from other organisations...



"MARP offers a service that is unique and quite needed in the community. It provides an experience that is required by many people who do not want and are petrified of using larger agencies and have used MARP as their last resort."

"As a counsellor in the Alcohol and Drug field over many years, I have referred many clients to MARP and invariably these clients have been very successful in recovering their lives. This is largely due to the unique service MARP offers and the consistently high standard of staff."

"The MARP program has been able to provide the structure, flexibility within the structure, and a longer term program (for alcoholics/addicts) which has proven to be very successful."