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His story covers the turning points that led him to seek help, the supportive environment he found in treatment, and the tools he gained to rebuild relationships, improve self-awareness, and manage life’s challenges without returning to old patterns.", "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Alumni-Testimonial-Jesse.png", "uploadDate": "2025-08-14", "duration": "PT5M38.34S", "contentUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/900659672", "embedUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/900659672", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Sandstone Care", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sandstone-logo.svg" } }, "keywords": [ "addiction recovery", "mental health treatment", "alumni testimonial", "accountability in recovery", "personal growth", "self-awareness", "rebuilding relationships", "coping skills", "substance use disorder", "Sandstone Care" ], "transcript": "[00:00:00.000-00:00:05.380] Before Sandstone Cared Life for me was pretty miserable.\n[00:00:05.740-00:00:15.160] You know, I became a slave to drugs and alcohol, and it also did not help my mental health.\n[00:00:15.380-00:00:23.040] I lost a lot of hope, lost a lot of spirituality. I was spiritually bankrupt.\n[00:00:23.320-00:00:30.120] I blamed it on a lot of things and a lot of people, but never really wanted to look at my part in it.\n[00:00:30.400-00:00:37.720] Before coming here, there was like a lack of accountability, and so Sandstone definitely gave that accountability back to me.\n[00:00:39.260-00:00:46.780] When the pain got real enough for me to come to Sandstone, it was the fact that I was becoming something that I'm not.\n[00:00:46.860-00:00:53.160] And what I mean by that is, you know, I'm a very respectful man to the opposite sex, the female.\n[00:00:53.920-00:01:02.400] And so I was becoming the opposite of that, and I was not enjoying the days, the waking up and saying, wow, what did I just do?\n[00:01:04.940-00:01:06.180] Because I didn't know what was going on.\n[00:01:06.200-00:01:13.460] I was trying to fix the broken brain with the broken brain, you know, and it was a hamster wheel.\n[00:01:13.540-00:01:19.920] That's when the pain got real enough for me, is when I couldn't manage myself, my thoughts, my reactions and responses to situations and social environments.\n[00:01:26.200-00:01:34.940] I work graveyard shift, and I'm a custodian, and I am able to listen to my headphone, and YouTube has a Sandstone Care ad.\n[00:01:38.460-00:01:42.200] I was, you know, just spending money on my drugs and stuff, and I couldn't afford the premium.\n[00:01:42.200-00:01:49.080] And I kid you not, every ad was Sandstone Care after every song, before every song.\n[00:01:49.500-00:01:54.340] And one day I couldn't, I was real busy, so I couldn't skip the ad.\n[00:01:54.560-00:01:59.220] And the song that the little tune that was going on was just kind of relaxing me.\n[00:01:59.220-00:02:00.800] And I was like, what is this, man?\n[00:02:00.820-00:02:03.760] So I looked at it, and it says Sandstone Care.\n[00:02:03.880-00:02:14.620] And so I looked it up, and it said, do you need help with mental health and behavioral health and substance abuse?\n[00:02:15.160-00:02:17.240] And I was like, how does it know?\n[00:02:17.920-00:02:19.860] Like, how do these things just happen?\n[00:02:20.480-00:02:22.980] You know, it has to be something higher.\n[00:02:23.600-00:02:30.120] Treatment at Sandstone, for me, with my experience, it was different.\n[00:02:30.200-00:02:33.420] To me, it felt like it wasn't just like, oh, well, how do you feel about that?\n[00:02:33.970-00:02:40.760] It was more like getting involved with the underlying, like they say, like the iceberg anger.\n[00:02:40.880-00:02:42.560] That's just the surface of the iceberg.\n[00:02:42.900-00:02:46.240] And so we would touch up on all the stuff that was under the iceberg.\n[00:02:46.300-00:02:48.580] And it was a safe zone. It was comfortable.\n[00:02:48.860-00:02:51.760] It was four days a week, so that was really helpful.\n[00:02:52.080-00:02:58.120] You know, they say that drugs and alcohol are but a symptom of the disease of addiction.\n[00:02:59.520-00:03:09.560] And what this place helped me do is dig deep into, like, the main reason was for me to have those symptoms to use.\n[00:03:09.980-00:03:17.760] Sandstone, here, again, taught me how to have a relationship with myself, to be able to have a relationship with others.\n[00:03:17.960-00:03:22.700] And that means, like, I could take the mask off, and I don't have to put it back on.\n[00:03:23.260-00:03:24.760] I could just be who I am.\n[00:03:25.080-00:03:27.620] I was told once, who hears you is here.\n[00:03:29.260-00:03:31.060] And I was like, what does that mean?\n[00:03:31.300-00:03:33.360] And I never understood until I came here.\n[00:03:33.560-00:03:35.860] And the ones that hear me are still in my life.\n[00:03:36.040-00:03:38.440] The ones that are here for me are still in my life.\n[00:03:38.600-00:03:43.220] I'm just grateful for this place because now I get to mend those relationships.\n[00:03:43.300-00:03:45.440] Because yes, the trust, some of the trust is gone.\n[00:03:46.320-00:03:48.380] But it's not nothing that's not fixable.\n[00:03:48.520-00:03:52.840] What I would say, well, here, let me, I'm going to put it this way.\n[00:03:53.200-00:03:59.400] Let's just say, hypothetically, that the whole reason is like, oh, well, I don't have time. I have bills.\n[00:04:00.380-00:04:02.900] I have this, I have that.\n[00:04:03.660-00:04:05.380] You're still going to have those regardless.\n[00:04:07.080-00:04:14.620] The thing is, is that time is on our side.\n[00:04:15.260-00:04:18.800] And what I mean by that is, like, everything is going to pass.\n[00:04:18.880-00:04:21.440] If you're feeling good, that too shall pass.\n[00:04:21.920-00:04:23.440] If you're feeling bad, that too shall pass.\n[00:04:24.260-00:04:31.680] So why not take the time to make yourself feel better so you could handle situations like that?\n[00:04:32.180-00:04:37.560] Because all that stuff that is like preventing you is still going to be there.\n[00:04:37.680-00:04:40.660] Like when I'm done with Sandstone, I'm going to have those bills still.\n[00:04:41.380-00:04:44.600] When I'm done with Sandstone, I'm going to have those responsibilities still.\n[00:04:44.640-00:04:54.320] And if I can't take care of myself, how am I able to take care of those And then also is everything that I used to do did not work at all, ever.\n[00:04:58.020-00:05:02.940] My thinking got me into a miserable state of not knowing that there was a solution.\n[00:05:03.900-00:05:07.100] But this place here gave me hope and gave me a solution.\n[00:05:07.420-00:05:09.260] Coming here, that's what it's going to do.\n[00:05:09.600-00:05:15.040] And even if it doesn't, and this is the harsh reality of this disease.\n[00:05:15.680-00:05:18.020] But if, you know, let's just try it.\n[00:05:18.120-00:05:20.340] Let's just try it for a few months.\n[00:05:20.840-00:05:30.820] And if I'm not happy, I could refund my misery and just go straight back to where I came from. But that doesn't work.\n[00:05:31.380-00:05:35.020] It never has and it never will because it's always the same out there.\n[00:05:35.540-00:05:38.340] This place gave me hope and gave me something to look forward to." } { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Teen-Specific Care Overview | Sandstone Care", "description": "An overview of Sandstone Care’s specialized programs for teens and young adults, focusing on treating both mental health and substance use issues simultaneously. This video shares personal and family experiences, highlights the importance of connection, community, and individualized care, and emphasizes building self-worth, communication skills, and emotional resilience.", "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Teen-Specific-Care-Overview.png", "uploadDate": "2025-08-14", "duration": "PT3M12.72S", "contentUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/947439832", "embedUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/947439832", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Sandstone Care", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sandstone-logo.svg" } }, "keywords": [ "teen mental health treatment", "youth addiction recovery", "family therapy", "co-occurring disorders", "adolescent counseling", "emotional resilience", "substance use treatment", "young adult therapy", "community support", "Sandstone Care" ], "transcript": "[00:00:01.680-00:00:10.300] I felt inferior because I felt like, for some reason, I wasn't as smart as the other kids, and I always had a few struggles\n[00:00:10.300-00:00:12.940] with just talking and being out there.\n[00:00:13.000-00:00:14.700] I was always like a shy kid.\n[00:00:14.780-00:00:17.840] You know, when you feel sad, what do you do? What can you do?\n[00:00:17.880-00:00:23.560] When you don't feel good about yourself, how do you work through that, as opposed to turning to drugs and alcohol?\n[00:00:23.560-00:00:28.940] It's been heartbreaking to watch her being hurt.\n[00:00:29.260-00:00:36.880] I didn't realize there was already some anxiety and fears and feeling left out when she was younger.\n[00:00:37.140-00:00:40.800] I feel, especially at my house, I kind of just stayed in my room all the time.\n[00:00:41.060-00:00:49.960] I didn't really want to do my homework in the living room. I just isolated in my room. It's just constant worry. Constantly worrying about her.\n[00:00:49.960-00:00:52.620] When she's got the lows, how long is it going to last?\n[00:00:53.200-00:00:57.220] When she's feeling good, how long is that going to last before the lows start again?\n[00:00:59.660-00:01:06.140] Every human being's greatest fear is being inadequate, and that manifests itself in a million different ways.\n[00:01:06.300-00:01:11.200] I don't think we were intended to live in suffering our entire lives, and this consumes them.\n[00:01:11.300-00:01:20.160] The common thread is that it's very difficult to encounter someone who's struggling with addictions that doesn't have a mental health component.\n[00:01:20.420-00:01:27.520] It's more likely that someone would have mental health and not have addictions, but they typically go hand-in-hand.\n[00:01:27.620-00:01:34.900] And I think the real key is being able to treat both the mental health and the addiction simultaneously, because when you\n[00:01:34.900-00:01:37.740] try to pick someone apart, they feel fragmented.\n[00:01:38.400-00:01:45.740] I've been doing this work in mental health and addictions for close to 30 years now, and what we are is a program that provides\n[00:01:45.740-00:01:54.500] services to adolescents and young adults and the families, the whole core system who are struggling with mental health and addiction issues.\n[00:01:54.800-00:02:00.120] Really, honestly, the core of what we do is about connection. It's about relationships.\n[00:02:00.520-00:02:09.040] And I think the reason families feel that with us is because they come into a community. They are welcome. They are seen.\n[00:02:09.400-00:02:14.400] It isn't like they come in and somebody walks by and they wonder who that person is.\n[00:02:14.860-00:02:20.000] They know every staff member in the program, and every staff member knows every family.\n[00:02:21.080-00:02:32.900] Your perfection is already established because you are standing and living and breathing, and you bring something to this world. Everyone has a story.\n[00:02:33.340-00:02:38.880] To not give up, you know, take time out of your life to look for help.\n[00:02:38.980-00:02:43.520] It's not something that you can do on your own as a parent. It really isn't. It's so much bigger.\n[00:02:43.900-00:02:50.420] Just these kids being able to talk to somebody who is impartial to things, and if they can feel comfortable enough to open\n[00:02:50.420-00:02:54.120] up with how they're feeling, I think that would help a lot. You're not alone.\n[00:02:54.380-00:02:56.520] There's people out there going through the same.\n[00:02:57.300-00:03:02.340] And all I can say is just keep loving your kid, you know, unconditional love.\n[00:03:02.740-00:03:05.580] Honestly, it's just way easier to take it one day at a time.\n[00:03:05.820-00:03:08.960] Because if you can make it through today, you can make it through tomorrow.\n[00:03:09.780-00:03:12.400] And you're going to keep making it through. I promise." } { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Introduction to Our Admissions Process | Sandstone Care", "description": "Step-by-step overview of Sandstone Care’s admissions: speak with a friendly specialist, get an appropriate level-of-care recommendation, fast insurance verification, and a thorough bio-psycho-social assessment to build a personalized treatment plan for long-term recovery.", "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Introduction-to-Our-Admissions-Process.png", "uploadDate": "2025-08-14", "duration": "PT1M23.28S", "contentUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/877756831", "embedUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/877756831", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Sandstone Care", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.sandstonecare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sandstone-logo.svg" } }, "keywords": [ "admissions process", "insurance verification", "bio-psycho-social assessment", "personalized treatment plan", "mental health support", "substance use treatment", "level of care", "start recovery today", "Sandstone Care" ], "transcript": "[00:00:00.000-00:00:05.120] When you call Sandstone Care, you'll be greeted by a friendly admissions specialist.\n[00:00:06.380-00:00:12.060] First, these caring and qualified professionals will get to know you and your specific situation.\n[00:00:12.720-00:00:20.220] From there, they will be able to recommend the level of care appropriate for you, and if Sandstone is not the right fit, they'll\n[00:00:20.220-00:00:25.700] connect you with the resources that are, so that you can start getting the support that you need today.\n[00:00:26.340-00:00:36.600] Next, each admissions specialist can also verify your insurance in minutes, so that you have a clear upfront idea of cost before taking any next steps.\n[00:00:37.880-00:00:46.040] Finally, when you arrive to your treatment center location, you'll undergo a bio-psycho-social assessment from a certified clinician.\n[00:00:46.860-00:00:56.500] Here, we'll help you unpack the physical, cognitive, and environmental context behind your specific mental health or substance use challenge.\n[00:00:56.940-00:01:07.540] From there, we will work with you to create a treatment plan to fit your unique needs, so that you can focus on getting better and maintaining long-term recovery.\n[00:01:08.160-00:01:13.300] So no matter what your questions about mental health or substance use are, give us a call.\n[00:01:14.460-00:01:18.320] Change is possible, and Sandstone Care is here to help.\n[00:01:23.080-00:01:23.280] you" }