A Way Out Addiction Treatment Center Newsletter #3 03/2013 | Page 6

Ricardo
My name is Ricardo and I work at A Way Out as a Counselor.
I facilitate in group sessions, one on one individual counseling sessions and client orientation.
I enjoy spending time with the clients playing volleyball, playing pool, going for walks and taking them
down to the river for fishing. Also encouraging them to do the program to the best of their ability and to
take ownership and responsibility for their addiction.
Coming through the program myself and the wonderful staff who are all recovering addicts themselves
helped me work through the guilt, shame and hopelessness that my addiction has caused me and my
loved ones.
Unfortunately for me, and maybe fortunately for Ricardo, I never had the privilege of meeting him
during my stay in recovery. I only briefly met and chatted with Ricardo when I returned to A Way
Out to celebrate my 1 year mile stone.
All that I can say with 100% surety is that he has joined the best treatment facility in the Western
Cape, if not the country, and will be welcomed into the broader recovery community of A Way Out.
Welcome Ricardo.