First if you are transitioning straight out of rehab and are taking your recovery seriously please do not go to this facility. I stayed there two seperate times and I personally was not ready to take responsibility for my recovery I will admit that right off the back, but if you are still in that mindset this place is a very bad place to go if you are fresh out of rehab. I openly knew how laid back and unstructured this place was and knowing that I went to this place two times just to get my parents off my back and the fact that there is no structure there is one of the other reasons because I knew I could openly use and get away with it and not be held accountable by the guy who was in charge of the house at the time, George and the director at the time Patrice. I phyically have never even seen what Patrice looks like. She lived out of state when I lived there and I to this day have no idea what she looks like, but she is quick to take your money and let George run the show but that was if George was even there. They are quick to take your money and call themselves a 'sober living house' but I was not the only person who knew what was really going on and there were multiple residents there that were on the same thing as I was rather their were honest with themselves or tried to portray themselves as sober but everyone was using there. The only person who didnt use was the guy in charge of the house, George and the next person in charge after him who's name was Sam. There is no sense of security there and people come and go as they please. At first I didnt know that there is a difference between a halfway house and a sober house. Sober houses are less strict and where you transition too after a halfway house. But from the first day I was there I noticed right off the back that there was no structure, and if you didnt have a job and find something to do to keep yourself busy there was absolutely nothing to do there. The neighborhood was kind of sketchy too down by the Aragon ballroom. The first time I went there I admit I was fifty fifty about staying sober and was there from September 2011 to December 2011. My second stint however a judge ordered me to go to rehab and after rehab I had to go to a sober living facility of my choice. Knowing how unstructured new beginnings was from my first stint there and how distorted my thought process was at the time I willingly and happily applied and went back to new beginings that was summer 2012 and was required to stay for atleast 30 days and sure enough nothing changed and it was even worse in my opinion. In recovery you meet people who are kind of in the same network of recovery programs and living facilities and after my 30 days was up I got out of there and continued to use until I finally decided to get my act together and after I left new beginnings that second time I finally got sober at the end of 2012 got serious about my recovery and program and went to one more rehab on my own to get my act together, but I promise you if I had stayed at new beginnings north up until around the time I legit got sober, there is no way I would have got sober staying at new beginnings. That was 2012 and I had ran into another person who was there around the time I was and they said nothing had changed. So as of right now I dont know who is running the place or maybe some people have had positive experiences there since but I know for myself personally my two times there it was not good. Their is no structured environement there, and I feel like Patrice would take anyones money and allow them to live there as long as they claimed they were sober. The only time the house had any type of meetings or group get together was on sundays for a 1 hour house NA meeting but other then that nothing. I know sober houses are more laid back then halfway houses but this place didnt feel like a halfway house at all and the guy who was in charge of the house George was such a pushover. He would give you drug tests once in a while but myself and a few of the other guys failed our drug tests and he just aloud all four of us to go detox across the street at the Chicago LakeShore hospital and as soon as we'd get out he'd let us right back in and we'd be using that same evening.

I have been a resident here for the past 2 1/2 months it has been a great help for me and my recovery. I have nothing but gratefulness for this house. The continued aa and structure here has been exactly what I needed to further my progress. The owner and house manager have been helpful and caring with me. I am forever grateful for them and Nee Beginnings Notth. If you are having problems with recovery I highly recommend this place. God bless

I am so grateful for New Beginnings North. Not only has it provided a safe place to live, but a great help in my recovery. Without the help they have given me I don’t know where I would be at. It’s truly been a blessing. The owner and house manager have shown nothing but love and respect, as well as understanding the process of recovery. Recommend this housing environment highly.

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