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I have treatment resistent depression. Well some meds work, but the side effects are bad. I've seen ketamine therapy pop up in my feeds. But I'm wondering if there is a brick and mortar location in West Michigan or Northwest Michigan. I want a legit therapist and psychiatrist, not something I order online and administer myself. I'm also curious if this sort of treatment is covered by commercial insurance or if it's always out-of-pocket m

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has the new 30 mile course map for The Divide, Manton, MI gravel race? I am not able to do the ride this year, since it conflicts with my family reunion, but I want to try to course since it's omitting the sandy Gilbert Corners. If someone has the route can you please share it with me. From my understanding, the map comes with the registration and is different from prior years.

Gestis - Humility or Humiliation?

I posted this in a different forum. I will share my perspective, which is biased against the community. This is why I want more stories. I want to get people's experiences out there and let the public decide

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Gabe Rheaume - BS Integrated Psychology, State certified recovery coach, state certified peer support specialist, certified community health worker, MI ACE Trainer, certified SMART Recovery facilitator.

Michigan

Cenacolo 2010-2011

Our Lady of Hope Florida

Our Lady of Joyful Hope Alabama

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My personal experience like all who start at Cenacolo is one where we enter, have our belongings taken and distributed to the house pantry if we have too much, have our hair buzzed off, and follow a peer for a month or so to get the ropes. We were cut off from any outside information, including tv, newspapers, and telephone calls. Most letters are confiscated, and we only left the compound as a group. I began to lose sense of myself after a few weeks after having no contact with my family, my outside life, and working 8-10 hour days surrounded in long bouts of droning prayer. We were never left alone, never allowed leisure time, and could never make our own choices. All things came down from the director Albino on the top, who decided our days but would only tell the house manager. We didn't know how long we were going to work, what we were going to do, or what to expect the next day. We were told to "trust" as if blindly following Albino's plan was like trusting the guidance of the divine.

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The place had no professionals, no medical attention, and no recovery plan. Even after completing commmunity, those who finished the 3-4 year program were expected to give back and volunteer at an orphanage in South America for another few years. They used fear tactics like warning us if we left, we'd get rejected by our families and there was no reason to leave because we'd get sent back to Cenacolo. Unbeknownst to me, my wallet and ID were thrown in a fire, so I had no ID, was 1000 miles from home, and when I brought the subject up I was always dismissed or lied to that it was getting replaced (never did). When I snuck out im the hills of Alabama, I only had a couple pairs of clothes and a backpack, with no where to go and fear of rejection from my family and feae that they would find me and put me on suferenza, sleeping outside, where cottonmouth snakes lived, sleeping on the ground, digging and refilling holes all day.

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The place, at best was an antiquated attempt at substance use treatment through punishment and humiliation, keeping us in a state of darkness and exhaustion. At worse it could be a labor camp taking money and donations from the church to continually grow the empire and despose of the clients when they have completed their time which is decided by Albino, with no relapse action plan in place, no job skills such as creating a resume, nor gaining any certifications or skilled trade, but essentially just pipelined to a job affiliated with the community and continuing a life of indentured servitude to the community.

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These are my thoughts and observations, I have heard others share more devastating stories of abuse and psychological torture. I left after 8 months when I was doing housekeeping,after having planned and packed, waiting for the right moment over two weeks time."

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Hey everyone! I'm u/Little_Raccoon4302, a founding moderator of r/comunitacenacolobook.

This is a place to share your Community experience with the possibility of getting your story published in a book. I'm excited to have you join us!

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What to Post

Here are some examples of how to frame your story or just start writing.

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1. What was life like before community?Why did you to enter?

2. What was Community like?

3. What are you doing now?

4. Did Community improve your life?

5. How old were you when you entered, how old are you now, what years were you there?

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