Cheshire Sobriety Clinic Reviews 

Excellent initial zoom call. Made me feel at ease and the service they provide seems to be exactly what I'm looking for.
I've joined the treatment programme and looking forward to the journey.

On reflection, I was addicted to cocaine for many years, but since the first Covid lockdown, my usage had gone through the roof, using on average of 6g per day. Over all these years and right up to around 6 months before I got help from John and Shyra, I had hidden my addiction very well from everyone. However, in these 6 months leading up to getting help, the drug was really beginning to affect many parts of my life - my wife had become suspicious, I had become almost a social recluse and lost interest in people, friends and family. My performance at work had really dropped and my overall ability to do my job was questionable. Finally, the habit was really starting to impact my financial stability.

For at least 6 years I had tried to stop using - each time I would go on holiday, I would consciously stop using and planned to use the holiday as my time to quit, but as soon as I returned home I would fall back into the habit within days or even hours.

I knew I needed help, but I really didn’t want to go into an inpatient rehab environment for a number of reasons. Finding and starting to work with John was the perfect solution for me and would become life changing on so many levels. John was very empathetic and reassuring. He really helped me understand how the mind works in relation to addiction and started to build me a set of tools and a level of awareness to help me manage my addiction.

John then introduced me to the concept of RTT, and initially I was very sceptical about it but after doing some research I was up for looking into it more. I met Shyra who talked me through the details of RTT and really put me at ease and I agreed to give it a go. This process was fascinating and added another significant layer to the rebuilding of my thinking and another tool to help me quit my addiction. In addition, Shyra talked to me about creating some specific good daily habits - all of these I still follow everyday and love them!

Within 3 months of starting the programme, I was free from cocaine. While it was not easy, straightforward and had its fair share of lumps and bumps, I now feel strong and well enough equipped to be able say that I am confident that I will never ever go there again.

I was fortunate enough to have had a very supportive wife, friends and family who helped me through this journey, while John and Shyra provided me with tools to move into a place where I could finally stop using cocaine for good. Even since stopping, I have continued to check in with John just to discuss how I am doing and ask him questions on any thoughts/situations that may have arisen, and this has been really useful.

I would strongly recommend the program to anyone needing help with any addiction. I feel like a completely new person
now that I am free from my addiction and am loving life again! Thank you John and Shyra.