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St Jude Retreat Reviews

World Renowned Addictions Experts Agree..."The St. Jude Program
Remains the Most Effective Program in the Country."


This is what they have to say...


  • Review of the Saint Jude Retreats

    Stanton Peele, Ph.D.
    World Renowned Addiction Researcher and Bestselling Author

    Dr. Peele has been on the forefront of the non-disease, non-12 step model for decades. He has been a guest on Oprah, Bill O-Reilley and other television and cable shows. He is author of Best Selling books such as: 7 Tools to Beat Addiction, The Truth About Addiction and Recovery, Diseasing of America among others.

    Dr. Peele says in his usual clear manner,

    "For me, the only effective non-disease program--both residential and distance learning--available on a national scale is the one at St. Jude Retreats. This is the program that captures the essence of the non-disease approach--that people succeed through their own motivation to overcome addictions. I enthusiastically endorse and recommend the St. Jude Program, the first non-12 step, non-disease model, non-treatment and non-religious program. This is available only at St. Jude Retreats."

  • Review of the Saint Jude Retreats

    Prof. David J. Hanson,
    Ph.D.Professor Emeritus of Sociology of the State University of New York at Potsdam

    It's understandable why people struggling with alcohol and drug problems often feel helpless and hopeless. The message usually given to them is not only incorrect but often counterproductive- it's frequently worse than doing nothing. The vast majority of alcohol and drug treatment programs are unsuccessful with most people because they are based on false assumptions and use questionable techniques. However, the Saint Jude Program, which is based on scientific evidence, smashes that rigid mold. Instead of teaching people that they are powerless, it helps them to harness their internal drive and power, to apply that power in an effective way, and to build the life they want.

  • Saint Jude Executive Retreat Review

    Prof. David R. Rudy Ph.D.,
    Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University

    "During much of the past century, there has been a consistent trend to increasingly medicalize behavioral issues. Viewing behaviors, for example heavy drinking and alcoholism, as diseases is a flawed model. Drinking, heavy drinking, and alcoholism are behaviors and their causes are many and diverse. It stands to reason that alcoholism and substance abuse treatment approaches that are based on facts are more likely to provide an environment for success than those that are based on beliefs. The St. Jude Program series does just that. Through a fact-based approach, the programs educate, motivate, and empower substance users to make choices and decisions that will lead to self and life control." Dr. David Rudy, Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University and author of Becoming Alcoholic, Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism."

  • Saint Jude's Review

    Dr Joy Browne
    Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host and Clinical Psychologist

    At last, a program for addiction that acknowledges choice and responsibility and can really work. I liked it so much, I agreed to voice the Audio Book for the Saint Jude Home Program

  • Saint Jude Retreats

    Joseph G. Vacca, Ph.D.
    National Institute of Health Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Medical School

    Finally someone has built a program to help people struggling with addictions, utilizing the latest research and technology available. As scientists have uncovered more and more about how the brain works, Baldwin Research has incorporated that information into a comprehensive program for self improvement. People literally learn how to reinvent themselves and plan for a better future, regardless of their past struggles