Participant's Page
I am a participant at Tallaght Rehabilitation project located in Kiltalown House in Jobstown, Tallaght. I’ve been attending T.R.P. For about 8 months, to be honest I was expecting it to be very intense, with strict guidelines and people trying to change me. In reality T.R.P. isn’t like that at all, they helped me to realise the underlying cause to my addiction and how to change the behaviour that kept me in that vicious cycle for years.
The reason I think T.R.P. works so well is because everyone in there is at different stages of recovery and can advise and support the people who are just starting off. There is also a good balance between group work and therapeutic work along with a wide variety of educational modules, which means your learning all the time and it;s never boring. I’ve been living in Tallaght all my life and I never knew there where facilities like this or maybe I just wasn’t looking at the time
I can’t reiterate enough how important it is to have a structure when you are starting the recovery process. The staff and peers at T.R.P. all have a good bond and that helps provide an environment that you look forward to attending and not trying to avoid. I know personally T.R.P. has been a great support to me and to anyone who is considering joining, I would highly recommend it. T.R.P. has given me the tools I needed to boost my confidence and the encouragement to strive for my goals, which in turn is breaking the cycle and making a future for me and my family.
MB
The reason I think T.R.P. works so well is because everyone in there is at different stages of recovery and can advise and support the people who are just starting off. There is also a good balance between group work and therapeutic work along with a wide variety of educational modules, which means your learning all the time and it;s never boring. I’ve been living in Tallaght all my life and I never knew there where facilities like this or maybe I just wasn’t looking at the time
I can’t reiterate enough how important it is to have a structure when you are starting the recovery process. The staff and peers at T.R.P. all have a good bond and that helps provide an environment that you look forward to attending and not trying to avoid. I know personally T.R.P. has been a great support to me and to anyone who is considering joining, I would highly recommend it. T.R.P. has given me the tools I needed to boost my confidence and the encouragement to strive for my goals, which in turn is breaking the cycle and making a future for me and my family.
MB
Things will get better
When things aren’t going well for you
and times aren’t what they should be,
Just focus on the positive
And think about what could be.
Acknowledge what has happened -
Don’t lose sight of lessons past -
But don’t allow the negative
Distracting thoughts to last.
Take what you’ve learned and start from there;
Draw strength from your frustration;
And let this added sense of purpose
Be your new foundation.
It’s hard to follow any plan
Precisely to the letter.
Though life right now is difficult,
Things will in time get better.
By Bruce B Wilmer
