My son, J was admitted and treated for pneumonia in March and the care and the compassion he and I received was excellent. Excellent is actually an understatement when it comes to Sarah. I am a first time mother at 27 years old with a troubling past, dealing with a lot of guilt and embarrassment. I have a history of severe substance abuse and for the very first time in my life I feel I was treated like a person rather than just some junkie. I was completely honest and held nothing back from Sara. She for some reason made me feel comfortable to open up to her, like I could be honest for once like I didn't have to hide, feel embarrassed, or ashamed for the first time. When I told her my story, my history, and everything about my son, my drug use, and everything else for the first time in my life I didn't feel discouraged. I felt like a real person not judged. Sara went above and beyond to not only treat my son as the "patient" but make sure my son's family (myself, his father) were taken care of as well. I usually get judged right off the bat and don't even bother asking for help or thinking to yourself you can recover because of the stigma behind it. Because of Sara I checked into an outpatient program a week after my son was discharged from ORMC, not because I was actively using, but because I saw that I was dealing with a tremendous amount of stress and needed a little "break". Sara made me believe that there are still some genuine, caring, compassionate people left out there, who build each other up. I felt empowered as a woman and making the decision to go to a program before a potential relapse was never so easy. For the first time I felt like a real person, someone who can recover and have a future and not like an addict or "junkie". Thank you Sara, you don't know how much you truly helped me that day. Thank you for giving me a chance, giving my son a chance, and making me feel human.