This complainant was made to change their address with the insurance company to the facility's and open a new credit card as guarantee of payment. They were also required to sign a Durable Power of Attorney so the facility could act in the husband's name to ensure payment.
Complaint against A Forever Recovery and Tranquility Detox, June 27, 2013
A parent details how any connection to scientology was denied by A forever Recovery and the horrible conditions faced by her son, including "being billeted in a grimy room with 7 other patients."
Narconon Survey Response #295
This former client of Best Drug Rehab in Manistee, Michigan was told his health insurance would pay for his stay if he changed his address to the facility's address. He was told this was because the facility was out of network, and his insurance was billed for outpatient treatment. He describes overcrowding, unprofessional employees, abusive language, and indiscriminate sex. He became depressed after leaving, and was still using at the time he answered the survey.
Narconon Survey Response #293
This former client of Narconon StoneHawk (now closed) was taken to a "crack motel" when he refused to go to "class" due to having the flu, and he relapsed there while waiting for a flight back home. He says his mother chose it out of desperation and sent him to the first place that sold her a dream. He later achieved sobriety through Narcotics Anonymous.
Narconon Survey Response #282
This former client of Narconon-clone Best Drug Rehab in Manistee, Michigan was told the program was Christian based, that there were amenities which turned out not to exist, and other untruthful statements about the program. It was against this person's religion to do Scientology assignments, but the person was told that if they didn't do the Scientology TRs (training routines), that they would be dropped off at a homeless shelter. When this person decided to leave, they were held locked in an office, and says, "The day i left the cops were there for 2 other clients trying to leave but were held against their will."
Complaint against Best Drug Rehab, May 10, 2013
This complaint describes deplorable conditions at the facility - no hot water, and the cold water being yellow, clients with infectious diseases with no precautions taken to contain the diseases, a client with a known food allergy who was taken to the emergency room because of food supplied by the facility, and failure to provide paperwork for the writer to return to work.
Complaint against Best Drug Rehab, April 18, 2013
This person was forced to change their address with their insurance company to one that the Best Drug Rehab provided. Phone calls were monitored via speakerphone, with a staff member ready to disconnect the call if the truth about the program was told. The person was told that if they wanted to leave, they would be dropped off at a homeless shelter, and feels that he was being held against his will. He was also removed from medications prescribed by his doctor.
Complaint against A Forever Recovery, April 16, 2013
A complaint stating the patient was held hostage and unable to leave and FLMA and Disability paper work was not completed for 10 days.
Complaint against A Forever Recovery, April 10, 2013
This person describes being in an isolated, rundown property with no real medical attention and being subjected to medical malpractice. Not allowed to contact friends or leave until payment was made, they were alone and frightened. This person wrote about their own experience from 2009 to encourage the Attorney General’s office to investigate Per Wickstrom’s rehab facilities, A Forever Recovery and Best Drug Recovery (Rehab).
Richmond v. A Forever Recovery, its Medical Director, et al.
This is a medical malpractice case against Narconon front group called A Forever Recovery, Inc, and its medical director, several physicians and medical professionals, along with 2 medical centers in Battle Creek and Albion MI. One defendant, Dr. Stephen W. Robinson, is A Forever Recovery's Medical Director.