Testimonials
Read or watch Schick Shadel Hospital’s Graduate’s Testimonials! These testimonials are genuine and heartfelt. Many Graduates who found their way to Schick Shadel watched or read these testimonials to realize they too were not the only ones with the disease, addiction.
Testimonials are collected, received and posted regularly from Graduates who want to reach-out and let the world know of their successful, short 10-day treatment.
If you have any questions of our treatment, feel free to call 1800-500-6395 or email us at, contact-us@schickshadel.com.
"...alcohol and drugs cut so many great careers short."
“Spending over forty years in the entertainment business allowed me to meet many talented people. It wasn’t long before I saw alcohol and drugs cut so many great musical careers short. It almost seemed that those great creative minds were more susceptible to addiction. I too found a day were alcohol was about to take its toll! Fortunately I came to Schick Shadel Hospital and twenty years later… I am as healthy and happy as ever. It’s absolutely true when they say; ‘Give us ten days, we’ll give you back your life.’”
"...my belief was no treatment program would work for me."
“I had reached a place in life where my greatest hope was not hurting anyone else when I ended up in a drunk driving wreck. My state of hopelessness was based on my belief that no treatment program would work for me. That if it did work, life would be boring and not worth living without getting buzzed every night. Then, something totally unexpected changed my way of thinking and saved my life.
“My best friend, Fred (who I considered to be the worst drunk I knew) told me he was going to go through aversion therapy in a 10 day program. I told him I didn’t think it would work. If it did, he would probably be unhappy, bored and boring to be around, but if it worked, after one year I would do it also.
“During that year, my best friend Fred (we had a group of drunks for friends), won our money playing poker, out hunted and out dived us (our circle of friends were all scuba divers) and when he became too popular with our girlfriends, I knew it was time to follow his example. I checked in for treatment one year to the day after Fred treated, and that was 26 years ago. My best friend was clean and sober until he died of melanoma in 2000. I thank Fred and SSH for giving me back my life.”
"Dad had gone to Schick Shadel over twenty years before I did."
“I was at the end of my rope. Friends and family were done with me. Except one. My father. Dad and I share more than the same genes, we share the same disease of alcoholism. Dad had gone to Schick Shadel over twenty years before I did. He is still sober today. I knew him as an alcoholic and then I knew him as a man who had control of his life. I wanted that control. Over two years have passed and I’m no longer sick with alcoholism. Schick truly gave me back my life.”
"I tried 3 different treatment centers..."
“My journey to Schick was quite an amazing trek. Previous to Schick, I was no stranger to the world of detox and treatment programs. My motto was ‘never quit quitting.’ After three different treatment centres, 90 meetings in 90 days, and 14 visits to withdrawal management centre (detox) for 5-10 days per visit, I was most certainly following my motto, but my will to live was running out. Although I had everything to live for, a great husband, seven wonderful children, a successful business, it seemed as if there was nothing that could save me from the road to death that I was on. I was dead inside, just waiting to die outside. I was giving in to the disease, and giving up on life.
“Then came the intervention, but it was ‘divine’. I decided that I couldn’t take it anymore and although my memory is foggy about that night, I felt like I was watching myself as I walked down the steps into my pool. I was fully clothed, crying, and very drunk. Suddenly, still watching myself, I got out of the pool, and proceeded to go into the house, down the stairs, sat at the computer, and began to search.
“For about two months thereafter, I would call Schick, in the middle of the night, drunk, and depressed. I was trying to convince everyone in my life that this treatment was “different”, and that I truly believed that it would work for me. It didn’t matter that it was a five 1/2 hour flight away, and I had to come up with $20,000.00. The biggest roadblock was that “absolutely no one” had ever heard of this place before. I asked Doctors, Addiction Counselors, everyone that I could. Not only had they never heard of Schick-Shadel Hospital, but they knew nothing of aversion or sleep therapy for the treatment of addiction. I knew as little as they did, but I was still going to go no matter what I had to do to get there, I just couldn’t escape the strong knowing inside me.
“Poor Shauna Za listened to me almost every night until the day that I arrived there. She played an enormous role in my journey to Schick. She listened to me over and over, and she loved me when I couldn’t love myself. She assured me that I would get my miracle, just as she had. I believed her.
“For reasons unknown to me, I knew it was going to work for me, and it did. My arrival at Schick, was the end of my addiction; and the beginning of my life.”
"Nearly nine years have gone by..."
“Nearly nine years have gone by since my life was controlled by alcohol. It’s amazing how much I can remember about a time in my life I would just as soon forget. I now have two sons who, thank goodness, never saw their dad drunk. I also still have a beautiful wife who never really gave up on me, and still reminds me how proud she is of my accomplishments. My wife now has a husband and our boys, well, they have a pretty awesome dad. Now when I cry it’s because of a sad movie or a touching story - not tears of guilt or self-pity. It’s now genuine. My life is genuine.”
"Schick took away my cravings for alcohol - and did it in just 10 days."
“While playing football at the University of Texas, I was always training and preparing to win. Performance is everything in sports. I quickly discovered the same holds true in the world of business. When I found that drinking had started to affect my edge I wanted to get treated by the best. My research led me to Schick Shadel Hospital. Not only did they take away my cravings for alcohol- Schick did it in just ten days. I was able to conduct business from the privacy of my room and my life was uninterrupted by the Schick treatment method.”
"I needed the aversion therapy..."
"I chose Schick Shadel Hospital because I had friends who treated at traditional programs with little success. I needed the aversion therapy and other treatments they offer. I am now sober and I owe it all to the staff and the treatments."
"Not a day goes by that I don't count Schick Shadel among my blessings."
"There is not a day that goes by that I don’t count Schick Shadel among the blessings I have had in my life. I was so badly broken by my relapse that I do not feel that I could have found the courage on my own to remain clean."
"After treatment, I haven't had the desire or another drink in 22 years."
"After I left treatment, I didn’t have the desire or another drink in 22 years. Who says you can't be successful in sobriety and have fun doing it? I DO! Now many people recognize me, not as a drunk, but as a successful community provider."
"The treatment made it so easy to stay away from alcohol..."
"I can’t thank Schick Shadel Hospital enough for what they have done for me. The treatment there made it so easy to stay away from alcohol - it was unbelievable! My life has totally changed since I treated, and it would have never happened if I hadn’t stopped drinking."
"Schick Shadel Hospital was my final hope."
"Schick Shadel Hospital was my final hope. I had tried it all and was sure I could never stay sober. It has been since 1984 that I treated and I’ve never had a drink or a desire to drink. It was truly like a miracle."
"The aversion therapy totally removed the craving."
"I treated at Schick Shadel Hospital in 1998 and have had no temptation to drink since I left the program. The aversion therapy totally removed the craving that controlled me for so many years. It has given me my life back."
"In just 10 days my life was transformed."
"Before my treatment at Schick Shadel, I couldn’t imagine my life without drinking. I also couldn’t imagine going to ‘rehab’ for one or two months! In just ten days my life was transformed. No more hopelessness, no more depression and no more cravings! In just 10 days my life was transformed and I have rediscovered how great life can be…thank you Schick Shadel Hospital."
"Schick's treatment works."
"From my heart, I’m extremely happy with my decision to treat at Schick. As a successful person with a great family, I only needed to end my problem with alcohol. I wanted to attack the problem and get on with it. Schick’s treatment and dedicated staff helped me to do just that. Schick’s treatment works, and it’s probably worth twice the price."
"I tried several times to quit on my own..."
"I tried several times to quit on my own, but that route never lasted. That is when I turned to Schick Shadel Hospital. I am now alcohol free, and I owe all of my thanks to the caring and professional staff at Schick . I feel good now. My life is back in order, and my confidence and self-esteem have been restored."
"The staff treats with you with respect and dignity..."
"We both treated at Schick Shadel Hospital, and it is the best thing we have ever done. Neither of us has had any craving. The staff treats you with respect and dignity, and it has changed our lives. I am now the number one salesperson in my office and my husband’s business has quadrupled. We are so thankful."
"I treated in 1974 and have never come close to having a drink."
"I treated in 1974 for alcohol and have never, ever, come close to having a drink. Even when times were very tough, I was never tempted to drink alcohol. I owe my life to the kind people at Schick Shadel Hospital and I still keep in touch with them."
"Schick is the only place you can turn your life around in 10 days."
"Schick Shadel Hospital is the only place in the United States where you can turn your life around in 10 days. I would have just given them the money to keep the place open after all it has done for me and many of my friends."
"What a blessing to feel and see the holidays alcohol free!"
"I gave you 10 days, you took away the need for alcohol! I'm bringing my life back!"
"Coming up on one year here, and what a blessing to feel and see the holidays alcohol free! From the bottom of my heart...thank you to everyone at Schick!
"Schick pressed my re-set button..."
"It was over 20 years ago I found myself in a very dark place. I had a horrible Cocaine addiction that was killing me. What was once an escape had become a prison. Every aspect of my life was faltering...relationships, carreer and my passion as an artist and musician."
"In 1989, my father (a Schick graduate) suggested that it was my time to get well. I went to Schick Shadel Hospital and in just ten days it was like they pressed my "re-set button"! I was returned to a life of possibility rather than despair. My father, his father-in-law, my wife and neice all have been transformed by the Schick medical treatment."
"Today my family enjoys over 85 years of sobriety...Thank you Schick Shadel Hospital."
