Pindari House – Bedfordale

I have spent 2 years in another rehabilitation service and four months in another and still found myself turning to alcohol and prescription medication when life through me the proverbial curveball..The Pindari program… has provided me with a safe place to focus on the heart issues that in almost all cases are the primary cause of addiction…Through therapy and faith based education with the classes they provide as well as a high level of counselling, I am able to move forward with my life with the confidence that I can live a good clean life…

I have been involved in Pindari as a volunteer since it began, and have seen many men go through some or all of the program. It has been very rewarding to see the changes in the lives of men who have spiralled into… addiction, restoring their family relationships, transitioning back into the workforce, and much more. Recommended for men in addiction who are looking for a small christian-focused rehab.

So firstly I'll say I for the first time looked into Rehab at the age of 43 for mental unresolved issues, and a alcohol addiction...... I sadly wish I looked into other rehabs such as Palmerston and Serenity… etc....prior to Pindari Upon my first time seeing Pindari for a assessment what I was told wasn't what was what I experienced on my first and last day wasn't what was made clear to me at all.... Especially the extremely limited contact you can have with the outside world, restrictions such as contact with loved ones family partner etc from phone calls and having visitors can be as long as 4 to 6 mths II found extremely distressing. they definitely leave you alot in the dark until you get their. Your not shown around the grounds or living situation until your their..... I sadly paid a week in advance prior to going to Next step for detox and I regret paying them because it was a total waste of $750, and I'm like quite a few on Centrelink..... I extremely in short unless you are someone that doesn't have kids or much of family ties and a partner to not recommend this rehab.... For example other rehabs let you have contact using your mobile to stay in touch with loved ones within a matter of a couple weeks and also visitors after a month, etc....Pindari is quite the opposite, I personally spoke to a fellow member their on my first and final day had been their 8 mths and still barely had much free time to have visitors or usage of his mobile phone..... All in all, before thinking of this rehab centre I'd highly recommend looking into other ones that are much more flexible with contact and visitors etc... For a Christian based Rehab I found it extremely wrong that they take your money, and on the first day not even offering a meal after leaving Detox just beyond words... Only good thing I can say which isn't much was I got a measily $50 back from the $750 I paid upfront and I was their 3 hours after leaving detox....... Highly do not recommend

In short if your someone with no family ties or loves ones that depend on you or have contact with this rehab will possibly be right for you... Can take up to 4 to 8 mths for visits and usage of electronics like mobile… phones or any other personal electrical devices and very strict and can be long term before access too them. Very little free time during there weekly program it's more focused on not only paying 80% of your Centrelink but also expect you to work every single day.... They're also very vague on assesment on disclosing all this and alot more. BE WARNED UNLIKE ALOT OF OTHER REHABS THEY DO NOT REFUND YOU THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF YOUR $750 DEPOSIT HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!

Pindari has helped me realise that you don't need drugs or alcohol in life to battle our fights as long as you have a good circle of supportive family/friends you can talk to you be able to over come anything, would… like to thank the pindari team and volunteers for the effort they put into the people that need help to overcome there addiction and be a better person for the future.

I was in the program for 2 years and it changed my life. I moved into transition housing which was all sorted out for me and a little while later graduated from the program. I also have an apprenticeship which came… through while I was at Pindari, and about to go into my 3rd year. It was the hardest thing I ever did, but worth every part of it.

Too much emphasis on outside work and church attendance than counselling for clients to help with problems

Amazing place where they empathetically deal with heart issues, while unconditionally loving the broken, patiently working through the addiction issues..

Beautiful place, but be ready for tyranny not compassion. Program is the most restrictive I have been to, refused to let me have a private doctor appointment, refused to let me call my family after a month, dutch… reformed church of Armadale way of buying into heaven, never seen so much money, and they even took my last $300 when I left