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Old Jan 21, 2013, 01:35 PM
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I've been in two. The first one had more patients than the second, so it was a totally different experience. We excercised in the yard, volleyball or walking. Had some art activities. Typical cafeteria/hospital food. There were restrictions on what you could have, but we were allowed writing instruments. There were 3 beds to a room and a bathroom/shower. Towards the end of my stay I was moved to a less crowded part of the unit which was more relaxing and I had only one roommate.

The 2nd one I stayed at resembled more of a resort, it was so nice. There were less people. No art activities, although we played poker with the staff. There was also an excercise yard with basketball hoop. We were allowed writing instruments and I wrote a lot of stuff. I had my own room, I don't remember if the bathroom was shared or not. Food was about the same. Dr. Drew is on the board of directors of this second place I stayed. And they had another building which was a self check in / check out unit.
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