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Villa Veritas
Villa Veritas Quick Facts
Main Areas: alcohol addiction, drug addiction and abuse, greif, spiritual retreats for womenBest Sellers: Inpatient Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery
Career Focus: 12 step Recovery programs
The seeds of our drug treatment and alcoholism treatment facility at Veritas Villa were planted during the difficult time Jim Cusack experienced in early recovery from alcoholism. At that time, he made a vow that if he could do anything with his life, he wanted to make the transition from active alcoholism to sobriety a little less painful for others. It was a dream and a mission that he hung onto and believed would happen some day. After a visit to the Shrine of American Martyrs, Auriesville, NY and at about his 12th year of sobriety, Jim had the opportunity to begin his dream and mission of founding a drug and alcoholism treatment facility.
Developing the National & International Drug Treatment and Alcoholism Treatment Standards
In 1965, it was at Glenacre Lodge, Glen Spey, NY that Jim began his career. He was fortunate to be involved in the establishment of a drug and acloholism treatment as we know it today… involved in the founding of counseling credentials, and helping to develop drug and alcoholism treatment standards both nationally and internationally over many years.
In 1973, Jim and his wife and partner, Sue were given an opportunity to develop the drug treatment and alcoholism treatment facility and program now known as Veritas Villa, Inc. under the auspices of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville. Their goal was to provide affordable drug and alcoholism treatment and quality care for people from all walks of life. Veritas Villa was the first freestanding drug and alcoholism treatment facility in New York State to treat alcoholics and drug addicts together.
In 1981 the Dominican Sisters found they had to sell the treatment facility on which the Villa stood. With the help of many friends, Jim and Sue relocated the present Veritas Villa facility to Kerhonkson, NY where they have been for over three decades. They have an excellent staff and have been blessed with many years of treating, helping and healing alcoholics, drug addicts and their loved ones.
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For more information, please see the Veritas Villa : Inpatient Rehabilitation & Wellness Center website.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Villa Veritas
- We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol and drugs and that out lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- We admitted to God, and ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- We were entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
- Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and practice these principles in all our affairs.
Getting Started With Villa Veritas
The Philosophy of Veritas Villa, Inc.
The philosophy of Veritas Villa, Inc. is based on the theory of the 12 Step recovery program that addiction to alcohol and other substances is a three-fold disease: spiritual, physical, and mental.
We believe in the wisdom and utilization involved in the 12 Step programs of recovery that have proven to be effective for many hundreds of thousands of people and their families.
We therefore believe that the recovery process involves the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of recovery.
We also believe that healing is a very difficult and painful process -- the same as recovery from any other illness. The philosophy of Veritas Villa treats all three phases of the disease with the wisdom and healing of the 12 Steps recovery programs and the most current medical, psychological, holistic and spiritual approaches.
