I'm not sure if I will be here today without this I'm not sure if I will be here today without this. ANR saved my life, I was in a point where I had to make a decision; this treatment was expensive. 19,000 is an enormous amount. But because I thought my life was worth more than that, I came up with the money. I am feeling so positive about the future, i'm optimistic and healthy.

If you can come up with that kind of… If you can come up with that kind of money, ANR is by far your best option. Simply because this treatment is really effective. Other 'treatments' that give you methadone, Suboxone, or let you throw up on the floor for two weeks and then send you back home with more withdrawals and cravings, consider themselves treatments too. This is how crazy this world is. ANR truly heals your dependency. You won't remember the treatment and will wake up with no withdrawals, just feeling fatigued, like you ran for 10 hours. But it's bearable. You'll sleep until the morning, and it will get better and better. You gonna be discharged the same day, I left around noon. You will still be tired but won't feel the hunger, the cravings, the desire – it's gone. Whats left is optimizing your system to recover faster. You'll meet an angel named John who will help you and check on you until you fly back. Then Cindy and April, also sweet and very nice, will continue to stay in touch with you. Everybody at ANR was so nice and went above and beyond. Good luck!!!

How this is not everywhere? ANR seems almost magical to me. Let's start with the positives: I am free from opioids. This doesn't just mean just my body is free of opioids (unlike detox and other treatments that they just wash them out). It means that I, Aya - in mind, body, and soul, am completely free from opioids. Yes, I have no cravings at all. Not even a little bit. I could go 200 years without even thinking about taking them. This is a feeling I've never experienced in my life. The negatives? Well, it is costly and requires a trip to Florida, as ANR clinics aren't widely available yet. Also, you will be extremely tired for the first 3-4 days, and you'll need to push yourself to move, eat, etc to hasten recovery. After about 4-5 days (though this can vary depending on your medical history, to my cousin it took around a week), you'll start to feel much better, blessed, healthy, and ready to take on life. A huge thank you to the ANR team - and of course, Dr. Waismann, for making this treatment available to the world.

Would highly recommend, despite some room for improvement. I have mixed feelings about ANR. On the positive, I was told I would no longer crave opioids after the treatment. Its been almost a month since my procedure and the total absence of physical and psychological cravings is noteworthy! I'd tried many times before to stay clean on suboxone but the cravings would become too much and I'd relapse. ANR works like a miracle in that sense, my mind is clear and opioids pose no attraction. However, the total lack of aftercare is annoying. I wish it felt like they cared how Im doing. Also, I feel they glaze over what to expect afterwards, making the process seem so sterile and easy. I suffered a co-occurring disorder, like so many people do. Which perhaps is why I had a major mental breakdown after my treatment, just on the knowledge that my crutch was actually gone and not coming back. I'd used drugs to self medicate for so long that the experience of being fully anesthetized one day, to completely clean the next was entirely overwhelming! No one prepared me (or my mom who chaperoned) for the potential of a mental health episode immediately post treatment. Like what I suffered to the extent I had to have a second chaperone fly in from CA & stay 2 extra nights in FL. They dont screen for co-occuring disorders whatsoever and I feel thats irresponsible. But even had I known it could happen, or the myriad of other undesirable side-effects I experienced, such as 5 days in diapers due to fecal incontinence, I still WOULD have done the treatment. ANR, you dont need to make it seem better than it is. It's seriously so good, why not provide clients with a comprehensive understanding of the possible acute reactions? It would only serve to make a groundbreaking treatment even better. I dont mean to sound ungrateful, there's no denying that ANR gave me a several month head start at recovery. Left to detox on my own, without replacement, there's no doubt in my mind that I'd have been arrested or institutionalized within a couple days.

On my first call On my first call, it was the first time in my life that I heard somebody who understood my problem. Kristi, John, Maria, Rob... and of course, THE Dr. Weismann are extraordinary human beings. Thank you for treating me like a human being, not a "dirty junkie". It feels great not being sick anymore, feel productive, happy and optimistic about the future.