We are survivors of Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse

Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance, Inc. is a volunteer based, survivor-lead nonprofit organization.

Our mission is to spread awareness of the patterns of abuses in Enthusiastic Sobriety Teen Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs in order to protect potential families from years of abuse. We are collecting complaints from survivors and current members to report abuses and ethical violations to local governmental oversight agencies and state addiction counseling licensing boards.

We also strive to provide support resources and cult information to our Enthusiastic Sobriety Survivor community.

The Cornerstone Program offers a comprehensive intensive outpatient drug and alcohol rehab program for teens and young adults. Our intensive outpatient drug rehab program (I.O.P.) is designed to be the first stepping stone of the drug rehabilitation

Participate in the Anonymous Mass Complaint.

This Anonymous Mass Complaint Form is open to all Group and Staff survivors from any Enthusiastic Sobriety Program. Testimonies and Data from this form will be sent to State Addiction Counseling Licensing Boards and other Governmental Oversight Agencies that regulate Intensive Outpatient Programs and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs.

The Crossroads Program is a drug and alcohol rehab center providing a treatment program for adolescents, teens and young adults (ages 13-25 ish). With locations in St. Louis, and Kansas City we offer a range of different levels of care and treatment.

Tell Your Story.

Share your story to help other survivors feel heard, seen and understood. We aim to expose the consistent patterns of abuses in Enthusiastic Sobriety Programs and prevent potential families from years of suffering from undue influence and abuse under the guise of drug and alcohol treatment. Enthusiastic Sobriety Survivor stories can be submitted anonymously by former group members, staff and families.

STEP TWO RECOVERY CENTER: Intent to Revoke License

In 2023, ESAAlliance submitted a complaints to Arizona Behavioral Health Licensing which prompted an investigation by AZDHS. Step Two Recovery Center was found with 19 violations during the probe. Learn more about the investigation and what's being done about it.

The Insight Program’s staff consists of enthusiastic substance abuse counselors. Many of our staff members are in recovery themselves, giving them the ability to relate to the teens and young adults we work with on a daily basis.

Meehan Institute for Counselor Training

Learn more about the secretive experience of substance abuse counseling training at The Meehan Institute. Read and download a copy of the Training Application Packet, Training Manual and the Prelude to Intervention, written by Mike Weiland.

You’ll also find Bob Meehan “substance abuse treatment for teens” training videos, addiction counseling training notes from Staff, what substance abuse and addiction counseling credentials actually require, as well as learn the salaries and hours of the substance abuse counseling staff.

  • Substance abuse support group meetings are a vital component to a comprehensive twelve step program. Insight is an Enthusiastic Sobriety program, which means its priority is to offer an alternative to substance abuse that is fun and fulfilling.

    Current Members

    We are here for you. Ask us questions, take time to investigate on your own, decide what rings true for you and know that we are here for you if you ever need a different perspective or how to make a safe plan to leave an Enthusiastic Sobriety Program.

  • Our various substance abuse treatment programs allow us to train staff over the course of several years to learn the many skills needed to work effectively with teens.

    Current Staff

    It’s okay to question yourself. Are you asking yourself if your values truly align with that of the Program? Do you feel like you're hiding that you're not as bought in as everyone else? Do you dread going to Purpose and hope you didn't do anything that would put focus on you? We are here to help.

  • The Pathway Program is related to our success rates and successful outcomes. Here are some outcomes based upon 2015 and 2019 discharge surveys from the intensive outpatient substance abuse program.

    Program Data

    225 Survivors have submitted complaints through the Anonymous Mass Complaint Form. We have compiled all the anonymous data and organized it by state. The data and testimonies will be submitted to Addiction Counseling Licensing Boards.

  • support groups focus on topics such as drug addiction recovery and the twelve steps. These teen centered support groups give our program a unique advantage over other alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs

    Survivor Support

    Fellow Enthusiastic Sobriety Survivors have curated helpful resources and information on cult recovery, adolescent substance abuse treatment, self help books, making friends after leaving the group and a survivor community support network phone list.

“Treatment Shouldn’t Leave A Community of Survivors”

Craig Blake, Attorney with Utah’s Disability Law Center

Enthusiastic Sobriety Survivor Stories

  • Missouri drug and alcohol rehab centers for teens and young adults

    The Crossroads Program Survivor

    To have a community that went through the same thing and knowing I’m not alone has helped me so much and has been so empowering.

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Weekly 12 step based support groups for families / parents of drug addicts or substance abusers.

For Parents and Families of Enthusiastic Sobriety Survivors

Most parents have no idea what goes on in Enthusiastic Sobriety Programs. Overnight, kids became smiling, happy and loving children with a host of instant friends. The Program seemed to work miracles as a teen and young adult substance abuse treatment program. However, parents see their kids less and less while in The Program, and the kids begin cutting ties with everyone not involved - including other family members - or even run into criminal charges from a “fun felony.” Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance hopes to provide resources and understanding to parents who are just coming to understand the nature of Enthusiastic Sobriety Programs.

“The Abuse is The Treatment”

Troubled Teen Industry Survivor Advocate

Teens and young adults involved in The Insight Program connect with a recovering community comprised of peers. Twelve step recovery for teens and young adults depends on the formation of positive peer relationships

Visit our Substance Abuse Support page to see how Bob Meehan’s 12 Steps compare the original 12 Step Program.

Enthusiastic Sobriety’s 12 Steps for Teens and Young Adults

Written by Bob Meehan, in his self-published book, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs.

  • teen and young adult drug and alcohol recovery world is the alternative peer group (APG) recovery approach as an effective follow-up approach to treatment for substance use disorder. The alternative peer group model for youth recovery

    Is the Group a Cult?

    Cult is a strong word that immediately draws up emotional defenses and usually makes people of think of religious based groups or people living in an enclosed commune. But Cults can come in many forms but operate with the same methods of control and recruitment.

    Learn more about the nature of high control groups, undue influence and love bombing. Resources from the nation’s leading cult experts, survivor testimonies and video explanations.

  • rug abuse support groups for teens age 12-17.  Quitting drugs, alcohol, or other high-risk behaviors.

    The Group Dictionary

    Survivors are creating a Group dictionary to expose and better understand the loaded language in The Group.

    Loaded language refers to words and terms that are meant to have strong emotional impact, not necessarily a logical one, and which are often used to sway opinion or gain support. The use of loaded language and clichés is meant to constrict knowledge, stop critical thoughts, and reduce emotional complexities.

  • Alternative peer groups are a term used for long-term aftercare or school programs that create a youth-specific approach to encouraging continued recovery from substance use disorders.

    The Group in The News

    Enthusiastic Sobriety teen drug and alcohol treatment programs have been accused of being a cult in the media since Dan Rather’s 60 Minute interview in 1980.

    Survivors, former staff and parents have since regularly spoken with the press with the same cult allegations for over 50 years.

    Read the full archive of Bob Meehan Enthusiastic Sobriety Programs in the news, and see the history of survivors that have been speaking out for decades.

The Group Documentary

The Group is a network of adolescent drug abuse programs created by Bob Meehan and operated by his son-in-law and protege Clint Stonebraker. Ostensibly aimed at helping young people overcome drug addiction, all evidence points to an organization that aims for profits and operates on a cult-like mentality.

This organization, while claiming to have rescued thousands of teens from the horrors of drug addiction, has been repeatedly accused of using cult-like practices to control its teenage followers and their concerned families.

 

The Group is a feature-length documentary that retraces the director's five year journey through the world of adolescent drug abuse programs. Through interviews with former members, archival photographs and expert witnesses, The Group tells the often personal story of the young people affected by the organization, their struggles with addiction and life after The Group.

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FullCircle operates a staff facilitated support group for young people and their parents. Support group meetings are held a minimum of two evenings a week for young people and weekly for parents. Meetings for teens/young adults are fun enthusiastic

The Troubled Teen Industry

#TroubleTheTeenIndustry #BreakingCodeSilence

The “Troubled Teen Industry” (TTI) is a term for the different facilities for “troubled youth” that represents a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. These facilities are sometimes referred to as boot camps, wilderness therapy, secured group homes, teen ranches, reform schools, emotional growth boarding schools, therapeutic boarding schools, religious boarding schools, conversion therapy, behavioral modification schools, residential and outpatient treatment centers, etc.

Young people struggle to find meaning after giving up drugs. For most of them, it means changing their entire peer group and everything they do for fun.

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Upcoming Survivor Support Events.

ESAAlliance hosts online Survivor Support Events as well as promotes Survivor Lead Support Groups that are planned, created and hosted by Program Survivors who volunteer their time and energy to create a safe space for the ESA Community.

Click the link below to learn more and sign up for upcoming events!

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