This is written by a youth that is preparing to transition out of our program and move on to bigger and better things in his life. He has made some great changes and we are very proud of the what he has done.
"Hi, I am a kid with sexual issues and I was recently getting treatment at Turning Point Family Care. The person that I was and the person that I have become since coming here are two different ones, I have been gaining more knowledge by Internalizing and Externalizing every aspect of my treatment. I have been learning to engage with new people and be able to have healthy relationships with them too. Before I came to treatment I wasn't able to to recognize my mistakes nor to take responsibility. A lot of times I hurt people, the people that loved me the most as well as my victim but unfortunately by that time I was such a careless person who wasn't able to feel some empathy for my victims nor to recognize that I had a problem and that I needed help. But fortunately I came to Turning Point where I had and still have a lot of support from my therapist and some staff members. While I was in treatment I learned that I wasn't a bad person like myself and my family thought I was; but that I make a lot of mistakes like any other person and that I could change if i really wanted to. Which I really did. Empathy is the most important value that I learned and felt while I was in treatment. Now I am able to look at my victims' faces and say sorry and actually mean it which is even more important than just saying sorry. Also I was able to forgive myself and to forgive those that had done bad things to me. It was very hard for me to forgive myself as well as those who hurt me before but eventually I learned that in order to succeed in life I needed to put the past in the past and start living in the present and so i did. Treatment has helped me to change the way I see females and to build healthy relationships with others. It also helped me to open my eyes and see all the good things that I have been missing out since the day that I made the choice that got me into trouble. I feel like a new person and that is because I don't think the same way I used to, I also don't have to follow negative influences and get into trouble anymore. Since I moved out of the program into a proctor care home I always think of all the people the believe in me and how far I have come since I came to Turning Point every time that I am about to make a risky choice that might get me into trouble which has helped me a lot. I am going to read my relapse prevention plan at least once a week for some time and apply it to my day to day life so eventually it can become a habit, a good habit that I could keep for the rest of my life."
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