Gateway Recovery Centre

Money well spent! If you are looking for effective treatment, are willing to put forth the effort required to transform your life, this is the place to go! They will calibrate your body, mind and will offer a spiritual component that will round off a holistical approach to your treatment. In short, you will leave this place not the same person you were prior to your addiction but a brand new you.The power is yours. Experience a paradigm shift, experience a metamorphosis!

If you have negative presuppositions about rehabilitation centres due to previous experiences, rest assured that Gateway is unlike any treatment centre you've ever been to! The staff are GENUINELY extraordinarily kind, caring, supportive, intelligent, and will help you through any difficulties that may arise! The meals are gourmet and accommodating for ANY special needs! It feels like love, respect, peace, and hospitality the world needs. You will have an experience that will leave an unforgettable, meaningful, positive, and peaceful imprint on your life. This is the place to be when you're ready for help and a catharsis for your soul, spirit, physical, and mental health.

Just completed the nine week residential cohort at Gateway in Peterborough ON.It was where I needed to be. Great staff to client ratio. Small groups with only 25 to 30 clients in facility at a time. Very personal, safe and secure.Great facility!.If you are apprehensive about taking a nine week course this is the best public facility and program available. Therapists are all experienced and trauma trained. Individual time with your own personal councillor during your treatment. This is the time you need to get better and concentrate on your needs. It’s hard work and yes it’s challenging. Recovery is hard work and to get there you have to do the work.From my perspective as a 30 year front line Corrections staff with PTSD and Sanctuary Trauma this is the place to heal and look forward to recovery.A positive environment for positive change.Derek Wilson

When I first arrived, I was very close to dying due to my abuse of alcohol. The five fine folks from my cohort are a truly outstanding group of friends. The staff is amazing and very compassionate. I do not regret my time spent at Gateway. I left a far healthier and better person than when I first arrived. If you or someone you know require help, this is the place to go.To Sean and the rest of the staff, you saved my life. Thank you!!Jean (John) Blain

I am absolutely sickened to hear how some people are reviewing CHRC and the staff. Sid Vic, was never a client, neither was Reg Brown. I was there for the last 2 months and none of these people came through those doors. Maybe a staff who got fired? Sure seems like it. So sad to see fake reviews being made about a life changing service. Firstly, this centre and the people who work there changed my life. Those that haven't changed their life, haven't changed their life for themselves. Blame blame blame. Did you not learn anything from this place? The only person you have to blame for your lack of positivity and well-being is yourself. YOU. Not staff or the centre. YOU. Just because staff are honest with you and try to help you change your old unhelpful ways, doesn't mean you can lash out and slander them. The negative reviews here are just that, slander, lies, and someone's outward blame on others for something they should be blaming themselves for. The owners are amazing. They care about money in so far as they want to keep this amazing place running for everyone to heal and get better. In it for the money.....you people claiming that have obviously not spent a moment with the owners or management, or a moment of effort in your recovery either. Money doesn't get you recovery. YOU DO. I am so frustrated from reading these terrible reviews because this place is designed to help YOU change your life. You don't get to blame them or staff if YOU didn't change YOUR OWN life. The staff...the clinical director is skilled, personable, professional, and empathetic. She rocks. Don't believe any slander you read here. Will, he is kind, courteous, and a gentleman. Stand up guy. Those two won't let you compromise the community at the centre, but they will do everything to help you in your day to day and recovery. I am thankful the two of them were there. The other staff members were just as incredible. They weren't on their phones or not working. Are you out of your mind? These people work their lives to help us. If they need a moment for the bathroom, or a moment to eat, or a moment to do anything.....they should. These people are giving their lives to try and give ours back. I am so grateful to every staff member, from the counselling team, the nutritionist, the chefs, the cleaning staff, and maintenance. They make you feel like you have that home you were missing all your life. Just because you lying people who want to blame others for all your problems, doesn't mean a single person reading them should believe it. Be critical. Think about what you are reading. Why do you think these guys are writing nasty reviews? Did they get themselves kicked out? Did they put their all into the program? Did they think that the world would serve them, instead of them serving themselves? This place is out of this world. This centre is doing right by their clients, their staff, and the world. They are on the right track and are going places no treatment centre has ever gone before. They are doing it right. Take it from me, or don't, but I would send my family and friends here over and over and over again. Go visit them. See for yourself. They even do free tours so you can make up your own mind. CHRC does not provide your aftercare. They help[you develop a plan that YOU are responsible to maintain. Blaming them for not providing a service THEY DON’T OFFER, is just ridiculous. Take responsibility for yourself. They do fantastic work and I would recommend this service to anyone with or without an addiction. Thank you for giving me my life back CHRC.

Very professional......until they get your money.This place does not have qualified councilors - most are straight out of college with zero practical experience. The rules aren't followed by the clients and there are no repercussions. you can leave the property, smuggle in contraband and the place has more illegal drugs available than the streets do. The councilors go through your things in your room while you are away and distracted in group sessions, there are bed bugs in the rooms, the food is absolutely disgusting 90% of the time. The chefs are amazing but they can only prepare Paleo meals as directed by the Nutritionist using cheap cuts of meat and bruised and rotting vegetables.The upper management/owners just want your cash and thats it. For 6 weeks its over 21 grand and if you have 21 grand to pay then look elsewhere for treatment. They are trying to market their place on radio ads etc. but most of what they advertise is untrue but by the time you realize that you've been ripped off its past their 1 week policy and you lose all of the 21 grand. There are cameras everywhere watching your every move and they pour over the footage constantly to try to find proof of you doing something illegal" so that they can kick you out and keep your money and also freeing up a bed that they will sell to the next sucker that is seeking treatment.Will is the GM and is the most socially awkward person that I have ever met

Speaking from a staff perspective, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to grow with this organization. I initially started working night shifts and have had the opportunity to experience all other clinical positions from there. The level of care I was trained to provide clients with is far beyond what I have experienced elsewhere. I have been given the opportunity to grow, both personally and professionally, with this organization and I'm indebted to those who have fostered such potential. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing the positive change in our clients, witnessed on a daily basis. Thank you CHRC!

This centre is by far the best. I have heard of others, and NOWHERE else offers the services they offer. The staff is beyond wonderful, they helped me overcome obstacles that I had for over 6 years and gave me confidence in myself. I have forgiven myself for many of the mistakes I’ve made (which is a lot), and learned how to have proper conversations with people. Besides the fact that I am not addicted to my Drug Of Choice (DOC) anymore, the counselling is world class. Any reviews you see on here that say otherwise are from past clients that were asked to leave for bringing prohibited substances on the grounds. The return rate is not as high as I would have thought. It seems like many people make an incredible recovery and begin a new journey in life. I know I have. The owners are sweet, lovely people and they will provide anything you need, within reason. There is a large hot tub/pool, volleyball, basketball, road hockey, frisbee, football, and every week there is an outing which is usually golf. They have a theatre room where Netflix is available, and in another room, a pool table, air hockey, fooseball & so much more! The gym is amazing and more than that, the diet is what helps the most. I heard so many people talk about how no other treatment centres have diets and supplements that help you forget about your addiction so quickly. Not only will you leave behind your DOC, but you will look and feel healthier within a week! It’s the only recovery centre that focuses on diet and the food DOES taste amazing!Don’t even bother reading Reg, or Sids reviews. I heard they were never even clients, and if they were, they were most likely sent home for doing their DOC at the centre.I highly recommend this place for anybody with an addiction, whether it’s drugs, alcohol, television, gambling or cell phone. It will even help you reconnect with your family if that is an issue you are having. TAKE THE FIRST STEP & set up a screening to check out the place. You won’t regret it!

Great place for addictions but for mental health its the worst. I had a bad time there. The counselors were pre chosen and couldnt change to someone else. Definitely not a place for mental health issues. Other than the counselors the rest of the staff was very understanding and amazing. They were the real people that helped me.

CHRC saved my life. When i walked into the facility I looked like death was banging on the back door. CHRC was warm and welcoming. I had just left another clinic in Elliot Lake and was treated like every Drug user is treated with disrespect and judged. I was hesitant to even go to another Facility. But walking into CHRC was the best thing I did. I was deathly sick for close to 3 weeks. If not for the MHA workers I prob would left and be back to were i was for the past 23 years. I owe my Life To Geoff, and Dean. and the workers. That was 5 years ago. Today I finally have the life I want. in those five years I did lapse but never as bad as I was. Now I love my life. I have found the love of my life. Currently I am enrolled in College to become a MHA worker. I would be dead years ago if it wasn't for them. Thank You Geoff and Dean.SincerelyGord Miller