When I arrived at Zen I was a shell of a person. I was anxious and worried. I had no idea what to expect. My time at Zen helped me find myself, It helped me to get clean and honest and rebuild the broken relationships with my loved ones. The staff were understanding of my situation as they are with each individual client. It was a loving and warm environment. Zen helped me to learn to love myself again. I will be forever grateful to the amazing staff at Zen for helping me get my life back.

Asti

Days without substance, I’ve now hit nineteen.
Do I dare tell myself I’m officially clean.
Best part of my day was all of the fun, I had with my higher power who is Sachin my son.
The challenging part was saying goodbye,
and with new found emotions, a tear in my eye.
The emotions I felt were love, joy and hope,
which were only just words, when I was on dope.
An apology owed, I’m not that sure,
Maybe to my heart for making it sore.
Things to improve is a plan for the future,
And to shut up and listen to my tutors.
I’m grateful for living and not being alone,
And as strange as it sounds, not having a phone.
I’m happy that drugs are not priority one,
That position is taken by my family, especially my son.
My goal for tomorrow is to firstly awake, have a smile on my face, and give my conscience a break,
Take in my surroundings, breathe, count to ten,
and enjoy my security with my family at Zen. 

Words cannot describe how thankful and grateful I am to have found you all. You have taught me so much and have helped me put solid foundations in place for me to go out there and live a life full of happiness, gratitude & positivity.

I have learnt how to have fun, smile and not take myself too seriously and I can’t thank you enough for giving me a second shot at life. You have all become people I look up to and one day hope to be standing beside you. Thanks again guys, it’s been one hell of a ride but I made it!

Lots of love

To Carlie, Allan & Staff

I just wanted to give you all a huge thank you for taking her in. She has come so far and has learnt so much since she has been with you guys. I can’t thank you guys enough for giving her a good basis and skills she will need to live a happy and fulfilling life. I love what you guys are doing and are doing so much good for so many people!!

Thanks again!

When our daughter entered Zen, she had two black eyes a broken nose and a meth addiction.  I guess in many ways she was in better shape than me. As her mum, I was destroyed, spending most of my days wondering if this was going to be the one where she’d be arrested, overdose, or take her own life…

Addiction is soul-destroying and anyone who thinks addicts can just fix themselves up, or that they are weak has no idea about addiction. Our daughter is one of the strongest people I know, she had to be to make it this far, she’s also an addict. Thanks to Zen she is 62 days clean and we couldn’t be more proud of her.

In my first contact with Zen, Carlie told me that I needed to be kind to myself, and then she put her mum on the phone. To be able to speak to others who understood, (Carlie as a recovering addict, and Shirl as the mother of an addict) has changed our lives. We’ve learnt there are many families struggling just like ours was, and that our daughter is no different to possibly you, or to your son or daughter.

There will never be enough words to thank our Zen family for everything they have done for our daughter, and for us, for the first time in 12 years we can see a future for our girl.

Keep watching this space for more incredible stories of success which will be coming soon…