My name is Shylo and I am an addict. By the age of 14 years old I had already experienced being molested, and raped. I was using meth, smoking marijuana and drinking. I could go on and on about the things that I had experienced in my 19 years of addiction. What I will say […]

Expression of Gratitude: I entered sobriety broken, pregnant and rather helpless. My plan was to stay in treatment, get cleaned up and go back to my old way of life. As I got deeper into my recovery, I realized that there was a better way of life. I met a wonderful, caring, beautiful Counselor named […]

Lisa 7/8/2011 July 2011, little did I know that this was going to be when my life as I was living it was going to change forever. Strung out on Meth and a long trail of crime I was on the worst run of self destruction I had ever been on. Looking at what could […]

There is not enough that I can say about Nadine…. I started counseling with Nadine in December of 2012. She was my counselor for a year and a half. When I got to Nadine, I was 38 and heavily addicted to meth. Committing crime after crime, I had a broken relationship with my 18-year-old daughter […]

Nadine became my counselor in April 2010. When I entered into her care, my first thought was this was going to be easy all I have to do is follow directions and play by the rules! Boy was I wrong! I had a lot of work to do on myself that I didn’t think needed […]

I had the opportunity to spend two years with Nadine. That experience was the hardest, most rewarding time of my life. I hated myself and the disgusting life I had created. I was filled with false pride and grand stories of what a “tough chick” I thought I was. Nadine had her hands full with […]

I recently celebrated 4 years of recovery and can honestly say that if I hadn’t received the counseling I got my first 18 months of my recovery I would not be writing this.  I got to experience life changing counseling with Ms. Steele and her services through the IROC program.  When i came into the […]

My experience with addiction started a long time ago.  37 years of my life was wasted to drug addiction. I tried several times to get clean, but the drugs always called me back.  Finally, at age 52 – I simply got tired of all the work it took to keep up the addiction and to […]

I met Nadine in March of 2008. I had just turned myself into jail and was awaiting the start of the Riverside County Drug Court program for which Nadine was the primary women’s’ counselor and a Behavioral Health Specialist. I had just pled guilty to 14 felonies and really had no intention of changing anything […]

In the Spring of 2018 I had reached out to Nadine in the hope of getting some resources and guidance for my kids. Little did I know the spiritual healing path she was going to take me on. She recognized that I was the one hurting and needing help and before I could bring healing […]

At my family counseling sessions with Nadine, she was very professional and helpful.  She new all the right question to ask and really made a difference in my life.  I have eight years now clean and sober; and I have a great relationship with my children and Nadine was a big help in the process. […]

Walking into drug court 10 yrs ago was not a decision of mine, I had no idea how broken I was, or how addicted I was to drugs and alcohol. From my experience I realized today what I didn’t know then, and that was I needed tough love, when I met Ms. Nadine I never […]

To whom it may concern: my name is Andrea, I am a recovering addict, April 30,1996 I was a client in a recovery center . As I set in the front office a lady walked up to me introduced herself Nadine Steele letting me know she is my counselor. I wasn’t a compliant client , […]

My name is Sherri sobriety date is 4/4/2011 i was addicted to meth and heroin. I was arrested in Feb 2011 and thought for sure i was headed to prison again . It was a miracle i was accepted into the drug court program where i met my counselor Nadine. I figured “I’ll do this […]

My name is Teri and I am am addict and an alcoholic. My clean/sobriety date is 1-19-2009. I am a 55 year old woman who has not picked up a drug or a drink in over 9 years. I came to know Nadine Steele through the IROC program in March of 2009. Nadine was my […]

November 29, 2018 Several years ago I had a family member go through drug court. Part of that process included weekly family meetings with a counselor; Nadine Steele, was the counselor at the time. We immediately clicked. She has a way about her that completely surrounds you. She’s warm, understanding, listens and gives answers that […]