New Life Recovery Centers

Was just a client here for a 23 day residential treatment with 7 days detox. The staff and counselors are all awesome and really care about their clients. Never had any issues with the staff or counselors.
Environment/​Living /​/​Good size rooms with 2 beds to every room, except a few that have 2 bunk beds. Showers and bathrooms are nice. There’s a basketball hoop, ping pong table, a small but nice weight set, treadmill, and a smoking/​non smoking area. There are communal TVs in every unit which have cable and a DVD player. The main living room has couches and is the usual place for group meetings.
Food /​/​Rodney, the chef, is an awesome guy and chef. The food is probably one of the best things about this place. They serve cereal, pop tarts and breakfast sandwiches for breakfast. BLTs, taco salad, steak sandwiches, and more for lunch. BBQ rib spaghetti, pizza, teriyaki chicken, etc. for dinner. They serve different meals everyday and BBQ usually 1 – 2 days a week. The food is thing you don’t have to worry about when coming here.
Kalin (counselor) /​/​She was my counselor at New Life. She was very cool, very nice, straight forward, and always in a good mood. She always had good advice to give and was very easy to talk to. She genuinely cares about all the clients and will make time for you. I highly recommend her for anyone’s counselor.
Chris (counselor) /​/​He became my counselor at Intensive Out Patient (IOP) and did two hours of group on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His groups are very entertaining and always has good recovery tips. He has a great personality and is always in a good mood. Very nice and easy to talk to.
Gary (staff) /​/​He teaches drug education for the days he’s on site. His groups were always my favorite to attend during the week. They were also the most informational and interesting. He has a good sense of humor, well educated in addiction, recovery, and in general. Overall great guy with good advice and suggestions.
This was my first treatment facility ever so I had no idea what to expect yet — but everyone was very welcoming and friendly. I highly recommend this program to anyone dealing with addiction, are serious about getting help, taking suggestions, and working their recovery.
–Mike O.

This place is very helpful! The staff is great. Special thank you to Chris P who is terrific — very positive, energetic and wise. Kudos to this life saving rehab facility.

New Life Recovery and its staff is simply amazing. This really is as good as it gets. I have never been in a therapeutic environment where everyone from top to bottom showed as much care and carried as high a standard of professionalism as here. Special shoutouts to Kalin and Chris for their extraordinary level of dedication and responsiveness to my questions, needs and concerns every step of the way. I will remain in contact with these wonderful people as I consider them friends and are part of my support circle.

My husband recently completed treatment in the residential facility of New Life. I’m very grateful for their program and their counselors. Kalin was my husband’s counselor and she really helped him develop a toolbox and was there for both of us. She holds energetic and motivational family groups on Saturdays and has just helped us see the light with the addiction and treatment of the addiction. Kalin has encouraged self growth and really shown us how to better ourselves for a sober family

New life recovery center has really changed my life. Not so much because of the structure because of the AMAZING staff they have. Kalin and Chris are two of the best people you could ever ask for. They truly care about the people, they make everyone feel like they matter and most importantly they set patients up for success in life. I am a better man today because of Meeting Chris and his influence on my life. Don’t personalize things, take the meat and leave the bone, and always remember your invisible duct tape. Things like that I will never forget and I will become a better person in life because of what I’ve learned from them. Kalin is always smiling, approachable, and easy to talk too! Chris needs to be in charge and running things at new life in order for new life to take things to the next level. I am forever grateful to these two amazing individuals.

I recently completed my 35 days of residential at New life. This was my first time in treatment so I had no clue what to expect. My first day the staff was very friendly and welcoming. I was being checked on regularly because I was on detox medication. I was assigned to my counselor Kalin who I worked with weekly the 35 days that I was there. She is very compassionate, caring, and professional, and the clients love her. Another counselor that I have to thank is Chris for being so awesome and exciting in groups. Kalin and Chris are a wonderful team and should teach classes together. Kalin and Chris are an asset to New Life.

New Life Recovery was a satisfying and life changing experience. Thank you to Janet in the administration office, the counselors at the residential center, the facilitators and staff. Chris’s enthusiasm and hard work ethic to help people recover while teach them coping skills to deal with their addiction was essential to my recovery. A special thank you to my counselor Kalin. She made New Life a permanent and positive fixture in my life. No matter what was going on or how busy her day was, she always made time for me. She is always there to listen, advise, comfort and share her exceptional knowledge of recovery. Her personal attention and infectious personality made my experience that much more valuable. The things I learned from her I use everyday and plan on making her lessons a part of my entire life. She helped me learn so much about myself and my life has changed for the better because of her and everyone at the program. I would highly recommend New Life Recovery to anyone struggling and is ready to take a positive change in their life in a comfortable and pleasant setting.

New Life has one of the most effective outpatient programs available in the bay area with knowledgeable, competent, caring staff. The groups and educational classes are extremely helpful, fun and therapeutic. Kalin and Chris are super awesome counselors that are experts in their field and they make class very entertaining! It’s a safe, supportive environment for growth, healing and learning. Since attending outpatient and with the help from my peers and counselors I have been scheduled to graduate prop 36 and get off probation early, recently gained employment in the healthcare industry, and have drastically improved my physical health. Miracles do happen!

This is the best out patient program I have ever been too. Chris and Kalin are the best counselors in the recovery business, very professional and more than willing to help. They are truely dedicated to helping people through rough times. Like myself, whom they have helped me tremendously through the addiction recovery process. Thank you New Life, Kalin and Chris.

I just want to say thank you to New Life, and everyone involved with it. The past few months I had no idea my life could be mine again, and hold value. Before I came to New Life Recovery, I was an empty shell. Sober but empty. Back in September I moved into one of New Life’s Sober Living House’s (SLE) and signed up for their intensive outpatient class in San Jose. Each and every person I’ve encountered while working on myself and my recovery has treated me with respect, empathy and love. These people in this program seem to really care. Which in turn, has helped me to learn how to care again. It’s a gift, to be given a safe place to start over new. I am forever grateful and I would recommend this program to anyone who is ready to fight the good fight of addiction and learn how to use many tools to coexist with the disease of addiction. Together We can F-​E-​A-​R. Together WE can Face Everything And Recover.
Special Thanks to;
Kevin, Janet, Kathy, Chris, Kalin, and all the lovely beautiful girls at my SLE. You all have done so much for me and I will be forever thankful.

This place changed my life. Kalin and Chris are people I will never forget. Being in patient was what got me started and Terry is amazing. If you want someone who will call you out when you know you are lying to yourself, she’s the counselor you want. I don’t where I’d be today with out her. Kalin was my counselor in intensive out patient and she helped me ease out of in patient. She made me feel comfortable to share anything with her and she will be in my heart for the rest of my life. Now I am using all the tools given by these great people to keep myself on track and ALIVE. I highly suggest checking this place out if you or a family member is in desperate need of a life changing experience. They truly care about people who want to better themselves and get healthy.

I would like everyone to know that Chris Packham who works at New Life Recovery Centers wrote a beautiful book called Wake Them Up, They’ll Listen to You
I would like to thank Chris for sharing his personal life experiences and family life and his addiction. this book is great for those facing hard times, the book has problem solving strategies for those trying to recover and for those that relapse, it has techniques. Chris is very devoted family man and to his work and the teaching of others in the field, and it shows through in his personality and words written… Well worth the $ 15 and more. Great Job. I Recommend This Book to All

NLRC is an amazing place to basically like their name to create a new life. I hit a point in my life where my addiction had come to overrun my life and i couldn’t function as a person anymore. So i took my life from my hands and put them into the hands of the people at the recovery center. It was the third recovery center i had called but the first one with an actual person on the other line it made it so much more personal. They truly care about helping you. While I was in the rehab part of the business I learned so much about my addictions, about my downfalls, about what was going on in my brain with the chemicals and tools to keep my recovery moving along in the «real world». The counselors at both the rehab and the outpatient program, the office staff, the onsite staff and the staff at the sober living houses are beautiful people and have helped me beyond what they know. The counselors at the outpatient program are absolutely a huge asset to me to continue with what they had taught me at the rehab part of it. Kalin and Chris are absolutely amazing people that i know i can always turn to and call and they will always be there for me. I am in one of the sober living houses they have, I moved from my hometown to come here to San Jose and it was one of the best choices I have made. The house manager, assistant house manager and the girls i live with are absolutely the biggest support group i have and have helped me further my progress in my sobriety. It is my safe haven and a huge tool in my recovery I am so happy for this business. Thank you so much NLRC and all the people that they employ and have helping them, you guys have honestly given me my life back and my family back i have never seen them this proud of who i am becoming. If you have an addiction problem this program is one of the best things that you could use to help yourself get sober and get into recovery.

«Rarely have we seen someone fail who has thoroughly followed our path.»
New Life Recovery Centers provided me with a serious and applicable approach to my recovery. I researched Northern California treatment centers thoroughly and found that the true differences lie in the curriculum, staff and modality. New Life offers elements of recovery unattainable elsewhere. Most notably the educational aspects led by co-​owner Gary R., the firm, hands on style of Clinical Director Terri, and the passion of co-​owner Kevin. This unique and winning combination drive New Life day in and day out to be the best option available for serious recovery.
I implore you to get help wherever you are led. My journey took me to New Life and I now have 6 solid months of sobriety, something I never fathomed during my 17 years of addiction. I am forever grateful and indebted to the wonderful team at New Life.

New Life Has truly given me a new life! Making the decision to get help was not an easy decision for me, but everyone at New Life made the process so much easier. From the people in the office, to the counselors at the treatment center and the managers of the SLE, everyone was so welcoming and comforting to me at one of the most difficult times of my life. Choosing New Life to help me get into recovery was the BEST decision I have ever made and I will forever be grateful to everyone there for all they have done and continue to do!

I attended out patient at NLRC and although this wasn’t my first treatment center it was by far the best. The counselors Kalin and Chris are wonderful and caring people. I had the pleasure of having Kalin as my primary counselor. She opened up to me and made me feel comfortable and willing to open up to her. She helped me in so many aspects in my life and I am very grateful to have had her. Not only was she just my counselor she was more like a friend to me and without her help and guidance I wouldn’t be where I am today in my recovery.

New Life was my son’s 4^th rehab try. At this facility my son finally figured out what he needed to do to get clean. As I write this he is just shy of ONE YEAR CLEAN.
As anyone knows who has already gone through the rehab process or who has researched anything about substance abuse, this battle to be clean can only get conquered by the addicted person. Today I have my son back. Is it because of New Life? Yes, New Life helped him. Did they heal him? No. He is clean today because he wanted it.
He received the best counseling from a guy named Chris, who became his mentor. I cannot say enough good things about what this man did for my son. He made him feel worth something. He became his friend and mentored him. The family sessions we went to every Sat. were run by an amazing ex-​addict and counselor named Terri. She was honest, informative & from her own personal experience, knew exactly what she was talking about. It was the first rehab that really educated us on what was happening with our son. I am not giving it 4 stars because it is not perfect. 5 stars would be a perfect place and I honestly do not think that any rehab is perfect. New Life just happened to be the place where my son decided he was done, and where he received great advice and help.
He did end up staying in the SLE and did his time there. In an SLE, it is never drug-​free, there are always those who are relapsing around you, but New Life seemed to be aware of what was going on and with who, and as soon as they found out anyone in the SLE was using, they were kicked out. This is common in an SLE.
The building where the family meetings were held was a small little spot but fit everyone nicely and they always had coffee and donuts for the families. We all would wait for our loved ones to arrive and meet with them and then walk over to a place to have lunch together. It was all very laid back and very normal so that you could spend quality time with your loved one after being at the informative meeting. It was a nice change from some of the other rehabs we had been to.
So, with all that said, I would recommend New Life in San Jose, CA. I think the people that work there care about each individual and even the women that answer the phones were always very courteous, patient, caring and helpful. They didn’t mind answering all my questions and concerns, and believe me, I had a lot of questions, especially since this was our 4^th try at a rehab. Good luck!

Chris P, Kalin T, and Paul from IOP are some of the best people I’ve ever met! Not only are they great at their job, but they take time to get to know you on an individual level and sincerely want to help/​aid in your recovery. Kalin was my counselor there at IOP and she was probably the best counselor I’ve ever had, and I’ve had many growing up with these disease.
The Pink House was also a very good experience that helped me put one foot in front of the other. It, was a starting point for my journey in recovery. There I started to become more like the, «old me». I started playing basketball again, reading books, learning about myself, and actually sleeping again (real sleep, not passing out). It doesn’t hurt that they had delicious home cooked meals with plentiful snacks in between, lol.
In conclusion, I highly recommend attending New Life Recovery’s in patient/​detox center and Intense Out Patient counseling. They are 100% worth it. Though, you’ll only get out of it, what you put into it.

I have to start by saying «Chris» and «kolin» rock ! Being an alcoholic I knew I needed help and couldn’t do it alone and «IOP“was just the right place for me. From the moment I walked in the door the staff were very inviting and gave me a feeling that I was in a «safe place «. Both Chris and kolin were always there with open doors and never hesitated to talk about how I was feeling especially in the beginning when it’s tuff dealing with withdrawals etc. The program was very well put together and the classes were full of Valuable information on «recovery «and it gave me all the tools I needed to become clean and sober like I am today !:) if I can do it anyone can …