It's hard to emphasis exactly just how much of a difference deciding to ask for help that I needed to reclaim my fledgling self from addiction. When I finished the first step of my recovery at the AdCare Rehab hospital in Worcester MA, I felt as if there was still a hole in myself that I needed help with. My wife helped me to find a place that could help me be the man I was meant to be... Several set of circumstances aside, I found The Riverbank House. At first I met the incredibly wonderful man Randy Bartlett.. The owner and administrater of The Riverbank House, Randy Bartlett immediately put out his hand and opened his heart to offer me the help I sorely needed to save my life. I became a resident of The Riverbank family in 2012. I remember being nervous all the way to Laconia from Worcester, MA. From the moment I arrived in Laconia and pulled my things from my car, Randy and one of my brothers in our lives destiny came outside to help me in to get settled in and introduced to my new family.
The care and respect of my stay began from the moment I arrived. The guys in the house were immediate friends for life. 13 years later and I'm looking forward to a 4th of July weekend visit to Laconia. Our daily routine at the house from cooking, cleaning and working on our spiritual growth with each other, not a fine point of my search to find myself went missing. A day never passed without being given the attention to my recovery. Randy always took time out of his day to discuss the best philosophies of my life and my journey to open my mind and assist me on my journey to developing my spiritual being and finding my way to my relationship to God that was missing in my life... During my time at Riverbank I attended meetings in the house as well as the local community of recovery in Laconia... I was fortunate in that God brought men into my life, one gentleman became my sponsor for life despite the distance.. Another gentleman became a sweet hearted friend who shared his strength and vision to a happy life. God helped me find my way to The Riverbank House... Thank you Lord read more