Anaheim Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is truly a beacon of hope. During my time spent there, I have witnessed amazing transformations in myself as well as others, held and supported with the highest level of care, love and genuine concern from the staff. There is a lot of comfort knowing that many of the staff members are also in recovery and have many years of experience in this field, and their sincere desire to help other struggling addicts is evident in their hard work, professionalism and ability to relate to clients. Deepest gratitude to the Lighthouse for all they do.

The lighthouse treatment center was by far one of the biggest jokes that me or my family have been exposed too. As a former client reading the reviews posted before mine, I noticed that any review posted that had anything positive bout this treatment center was posted by a staff member!!! In detox there was black mold all over the bathroom n all the beds had dirty sheets on them from clients who weren’t even there anymore! Male staff were extremely creepy and touchy touchy towards more then just one client. I was there for one month and saw my «counselor» one time for 15 mins and saw an actual therapist oncee for 30 mins. It took THREE days for the facility too pick up an extremely important prescription of mine. Also my counselor was so rude n the least non professional adult. I have never even used Unilocal before In my life but seriously felt the need too do so after my experience here at the lighthouse. If I were too bring ANY board of health inspection in this joint there is zero doubt that it would be shut down!!!

Being able to live today relatively happy with unresolved conflicts in my life is one of the many great gifts I have managed to obtain in sobriety. Another gift I have found is the abundance of great people and support from fellow recovering alcoholics and addicts in the program. My journey so far has taken me places even I didn’t know I was able to accomplish. And my journey started here at the Anaheim Lighthouse. Over 2 years ago I was a client here at the Anaheim Lighthouse. I was scared. I felt alone. I was an emotional wreck unable to cope with life. I felt like a ship that could’t dock. The Anaheim Lighthouse showed me compassion as a client. The clinical staff nurtured my needs, gave me the tools to cope and deal with my issues as an adult, and introduce me to a 12-​step program in which I still am an active member and participant.
Presently I am an employee here at the Anaheim Lighthouse, and I see both sides of the fence. I see the client’s point of view since I was a client here. And I see the Anaheim Lighthouse’s view, because I am employed here. Ultimately regardless on which side of the fence I stand on, a POSITIVE attitude and GRATITUDE makes world of difference. My experience here at the Anaheim lighthouse as a client had its moments of ups and downs. My experience as an employee so far has its ups and downs. It all boils down to one thing. GRATITUDE. Thank you Anaheim Lighthouse and Staff for allowing me to be a part of something good.

It’s been roughly a year since my friend connected with this group. When it comes to levels of care, this center was a great choice. They offer intervention help, a residential treatment center, and support groups for families.
Anaheim Lighthouse has a highly qualified & experienced staff, and can help with dual diagnosis in the OC. If you’re in need, give them a call… Kind service awaits.

Anaheim Lighthouse played a pivotal role not only in my recovery, but in my life! If you are looking for an Olympic size swimming pool and massages 3 times a day, I suggest you look in to passages or malibu whatever. However, if you are looking for a place that is staffed with people that have walked a similar path as yourself, people that genuinely care about your recovery and want you to succeed. Well, look no further because the lighthouse has the best staff I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. If you are like myself, which most of us are, you’ve been to 1 or 2 or 15 treatment centers before. To finally come to a place and work with a staff that doesn’t look at you and treat you as a dollar sign, but as an individual, as a friend, a brother, was exactly what I needed during an all time low point in my life. If you are at a point where you are willing to reach out and ask for help, ready to be open minded to what someone else has to say and be vulnerable. The Lighthouse is impacting lives daily and I cannot thank them enough for helping me turn my life around. Again if you are looking for a resort on the beach that caters to your every want and need like you are on vacation, this isn’t the place for you. If you are like me however, and have really finally had enough beating yourself in to the ground and all you care about at this point is getting real help, and don’t care about how many pools or how many stars the chef has in front of his name at the treatment center, then give yourself a chance to start a journey of recovery at the lighthouse, it could change your life. Forever indebted, Andrew.

Dear alcoholic/​addict,
I am a proud alumni of this facility, currently 52 days sober and I’d just like to share one more crucial understanding that this lighthouse has awakened in me.
We’re cowards, and sensitive to grand emotions. I’m sure you already know about the piling up of those painful irrelevant thoughts, feelings, experiences, tribulations, that’s just become a game of jenga. We make excuses, and justifications to our impossible control on our lives. We consult ourself and our answer is just IT. We have an intellectual selfish aspect that answers for you the IT of our status quo. IT being life. Life being all that is us, our relationships. Because we are social beings. Life is a spider web, connecting, then we tangle with other silk lines and create more lines for further entanglement. The web itself is our life. But we don’t see the web as a whole and forget that when we make our next move it effects all that is rather trapped in or welcomed in or born into our cob-​web. Life is not just me, it’s all that I am, all that is with me, and all that is trapped with me.
Once we have this understanding we can start to manage a life that is not so god damn blind. One that allows us to attack, and not face bullshit that ruins all that we are. We surrender. Because we already tried living a life of tunnel vision. A life that only means me. An ungrateful, selfish, most of the time inappropriate, substance filled, be it alcohol or any drug that numbs and helps to ignore that which is vigorously shaking and ripping apart the cob-​web.
With this new understanding, all we can do is catch up. Untangle those sickening bonds that brought days of self destruction, 5150’s, cuts, scars, than reopened nay revisited Scars, now we start to fix, rebuild, learn, open up and gravitate to the corny light that we have been craving but didn’t have the normality to live with it, by it, surrender to it. With the belief, and with all do respect to some, the FAITH to let it shine on your LIFE, and let it control you, because you simply just can’t manage your life on your own any longer. And I pray to the higher power of my understanding that you’ll see the grandiose importance to this life saving, understanding.
What we have coming next is just more. Tango, we gatta dance with hardships, and accept who our sober self is, then we are free and we can just get all tangled up and we can just tango on…
–immense nay intense gratitude for helping me, counselors Mrs. Concha, and Gloria, el passionate Danny, and D! therapists Emily, Kelly, Melissa, and Deena. Only the bestest, kindest, warmest Director in the world Docia,
Peter! Carmen! Taylor in detox,
main support staff Johnny tsunami, regular yet awesome support staff Jeremy, Tami, Max, Jesse, tiny Aka Carlos (orale)and especially Kyle.
My savior Tanya, for vouching for me.
Wow. I just noticed the number of people that helped me. Anyways I love you guys.
, Alessandro D. Jang

Anaheim Lighthouse is a awesome facility! You get what you put into it and even more. Staff is wonderful and caring and they do their best to help redirect and guide people to change their lives around…

I wanted to write a review of the Anaheim Lighthouse because the program helped my son and gave him a solid initial foundation for sobriety. They kept him busy and the counselors were very helpful to him. He made the phone call to enter treatment and he did the work there, however it was the staff, groups and the program that facillitated his desire to stay. In the end, it is up to him whether he wants to stay sober but the men he worked with at this facility had strong AA programs and they provided him with great examples. He found a sponsor that had him working many steps before leaving 28 days of treatment and the facility helped him enter a sober home after treatment. I have not met Danny or most of the staff there but the way my son speaks of them, I can see that they were the key to the miracle of my son staying, and for that there is no way to put a «thank you» into words.

Hands down must amazing treatment center I have ever been to. They really make you feel safe and you’re not alone. I had a great experience.

I would like to thank the lighthouse for all they have done for my brother!!! As a family member of an addict, no one can understand the struggles that hasn’t been there. The light house helped to take a lot of those worries away the moment my brother checked into the facility. They are all professionals and know their industry well. Thanks for everything
Jon P

I came to Anaheim Lighthouse in March 2014 and the people there have helped me turn my life around. I came in with a bad attitude and a negative opinion towards recovery programs in general. They helped me realize that the true issue was my way of thinking. The 7 day detox period was comfortable. Unlike other detox centers/​programs I have been to. The staff was always available and attentive to my needs. They worked with me to safely come off of the drugs I had been using. The detox supervisor was always willing to help me when I had any issue or concern. They were able to get me a visit with the doctor on the same day I developed an extremely painful abscess in my gums. They were always looking out for my well being. On the treatment side, after detox, I was thrown into a lot of great recovery based programming. Even on the days where I felt down they worked with me to get me back on the right track. I went to multiple groups everyday, met with counselors, therapists and attended outside 12 step meetings. We also enjoyed social time at the beach and movie theater on the weekends. Towards the end of my stay Jason helped me with a discharge plan. He constantly pulled me aside to find the right place at a price I could afford. With having to move back to Colorado for legal obligations, they worked with me daily to find a transitional home that included the care I needed (Sober Living Home w/​Intensive Outpatient Program). I don’t have any complaints for this wonderful place because it changed my life. I have grown so much in my spirituality and have learned that humility and selflessness feel a lot better than pride and selfishness. I am grateful for my stay at the Lighthouse and all of the people there. I realize now that there’s much more to living than the way I was doing it and I am so incredibly grateful for the opportunity they provided me.

Fake and fraudulent reviews by employees. Sign up for 5 day detox they try to bill your insurance for the entire month. Beware!!! Would give negative stars if possible. They confiscate your belongings and won’t let you leave. I had to call the police to get out of there. DO NOT GO!

I am not sure if Anaheim Lighthouse is a 5-​star rehabilitiation center or not. It may very well be. But, the three 5-​star reviews listed are all from employees of Anaheim Lighthouse (their COO, Intake Director and Detox Supervisor). Now these folks never say they aren’t employees, but they never indicate that they are employees. Again, this may or may not be a good place, but I think these reviews are misleading. I would recommend check other sources about this establishment to be sure. Just FYI!