NOVA VIDA RECOVERY CENTRE

I had been in rehab before and had left no better off than when I went in. Nova Vida was different – they wouldn’t take me!

They explained that it wasn’t because I was too bad or beyond help but that they were not the best place to suit my needs and weren’t going to take my money to leave me in the same position I had been in before. But they knew a place that could help.

I remain forever grateful for their honesty, integrity and their knowledge. They found me a place that catered for my needs and were very experienced in doing so. I am so, so pleased.

Although I only spent a couple of days with the good people of Nova Vida it will forever have a place in my heart. I am now well along the path of recovery and enjoying every moment of it.

Pat 2008

...within a week I was in rehab. In the first week I was told I was arrogant, pompous and in denial. By the second week I realised I WAS arrogant and pompous but no longer in denial. The penny had dropped. This was no tick box course that I could pass with my eyes closed so I started to listen, started to get real and dropped the enormous ego that had no place in my life. I’m glad I did. Not only do I now know I can’t drink ever again but I also know the changes I need to make in order to be a better person for my family and for me.

I can’t say rehab was the best experience I have had but it certainly was the most worthwhile. I am now 9 months without drinking, have my pilot’s license back and I have recently flown my first flight for 7 months. On my discharge I thanked everybody at Nova Vida but was told “You did the work”. I thought about that and they were right and it was bloody hard work. It’s the only place I have been to where I have paid and then had to do all the work! But nevertheless without their guidance and professionalism I dread to think where I would be today.

Jack, Kenya. 2012

“Now I am back home and beginning to rebuild my marriage and my career. I am enjoying seeing my kids again and enjoying family moments…”

Jane, Leicester, 2009