PATIENT HANDBOOK

What SOAR Expects of You

People enter methadone treatment feeling overwhelmed by their dependence on heroin or other opiates. Not everyone who comes to SOAR has the same treatment goals.

Regardless of why you are here, SOAR expects you to want to change something about yourself and your life. We believe we have many services that can help you do that.We believe that “Nothing changes if nothing changes.”We are here to help you make the changes that you need in your life and that you told us about at the time of your admission.

Although you are the expert about yourself and your life, we are knowledgeable about drug treatment and how people change. It is only by working together that the changes you need will happen.We expect that whatever your goals for treatment, you’ll participate in this process of change. Please understand that treatment is not us telling you what you have to do. Treatment is you working together with your counselor and the rest of the treatment team and coming up with reasonable issues to work on and realistic goals to achieve.