Rlefever
Canterbury,#2UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 16, 2008
I am very sorry to hear your experience and your feelings about your stay at our clinic. It sounds like you were having a real crisis and you needed help. It is clear that we are not offering a cure in a week and I can't believe that anyone offered you that. Indeed we don't believe a cure is possible from these problems, instead we try to help people bring them into remission rather than cure. In a week, I presume, we were offering to help with detoxification which is the first step in a recovery process and one made easier by being in a supportive medicalised environment. I was grateful that, in spite of having had issues with my father, you have been very generous in your appraisal of our other staff. I agree that the nurses are dedicated and that the atmosphere amongst the patient group is very supportive. I have been a patient here twice myself and I believe strongly that it is this atmosphere of support between our fellow patients that really helps us the most. I was saddened to hear your experience with my father. Maybe you'll say I'm bound to be defensive of my father but, although I would certainly be proud and recognise his eccentricity, I don't recognise the arrogance you describe. Given his years of dedication to helping people it also seems really implausible that he would say that someone "didn't belong here". Could you please explain the context of that comment? Was it in response to another statement? Both my father and I are more than open about our own problems with addiction and given your candour here, so are you. As we would see it we have the same illness and so would see you as very much deserving of our support and care. It is common to take a number of detoxs and a number of attempts to give up before finally becoming drug free. I mentioned above that I had to come here to PROMIS twice and I visited some other clinics too on my path. My first visit to PROMIS was purely a detox and my final treatment was also here at PROMIS. I would strongly urge you not to give up hope. I found that I learned a little more on each attempt and I learned different things from the different people and places I tried getting help from. Of course a lot of clinics are private like ours but there are also lots of state, voluntary and self help services all over the country. We may also have some ex patients close to you who could go with you to some self help groups if you like? Do please give me a call and I'll be happy to talk to you any time and try and help. Best Robin Lefever
Rlefever
Canterbury,#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 16, 2008
I am very sorry to hear your experience and your feelings about your stay at our clinic. It sounds like you were having a real crisis and you needed help. It is clear that we are not offering a cure in a week and I can't believe that anyone offered you that. Indeed we don't believe a cure is possible from these problems, instead we try to help people bring them into remission rather than cure. In a week, I presume, we were offering to help with detoxification which is the first step in a recovery process and one made easier by being in a supportive medicalised environment. I was grateful that, in spite of having had issues with my father, you have been very generous in your appraisal of our other staff. I agree that the nurses are dedicated and that the atmosphere amongst the patient group is very supportive. I have been a patient here twice myself and I believe strongly that it is this atmosphere of support between our fellow patients that really helps us the most. I was saddened to hear your experience with my father. Maybe you'll say I'm bound to be defensive of my father but, although I would certainly be proud and recognise his eccentricity, I don't recognise the arrogance you describe. Given his years of dedication to helping people it also seems really implausible that he would say that someone "didn't belong here". Could you please explain the context of that comment? Was it in response to another statement? Both my father and I are more than open about our own problems with addiction and given your candour here, so are you. As we would see it we have the same illness and so would see you as very much deserving of our support and care. It is common to take a number of detoxs and a number of attempts to give up before finally becoming drug free. I mentioned above that I had to come here to PROMIS twice and I visited some other clinics too on my path. My first visit to PROMIS was purely a detox and my final treatment was also here at PROMIS. I would strongly urge you not to give up hope. I found that I learned a little more on each attempt and I learned different things from the different people and places I tried getting help from. Of course a lot of clinics are private like ours but there are also lots of state, voluntary and self help services all over the country. We may also have some ex patients close to you who could go with you to some self help groups if you like? Do please give me a call and I'll be happy to talk to you any time and try and help. Best Robin Lefever
Rlefever
Canterbury,#4UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 16, 2008
I am very sorry to hear your experience and your feelings about your stay at our clinic. It sounds like you were having a real crisis and you needed help. It is clear that we are not offering a cure in a week and I can't believe that anyone offered you that. Indeed we don't believe a cure is possible from these problems, instead we try to help people bring them into remission rather than cure. In a week, I presume, we were offering to help with detoxification which is the first step in a recovery process and one made easier by being in a supportive medicalised environment. I was grateful that, in spite of having had issues with my father, you have been very generous in your appraisal of our other staff. I agree that the nurses are dedicated and that the atmosphere amongst the patient group is very supportive. I have been a patient here twice myself and I believe strongly that it is this atmosphere of support between our fellow patients that really helps us the most. I was saddened to hear your experience with my father. Maybe you'll say I'm bound to be defensive of my father but, although I would certainly be proud and recognise his eccentricity, I don't recognise the arrogance you describe. Given his years of dedication to helping people it also seems really implausible that he would say that someone "didn't belong here". Could you please explain the context of that comment? Was it in response to another statement? Both my father and I are more than open about our own problems with addiction and given your candour here, so are you. As we would see it we have the same illness and so would see you as very much deserving of our support and care. It is common to take a number of detoxs and a number of attempts to give up before finally becoming drug free. I mentioned above that I had to come here to PROMIS twice and I visited some other clinics too on my path. My first visit to PROMIS was purely a detox and my final treatment was also here at PROMIS. I would strongly urge you not to give up hope. I found that I learned a little more on each attempt and I learned different things from the different people and places I tried getting help from. Of course a lot of clinics are private like ours but there are also lots of state, voluntary and self help services all over the country. We may also have some ex patients close to you who could go with you to some self help groups if you like? Do please give me a call and I'll be happy to talk to you any time and try and help. Best Robin Lefever
Rlefever
Canterbury,#5UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 16, 2008
I am very sorry to hear your experience and your feelings about your stay at our clinic. It sounds like you were having a real crisis and you needed help. It is clear that we are not offering a cure in a week and I can't believe that anyone offered you that. Indeed we don't believe a cure is possible from these problems, instead we try to help people bring them into remission rather than cure. In a week, I presume, we were offering to help with detoxification which is the first step in a recovery process and one made easier by being in a supportive medicalised environment. I was grateful that, in spite of having had issues with my father, you have been very generous in your appraisal of our other staff. I agree that the nurses are dedicated and that the atmosphere amongst the patient group is very supportive. I have been a patient here twice myself and I believe strongly that it is this atmosphere of support between our fellow patients that really helps us the most. I was saddened to hear your experience with my father. Maybe you'll say I'm bound to be defensive of my father but, although I would certainly be proud and recognise his eccentricity, I don't recognise the arrogance you describe. Given his years of dedication to helping people it also seems really implausible that he would say that someone "didn't belong here". Could you please explain the context of that comment? Was it in response to another statement? Both my father and I are more than open about our own problems with addiction and given your candour here, so are you. As we would see it we have the same illness and so would see you as very much deserving of our support and care. It is common to take a number of detoxs and a number of attempts to give up before finally becoming drug free. I mentioned above that I had to come here to PROMIS twice and I visited some other clinics too on my path. My first visit to PROMIS was purely a detox and my final treatment was also here at PROMIS. I would strongly urge you not to give up hope. I found that I learned a little more on each attempt and I learned different things from the different people and places I tried getting help from. Of course a lot of clinics are private like ours but there are also lots of state, voluntary and self help services all over the country. We may also have some ex patients close to you who could go with you to some self help groups if you like? Do please give me a call and I'll be happy to talk to you any time and try and help. Best Robin Lefever
Jake
Tenterden,#6Consumer Comment
Wed, August 06, 2008
Richard, I think your post was very accurate about Dr Robert Lefever, the fact that he is a thief and his company PROMIS Recovery Centre rip people off. I'd recommend you take him to court for a refund. To take over four grand from you and then say you don't belong there is disgusting. I went to PROMIS Recovery Centre and paid a good deal of money to go there, but I left after two weeks. I just couldn't stand that nutter Dr Robert Lefever any longer. Robert Lefever fancies himself as a hypnotist and I realised that I wouldn't pay ten pounds to see some idiot like Paul McKenna never mind a few grand to be around another idiot Dr Robert Lefever. I'd suggest you edit your post to correct the typo Rorert so that other people will be able to search your post on google or something. Good luck to you. You seem like a cool guy. Jake